WE ALL SEEK JUSTICE AND NOBODY IS OKAY

[tenrules]

[Another murder, another investigation, another trial, another execution. Unlike last time, it wasn't self-defense, and although they caught him, she's pretty sure nobody is happy. It was sentencing someone to death, after all.

Knowing that, Dlanor writes something on the back of profiles she took from the bulletin board, passing them under the doors. When in a hurry, use what you have, and those profiles will be back sooner or later, anyway]

Please come to the train station. Let's spend some time in each other's company, for our sake

[If you decide to come, you'll find whoever wrote that note has been working hard to make things somewhat nice. There's a few...whatever we all have been using as cups all this time...filled with milk -- evaporated milk with some water, it seems. Tastes almost like normal milk. Dlanor also brought a few twigs and a small piece of log from the sawmull, and seems to be currently trying to make a fire. Some warmth should be nice, right?

Come on, everyone, let's sit around this bunch of wood and strengthten our bonds]

Comments

[dragongod]

That's a rather grim thought.

Quite frankly, I'm not certain what I was hoping to accomplish by keeping track of everything. Perhaps I just didn't want to forget what everyone here has done for one another, in spite of our circumstances.

[Being reminded of the good in others, even if you need to remind yourself just because people keep killing one another, is valuable even in situations like this. It's as good as he can do to explain it, anyways.]

[pegathesis]

Sorry, I'm...usually a bit more optimistic than this.

[She sighs, putting her paper down for a moment.]

I believe that we can figure out a way out of here. Our group...is strong. And we aren't afraid to fight back. But there are only 16 of us now.

It's...getting scary.

[dragongod]

There's no need to apologize. It's certainly justified, given our circumstances. I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping hopes up, either.

[He nods in quiet agreement, considering their situation. Sixteen against one is still a fight he'd wager they could win, but they can't let this keep happening.]

There are ways to deal with ghosts. Even one with as much power as our Mayor claims to have. We only have to keep searching until we find them.

[But then there's the matter of the demon that's still among them, which is just another disaster waiting to happen, even if John really doesn't tell anyone else about it.]

[pegathesis]

[Yeah Twilight...doesn't know about that...which may or may not be for the best.]

I am glad to hear that, at least. This is really the first time I've encountered real ghosts like this. Shocking, isn't it? What with all the talking ponies and magic.

[dragongod]

[Given that Martin witnessed John slam Juno's hand in a door over it earlier in the week, he sure won't be the one to mention it to anybody anytime soon.]

Really? Strange... I've seen many ghosts in Cyrodiil, though I suppose this is the first time I've been personally... acquainted with them. Most of the time they aren't particularly interested in conversation.

[pegathesis]

I wouldn't think so, no. I always thought like...ghosts weren't exactly something you'd be able to communicate with at all, anyway. Isn't that how it usually works?

[dragongod]

They can talk, they just often choose not to. At least, that is the case in Nirn. The Hero has supposedly accomplished tasks for ghosts on many occasions-- he was helping them with something they needed done to move on from the physical realm.

[pegathesis]

The...Hero?

[dragongod]

My, ah...

[...]

...very dear friend. From home.

[pegathesis]

I see...well that sounds impressive either way, what he does for them.

[dragongod]

He goes above and beyond to help anyone he encounters. I've never met anyone else like that before. It's... a quality I greatly admire.

[pegathesis]

Someone we should all aspire to be, for sure. It'd be nice if he could tell us what he knows about ghosts, but...it's probably for the best he isn't stuck here, too.

[dragongod]

I know of how to defeat them, but it requires means we don't have access to right now. Silver and magic, specifically. I figured it highly unlikely we'd ever receive either-- if the Mayor has any shred of self-preservation, at least.

[pegathesis]

Yeah, definitely unlikely.

Though, to be honest with you...I'm not sure defeating him is what we'd want. He's the only one with answers, presumably, so what we need is to make him talk. And not the cryptid stuff he's been giving us.