audio | un: yiling patriarch

[weifinder]

Hey, every one of us glorious abductees! A question, to those listening right now, brought to you by myself and Master Archeval due to the considerations of a friend, but: what would you make of being informed that, and here I'm quoting, "The man you trust was six years not among us?"

( A dramatic pause, for digestion purposes. )

All said and done, with that message slipped to me, I can say with certainty there's a handful I fully trust here, and there's none I trust entirely from here, no offense. However, there is one we've been forced to trust, ah? In hearing these words, what are your thoughts?

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audio; un: xunxian

[topoiran]

Well, considering the one who brought us here, we have two we at least partially trust. And we need to get through one to even potentially reach the other.

The message is a little confusing, if interesting.

Six years not in Sa-Hareth? Six years not among the living?

[weifinder]

Exactly.

( To the confusing, and interesting. )

Don't know that I can say for sure. How good is your relationship with the madam of the house?

[topoiran]

Rather fine, I would have said, and yet demonstrably not this good.

un: what a load of pollocks [Voice]

[sergeant_slick]

Sounds like a passphrase for something I wasn't invited to. [Hell, the rest of it was vague enough to give off that feeling too, but here he is anyway! Hi. He's new.]

[weifinder]

New voice! I'm Wei Wuxian, new abductee. Have you heard of our merchant friend figuring out who we're earning the money to help slick hands to get us out of this area?

[sergeant_slick]

Wait, how d'you know my--You don't know my name. Right.

[One of the downsides of your name just being a word: People used it sometimes.]

My name's Slick. And no, haven't heard. Sounds like a good idea, though.

un: xianxian of yunmeng (yeah, that's right)

[downswing]

I make you should not speak freely.

1/2 ITS THE BABY

[weifinder]

( no really, he sees this and............ is caught coughing and laughing? in surprise? )

Lan Zhan—

[weifinder]

Given it was slipped to me, hastily scratched out by the Madam of our former residence within a return gift, yes, that's what I ended up believing.

You know what, he's wasting a talisman message on two. words.

[downswing]

魏
婴

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Enough listen.

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蓝
忘
机

and network bc we're fancy

[downswing]

'Archeval'?




( ...they only formally met multiple times. )

un: any fin is possible (audio)

[lancifolium]

'Among us', perhaps as in whomever this person was, was affiliated with an oppositional side for six years?

[weifinder]

Entirely possible! Let's look at history here: that would mean opposed to... the Anurr? Unhalad's violent takeover was more recent, wasn't it?

( He's asking everyone who listens to audio here HELLO EVERYONE HELP BE A COLLECTIVE BRAIN )

If I'm not mistaken on several other levels, there are even more forces in outside regions... and Unhalad is who brought us here, but the means aren't restricted to Unhalad. So did this person work with those who summoned, during the six year absence? Is this person the same as when they left, as in the same person? Or someone else, not simply changed? Six years is a long time... even if there are longer absences.

[lancifolium]

A prudent question might be what does 'us' mean to the person who gave you the information? Their affiliations, location, and such.

sweet lily of the hidden valley

[bearshermark]

Haltham? We trust him, I think, but I guess we don't know much about him.

lmf switches to writing

[weifinder]

If it's Haltham, then we should also note he doesn't read, and so we should be speaking in written word.

I don't know that he's our only potential, Eleven, can you think of anyone else we're trusting right now?

[bearshermark]

[Just gonna facepalm bc he should have thought of that]

I guess it depends a little on who the note is addressed to. But as a group? I don't think so. No one trusts Bloodbonnet- or shouldn't anyway. I don't think that's someone we need to be warned about.

If that's what this is. It does sound like suspicion.. Who is 'us'?

Audio; un: fishcious rumours

[royal_venant]

You... trust any of the people here?

[Regulus has checked everyone off into the 'do not trust' column from the start. It's just more efficient that way.]

[weifinder]

( these... these puns... they are terrible? is that just translation slaying him? )

I'm fortunate to have found a familiar face in the aftermath of our own freeing, months back. Beyond that, trust comes in many forms, and different levels.

un: first blush of tender youth [text]

[somebadnews]

[ Okay. Let's settle in here. Are they conspiring against Haltham now? Because if it's taking them until now to doubt the man with a murder-goat who set them up in this cursed shit hole... The simple solution is to kill him to be safe. But let's bury that in a discussion about trust. ]

Are you actually asking or just spreading the word?

[ Because it sounds like you know. ]

[weifinder]

Actually asking, because assuming I know properly ahead of time is not the chance I'm choosing to gamble on right now. This would be guessing what someone else believes about me, and my belief in their earnestness, though in all fairness it was nothing one needed to pass along to me... and given other considerations, I have inclinations in thought! Who wouldn't? But no, actually asking.

un: wide open-winged queen of butterflies | audio

[binghua]

I would say such a descriptor is hardly helpful. It cannot be referring to any of us as we haven't been in each others' company that long. As for those who have helped us, yes, I would say I trust them, but only with their attempts to ferry us along and away from danger since I haven't gotten to know them very well beyond that. Everyone is going to have a different level of trust with everyone they meet.

[weifinder]

( hearing about trust from his martial uncle is... painful, to say the least. )

Haaaah, yes, always true enough, and if we presume it's who I trust, then I've put enough faith in our unmet merchant as it is. That said, it's hardly a surprise that if it is him, even those of this place don't know the depths of his motivations. Being warned to be aware and not trust bli--not trust without question is perhaps the best takeaway.

un: dappled pearl of the parted seas [voice]

[beitangmoran]

Are we talking about the Merchant, our friend Haltham or Lady Karsa?

[weifinder]

I really don't think Young Lady Karsa would choose to associate herself with the concept of "man" given her general outlook on our level of, ah, intelligence.