[They can be on their way back to the lounge. Rosamund might walk with less pep in her step than usual, but she's not down and out. Upset, but composed. Resigned, mostly.]
...What he said at the end, about colours...that was something Roxana had talked about. In a roundabout sort of way. But they weren't at the same one together.
I wonder if... [Her lips purse. Hesitant.] If it's not even drawing inspiration from the old games, but drawing directly from them somehow?
Prism, he said - Prisma, as is the game on the passports. [ nodding. mordalion's expression is ever-neutral, but there's a slight droop to his ears. ] Directly...? An influence, or memories?
[ then, after a moment. ]
Do you think the conclusion met today was correct?
Maybe drawing from the same sources? There were very powerful forces at work behind each incident, if I'm understanding all of them correctly. It could be echoes of the magic from older games brought into the new.
...Though maybe I'm getting ahead of myself.
[She thinks a moment.]
I do? Especially with the strange things he said at the end. And the earring was his, and there wasn't very many places for the motor oil to come from. He would have had bigger feet than Essek, too, which that footprint photo showed.
Really, the only other lead was having woodcarvings and a small knife in the garbage, which points to Siffrin. But Siffrin didn't match any of the other evidence, so that might have been coincidence. Or one of them was practicing a new hobby and it wasn't on their profiles as a "skill".
[essek getting jumped while practicing whittling for the first time, tragic]
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...What he said at the end, about colours...that was something Roxana had talked about. In a roundabout sort of way. But they weren't at the same one together.
I wonder if... [Her lips purse. Hesitant.] If it's not even drawing inspiration from the old games, but drawing directly from them somehow?
no subject
[ then, after a moment. ]
Do you think the conclusion met today was correct?
no subject
...Though maybe I'm getting ahead of myself.
[She thinks a moment.]
I do? Especially with the strange things he said at the end. And the earring was his, and there wasn't very many places for the motor oil to come from. He would have had bigger feet than Essek, too, which that footprint photo showed.
Really, the only other lead was having woodcarvings and a small knife in the garbage, which points to Siffrin. But Siffrin didn't match any of the other evidence, so that might have been coincidence. Or one of them was practicing a new hobby and it wasn't on their profiles as a "skill".
[essek getting jumped while practicing whittling for the first time, tragic]
What about you?