Yvette finds herself in the unenviable position of coming into existence in free fall at almost terminal velocity
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...well colour Aleks surprised. And suspicious.

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"Well! That looks promisingly sorted, but let's go make sure. ...How exactly does eating dead people relay their memories...?" she wonders to Aleks in an undertone, a little caught up on how completely nonsensical that sounds.

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"Some sort of device."

The Dendra O'hur are a cult one of her brothers started a while back, he thinks for her benefit. Melmoth is what he was called, Aleks believes, and they have a whole thing about knowledge never being extinguished and making sure it lives on. By eating the dead like that. But they have a fairly strong indictment against killing people, it's the opposite of the point, people should live a full life creating things and learning things and only be eaten once they are dead to make sure all of that is preserved.

Or so it goes. Disgusting, if you ask Aleks.

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But Tahir notices them.

OUR LOVE INTEREST RETURNS ...we agree but we think you are wrong about who it is

"Aleks! Castoff! We have caught the killer!"

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Yeah, it sounds... pretty disgusting. Logical, though? She guesses she doesn't have a problem with it, on principle. If everyone's consenting. But then it starts getting into the fuzzy grey area of 'And we also eat executed convicts and use that knowledge to hunt down their friends,' where that's perfectly logical, but also aesthetically distasteful. Also what if people don't want their memories to live on, what then?

"Congratulations!" she says with a smile, because regardless, she is glad that there is no longer a crazy murderer on the loose.

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"You two took your time," observes Fulsome, eyeing them both.

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"Sorry. I turned out to have castoff business with Matkina, and Aleks didn't want to leave me alone with her. But it seems like Tahir relayed everything important?"

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"Yeah. Good job. Thanks." He looks at Aleks. "But half of your doubled fee's going to golden boy over there, because he did half your job. So. You get your usual."

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spoils QUEST REWARDS the blood price TREASURE

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"That's fine," says Aleks, still squinting suspiciously at the golden man.

He's actually... competent?

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"Figured it would be," agrees Fulsome. He knows how Aleks works by now.

  "And hello, my dear," says the skeleton man with glittering eyes and a knowing smile, to Vetmera, "I don't believe we've met. Fulsome mentioned you, am I to understand you're the reason the symbol was figured out so quickly? Well done, and thank you for your civil service."

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"Uh. Matkina was the one who knew the specifics. But. Happy to help. It's nice to meet you, I'm Vetmera."

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"Imbitu, head of the church of Dendra O'hur in Sagus Cliffs. A pleasure. Do let me know if you see any more hints of this, hmm?" He would really rather Fulsome not get involved if this happens again, thank you, this is church business. "You're one of the few who can observe the signs in complete safety."

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"Oh. Uh. Yes." Is she being threatened? She might be being threatened. ... No, intimidated, he's just trying to intimidate her. It's working.

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You know who's more intimidating than old skeleton dude? Aleks is. He moves barely an inch, and yet the way he looks at Imbitu and his posture make it very clear that he is not intimidated and if he wants to get to Vetmera he will go through Aleks first.

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"—wait, you got a name!" realises Tahir, belatedly. "Congratulations! It is a pretty name."

WE HAVE THE BEST NAME we don't know that WE CHOSE IT OURSELVES SO IT MUST BE THE BEST you literally just chose the same name we were using before WE CHOSE IT

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Imbitu just smiles pleasantly at Aleks. He's just helping her find her legs here in the Underbelly! He's helping. Really.

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"It's fine," she murmurs to Aleks, patting his arm. He is a sweetie and she appreciates him. "And yes! I did. Thank you, I like it."

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"Everything seems well and truly solved, then."

Can they leave.

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WHAT'S OUR NEXT ADVENTURE we don't have one WHAT adventures don't usually chain together like that WE NEED TO FIND ONE

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It's kind of interesting how much of the Tahir beneath the nanites keeps poking through. She hopes that he's okay, in there. Underneath the two beings fighting over him and making him quest relentlessly.

But yes, she doesn't want to deal with these other people anymore, if the crisis is over she wants to go back with Aleks to his apartment and be very distracted and not think of any of this nonsense.

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Fulsome, similarly done with social niceties, is directing a goon to grab the corpse of the woman who was affected by the resident memetic threat. Apparently he will make sure that nothing of her remains, so that no one gets any bright ideas about eating her.

Someone else is not apparently done with social niceties, though.

  "Young man," says Imbitu, apparently noticing Tahir's problem, "would you be so kind as to help me with a problem related to our church?"

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A QUEST don't get used to it A QUEST A QUEST

"I absolutely would!"

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Off they go, then, back to his apartment.

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  "So one of our recent acquisitions has sparked the interest of a local artist..." Imbitu is explaining to Tahir, as they leave.

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