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[scarletcast]

For those of you who have [ pause, a low hum, ] superpowers. Has this place ever taken them from you?

​​[ A beat. ]

If you wish to speak in person, I will be in the park. In the red jacket.

​​[ She has ways of being completely private, but that's a little invasive and not something to advertise. Anyone heading to the park to speak to her or in the vicinity will see a young woman on a bench, with a thermos full of tea next to her, steam rising off the cup clasped in her hands. ]

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[scarletcast]

It is, [ an echo. She tilts her head at him, curious. ] have you spoken to any one of them?

[wipedclean]

Yes. Hope and Delight are ridiculous. Fear is... Interesting. Rage... She likes that I kill monsters for her. [They get along.]

I haven't spoken to the new one yet.

[scarletcast]

[ Starving them is better leverage, but rage is the one emotion she can't stave off. It is her refuge when most fear its single-mindedness. STARK in block white letters. She does not forget. ]

Define interesting.

[wipedclean]

[He hums thoughtfully.]

We didn't speak long. But he didn't seem outwardly malicious. Just curious.

[Granted, he's curious about what makes people tick, and what makes them afraid, and is curious to exploit that, but...]

He's forthright, where the others... I think Hope and Delight might be more dangerous, if only because they try too hard to help despite not understanding us.