12th Step: Saul's happy week

[favorthebold]

You have very resourceful friends. I hope you, at least, don't truly think I'm fooled.







Well, the body looked as real as it might, but I hadn't a chance to examine it more closely, and changing a body's looks is something I've seen men capable of before. I shall take your word that it was not the real thing, dome Zexion - I wonder who the unfortunate bystander was before he was recruited to the cause.

Tell me, how is the city taking it? I've no doubt that the meat of the reactions is hidden from me, but it may be open to you.

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[ethereal-genius.livejournal.com]

Ginia Solana is an ally, not a friend. Don't mix those words up. It was a plan I never expected to work. If you simply wanted my body, it would have been because you wanted to keep tabs on me. The fake would not wake up, therefore, you'd learn it was fake whether Miss Solana had announced her idea in a way that was visible to your friends or not.

What do you want with me, anyway? A wiser idea would have been to contact me directly first, instead of involving everyone and making it difficult to contact you in the first place.

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[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Hah. I thought you had a clearer understanding of why I do what I do, lad. Or maybe you have it, and keep it for yourself, mm?

And what do you expect will happen now?

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[ethereal-genius.livejournal.com]

To be honest, Saul Samaren, I've never been able to comprehend why you hate me, or what you want with me. When was the first time we met? When I was a child, and saved your life because you were in such a bad shape?

I don't know. I assume you and your friends have a plan already.

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[tactical_illusionist]

The city seems to be recovering, but is still slightly wary, as if still expecting an attack.

I still suggest that you wait to strike, at least until after our dinner and meeting thursday evening.

If you happen to have a recipe or delicacy you prefer, let me know and I will see if I can find the items I need to make it.

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[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Yes - I've no plans of making a move before we've had a chance to confer and match our goals. I have hopes for this - let's call it an attempt at partnership, for the moment. I will not forget your help in this case, yours and doma Carmen's.

Ahh, I doubt you have a grasp of Ilyigan cooking, dome, but thank you for the sentiment. Some pasta dish for me, if you are able. Nothing too fancy.

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[tactical_illusionist]

I cannot say I am familiar with that style. I will see what I can do for a pasta dish.

[Private//Unhackable viewable to Team Evil] Bad name, yeah, maybe that can be a topic Thursday? hee.

[vile-queen.livejournal.com]

Ah, he told you? I thought you would have the opportunity to discover such details for yourself. It is no matter.

The city seems to be restful at the moment. Most do not tend to hide things from me as they do the others, and I see a single post on the matter, merely Kyle Hyde warning the recently arrived Mila Evans to take care.

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[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Well, it saved me some time.

Is that man, Kyle Hyde, worth any bother? I'd hoped that any of you would know how a fake body was arranged... and who was it that fired the killing shot.

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[vile-queen.livejournal.com]

True.

I do not believe he is of interest, though the recent arrival Joshua did shoot him. Joshua shows promise, though he seems even younger than Zexion. Kyle seems like a very jaded man. I would guess he has spent much of his life failing, and it has gotten to the point that he allows it to cause him emotional stress.

I do know, more or less, as to how the body was arranged. The message was, perhaps unwisely, blocked only from you as far as I could tell. I suppose that at this point there is no point in leaving it a puzzle. It was one of the alchemists who created the body, and through reactions, I believe it was the younger.

The shot... does not take much thought to guess at. Who, after all, wields a gun, and would seek to thwart you?