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[ The feed opens on Cassandra’s apartment- or what soon will not be Cassandra’s apartment, as one may be able to tell from the fact that everything’s in boxes behind her. Cassandra is on screen, certainly not looking or sounding as terrible as the last time she posted on the network, but still a good bit exhausted. And a bit...frustrated? It could be worse. There's a portion of the screen behind her that's hard to focus on, as if it doesn't want to be looked at. ]

Okay. So- for those of you who are actually interested in figuring shit out around this place, I’ve got a request. Or- we do, apparently. [ Suddenly, that portion of the screen is just fine being looked at, where the tall figure and gazelle skull mask of the Psychopomp looms behind Cassandra. ]

We’re looking for magic users. Anyone with... [ She taps her chin. Clearly she’s trying to find the right words, for a number of reasons. ] Offensive abilities. Or some sort of psychic powers. [ Psychopomp raises one finger, interjecting from behind her: ] Not offensive, as such. The abilities we seek have to do with the mind, particularly in the binding together of them.

God. Fine, yeah, what they said. It’s all abstract anyway, fucking...supernatural bullshit. [ She waves a hand around, as if that’ll assist her point. ] What we’re saying is we need some help on a project. A big one. So if you can do that- and if you’re willing to do it with pretty fucking high stakes- let us know.

Be warned, when we speak of high stakes, we mean the highest of stakes in this land. We mean to mitigate them, with thy help, and perhaps they will be reduced for thee enough to be as naught, but this task is not for such that cannot steel themselves to such a task. If thou art serious, we appreciate thy inquiry.

...They mean you could get hurt, if you need a translation. [ She’s a journalist. She likes blunt language. ] Oh- and if you want something a little less dangerous, we could use some help with a survey, too. Much less potentially deadly. Thanks in advance to those of you who actually give a shit, I guess.

[ ooc: Plain text is Cassandra, bolded is Psychopomp/

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We were both suffering egregious circumstance. Bigger problems than an interpersonal dispute.

[He didn't want to recollect the Shimmer, but here they were.]

That's...it's not that I don't believe you, considering Baal could be stubborn as fuck, but you realize that just gives me more questions? It's not like he was an evil person, either.

Oh, no -- I certainly wouldn't accuse him of undesirable morals, no. Egregious circumstance. I wasn't feeling quite myself, either.

Can I get any elaboration on that, or are you going to keep being absurdly mysterious about this?

[ Cass is always nosy, but she feels especially obligated to know about this. What could Baal have even done? ]

Now where would you be, if people weren't absurdly mysterious sometimes?

A lot less fucking stressed, for one! So that's a no?

I had to use it to calm him down.

[And then he used it on Chilton, because The Shimmer. And then Chilton used godsong on Baal -- because The Shimmer.]

With this power, I have to be very specific. That's a drawback.

[And he had to be in physical pain, but that was far easier to accommodate.]

I- if that's all you're going to say, fine.

[ Cass will admit Baal had a bad habit of losing his shit at the wrong times- even if, in the end, she's pretty sure his heart was in the right place. Or, well, it was in a decent place. ]

Do you have any examples on how specific?

If I want an individual to do something over an extended period of time, I'll have to specify as much. For example -- if I persuaded you to stand still so that I might run away, you would only suffer the compulsion for a moment.

If I told you to stand still for an hour, then you would. Plenty of time for me to flee, theoretically.

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