009 Summons ❈ Written & Dictated

[ninjainviolet]

[After her conversation with Raine, Sheena had debated how to go about making copies of the rubbing she had made of the carving found outside the cave entrance--one to go into the library. Putting it in the journal with a filter is the easiest means to get everyone a copy, but that method still seems rather unreliable, so she had come up with an alternative. She had decided to use both the journal and make copies that would be kept away from the castle and whoever determines to make things "disappear". It had been a little time-consuming, but she really hadn't had much to do before or after the Masquerade Party.

However, things had taken longer after the party as her mind had continuously wandered and focused on the events at the party--some good, some bad, and some strange. One in particular kept jumping to the forefront of her memories no matter how many times she shoved it away until she had been able to suppress it with a massive surge of willpower and finish her task.]

[[Everything is filtered from First Gens, and anyone who would give them information]]

[Filtered to all Expedition goers: Written]
For those who are interested here is a copy of that carving outside the cave entrance by the birds. I also made several other copies if you don't trust having it here in the journal [or if people want to make their own notes as she had on her copy], so if you'd like one, just let me know and I'll see that you get one.

[Filtered to Raine: Dictated]
How do I go about putting a copy of this in the library? And should I contact Lois Lane so she can add it with her notes? Is there anyone else who wasn't on the expedition who might want a copy of this--who you trust?

[Filtered to those in Lloyd's House: Dictated]
Sorry I haven't been there for a while, but a friend has been in the clinic since we got back from the expedition, so I stayed in the castle to keep an eye on him and to do that work. He's awake now, so I'll be coming back soon.

[Satisfied she had forgotten nothing, she sat still for a few moments before adding:]

[Open to All: Dictated]
Did anyone else notice that the Fairies acted like the party/festival was an annual/seasonal thing, but those who have been here a while hadn't? Makes me wonder if I was wrong about it not being a castle trick.

[Yes, much better to have that barge into her daydreams about a certain blond she likes rather than a specific dance with a masked red-head.]

Comments

Dictated forever

[whichwayyoulean]

And yet you still let them sit on your lap.

Always

[ninjainviolet]

Doesn't mean those guys weren't tricked, too, you know.

[Oh yeah, she's not giving up the argument that the fairies weren't evil.]

[whichwayyoulean]

Or they were in on the act, too. Which is far more likely. [Give it up Sheena, god]

[ninjainviolet]

[No.]

I seriously don't think so. I think they were used just like the rest of us.

But, no one was hurt, so I can't figure out why.

[whichwayyoulean]

When it comes to the castle there doesn't have to be a reason for anything to happen.

[ninjainviolet]

I know. But I can't help thinking that there was something behind this.

Call it a hunch.

[whichwayyoulean]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see if a great plan unfolds itself.

[ninjainviolet]

You don't want to try to figure it out first?

[whichwayyoulean]

Why would I want to do that?

Sheena

[ruin_mania]

Just make a few copies and place them on the shelves, actually. It will be entered in the catalog automatically.

As for others who might need a copy, Lois is an excellent choice. Why not make a filter for "trustworthy people who are investigating the world"? That will ensure anyone who can be trusted will see it, even if they only appear later.

Raine

[ninjainviolet]

Okay. I made a lot of copies, so that should be easy.

I didn't think of that. That would include everyone on the expedition, too, wouldn't it? [That is, if everyone is trustworthy. A picture of Echidna pops into her head.]

Sheena

[ruin_mania]

Excellent.

[Exactly, Sheena.] It would include all those who are trustworthy. I don't think I need to tell you that means there are some who would be excluded from that.

Raine

[ninjainviolet]

I guessed that. In fact, one's already crossed my mind.

Sheena

[ruin_mania]

[She coughs delicately.]

That snake woman?

[Seriously, Echidna. Learn the meaning of pants]

Raine

[ninjainviolet]

Yeah.

Wait. You know her?

Sheena

[ruin_mania]

Well, she is an elf.

[Which is to say Raine can't not notice her.]

Raine

[ninjainviolet]

Yeah. And she seems to not like non-elves, too.

[Who can miss her?]

Expedition Filter -- Dictated

[not_mafia]

Did anyone else figure out what that sign meant?

Forever

[ninjainviolet]

My friend Cloud and I came up with a theory.

You see those weird symbols all around it?

[not_mafia]

Yeah?

[ninjainviolet]

He pointed out that the one at the bottom kind of looked like those bird statues on the beach.

[not_mafia]

Yeah, I guess it sort of does. But what does that mean?

[ninjainviolet]

Well, he thought that was a landmark for the cave entrance. And the other symbols were also some sort of landmark for other caves.

[not_mafia]

Oh, maybe!

... but then, don't you think someone else would have come to take the gold? [They had such easy access to it, after all.]

[ninjainviolet]

Possibly, but there might have been something keeping them from doing so.

[Like the sickness mentioned on those papers found.]

But, there's something else.

See those lines? I think they're passages connecting a whole cave system.