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Number FIVE โ˜‚ ([personal profile] somebadnews) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2023-05-07 07:27 am

un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[ It's been days, and Five still hasn't found that damn missing bride. The more he finds out about this train, the more he'd like to get to the bottom of this 'reality altering' living dream nonsense before it causes real problems. Whatever was going on with that train breakdown, it's obvious things are getting worse. Then there was that weird ass message from the Merchant warning them not to leave the tracks. Like anyone would.

As much as he hates turning back to the network, several of them have been picking up on threads lately. It's possible they have a lead, and after he spoke to the apothecary, he's hoping one will have something worthwhile to contribute. ]


So we know the train and others like it used to make their money ferrying dream thieves. [ It's very possible they don't know that, but Five sounds like he's talking to himself more than the rest of them. ] And the wares that were stolen from the apothecary during the weddings were magic stabilizers and sleep narcotics, powerful enough to kill someone. We also know that no one on the staff has made much of an effort to find what was taken, so there's a chance they were involved one way or another.

[ At least the conductor, who Five doesn't trust for one second. ]

What we don't know, is what their motivations are. The bride is easy enough to figure out, but why help her? [ And now he actually sounds like he's addressing the others: ] Did anyone have contact with the three women who came on board? It seemed like they were just as eager to steal whatever they could get their hands on. Where the hell did they go?

[ Then they disappeared just before the conductor announced that a dream thief was onboard. Something must have happened during the breakdown. There's a lot he's still missing, and he's half convinced it's because he's been sleeping far too many hours for them to get away with whatever they want. And while the solution isn't promising, he still throws it out there. ]

I've got some ideas, but I'll need 100 silver pieces. Feel free to donate.
beitangmoran: (Default)

un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[personal profile] beitangmoran 2023-05-07 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Money is easy. Do come by for it when you have time
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un: absterge

[personal profile] downswing 2023-05-07 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
To what end coin?
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un: Black Prince; text

[personal profile] blackscales 2023-05-07 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
There are strong traces in Prassenze's room, and Attru's, of those missing apothecary items.

Attru seemed to have previously held great affection for Firo. He had intended to make her his wife, before he discovered her interests lay elsewhere.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2023-05-07 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
( He'll get to putting heads together over this in a minute. He understands Latin. He doesn't mean to record himself, but it's his immediate reaction before anything. )

When evil rains?
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-05-07 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I searched all the rooms, and then spoke to him a little. I did not challenge him on the topic as I wasn't certain we knew enough to gain anything from making him aware we knew.
Edited (Did not mean to steal his username) 2023-05-07 17:09 (UTC)
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[personal profile] beitangmoran 2023-05-07 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll hardly miss a hundred silver pieces.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2023-05-07 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Direct translation: rain is like evil. ( Butchering, or idiom? ) Should I call you Elphaba?

( Wicked Witch of the West. Melts. She's dead in his world now. )
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[personal profile] beitangmoran 2023-05-07 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
An interesting one, at least.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-05-07 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Ill at ease. Restless. He is a man made for hunting, for the outdoors, not for trains. He speaks at excess, to cover discomfort perhaps. He enthused about Firo, seemed to barely have anything to say about Prassenze. Her presence was forgettable to him.
cholesterol: ๐Ÿ‡ฉโ€Œ๐Ÿ‡ดโ€Œ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€Œ'๐Ÿ‡นโ€Œ ๐Ÿ‡นโ€Œ๐Ÿ‡ดโ€Œ๐Ÿ‡บโ€Œ๐Ÿ‡จโ€Œ๐Ÿ‡ญโ€Œ (everything still bad in here)

[personal profile] cholesterol 2023-05-07 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
( He's not sure where he can get with this line of questioning and he didn't think it'd get there. )

Five? Your uh - parents went the way of Gwyneth Paltrow. ( He shrugs. ) It's better than Apple.

( Right, he had a point. And so did Five. )

I talked to the Contessa. She's anti-Three Women and pro-dream. Like, if someone dreamt someone into existence, it's not their fault so leave them be - pro. I offended her when I suggested they're not meant to be. She did say that whoever on board was stolen and then given life meant to do it. I don't think the entire staff is just bringing people's dreams to life.

( To what end? )
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[personal profile] beitangmoran 2023-05-07 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Just ask for the Prince of Huagdao, the staff will tell you where it is.
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[personal profile] beitangmoran 2023-05-07 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Am I supposed to offer something else?
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[personal profile] blackscales 2023-05-07 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
We have no proof he stole them. Only evidence they were in his compartment at some point. I used a tracking droid, and I trust the droid.

Potential options:

1) They were legitimately working together
2) One of them had the herbs, and visited the other, leaving traces of it in the other room. A friendly visit, or a conflict is possible. Perhaps even thievery, one of them had it and the other learned of it and stole them from the other.

Attru insisted repeatedly he was a good friend to Firo. There is the possibility that as a 'good friend', he assisted in some foolish plan thinking it would assure Firo's happiness.

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