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[ The locket is floating.

It’s the only explanation for the view that the item gives – a young man, out on the walls of one of the castles, the moon curved behind him. His arms are crossed in front of him, not touching the device as it records. Black eyes (all black, like the depths of the sea) regard it for a moment and then one hand moves, gestures at the locket. ]

Well, well.

[ His head tilts, and while his lips don’t turn up, one may get the feeling that he’s smirking. ]

I must say, this is an interesting turn of events. One that even I did not see coming.

[ His voice is almost monotonous, but there is something like music in it – like whale song. ]

To be pulled away to the Drabwurld, asked to take part in this war. I wonder if they truly know what they are doing. [ His hand returns, head moving back so that he can look straight at the camera. ]

I hear there was a battle. One should expect such things, in war. I suppose I should ask about it. [ He doesn’t. Instead- ]

Tell me, Shardholders, something... interesting.

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I have lived for a long time. There are always battles. There is always death.

[ Though everyone certainly seems quite loud about this latest battle. ]

I know of no reason why the battle before I arrived here is any more interesting than the thousands before and after it have been and will be.

[There's a lot she could say to that, and she's about to but instead blinks at the last minute as she realises something.

She's been terribly rude.]

Oh, pardon me, Sir, I haven't asked your name, yet. I'm Flora.

[ And that is an interesting choice in itself. He inclines his head. ]

I am called the Outsider.

[She frowns mildly, partly discerning but perhaps concerned, as well.]

May I ask why?

I do not live in the world as most people know it.

[ ~~plus it sounds cool~~ ]

[This doesn't stump her as it might other people, but then, it might not. It sounds familiar, at any rate, whether or not it's accurate remains to be seen.

So, to continue the trend, it begs more questions.

~~Gotta get them cool points~~]

So where is it that you live? Do you live in another dimension, or outside of time, or something else entirely?

[ Familiar is something. The Outsider is, honestly, almost relieved that he's not being told that it's not a name. ]

A bit of both. I come from the Void, where all things began and all things end.

The Void?

[Not that her voice has been disrespectful, in fact, she's always polite unless she has reason not to be, but there is a newfound gentle respect.

Because come on, you don't not with someone like this.]

Have you been alive before there were living things, then?

I have not. But there have been others before me, and there will be others after.

[ Matter-of-factly; the Outsider has no desire to live past his time, because he is a product of it -- a leviathan in a time of whales. ]

But I am old, and I have seen much.

What's the Void like? It sounds like it might be a dark place, but maybe not so much that, but an absence of anything? Is there water there? [Which doesn't make objective sense, but she's curious about that whalesong. Also, sometimes magical things don't make objective sense, so whatever.] And what are you exactly, if I may ask?

[Hope 20 questions counts on your list of interesting things, bro.]

You sound it.

[She doesn't mean this as a slight, and there is nothing like insult to her voice. Her tone is matter-of-fact, in fact slight reverent. Just slightly.

He'd have to be really old for things like fights to be something so expected, and even if they're more personal for her, she doesn't see any point in arguing it, especially since centuries of fairies have fought before her, and she's certain more will after.]

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It is everything and nothing. Pieces of the world, of land and sea. If you fell, you might go on forever -- or you might not.

[ How do you explain a concept like the Void, ever-changing? ] I am... a representative. A god, those outside say. I am certainly not like them, nor like the other creatures there.

[ The one who walks here is all things. ]

And what of you?

...I've been someplace like that before. Everything sort of fit together because it didn't at all, in a sense. If you fell in The Void, though, could you fly back up?

[Oh, Gods. Welp. And yet they're sort of tricky where she comes from. From what Jason's said, she might consider Arcadia one, or the Great Dragon, but still, it was tricky.] Others say you're a God, but would you say that of yourself, as well? To be honest, the concept is a little new to me, at least in those terms, but what makes you so different to be called one? There are different people everywhere.

[The Void sounds like a p big deal though and a leg up.]

Oh, me? I'm...a fairy.

[Which is very popular here, let her tell you.]

Some could. Others can blink across it, in one place and then suddenly in another.

Would I call myself a god? [ He laughs a little, turning the thought over. ] There are those that worship me, drawing runes in blood and carving into bones. I am the source of the magic in the world that some call upon and others fear. There are those dedicated to hating me, to hunting down those who embrace magic and see it as part of the world. I am old, and powerful, and both kind and terrible when it suits me to be so. Yes, I would say that is what I am -- but I am careful to remember that someday I, too, will return to the Void.

[ A god, but only for as long as he's allowed to be one. ]

You are unlike the others here.

[Okay, that is a Very Big Deal.

She has sense to know not to without one, but she's making a note of it: making the Outsider angry is probably a bad idea.

But that's a lot to process here, and some of it hits closer to home, though, and her face falls, distressed.]

But why? It's absolutely terrible that anyone would do that!

[She might know the answers herself, but she doesn't want to presume and always seeks to understand.]

[ Luckily, making the Outsider angry is also rather difficult. He's very used to people curing his name, after all. ]

Each Overseer has their own reason -- though many simply because it is what they are trained to do, from the time the Abbey takes them from their families and they watch those who were not chosen be killed. But above all, fear.

The Abbey of the Everyman does not enjoy that there are forces in this world besides their own, forces beyond human that they cannot control or predict.

That is just the way a lot of worlds work! You can't control or predict everything.

[She's upset and frustrated, though, but not with him, just all this. She manages to keep her tone reined and not at all loud, but it's in her eyes.]

Not everyone uses their magic responsibly, but if people are being hunted indiscriminately, that's horrible.

[And people being taken from their families are you for real right now.]

The Overseers care very little for how magic is used, or -- in truth -- if it has been used at all. They care for the power their positions bring. Few truly follow their Strictures.

Is there no one to stand against them or make them see reason?

[This is complicated, and her feelings are divided. This is absolutely not okay, but fear propels people to do unspeakable things, sometimes.]

Only those that they hunt. Even the Empress, either the old or the new, would face serious repercussions if she were to speak out.

[ He inclines his head. ]

But perhaps I will be surprised.

Would she want to? Either of them?

[Honestly, Flora just wants to know someone cares, even if things are as he says they are.

But she blinks at that.]

Is there a reason why you feel you might be?

The first is dead. The second... young Lady Emily is a child with a strong will. She may, and her protector will have his work cut out for him if she does.

[ Good thing Corvo has his Mark. ]

Most people are easy to predict, their paths unlikely to change. But others, the most interesting, make choices that I would not expect.

I'm sorry that she's dead, but I hope Emily can grow into her own safely.

[Hope is all she can do from here, and it's frustrating.]

People are very remarkable that way. They can surprise even themselves, sometimes. It's wonderful--and yes, interesting--to see happen when it does.

[She sounds positive because has faith as well as the experience to back it, but also because she needs to believe in the capacity for good in others, right now.]

Though I find it interesting that someone like you can still be surprised.

She will take after her protector.

[ And as he's from the High Chaos end, it will be bloody. ]

It would be a boring existence if I knew all.

I could definitely understand that, and yet you're certain there will be nothing of interest for you in this war?

[Since he didn't ask about it. ]

In this war? No, not at all.

But battles themselves tend to be quite tedious.

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oh my god, i'm sorry, but he's so cool i need to play this game i own it

ahaha NO WORRIES but yes you definitely should

Need a better computer, sob.but one day

;~;

but yes, steam sales.

they trap us all. i can't even open steam anymore because it taunts me so.

i open steam to play monacco. i see nothing. i hear nothing.

blinders right toward the game

P much

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