un: man's greatest treasure (video)

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[ooc: This is set during the Annointed event of Unkharil.]

[The video shows the jungle for a moment, followed by a close-up of Hermione's face in the dark, illuminated by the Lumos spell at the tip of her wand. She looks wide-eyed, a little dishevelled, leaning against a massive tree trunk. She looks at the camera, trying to figure out the point she was going to make, opens her mouth, closes it. Pauses.

Then:] Drugs are bad. Prophecy drugs are bad. Don't do drugs, kids. [Another pause.] Are there even any kids around for this public service announcement? Probably not awake at this hour anyway...[She rubs one hand over her face, the wand still in said hand creating a bit of strobe light effect for anyone watching.]

Right - the point. I found the giant snake - not a Basilisk as I had suspected, given that I'm not petrified this time, but that's beyond the point. I have a vial for Deimar - and instructions, which I'll deliver, but I wanted to see if anyone else has...gone in? The jungle, for the anointment venom. [Merlin, this place is weird and these people are weird.]

For people keen to keep track - our Alem prince is meant to find who in his midst has bloodshed on their hands. I tried to ask if that meant people from Alem, or included us as well, but Kharil-asuk didn't answer.

[A pause.] Yes - that's it.

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un: sizhui

[paperbutterflies]

Hermione?

Would you - do you need help? I can try to find you.

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Oh, shi-

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Sizhui - hi!

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I'm fine - perfectly safe. Waiting this out in a tree.

un: abwhorent / audio

[wifedup]

( Helpfully. )

I think most people would aim to avoid run-ins with massive snakes. ( Maybe he'd care more about it if he'd been here longer. He also should probably - absolutely - care about the aforementioned bloodshed, but -. ) Was it the creature that caused the drugging or did it come from elsewhere?

( He is Not A Fan of being out of his own mind. He'd hate to have to avoid the jungle entirely. )

audio

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[Wow. That username. She's going to just stare at it for a while. And then.] Uh - no. Not the snake deity. It was apparently part of the necessary ritual to have a chance at finding it and asking for the anointment proof.

[YouDidThisToYourself.mp4 plays.]

video, un: average sighren

[lanclan]

[ Ohhh, no. Oh, dear. ]

Meimei, come down from the tree and let us find you something to drink, hm? Like water.

video

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[She waves her hand off dismissively,] I'm fine - look it's starting to wear off! Haven't had any hallucination in about an hour now.

un: absterge

[downswing]

( Lan Wnaghi, having done snake drugs: )

The serpent startled?

audio; she's not texting from a tree, mate

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What now?

un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[somebadnews]

[ Well, if that doesn’t make him think of family. ]

Did you find it before or after taking the drugs? [ Klaus would stumble on things when he was high out of his mind, but it’s an important distinction. ]

audio

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After. [Sigh.] Go on, judge.

un: bottled up inside | audio;

[deescalate]

There's a lot to unpack here.

[A pause.]

But yes, drugs are bad. Generally. Except specific ones for medicinal use. In moderation.

audio;

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Right. Let me unpack that - I took Deimar's request for help seriously, and I was told that in order for the giant snake to show up, I had to be purified.

Which turns out means taking some hallucinogenic drug. But I'm coming off it now, and it worked!

un: lockwood

[recklessenough]

[ It seems to him that a lot of other folks are addressing the more immediate concerns. Rather than rehash what is already being asked, at least over the network, Lockwood defaults to more familiar ground. ]

When you make it out of your tree, I'll have the kettle on.

[ Is he laughing at her situation? No. No, he's far too well mannered for that.

...

Alright, maybe just a bit. ]

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More dry and mysterious herbs from the House?

un: qishan; voice

[silverneedles]

[ oh no. have a concerned wen qing ]

Any injuries sustained?

voice

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No injuries. Not even the pride this time.

I also have some newfound respect for Beitang Moran.

text

[vestments]

Bloodshed in general or in this world?

audio;

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See, that's a very good question, and one I think I made - no answer there.

un: nah | audio

[damnable]

( ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, fuck. this is worrying. ) I mean, marijuana's pretty good so long as you have it for the first time in the company of a sober person you trust, but prophecy drugs without anyone near to get you back to safety? Yeah. Very bad.

Is someone coming to get you?

audio

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[Look at Red talking about pot to a girl raised by dentists in the middle of the war on drugs.

Read.]

I have my tree, and possibly I have Sizhui if I haven't managed to stick my foot in my mouth and made him upset, which I've noticed I might have a tendency towards when I'm not sober. The rambling, not the insulting people.

un: strange, video

[rehandle]

[ ... Hermione. ]

Do you need a ride?

[ To literally anywhere other than a tree in the middle of the jungle, that is. ]

video

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[ You would literally not know what tree she's even in, Dr Stephen. ]

I would not be opposed, but I've already made a friend - I mean, accepted the help of a friend to come get me, so I don't want it to be for naught.

audio; un: such a waterful girl

[datapoint]

Who has blood on their hands. And then what?

audio;

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And then...purify it, I suppose? [ She snorts. ] But I mean every one of us has fought in Alem, what's he going to do? Force us to bathe?

un: witchful thinking ☾ audio

[nochnaya]

And for those that have also gone into the jungle?

audio

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I salute you?

un: headless ragdoll | audio

[matermali]

[ This is all very interesting, but— ]

Miss Granger, are you able to return safely?

[ Vanessa is prepared to tuck her in while she recovers from her...prophecy drugs, but she's worried about Hermione wandering around alone while not at her sharpest. ]

audio

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Hello, Miss Ives. I'm likely to be delayed in arriving tonight, although I've accepted [ reluctantly ] the help of a friend, who offered to come get and escort me back to the citadel, so...