Hello, sorry I’ve been inactive
I don’t really have anything more than a gut read on anyone at the moment. Except Mat. this post:
and a couple other things they’ve said have rubbed me the wrong way, it just feels kinda off. I am not gonna vote yet. But that’s where my suspicions lie for now. @Matrim's Dice
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I was sitting contemplatively on a rough lump of stone, on the corner of a street. Destruction was laid out before me, yet my eyes did not see. I ran my finger up and down the rough edge of my satchel’s leather strap, feeling the the ash falling lightly.
I didn’t know what to make of it. The village drunk (who I’d heard was one of the foremost investigators on the case, and besides his drinking problem, had been an amiable and well liked fellow) was dead, along with Drying, and perhaps the most troubling of all, the inn had been burnt to a crisp, with a strange message left in the ruins. Those very ruins sat in front of me.
So much had happened in the past two days, it was quite overwhelming. I hadn’t even learned that drunk’s name before he died.
Yesterday I had been so sure I would find the Spiked, but today? Well, I wasn’t certain of anything.
I sat, flakes of ash wafting down slowly, meandering through the air, before alighting on the ground. Some Skaa worker would need to sweep the streets later. The ash originated from the ashmount that was the namesake of our little town.
‘Our’ little town, I thought. I have only just arrived, but already the place feels like home. Strange how crisis can both bring people together and tear them apart.
My thoughts drifted to Derrick. His body twisted and wrong looking, mangled on the flagstones.
I was but a young girl when I first saw death, it should not have shocked me so, yet the shock, horror and remorse came as sure as if it was my first experience of the violent cessation of life.
Unbidden, memories of my past, my brother, flooded my mind, I supposed I would need to face them at some point if I was going to continue on with my search for spiked, just not today. Today, I would mourn, for those I’d never known, for those who had none to mourn for them, but mostly I would mourn for my brother. He may not be deceased, but he was dead. All the Spiked were. I would mourn for them too, who they could have been.
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Also I read Wiz as vill. I get the vibe, and for some reason I think he is the tineye. No solid reasoning though
@The Wandering Wizard.