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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3227058" data-attributes="member: 3448">After he left, Kit and Alistair each went to attend to other tasks.  Kit checked with her scribe on the progress deciphering the notes they had recovered.  He reported slow progress; there were thousands of pages, all in codes and ciphers, and it would be some time before they could all be deciphered, cataloged, and organized.  The scribes working on the decryption were still unsure as to her position, but there were extensive spy reports on Hanal, Masque, and the “Kingdom of the Rat Sorcerors.”Alistair met with Mommy Cupcakes, his old nursemaid who was on the list of people who intended suicide.  The elderly hobbit smiled her friendly smile at him.“Good day, Mommy Cupcakes.  I wanted to talk to you…”“Of course, dear.  What’s the matter?”“I was shocked to hear that you’re planning on killing yourself.”  Alistair’s face and voice grew very sad.  “I’ve lost so many of those I was close to…  My father, and then Grandmother.  The thought of losing you as well, and for no good reason…  I was hoping I could beg you to reconsider.”“Why, Alistair…  I wouldn’t have thought you would care.  I thought you didn’t think much of me, now.”“What would ever have given you that idea?  I know I wasn’t always the most obedient of children, and that after my father switched me to the care of tutors I didn’t visit as much as I ought to have, but…”“But that’s just how young lads are,” finished Mommy Cupcakes.  “I knew to expect that.”“Than why?”“It was just your brother always told me…  Your brother told me terrible things, Alistair.”Alistair swallowed heavily.  “My brother, Mommy Cupcakes?  Which brother?”“Luva.  Oh, I didn’t want to believe it, but…”Alistair closed his eyes briefly.  “You know that Luva was plotting against me, don’t you?  We had to arrest him.”“Yes, I’d heard that.  But I never thought that he would be lying.  Truth be told, I didn’t think he would have been smart enough to try to poison people against you.”“He may have been put up to it.  For all I know, he may have believed what he told you.  I know he was being manipulated by his aunt, and she was working for the Noldar who killed my father.”“Yes, I suppose he might have been.  I couldn’t understand how you could have turned into… never mind.  And that might explain why he was trying to get access to your old room.”* * *I can't promise updates for the next couple of days-- I'll be at <a href="http://www.anonycon.com" target="_blank">AnonyCon</a> (and if you're anywhere near Connecticut, you should be, too), along with the players of Kit, Dame Brionna, Delbon, and others, and the Aphonion DM.  In fact, he's even running a game on which the security of Canberry depends. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  But anyway, I may post if there's net access in the hotel and I have time, but we'll have to see.</blockquote>

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