And were you truly believed any more by saying nothing at all?
[Stern right back, thank you, but it doesn't sound all that accusatory. He listened to people talk in circles about things like the dolls and their motivations rather than the dead and the task at hand. But it could have very well gone the same way debating whether things claimed were the truth or not, muddling the evidence.]
If something else was involved in keeping that from being found out, outside yourselves and the rest of us, then instilling reasonable doubt in your own favor may very well have done more for muddling that mistrust than it would for damaging it further.
...
Was there anything else affected that way, that you were aware of?
I'd imagine so. And if we truly wouldn't have been able to see anything the day prior, when that crime was committed, then it's no wonder you stayed your hands.
I know the matter of his weapon also seemed suspect. You heard of my findings with Urianger during the proceedings, correct?
On first glance, it had been a pair of daggers I'd used for near a decade, though had set aside quite some time ago. When I investigated, they felt the same as the very weapons I remembered in the palm of my hand. But their appearance had changed instantly, to a mere pair of shoes.
Both Urianger and I attempted to remove the items from the room in which they were found, but the moment we stepped out, the feel of them changed as well to match their new appearance.
[And now he has a cool new pair of shoes that used to be daggers somewhere in his room.]
Why Giyuu was able to find a weapon in the same room, let alone leave with it intact... I don't know. But many other pieces of this feel too conveniently orchestrated. Perhaps that was simply one more of those pieces to add to the growing pile.
[ glad thancred got himself some legally distinct new balances ]
A piece of the puzzle that does not quite fit neatly into what we have already put together... By your experience, he should not have been able to leave with a sword, yet he managed and did not seem to care to explain.
This phenomenon sounds much in line with other happenings here, does it not? The intervention of something else, mayhap even a spell of some sort.
Aye, though this would have to be quite the array of spells. [Just listing them off on his fingers.] To bring us here, to pull us to and fro multiple times, to either halt time or present the illusion, to trap us all and set us to slumber, to set a weapon in one specific man's hands without detection, to hide the evidence of all wrongdoing... and that is not including if either Beryl or Giyuu themselves were affected deeper than we realized.
Would that we had a way to confirm any of it beyond process of elimination and blind faith. [A glance is given back to the huge collection of magic books stuffed into the shelves.] Though I've no doubt you're looking.
[He's just not holding hope that much will be shared, given Sage's other answers.]
You are quite correct. Whether the information in those tomes bears any fruit, however, remains to be seen.
[ They can at least offer Thancred that much, that this is very much a process of plucking through pages and hoping to find what works or fits. ]
Your list would seem impossible to most, yet with enough power and knowledge, each could be accomplished with relative ease. Whether that be with the simple snap of a finger or more... I intend to discover it. 'Tis a mystery at the heart of this realm that begs to be discovered.
Ever the curious sort, even in crisis... [His lips quirk.] You certainly remind me of someone.
But you've the right of it. I've seen far too much in my short time to know some magicks are beyond understanding to all but those who wield it in their hands.
...And what would you do with this mystery, once it's unraveled? What lies for you at the end?
[And the reminders continue. Like he can still see her there, lifting the wine glass from across the table at Sharlayan mere days ago, with Urianger and Meteor flanking them both.
It's an answer that comforts him, and in as fast a moment, aches at him. But he lets it go with an exhale. It's a reminder, nothing more. Like hearing a ghost.
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The one you did not wish to share details on before, yes.
Is it a dilemma only meant for this newfound space of ours, or from where you are originally from?
Aye. We seem to have a lack of a throughline in our own experience, by comparison.
...
I'll take my leave of you, then. Your handiwork is enough to show you're keeping yourself busy. [A nod of his head towards the books, crammed in particular order.]</small< And I've no desire to waste your time.
Would you be against me searching for you again, when this incident has passed?
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We were not. The evidence took it upon itself to disappear.
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sigh. very deeply.]
And the reason you did not share that, being?
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I think you know well that we would not have been believed, Thancred.
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[Stern right back, thank you, but it doesn't sound all that accusatory. He listened to people talk in circles about things like the dolls and their motivations rather than the dead and the task at hand. But it could have very well gone the same way debating whether things claimed were the truth or not, muddling the evidence.]
If something else was involved in keeping that from being found out, outside yourselves and the rest of us, then instilling reasonable doubt in your own favor may very well have done more for muddling that mistrust than it would for damaging it further.
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Was there anything else affected that way, that you were aware of?
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No, as far as any of us are aware. 'Twas beyond our ability to control.
[ The puppet shakes its head. ]
To have no evidence for the crime we stumbled upon... was most unsettling.
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I know the matter of his weapon also seemed suspect. You heard of my findings with Urianger during the proceedings, correct?
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On first glance, it had been a pair of daggers I'd used for near a decade, though had set aside quite some time ago. When I investigated, they felt the same as the very weapons I remembered in the palm of my hand. But their appearance had changed instantly, to a mere pair of shoes.
Both Urianger and I attempted to remove the items from the room in which they were found, but the moment we stepped out, the feel of them changed as well to match their new appearance.
[And now he has a cool new pair of shoes that used to be daggers somewhere in his room.]
Why Giyuu was able to find a weapon in the same room, let alone leave with it intact... I don't know. But many other pieces of this feel too conveniently orchestrated. Perhaps that was simply one more of those pieces to add to the growing pile.
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A piece of the puzzle that does not quite fit neatly into what we have already put together... By your experience, he should not have been able to leave with a sword, yet he managed and did not seem to care to explain.
This phenomenon sounds much in line with other happenings here, does it not? The intervention of something else, mayhap even a spell of some sort.
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Would that we had a way to confirm any of it beyond process of elimination and blind faith. [A glance is given back to the huge collection of magic books stuffed into the shelves.] Though I've no doubt you're looking.
[He's just not holding hope that much will be shared, given Sage's other answers.]
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[ They can at least offer Thancred that much, that this is very much a process of plucking through pages and hoping to find what works or fits. ]
Your list would seem impossible to most, yet with enough power and knowledge, each could be accomplished with relative ease. Whether that be with the simple snap of a finger or more... I intend to discover it. 'Tis a mystery at the heart of this realm that begs to be discovered.
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But you've the right of it. I've seen far too much in my short time to know some magicks are beyond understanding to all but those who wield it in their hands.
...And what would you do with this mystery, once it's unraveled? What lies for you at the end?
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The end? Resuming my quest for knowledge, naturally. Mayhap what is learned here can unravel further mysteries elsewhere...
[ A pause. ]
As for my intentions, I hope to use my newfound knowledge to solve the dilemma the others and I have been collaborating on.
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It's an answer that comforts him, and in as fast a moment, aches at him. But he lets it go with an exhale. It's a reminder, nothing more. Like hearing a ghost.
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The one you did not wish to share details on before, yes.
Is it a dilemma only meant for this newfound space of ours, or from where you are originally from?
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It seems like they settle on it. ]
This dilemma has spread far beyond where I am from, and is why the four of us who arrived before you and yours were collaborating.
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Have you evidence of it repeating in our current circumstances?
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[ The puppets, they mean. ]
We will discover in time, I suppose.
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Aye. We seem to have a lack of a throughline in our own experience, by comparison.
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I'll take my leave of you, then. Your handiwork is enough to show you're keeping yourself busy. [A nod of his head towards the books, crammed in particular order.]</small< And I've no desire to waste your time. Would you be against me searching for you again, when this incident has passed?
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[ And Sage will give him a little nod. Bye bye, Thancred!! ]