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[rumorate]

[She's very careful. She wants to make sure that this is just between the party, and not leaked out to the higher ups.

Well. It can be leaked out to the higher ups, but not until they decide what to do with the information first. If she sounds tired it's because she is but she knows that what she's handing out could be dangerous if told to the wrong people.

That's why it needs to be handed out carefully.]

For those of you considering going to town to make deals with the necromancers, be careful and whatever you do, don't give them your blood. If you've already given it, then be careful who you piss off. It's giving them pretty serious leverage over you that they will sell to the highest bidder when you make someone mad. And contrary to what they try to sell you, it doesn't have to be your blood. It just has to be a living donor.

[Which means putting someone else in bad shit, but well, she doesn't care about some other asshole. She cares about the people here who are trying to get home not getting fucked over by creepy wizards.]

Also, about the man that allegedly poisoned everyone? He was in Macaluso's custody the day of the poisoning. But given the way things are being handled here, I would wield that information very carefully.

[The lines are open for questions, though she will have to tap her brother for information on the poisoner stuff. She didn't actually see that one.]

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[rumorate]

Other than saving Wrath's life, you mean.

[somebadnews]

[ Why does that sound pointed? ]

Aside from that. Now we know some of the superstitions are true.

[rumorate]

[She considers that something of value, Five. She wasn't sure if you did.]

I have a feeling that for a lot of things around here, the truth is stranger than fiction.

[somebadnews]

[ You're welcome by the way, sis. ]

I wouldn't count on it every time.

[rumorate]

So what would you suggest? Believe everything is fake until proven otherwise?

[somebadnews]

Believe everything is dangerous. We don't know enough.

[rumorate]

Then how do you suggest we learn more?

[It's a serious question, even if it isn't phrased as such.]

We're not left with very many objective, trustworthy sources.

[somebadnews]

[ Is it too much to ask that they let him take all the risks? ]

There are ways to get to the truth that doesn't involve getting your hands bloody.

[rumorate]

[Yes, Five, yes it is.]

I wasn't planning on it. Were you?

[somebadnews]

[ This sure is a pause right here. ]

I didn't plan on it the last time.

[rumorate]

... Fair enough.

[No one plans for a murder. But again, it's one of those things she never knows how to perceive with her brother.]

[somebadnews]

[ He absolutely plans for a murder, in an ideal situation, but that's not the point he was making. — He's been actively trying not to unless the situation calls for it, but none of them know that and he's frustrated for half a second before he drops it. ]

We'll talk about it later.

[rumorate]

Okay.

[She's sure they will, whenever Five's ready to share.]

Let me know if you hear anything else worth sharing?

[somebadnews]

[ Oh he will. After the masquerade, he knows he needs to pay more attention to what his family is getting into. ]

You too.