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[pummelgranite]

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please help them

((OOC: there will be big, late canon WicDiv spoilers in this post))

[Video]

[generalgrievous]

Betrayals create unexpected allies.

That alone has been a surprising side effect of recent revelations.

[Grievous is on screen, in his human form. He seems thoughtful although there is an underlying anger to his next words.]

I would assume that vengeance is frowned upon in this world. At least, the kind that creates a balance in the severity of the crimes committed.

So what do you do? What have you done?

When somebody has betrayed your trust, used you for their own ends and set you up for eventual failure, ruining both your reputation and your life...

What would you do to rectify the situation and be at peace?

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[wronganswer]

I've been here for a few days, and I have some questions.

   1. Is anyone else here a mutant?
   2. Can imPorts join law enforcement or military? Someone mentioned RISE to me, but I'm not clear on the details.
   3. Failing that, are there consequences for vigilantism? I've noticed it seems to be rampant here.
   4. I could use some help testing a new ability I was given. It involves reading your mind. Just so you're clear on what you're volunteering for.

Thanks. I'm Anderson, by the way.

LUNAR INTERLUDE 4: VOICE

[journalkeeper]

[ Lucretia has been laying low for the past month, focusing on keeping a certain something safe - but now it was gone. And, after the usual couple of days waiting to see if it was a Porter blip, didn't look like it was going to return. That meant a couple of things. ]

I don't, uh, know how long you're supposed to wait before announcing these things but Magnus Burnsides has been ported out for a few days now.

[ She pauses. Being open and honest about something isn't really her strong suit. ]

I... owe you all an apology. After the incident in Maurtia Falls in January I tried to address the Network to break some terrible news and reassure you that the destruction wouldn't happen again, but I was unwilling to -- I didn't want to say everything. But now that Magnus is gone, so too is what he'd inadvertently brought into this world - the Philosopher's Stone.

I was afraid that broadcasting its existence on the Network would be little more than an advertisement for an extremely powerful magical object, um, and I believed the only way to keep it safe was to keep people from seeking it out at all - whether for altruistic or... less than altruistic reasons.

[ She likes to believe the best in people, but she doesn't trust half of you as far as she can throw you.]

Regardless, the Stone is no longer in this world and I can finally, finally reassure you that you will be safe from its power.

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[applewatcher]

[Late one night, an anonymous message appears, both on the network and left affixed to walls and left outside the doors of disreputable businesses.]

So you wish to summon the Dark Brotherhood? You wish to see someone dead? Pray, child. Pray, and let the Night Mother hear your plea.

You must perform that most profane of rituals - the Black Sacrament.

Create an effigy of the intended victim, crafted from a heart, skull, bones and flesh. Encircle the effigy with candles.

Stab the effigy with a blade rubbed in nightshade petals, while whispering this plea:

"Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear."

Then wait, child, for the Dread Father Sithis rewards the patient. You will be visited by a representative of the Dark Brotherhood. So begins a contract bound in blood.

[Attached is an image, to demonstrate the ideal form of the ritual.]

[The network post seems to have been left open for comments.]

(OOC: Anyone who performs the ritual, please sign up here! And remember, please make sure character deaths are pre-approved by the mods here!)