There are several people I would like to be in closer contact with on that island, but getting messages in and out has been...challenging, thus far.
[ a beat. ]
I'm not asking for anything but an easier way to be sure that everyone is still alive, and Venatori forces haven't overrun them. Do you think that's within your power to establish?
[Because he's not as much a shit as he pretends to be, Nikos pauses. But it's a pause that probably doesn't encourage any particular faith, because he's good at pretending to be a shit.]
We can get a message through.
[Probably would be the modest way to end that sentence. Why be modest when the truth isn't.]
Good ones, difficult to crack. Still written, but more obscurely. Messages that are memorized have a better chance, carried by word of mouth. Not always treated with anything other than skepticism, so if you have any belief in the Maker, pray that your voice can show itself through another's.
I expected you to say we shouldn't write anything full stop.
[ i knOW THINGS........ ]
There's at least one person who might have some experience with codes and the breaking of them. [ squints at billy ] But if he's dead, your efforts might be wasted. If you can send a man to recite the first message, I can tell him who he should be looking for.
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Date: 2019-09-20 03:31 pm (UTC)[ a beat. ]
I'm not asking for anything but an easier way to be sure that everyone is still alive, and Venatori forces haven't overrun them. Do you think that's within your power to establish?
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Date: 2019-09-25 01:05 am (UTC)We can get a message through.
[Probably would be the modest way to end that sentence. Why be modest when the truth isn't.]
Written words are usually less safe.
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Date: 2019-09-25 01:10 am (UTC)[ this is actually less snippy than one would assume. it's a genuine question. ]
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Date: 2019-09-25 01:17 am (UTC)[Honey.]
Good ones, difficult to crack. Still written, but more obscurely. Messages that are memorized have a better chance, carried by word of mouth. Not always treated with anything other than skepticism, so if you have any belief in the Maker, pray that your voice can show itself through another's.
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Date: 2019-09-25 01:26 am (UTC)[ i knOW THINGS........ ]
There's at least one person who might have some experience with codes and the breaking of them. [ squints at billy ] But if he's dead, your efforts might be wasted. If you can send a man to recite the first message, I can tell him who he should be looking for.
hey so this is like 20 days old oops..............................
Date: 2019-10-16 09:22 pm (UTC)[Not totally unreasonable, at least.]
I'll find a contact. And send a description when I have one.
how dare u
Date: 2019-10-17 01:56 pm (UTC)[ sincere. ]
I'll wait to receive your recommendation.