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OJ   wow, what a wipeout

OJ   you should've stayed low like me

AD   ...

OJ   i was trying to block off gigi's path, but

OJ   it just kinda jumped over me

OJ   i really gotta workshop the plan, haha

AD   ...


...

You make your way up from the floor.


AD   What is it doing... (huff)

AD   Scampering... about?

AD   Like a... (huff)... stray?

OJ   okay, so

OJ   there was this really cool specter i saw, and i wanted to identify it

OJ   but, y’know... i need gigi for that kind of field forensics stuff

OJ   so i told them to come out

OJ   they're always out, but i wanted them to actually pay attention and all that

OJ   and this specter, probably some predator-prey instinct, i dunno

OJ   it went nuts and just swooped after them

OJ   so that probably freaked gigi out haha


Your frown deepens.


AD   How... delightful.

AD   It appears that we are both at fault.

OJ   how?

OJ   wait, don’t tell me

OJ   that thing was yours??

OJ   haha oh man

OJ   i should've guessed by the matching scarves haha

AD   )SIGH(


You ignore their palpable excitement and stand up, hoping to see a sign of movement around you. By nature of your bond, you know that they can't be too far. You couldn't hear their voice otherwise.


AD   לִילִית isn't going to listen to me in this state.

AD   I'll have to approach her a different way.

OJ   lili-who

AD   The Kronophowl. The bird.

AD   Put two and two together, please.

OJ   oh

OJ   oh! is that what it is?

OJ   hold on a sec


From seemingly out of nowhere, they pull out a small notebook.


OJ   so, like chrono-fowl

OJ   but with a k

OJ   why’s it spelled like that? to make it look cool?

OJ   i think i've seen the word before, but now that i'm seeing and hearing it

OJ   i mean seeing it in a different way

OJ   it's kinda hard to explain. it's like reading something on paper vs, uh

OJ   on another kind of text i guess

OJ   it's actually super hard to explain. like imagine closed captions but for -

OJ   - wait, hold on, i promise i'm going somewhere with this!




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