catch-all: zero.

[tricycles]

one day a shitpost will go here

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[fleuris]

[ instead of lurking by the heart monitor? wow, talk about the royal treatment. ]

Yeah, it's been so long I can't even remember your name. Who're you, again?

[ her deadpan gives the joke away ]

Before we get started, what happened to Polly? Grune was worried about her.

[tricycles]

[Carlos looks like he wants to make another joke, but. Ah. The Polly topic wipes off the smile on his face.]

... Tell Grune I said thank you next time you see her, and that Polly's back with us if she wants to send her a message.

[Thotty ghost made it back...]

She was punished for breaking a rule.

[fleuris]

... Did it work?

[ after all, punishments are handed out to deter law breakers from... well. breaking the law. if it got to Polly... ]

[tricycles]

[...]

It's not going to stop us from doing everything we can to help you guys.

[fleuris]

[ ... hm ]

About that - if I wanted to do a trial to find out more information about the ritual we need all these demon parts for, can I? Or do you think that would be a waste of time?

[tricycles]

[He blinks.]

... I think... You would be better off asking for something else entirely. You can get the same information I would give you by asking around.

[fleuris]

Really? Because it sounds like everyone thinks the ritual is the solution to all our problems, and I'm not sure it is. We have no idea where it or the exorcism shit came from after all.

[ her eye narrows in thought as she mulls over other options. ]

What about the exact steps of the ritual? We don't know what "the seven must come together" means, much less what we're supposed to do.

[tricycles]

I can't give you information I don't have, Zero. Everyone is working hard. But if you know that much, then you already have everything I can give you.

[he's not. happy about this. things are moving at a snail's pace?]

[fleuris]

[ this is. very frustrating. ]

For fuck's sake - the escape route that was mentioned on the note in our date prize?

[ she's. running out of options that aren't "where's the last ritual item" ]

[tricycles]

... That sounds to me like it could be related to the ritual. But not information worth doing a task for. Try asking around.

[fleuris]

[ ... wait. what? ]

The "escape route" relates to the ritual...? How's that possible? I would have thought it was a location.