text;

[closerift]

[ Though she's had her hands on the communication device for months, Cecily still isn't entirely sure how to use it. Not well enough that it's taken her until now to send out a city-wide message, anyway. As a result, though, she texts as if she's writing a letter. ]

Hadriel,
Her name may be 'Delight,' but do not forget that she is one of them. Do not forget all that they have done to us since our arrival and how little they know of us or care for our safety.
Most of all, do not forget the last time that they offered us something edible.
I promise that I am as much in need of a drink as anyone else, but I remember too well what their gift of food did for us, or, rather, to us.
I would not be surprised to find that their bar offers much the same danger.

Be well,
Inquisitor Trevelyan

Comments

[zen_en_vert]

I'll take a break, for now, from participating in the hunt for them, just in case anyone else gets hurt.

[He decides, with a sigh.]

But if you have a plan I will support you any way I can.

[closerift]

Not yet. [ Cecily admits, a little sullen, but is quick to add: ] Though I've not yet that stop me yet from trying to cause them trouble. If any are to be our allies, I think it'll be Delight, based on what she said when we spoke.

[ Though it may come as a surprise to hear her say it, based on her original broadcast. ]

She seemed... reasonable. [ The Inquisitor says, choosing her words carefully. ] And it didn't seem like a ruse.

[zen_en_vert]

I don't mind the idea of her. Because Rage- was a mistake. I don't know why people didn't realize that.

[He says, with a wince.]

It's- they all are. That's the thing about emotions- in their purest form they're awful. Pure hope is idiocy, pure fear is misery, pure rage is dangerous, and sheer delight is irresponsibility.

[closerift]

I don't, either. She may have seemed more at ease than the others, but she was -- is -- no better.

[ Just another conspiring god with no love for the humans under her command. ]

You're right about all that. [ And she admits an almost reluctant smile upon hearing it. ] If only we had one that was a healthy mix of all of them. Though-- Well, then I suppose it'd just be... human.

[ Ah ha. Is that the lesson to be learned here? It's a little cliche. ]

[zen_en_vert]

When we get a chance to bring back another, we should vote- and make a case publically for others to vote for one who provides balance.

[closerift]

Is there a god of balance? [ She quips, lip twitching upward. ] Or of... I don't know, mediation? You're right in that we need to make everyone aware of the dangers, though, and... of the possibilities of aiding our own cause.

[ Voting for a more dangerous-sounding god will likely do them no good. How could it? ]

[zen_en_vert]

I'll do everything I can then.

[And he trusts she will too.]