6/19: rebecca

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[ He hasn't been back in this room in a while, the red one he shared with Dave. It's only been a day or two, but the signs of living aren't there at all— the blankets and pillows are gone, moved, and the mattress lies closer to the door than it was originally, like somebody had tried to move it too but couldn't fit it through the doorway. But it's on that lonely mattress that Natsuo waits at, a little fidgety and anxious enough that he barely hears the door open when Rebecca arrives. ]

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[What Akechi's done... it's a lot. But they need to work together, they need to finish this war game that the Creators have put them in. Maybe getting their objectives done will help, maybe the five historians together will help.

Akechi is going to have trouble getting the others to trust him after last week, and if a Historian is somebody a bit older or more closed off, they might not really click with Natsuo.

She might be able to fill in the gaps.

She'll take the notebook and flip it open.]

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[ That's what Natsuo is hoping too. He'd reached out a lot, forcibly grabbed peoples hands, had his slapped away on numerous occasions. His way of connecting doesn't work with everybody, and as much as he wants to gather everybody up and shield them behind his back, he can't do it all by himself. But with five Historians, they don't all have to get along. They can link arms and be a chain, and that'll be enough.

Inside the notebook, pressed in the pages exactly halfway through, are five pieces of fabric, torn apart at one point but now crudely sewn together to show an image on each.

The first one depicts a caricature of a rabbit— what Natsuo recognized immediately to be meant for him. Rebecca's was the one he recognized right after he'd pieced it together. The second, a Crow, which had led him to Akechi. ]

It's these two. I dunno what to think about them.

[ Some sort of symbol, and something else that looks like magic. But looking at the tapestries, there are too many people affiliated with either. ]

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[She feels more than a little called out with that black broken heart design. Look she's doing her best out here, looking for love and a guy she can actually trust. Love is so difficult.

Anyway. She'll point at the rabbit and the point at him.

Crow is obvious.

She's never seen a symbol like that before, a little bit like four sixes making a diamond inside of a circle.

The magic circle... There are so many people who use magic. Didn't Lord El-Melloi II say something about being magus though? That might be a good place to start.

She'll tap the circle and tap "L O R D" on Natsuo's hand, with a questioning look.]

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Lord... The Second? [ El-Melloi of a Thousand Names ]

I dunno, I thought it was something magic, but I've never really talked to him about that. Mostly, he just yells at me and calls me stupid, so...

[ So he sort of doesn't want to talk to him? But he'll probably have to, seeing as Rebecca physically can't this week. ]

He did say that he'll help me with whatever I need, though, so maybe... Do you think it'll be okay to just ask, like I asked you?

[ Point blank. What if it's not him? ]

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[Lord of Way Too Many Names. Lord of the Illuminati, maybe.

What's the worst that could happen? He could say no, but he's so private and polite. She doubts he'd tell anybody Natsuo asked.

And if he's willing to help then that's potentially a sign. Hmm...

Y E S.

And then she'll flip open one of the books "he" "kind" "of" "magic".

"in" "library" "often"]

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[ Magic in the library- that's more magic than Natsuo's seen out of anybody anywhere, so he looks excited about this tip. ]

I'll take the circle and show him! If it's not him, I can just ask if he can do any magic with it! If it is— we'd have found almost everybody! Maybe one of them's already found the last person! Maybe we're almost there! We did it!!

[ Jumping the gun a little, but! It honestly feels like the first good news he's had in a long time. The first time he's felt like they've made progress, instead of just sitting on their hands, and he can't help but be excited. ]

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[Those were supposed to be two different sentences, but eh. They can probably work with that. Lord El Melloi II is in the library a lot, and the lab, but she's seen him in the library more often... but that's where she usually is these days.

There's not an easy way to sign "don't jump the gun" and there's no way that "gun" is in any of these fairy tales.

She does tap the words "ask" "him" "first". Before Natsuo celebrates too much about it. There's a lot of magic users and she doesn't know what 'magecraft' entails.

"tell" "mermaid" "after". Tell her if Lord-of-too-many-names is one of the Historians.]

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[ Later, Natsuo goes to the library to seek Waver out, fully expecting him to be standing there waving his arms around doing magic amongst the books... ]

I'll ask him! And I'll come back and tell you! And then we can all meet together!

[ aka I just need to confirm Waver, and between Natsuo and Akechi, they've figured out the last person too, and we can bring all the Historians into one pp :3c ]

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[She'll take his hand again and tap O K.

He knows where to find her whenever he needs her!]