Eachdraidh. IC Contact.

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[uneulogized]

Just so we're clear—not the kind of returned that we do, right?

[selfimage]

I can't be sure. I'm not certain of the entirety of your situation—but he can't be another incarnation, he can't ...

[ there's a pause. ]

There's no way he can be like me.

If that's true ... then we're dealing with someone far more skilled in shards than we can imagine.

[uneulogized]

No, no, that's not what I meant. [But that answers another question: Loki's been able to guess about his death. He was too obvious. Too many people know, and one day, it might be used against him.

—Focus.]

We come back after we die. That Faolan did that, and now he's playing house with his Seelie boyfriend. What you're telling me is that this Drabkeeper came back, but what was the nature of his return?

[selfimage]

Something unnatural enough to startle Waver.

[uneulogized]

So you got all this information from him.

[He barely hides his bitterness. Jason has had to pick a scapegoat for all their informational failures, and Waver has been the target—perhaps unfairly, but Jason is never one for fairness.]

[selfimage]

That part, yes. He insists his source was reliable. Lucky us, he's not one for bad information—only omission.

[uneulogized]

I'd like to know who his source is, [he adds in a mumble.]

But something tells me that the Shuck might have our answers. Unnatural defiance of death ... you'd have to figure that Death would have a bone to pick with that one.

[selfimage]

[ it's not to say that he wouldn't like to know who the source was, but he knew that Waver wouldn't tell him. there were ways to go about it, but they were high enough risk that he couldn't sacrifice what he had at the moment. ]

Most likely. The Shuck probably has lots of bits and pieces of what we're missing, all the corner pieces of our little puzzle. But speaking with him could get either of us a one way ticket in the wrong direction.

[ there's a long pause, and his voice sounds a little resigned. ]

Right now my shard is all I have.

[uneulogized]

Wow, that's a defeatist attitude if I've ever heard one. [Of course, they've come out of this conversation with a whole fuck ton of uncertainty, but still.]

[selfimage]

I have a very long and complicated history in dealing with the dead.

But, perhaps ...

[ he's pursing his lips a little bit, a hand goes to the back of his neck and he turns it. ]

That means the Shuck also may have an Avatar, doesn't it?

[uneulogized]

May have one, or may eventually have one. Reul didn't have one a year ago, but Ridire already did. [And if Ariadne had never been told about it, Jason thinks that this is still in the motions.]

[selfimage]

Eventually is key.

There were visions that were given to the gods—ones of another war. This time, between the divine, rather than just the mortal. One particularly pleasant one involved the Shuck being gutted on the antlers of the Hart.

[uneulogized]

Killed by his own brother.

[He muses about this for a moment.]

Did Ariadne get it?

[selfimage]

Yes, she did. As did a few others.

Though it's difficult to tell if it's contrived or if it's real. We could be at the mercy of one clever and powerful enough to make these prophecies self-fulfilling.

That is the question, isn't it? Is it really a prophecy, or is it someone trying to manipulate all the things that haven't happened yet?

[uneulogized]

You mean the Drabkeeper. Or someone else.

[selfimage]

And if that someone is manipulating the gods, I want to know why.

Though I believe we're inching ever closer to that one.

[uneulogized]

The Cult is ... involved in the war, too.

I'd like to know why about that, too.

[selfimage]

My, my, my—the cult and the Drabkeeper together again. Color me surprised.

[uneulogized]

If the Drabkeeper has anything to do with the visions.

[selfimage]

The Drabkeeper's already involved with the cult. It's ... convenient.

[uneulogized]

I got that. [It comes out a little snappish.]

Of course, we don't know the degree of involvement.

[selfimage]

Degree or type, unfortunately.

And the Drabkeeper gone to the mist after the fires burned the keep, trail lost.

I've a feeling finding this observer will answer our questions, even the one concerning fate.

Both Hiro and Nico have draws to the Shuck. Are you aware of any others?

[uneulogized]

I wouldn't mind throwing Nico to him to find out what happens. It's a win win for us. Well, any of us who don't include Hiro in the equation. I don't think sending anyone else to talk to him is a good idea.

[selfimage]

Unfortunate.

I'm sure we could rig something up to make our inquiry sound both enticing and convincing without giving the intent away.

Have you a way to contact him, or will a letter do?

[uneulogized]

We could always just ask Hiro why he isn't a miserable fuck. I'm sure he can give us what we need.