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[grigori]

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A MEASURE OF TRUTH

On Monday, at 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST / 5 PM MST and later in the week on Friday at the same times, Disce catches Nero's attention. Both will innately know that they have somewhere to be, and Disce will be able to lead the way—even if they've never been there before. Her form changes, as they're both accustomed to, but takes that of a pine marten, and upon reaching their destination, they will be greated by the Watchers.

After finishing their business, Nero and Disce will not be able to return to this location again without being invited back, regardless of whether they attempt to return on the same day or in the same week. Disce will be able to take her pine marten form again on her own, but will revert to one of her original forms upon leaving. Nero and Disce both will know that this form cannot be shared openly, and that caution should be practiced with sharing it privately, as well.


As the reader, Nero will be given the opportunity to ask two questions each week, using the alethiometer to find an answer. They will have two meetings with the Watchers a week, on Monday and Friday, after awakening. They may ask both questions on Monday or save them until Friday, or they may split their questions between these meetings. Any further questions they ask of the alethiometer will remain unanswered.

The questions asked will be Nero's own choice, and any answers will be given in a series of symbols from the alethiometer. Nero will be granted only one initial meaning for each of the symbols on the alethiometer, and any others will have to be discovered on their own. Keep in mind that this leaves room for some answers to be interpreted incorrectly, leading to a false reading; while the alethiometer can be used to find the truth, it will by no means give an easy answer.

Additionally, Nero may use this time to speak directly with the Watchers each week. He may ask questions, receive small hints, or simply chat with them, though any information received will be subject to the Watchers' own discretion.

★ Keep it secret.
★ Use your daemon’s pine marten form sparingly.
★ Never let anyone else use the alethiometer.
★ If too many participants learn about the alethiometer, it will be requisitioned.
★ The alethiometer may answer up to two questions per week.
★ There are other meanings to each symbol beyond the basic meanings. You must learn to interpret them on your own.

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Comments

[grigori]

[ a bit more morose but a nod. ] Yeah. Something like that.

[perfectdistance]

...

[Are they going to be okay? Is anybody going to be okay once this is done?]

This the only way forward?

[grigori]

[ looks at weeks to come. who knows! ] Depends on who you ask. If you ask me, yeah. It is.

[perfectdistance]

[He thinks he's done enough standing for the day, he's sitting down and just curling up on himself.]

Then that's what we're takin'.

[grigori]

[ ... rameel will join him on the ground except he'll be sprawled out. ] A feather for your thoughts?

[perfectdistance]

I want this to be over, and I want everybody, dead or alive, to go back home.

Nobody signed up for this. Not even you guys. And 'm... wonderin' if settin' off whatever weapon they've got, cuttin' off the war and the cycles, means that we're just... Gonna get cut off from everythin'.

[grigori]

It's complicated and your thinking is unfortunately kind of close to the truth but there might be more to this. [ he'll roll over to one side because awkward with only one wing. ] We all want the same thing. All of this to be over, all of us to go home...maybe go to someone else's home because their's is terrible if that's even an option...

[perfectdistance]

If leavin' this competition will be an option we can take. If they do this, and it's the only option, and they were the ones that brought us into the competition to begin with- there's no tellin' if there's a real way back.

[Such is they way of an East, to be incredibly pessimistic.]

There might be more, huh?

[Is there another way out?]

[grigori]

I'd say a lot more and I know I could get away with a lot of it, but I'm not certain about where the line is drawn now. I also did just come back from having a really bad time. [ look. they're both pessimist but sometimes you can swing to being a realist. ] We'll put trust in you all to find the right answer. [ or an idiot. ]

[perfectdistance]

You all came back from havin' a terrible time.

[He's mad and worried about that too.]

We're lookin' for our answers. At least we all know what information we're gettin' now.

[grigori]

Yeah, you sure do, and you're getting better questions to ask for even more complicated answers. [ not touching their deaths for the sake of nero, honestly. ] Except this one was pretty easy to understand, hm?

[perfectdistance]

[He will may have a stress related heart attack because of you guys.]

Yeah. For once. The one from the beginning of the week though...

[Sometimes you do not know sun or angel and you really have to suffer.]

[grigori]

[ this is still so much information to work with. ] You asked a complicated question about someone we can't directly answer for you.

[perfectdistance]

Could ya talk about the Authority, or is that also on the Dust information list?

[grigori]

I can now. More so, at least. It's my reward for coming back as I did.

[perfectdistance]

Was it worth it...?

[ Your Wing!!! ]

As far as I know, the Authority is an angel that's close to God and is pretending to be them. Metatron?

[grigori]

I definitely think so. [ his wing! which he'll flex. ] And correct! Metatron is the answer that you're looking for.

[perfectdistance]

[Nero Turner is cursed to love and care for people who endanger themselves.

He looks at the wing with some worry, but it's not like they're going to do it again, right? He doesn't have to say anything. Right?]

Sholmes said that angel was the "voice of God".

[grigori]

[ ha haha.... ] He is known as that, yes. It's said that because man cannot handle God's voice, Metatron speaks for them and whatever word comes out of his mouth is the same as God. That's what is said anyway.

[perfectdistance]

[:ratshakes:]

No wonder it was easy for people to fall for their lies. There's already reason to believe their words are one and the same.

[grigori]

[ :myaah: ] Bingo! But certain someones caught onto the whole thing and now we're kind of in the situation that we are in.

[perfectdistance]

Can't they just fight about it on their own...

[Like normal siblings/people?]