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[rehandle]

Dr. Stephen Strange

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[redhourglass]

so does this feel like home to you
or what?

( wizards live in castles, right? it's her quippy version of: "everything ok?" or "checking to make sure the wolves didn't bite your face off" )

[rehandle]

[ Wow. ]

I live in Greenwich Village.

[ He's fine. ]

[redhourglass]

point still stands

( hey, signs of life are good. )

you ever seen beauty and the beast?

[rehandle]

Yeah. Waiting for the Disney lawyers to swoop in on this place as we speak.

Have you chatted with the silverware yet? Surprisingly good conversationalists.

[redhourglass]

haven't made my way to them yet, but i had a really ... enlightening talk with a candelabra


( ok, yeah, that pun is bad )

guess i don't need to tell you that something weird is going on here

[rehandle]

That was awful, I hope they throw you in the dungeon. They must have a dungeon here, no?

No. I think I managed to pick that up for myself.
Have you noticed anything worth knowing about?

[redhourglass]

;)

not yet
except for the vague 'nothing is as it seems' that everyone seems to be projecting
might as well hold up a sign or get it tattooed on our faces or something

[rehandle]

You go ahead with the face tattoo, I'll get the sign.

Did you make it here without getting too busted up?

[redhourglass]

takes a little more than some wolves to bust me up

had a little help from five on that

[rehandle]

On getting away from the wolves, or beating them up? I need to flesh out the mental picture

[redhourglass]

beating them up, believe it or not

where were you in all that? or did your magic carpet fly you away?

[rehandle]

Wow. What's his wolf beat down approach, I simply have to know.

I threw in some help here and there, cut off some stragglers at the back of the pack.
But otherwise yeah, that's pretty much what happened

[redhourglass]

surprisingly similar to mine
don't suppose you happen to know why that would be

it seems like we all made it to the castle in the end

[rehandle]

You think he's been any less cagey with me than he has with you?

Small mercies

[redhourglass]

it's your winning personality

i wouldn't say 'cagey'
he talks like a spy

[rehandle]

You're right, who wouldn't open up to me?

I'll leave opinions on that to the expert
You saw him in action at the Citadel, no?

[ Or maybe that was just Stephen, plotting away with him behind the scenes ]

[redhourglass]

front row seat for the most part
he didn't exactly seem excited to include me, even though i was the one trying to keep him alive

( it was very rude )

[rehandle]

That sounds about right for Five
At least he paid you back in wolf wrangling

[redhourglass]

i try not to keep score

( meaning she keeps score religiously )

you subscribe to the idea that our group is mostly trustworthy?

[rehandle]

[ Hm ]

Mostly, those of us I know.

[ Admittedly, he's not been keeping up with everyone quite as well as perhaps he ought. ]

Why, are you looking to share some secrets?

[redhourglass]

don’t get too excited

i see the others sharing everything they learn
i was wondering if that was really in our best interest

[rehandle]

Short of an undead spy in our midst, I don't see any harm in sharing even if we do have a couple of assholes around. And even then, what are they going to do?

The more heads we have on a problem, the sooner we make sure we're not all going to die a horrible death before we can get out of here

[redhourglass]

( a beat, a longer moment until she responds. after all, some of them have already died (the horrible bit is questionable) —

and she doesn't know if that means she'll be going back. )

an undead spy
i wonder if there'd be a way to flush them out, but if they've made it this long...

guess there isn't much to lose there