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[digophelia]

[ Alice has spent most of her day in her room, keeping to herself. After Samhain, she's feeling particularly burnt out socially, choosing to make the most of her time with her pet rabbit and her drawings. What she won't mention is that her hallucinations have gotten pretty vivid the past few days and they're riddling her drawings that are sprawled all over around her. Her hands are covered in blue thanks to the pastels. This is one of the weirder things she's drawn, spending a lot of time mindlessly on the face. She only stops once to itch her nose, getting the blue-black residue of the chalk pastels.]

Oh, bother.

[ Alice stifles a sneeze, rubbing it off her nose. Alice stops to adjust her neck.]

Well, I'm going to run out of pastels. I should have gotten them at the Station when I had the chance. Not one of my more finer projects, but I suppose it'll suffice for now. Do they even have these in Caer Scima?

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Commanded your presence? That's a bit rude.

[ LOGIC!! ]

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Yes. He is not known for his social prowess.

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Was he a man of power?

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Head of the Academy of Natural Philosophy and the Royal Physician, among other things.

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[ Philosophy? Her father's favorite subject next to literature. Alice gives a little scoff. ]

I don't know the man and even I think he's a disgrace. A shame, there are much more humble men who study philosophy.

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Another helped me to create an artifact to help one of my Marked -- the Heart of a Living Thing. Piero did so quite well, although he is not Marked himself.

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... Marked.

[ Obviously like her. She has to wonder what these people are like and hope there is a difference between them. Alice doesn't want to associate with a sorry sap trying to invoke an otherworldly being. ]

What do you mean by "the heart of a living thing"? Was this Piero like the one you speak of?

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Exactly what it sounds like.

[ It's literally a heart as in the organ, Alice. ]

They were competitors.

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...

[ A silence falls here before Alice speaks up again. ]

What do you do with a heart? Why would you keep it with you?

[ She's more curious than revolted, of course. ]

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The Heart in question could provide whispered truths to the man who bore it -- knowledge he otherwise may not be able to obtain. It would also help him to locate runes and bone charms, as I did not craft them myself there.

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Was it one of a kind?

[ That does sound useful. ]

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Yes. The Heart was of someone who was once very dear to him. When they died, they asked if they could be allowed to help.

[ Be careful, always, of what you wish for. ]

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But if you were able to help someone dear to you, why would you chose to be a heart?

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They did not choose.

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Was it your choice?

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Yes. [ He thought it was fitting. ]

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I don't understand; why a heart? Were they lovers?

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Yes. Shortly before the events surrounding her death, she told them that her heart was at peace when he is near.

[ And so he gave her heart that peace. Kind of. ]

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[ Still. There's no scorn, just curiosity. Alice can't help but wonder what on earth happened to this aforementioned woman. ]

Was that the only way that she could help?

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I do not interfere much, in my own world. It was the best option for the both of us.

[ He could have just raised her from the dead, had he wanted to, though that likely would have caused more panic -- she wouldn't have been living again, whole. ]

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[ Oh, the irony. She had seen what a spirit could be like raised from the dead in Berserker. He's miserable, full of loathing for himself. She thinks of him as he says this. Maybe the same would apply for this woman, too. ]

Is she at peace now?

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She is with him. And what she wished to happen has been done.

[ Her daughter rescued, her lover free. Corvo had perhaps not taken the path that Jessamine would have wanted, but Jessamine was a bit too unaware in her current form. Corvo had yet to turn the Heart upon himself, and she would remain in her somewhat sedated state until then.

Though she had certainly woken up around Daud. ]

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[ It's like a fairy tale, in a way. ]

I suppose that is what matters. Right?

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Many things matter. But perhaps. Her daughter is safe, those who conspired to murder her punish.

[ So really, what's there to complain about?

Other than how shitty everything in Dunwall is. ]

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Her poor daughter.

[ There would be if the daughter was very young -- Alice knows what it's like to be orphaned. ]