The Story of Gentlemen

[unvarnished]

[there are elements about this that remind August of the Enchanted Forest: the stolen voices, the hearts being removed. But he's sure that Regina hasn't shown up. She would've called for Henry and taken him away from the Starks by now. Still, the fairy tale aspects are too strong for him to ignore. After going over all the ones he knows (which did take a while), August went to the castle's library.

There are so many books here he wouldn't know where to begin. Luckily as he's walking along a book falls off from its shelf. He picks it up, idly flipping through it. The more he reads the more he is amazed by what he finds. But how to get other people to know?

First he taps his knife on the table to get people's attention. Once he does, he writes out a note in the journal]

Found info that can help. Can't share over journal. In library.

[and while he's waiting he's doing some quick drawings of what he found in the book]

Comments

[heliotroping]

What floor? Of the library.

[unvarnished]

Where are you all holed up? I'll come to you. [this is important stuff]

[heliotroping]

[I don't know which one but let's pretend he writes the number here]

[unvarnished]

[this is perfectly acceptable. August first finishes up his sketches before going to whatever floor/area they are in]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Well. Duke gets up, writing back as he does so. ]

Will take a turn guarding then.

[unvarnished]

Had any trouble yet?

[radiantwingedone]

No. Buddy system seems to be functioning.

[ At least during the day. Duke is pretty sure death number two had happened around when he ought to have been eating dinner, so that's probably the time to worry about. ]

[unvarnished]

Good to know. Hopefully what I found will help.

[putuporshutup]

[Meg's face lights up like a fucking Christmas tree. She knew she could count on him to find something like this. They were getting close, but all the references she and Tucker had found to anything like the gentlemen were just so vague. She knew if August had even bothered to say anything, he had something big.]

We're on the fourth floor. I knew you'd find something.

[unvarnished]

Honestly, it found me. I'm on my way now.

[putuporshutup]

Hey, whatever works. See you in a bit.

Action!

[wizard_redfive]

[After August starts reading, Spot peers down from the book shelf, quite pleased with himself. He had been staring at that book for some time now, hoping someone would pick it up. When one seemed to get the hint, he had decided a more direct method was necessary and pushed it down.

Spot is doubly pleased when August's demeanor changes and he goes to write in the journal. Looks like his hunch was right after all.

With a light popping sound, Spot suddenly appears on the table. The laptop regards August with a calm but urgent manner, despite not having any eyes.]

Requesting data transfer.

[unvarnished]

[well that was unexpected. He's not sure how exactly to respond to that. He can't speak and he's not sure that a computer would be able to read. So he just decides to type in his answer on the laptop itself]

How?

[wizard_redfive]

[Spot lets out a machine-accented laugh and opens his note-taking function.]

If you wish to type it all out yourself, that would work fine.

Or you could open the book and let me scan it.

[sworn]

You'd damn well better share it over the journal. Why would you hide any useful information? Everyone's lives are at risk.

[unvarnished]

I thought it'd be faster to show the people in the library first.

[sworn]

Faster than simply writing the information in our sole means of communication?

If you know something, say it where we can all see. Don't make people leave their safe houses and put their lives at risk!

Written

[the_effect_she_has]

I'm coming off patrol. I'll be there soon.

Written

[unvarnished]

Ok. See you soon.

Re: Written

[the_effect_she_has]

[She enters through the library, with knives, hand-guns, her quiver and her bow in hand as she slid through the library. Looking for August, and hopefully, finding answers. She paused to write.]

Where are you?

[savethedarkness]

Good on you, August. I'm in the clinic, but let me know if there is anything I can assist in finding or doing, anything that we can do here.

[unvarnished]

[well for her, he's sketching the Gentlemen eating seven hearts. He strikes a line through all the hearts that have already been taken and circling the ones that are still left.

He also does a sketch of Bond firing a gun, and how it has no effect on the Gentlemen. Because let's face it, Bond would try]

[ensorceler]

I agree with the General, you must share this information here and now. We cannot all crowd into the library at a moment's notice, and there are plenty yet who are too far. As soon as they open the journal where they be, they will know how to safeguard their own lives.

[ Anne knows people don't give enough of a shit to actually follow her orders, but fuck if she can't try. ]

If this is information that all peoples are to know, then share them with all of the peoples, and make haste before further lives are lost. You will be rewarded.

[unvarnished]

[he's not really doing it for a reward. And there are people in the library already. People who are much better at getting the word out, like Mark. But since she's a queen he will share the most important piece: he draws a quick sketch of the princess using her voice to defeat the Gentlemen.

Maybe it'll work with Anne? Worth a shot, right?]

[ensorceler]

[ She's really annoyed by this. He's not being very clear. Maybe it's a good thing she isn't in the library, since she'd hit him with said book once he was finally through being...helpful.

She draws an arrow to the girl (she cannot tell that's a girl, okay). ]

What is this? Woman or man, or is it to matter? And how do we first retrieve our voices in order to share our voice? Explain yourself, man!