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[mysunnydisposition]

[ Steph's voice is oddly flat for her, tone carefully controlled. ]

Okay, so... now that we're all back together and everyone knows who they are again... or, well, most of us, anyway...

Who here was a Manticore Knight? And do any of you know what the hell happened to Tim when he was infiltrating? There weren't that many of them, he was one of them, and his body was full of bullet holes in their morgue, so someone has to know.

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[runawaystory]

[Rosalie very much doesn't want to talk about this. But. She was there.

Her voice is carefully neutral as she replies.]

He volunteered to be scanned for spirit possession by one of the Exorcists. That's what the Knights thought the infiltrators were--people possessed by spirits. It was supposed just be a demo but it...went wrong. Specifically, the Exorcist scanning him identified Dr--him as possessed.

[detectivewonder]

Wrong enough that he got shot?

[mysunnydisposition]

Oh. Great. But... just scanning him shouldn't have been enough to screw with his head, right? Especially not now that he's not infiltrating anymore.

What'd they do after they found out he was possessed? [ Pause. ] Besides shoot him about two hundred times.

[runawaystory]

...Um.

[This is very much not the voice she expected or wanted, though on reflection, it had been stupid to think that he wouldn't inquire into his grisly fate.]

I think that was more because he started struggling too hard during the exorcism...and because he was enough of a jerk that no one involved was very invested in him surviving the attempt.

[runawaystory]

I don't know. I wasn't an Exorcist. But Psyche and Embargo did attempt an exorcism... I don't know how far into the attempt they got before shooting him though. That might explain whatever happened to him?

[mysunnydisposition]

So much for loyalty, I guess. That might explain it, though. It's not like anything else does...

They didn't find you too, after all of that?

[rustyhonesty]

The one who exorcised him was Mako Adams. I wasn't there, but the guy was paranoid enough to exorcise himself, so I don't doubt he freaked out over Drake being possessed.

[runawaystory]

...It was a public demo. All the Newport Knights were there. Plus a few of the Squires.

[detectivewonder]

Uh.

I'm not that much of a jerk, though, am I?

[runawaystory]

I don't know. This's the first time we've ever talked, I think, or close enough. You seem alright so far, though.

[mysunnydisposition]

If you were, I would've pushed you off a rooftop a long time ago. Don't worry about it.

[volving]

She would.

[mysunnydisposition]

No, I mean... One of their Knights was possessed. They didn't go on a witch hunt and scan all of you after that? Exorcise everyone just in case?

about half a minute later, havnig been chastised by Steph...

[volving]

It was... a joke. Mostly. I... was trying to... be helpful. Not scary.

Sorry.

[detectivewonder]

So very reassuring.

No, really - it really is.

[runawaystory]

Oh, I'm sure they tried to scan everyone. Probably not as publicly, though. I guess they ran out of time before getting to me.

[detectivewonder]

It's cool. I got the joke.

[detectivewonder]

Thanks.

[mysunnydisposition]

I try.

[mysunnydisposition]

Guess we're lucky we only have the one confused amnesiac to deal with, in that case...

[mysunnydisposition]

I don't know who that is, but I'm guessing he didn't come down with a case of amnesia when he tried it on himself.

[runawaystory]

Is that what happened to him? Jesus.

[runawaystory]

So what do you think happened to you?

[volving]

Okay. Good.

I'm not... good at jokes. People don't always... notice.

[mysunnydisposition]

...yeah. I guess I should have lead with that, for everyone who missed it.