Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
7/10/2016
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When Eglantine gets ready for something, they really get ready. They've kitted up, hastily called in favours, gathered everything that might be useful, and now they are waiting, wrapped in a long cloak, under which is a neddy suit. That will help, they figure, with getting close, after which a liberal application of charm, bribery and outright violence should do the rest.
Nothing escapes the eyes of the urchins and criminals of London. Some of them have debts to or fondness for Elias Lowe. Some of them are simply amenable to a hefty amount of payment. The web of watchers spreads wide already.
Siobhan is tense, but she will not falter. Eli matters too much to her for that, now, and so she is here, armed and ready to go, waiting with Eglantine for the rest of the hunters, so that they can set off.
They will find Elias Lowe, because they must. Hopefully, it's not too late.
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Passionario
Posts: 777
7/11/2016
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The Absurd Rogue wrote:
(( I can set the scene if you guys manage to track him down. Or...
Perhaps Passionario's player would do the honors. He knows far more about the subject matter than I ))
(( With all due respect, I'd rather not. Explicit horror has never been not one of my strong suits, and if you decide to follow my suggestion as to where Eli is (and why Passionario put him there), then there will be no way to avoid it. The slaughter in the Basalt Gallery was already one of the hardest scenes I've ever had to write; there's only so far I'm prepared to go down that path. ))
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Lisbella Peridot
Posts: 138
7/14/2016
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(OOC: Boo! Hiss! Last minute absent antagonist. And I was buckling up for a show!  ]
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Anatasia Swansong - fencing prodigy, extraordinary beauty, and very stubborn
Welcoming friends of all sorts! All independent now.
Kelly Siniature - grinning, deranged, elegant child of indistinct gender
Kelly is taking a long break on isolation.
I also play Town of Salem and a few other games - still Lisbella Peridot!
I finally regained stable internet access, so I should be around more often...
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The Absurd Rogue
Posts: 1049
7/14/2016
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Far below, a certain fishermen has a very bad day.
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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Lamia Lawless
Posts: 604
7/11/2016
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(OOC: Oh crap. That's not good.
[spoiler]...Well, Eli, if our party runs a little late, you can always get replacement eyes from the Rubberies. :P[/spoiler] )
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
7/14/2016
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OOC: I'd say "mess" is a bit strong. The rescue turned out well, and if the Henchman plot fizzled, barely anyone was affected by it.
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Passionario
Posts: 777
7/14/2016
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The Absurd Rogue wrote:
(( Revenge is not a thing that Eli believes in, justice certainly isn't. But he can make exceptions, besides, he's got a lot of very angry friends who aren't going to be happy with his souvenirs from Passionario's treatment. ))
(( Perfect. Passionario will need a new set of Scars, Chains and Stains eventually, so Eli and his friends will get an opportunity to bestow plenty of souvenirs of their own. And you know what they say about the recommended serving temperature for revenge. ))
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Passionario
Posts: 777
7/14/2016
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Vavakx Nonexus wrote:
[OOC: Nothing much came out of the Henchmen, huh.]
[ Following yesterday's epiphany, Passionario has taken an indefinite unpaid leave of absence from the Ministry of Public Decency. His Ruthless Assistants are already building up their own power bases to make a bid for the Head Security Adviser position (commonly known as "Fist of the Bazaar"), fully expecting him to never come back. As far as they're concerned, Passionario's orders to transfer Eli might as well be Third City tablets. ]
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
7/11/2016
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OOC: Perhaps the Basalt Gallery will be put to a new use? :P
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Bertrand Leonidas Poole
Posts: 335
7/10/2016
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Bertrand runs up to the group as casually as one can when frantically trying to catch up with someone.
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The Absurd Rogue
Posts: 1049
7/10/2016
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(( This is awesome ))
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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Vavakx Nonexus
Posts: 892
7/10/2016
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[OOC: Spywork is always awesome.]
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Amets Estibariz, the Moulting Eidolon: Cradled by a sun all their own.
Blabbing, the Hobo Everyone Knows: The One Who Pulls The Strings. A Clarity In The Darkness.
Charlotte and the Caretaker: A family?
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Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
7/12/2016
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Eglantine chips in, harshly, "Just take her eyes and be done with it. Leave her blind as her master if she won't tell us everything." Their grin is terrifying. "Mercy, innit? Then she won't see when her fingers get cut off too."
Siobhan has ducked aside to change into her habit, and now intervenes, taking the more benevolent role. "No, no, she'll tell us. No need to be cruel."
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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The Absurd Rogue
Posts: 1049
7/12/2016
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The Grizzled Neddy shrugs.
"Eh, how could I turn down an offer like that." The Grizzled Neddy stands and walks to the table. When the four pistols that were immediately raised are lowered, she puts a pin on the map. A surprisingly short distance from the rookery, ironically. Near Stonymonk.
"Sorry, had to get outta ta binds. If I die wit me hands behind me back, I lose a bet. Righ' 'ere. Bitta tight squeeze but it'll take ye to the Ceiling Academy, or anywhere else ye need between here and Polythreme."
She turns back to Vavakx. "Well, don't make it too dramatic. Just get it over wit', I don't wanna be a chore for ta maids."
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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The Absurd Rogue
Posts: 1049
7/12/2016
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"Bah, where ye gonna get a meat-grinder at 'tis hour? Fleet Street be tat way, *neathy curse word*."
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
7/12/2016
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"Right. Now I am tempted to start cutting off fingers," they say mildly. "But only tempted. I have a better option for you. I've a bottle of something that'll blank our merry band from your mind. You tell us enough, you get a drink, and a chance to go home with no more than an I've-been-drinking blank spot in your memory."
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
7/12/2016
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...Well. That explains her ability to laugh off any threat that was thrown her way, and the nastiness in the Basalt Gallery. Eglantine chews thoughtfully on their bottom lip, eyeing the neddy. They know her face now, they can find her again at need, and she will not know theirs.
Yet if she's so important, can they afford to let her live? Eglantine considers it, before finally producing some bottled oblivion. The woman will not be conscious or able to do much for Passionario in the immediate future, and that will have to be enough.
"Fair's fair then. Drink up."
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
7/12/2016
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*Flesh-Stick wilts upon hearing the Neddy Woman's revelations, but isn't much surprised.The Irishwoman is far better for him anyway. Warm, kind, smart, devoted......... sane. Just what he needs.
Do not feel. Just do what you can to help Eli*
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Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
7/12/2016
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Has the dirigible ever held such an odd assortment as go to it now? Nuns and deacon and gaoler, all false, bearing food and candles to take up to the prison. And a Clay Woman. She, at least, is not false. It's really hard to fake one of those.
Everyone knows you can't escape New Newgate. That might be why there's so little suspicion for the party that's come to visit.
And on the street, the hunt continues. The more respectable-seeming of the hunters linger around the Parthenaeum. Others... the urchins out looking have had their work cut out for them, but with so many clever eyes a-hunting, even the Fist's servants cannot hide forever.
(One is not hiding. One is slumbering in the alley beside a tavern, and will remember none of this when she finally wakes.)
There are dangerous fellows out there. But it's a small army assembled to contest them, full of those whose anger and determination run deeper even than the Unterzee. The net tightens.
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Bertrand Leonidas Poole
Posts: 335
7/12/2016
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One of the nuns is likely to use the candles as one would birdseed for ducks.
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Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
7/11/2016
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Eglantine turns to a small, discomforting figure in oversized clothes. It's either a very creepy urchin or a very small devil, but either way, there's an alert expression meeting Eglantine's gaze. "You know the sorts of things we'll need. Will you get them?"
The Imp nods and hurries off.
((Man, if they succeed, are we going to have a rock-paper-scissors tournament over Eli or something? XD Because it sure looks like half this search party has a thing for him.))
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Lamia Lawless
Posts: 604
7/11/2016
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(OOC: Are we waiting on Ezekiel, or...? I mean how do we move this party forward?)
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The Absurd Rogue
Posts: 1049
7/11/2016
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"Yes. Yes. Part of us will follow paint trail, use marsh cat to follow scent and narrow area. The others will comb the bazaar. Look for any sign of Blind One of his Neddies. Only they know where Ellie is."
(( I actually don't know entirely for sure where Eli is now... Only Passionario knows for absolutely certain... But I think, based on how he's dealt with people in the past... Where he'd first want to stick him.
[spoiler]The Cage Gardens.[/spoiler]
Also, there is clearly a love triangle going on here and holy damn, I never imagined I played Eli to be so loveable ))
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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Eglantine-Fox
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7/10/2016
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Eglantine looks to Maria, and smiles as reassuringly as they can under the circumstances. "You've a lead, then. Take... Drake, is it? here as far as you got? He can help find the way from wherever they were when you lost them. It'll be valuable knowledge, and you'll be watched from the Flit, by those who can communicate your discoveries to the rest of us." They make their suggestion politely.
Siobhan eyes the miscellany of searchers the Game-Carver brought. "Whatever knowledge they have, let's have it. Let's plan this." She longs to simply charge in with a blazing pistol, but that's no plan worth anything. Better to restrain her urgency a little, get this plan put together.
Eglantine, meanwhile, is passing out shriek bombs, a couple to everyone. "I hope you don't have to use these, but if you encounter the Fist of the Bazaar, he relies on his hearing, having no sight. These might buy you a few precious moments when you need them most, I think."
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Eglantine-Fox
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7/10/2016
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Eglantine beckons to an urchin. "Jemmy. You know where they'll have gone, I think. Go get them. Hurry." They pause a moment, and them amplify this urging with a small jingling bag, to encourage maximum speed.
Jemmy sniffs, wipes his nose on his ragged sleeve, and races off. He'll head for the Flit, get up where he knows the routes, and find the Flowerdene Prodigies.
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
7/14/2016
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*Gives Passionario an angry shove*
I doubt I'll be there for that, so consider this my piece of the revenge pie :P
PS-Thanks for playing such a great antagonist
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Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
7/14/2016
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(ooc: sorry, guys. I'll put together a wrap-up, and hope that if I'm ever in future running a thread I'll do a much better job for everyone.)
"...Make that one nun overcome, and one deacon driven to madness and death."
Nobody can blame the shaken group of nuns for leaving, under the circumstances. Especially since the prison gets to keep the candles. And so, a band of nuns floats away in a dirigible, back to London, to shed their disguises and share the good news with the comrades left behind.
Their work is not over, but it never is, in a city like this. The brave, the wise, the stealthy and the cunning have come together, and taken back what was stolen from them. In scholar-knowledge and irrigo inks is the salvation of Elias Lowe written, to reclaim his skin from its dreadful brand.
As to how well he heals on the inside... that is the heart of other stories. Who can say? Only Elias Lowe.
What matters, perhaps, is that now he has his chance to say it at all.
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Kukapetal
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7/14/2016
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OOC: You did fine. It isn't easy to manage a huge RP like this.
Anyay...
Flesh-Stick nods at the news one of the rescuers has passed on to him. Eli is safe. Eli will live. He no longer needs to think about Eli. That's one task done. The other will be easy.
Then rest. The bottles are waiting at home.
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The Absurd Rogue
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7/14/2016
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(( Aah the feels. Eli and Fleshy gotta have a talk when he's up and about again, he's totally in the dark about this ))
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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The Absurd Rogue
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7/11/2016
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(( I can set the scene if you guys manage to track him down. Or...
Perhaps Passionario's player would do the honors. He knows far more about the subject matter than I ))
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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Eglantine-Fox
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7/12/2016
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Eglantine feels the rush again, of plans crystallising in their mind, and grins at Ezekiel. "We'll dress you as a gaoler. It'll hide your face entirely, and you can walk right past the constables without needing to fight them, or even talk to them. You climb out of the crate, and then you're just one more gaoler in the place, shuffling along about your business." They remember the gaolers well, from their own time in New Newgate. This is a role Ezekiel can surely play.
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Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Lamia Lawless
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Dahlia clears her throat, and sweeps her cloak aside. It's not armor underneath, but a mirror, as broad and long as her torso, buckled in place by leather straps. She taps the glass with a fingertip, and it seems to ripple, like liquid silver, before going solid again. This is why Lamia said 'try to get Dahlia into a tactical position.'
"I don't understand it," Dahlia admits. "But if I can get it there intact Miss L said it could serve as a quick exit."
(OOC: I forgot that a post I wrote about Lamia leaving earlier didn't go through. Anyway, Lamia left a while back, after she said she'd 'hang back.')
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Eglantine-Fox
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7/14/2016
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(OOC: They will do. And you have my apologies, my plans honestly were to give everybody something exciting. Note to self, coordinate things ooc first.)
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The Absurd Rogue
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7/14/2016
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(( There are still loose ends to tie. Besides, it does all feel a bit too easy doesn't it? Hmm. ))
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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The Absurd Rogue
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(( Revenge is not a thing that Eli believes in, justice certainly isn't. But he can make exceptions, besides, he's got a lot of very angry friends who aren't going to be happy with his souvenirs from Passionario's treatment. Besides, Eli knows he's out there somewhere, waiting. ))
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