13th Picture [Filtered from Rue. Just in Case.]

[bestpapaever]

To everyone I spoke to recently--I apologize. I must've said some awful things to you, but... I think I'm back to normal now. Please, if any of you had a sudden bout of--there's not many words for it--aggression? Hate? Then please talk to me. And anyone who grew any feathers or coughed blood as well. I've already heard of two cases similar enough,

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[teh_sword]

...how old are you?

[Asked with complete serious interest and minor confused trepidation.]

[best_papa_evar]

Almost 30~!

[Said with... Hughes-happy-filter...? :|a]

[teh_sword]

[Why you so awesome, Hughes. And why you smash Ren's theories so hard with your being an old man.]

...huh.

Thanks.

[best_papa_evar]

[I'm not old I'm dead >B|! 30 is still young and spry!]

Ah, no problem, I guess?

[He must have a thing about age listing or something... Weeeird.]

[teh_sword]

[damn it canon why so angsty 30 > 17 by a bajillion years, good sir!]

...if, ah. If you figure out what it was...

[best_papa_evar]

[If by > you mean BETTER AND MORE AWESOME, then YES.]

... I have a pretty strong hunch.

Were you affected as well?

[teh_sword]

[ sorry can't hear your old feeble voice over the rap music 8| ]

Not... personally. But my b-- [Deep steadying breath.] My friend was. Bad. And I thought-- I mean, I fixed him in a way that made me think it was something I knew from back home.

But if you were... and you're way past seventeen, so...

[best_papa_evar]

[At least Hughes is, like, 5 at heart. ;;]

Something from back home?

What happened to your friend? Same as I mentioned?

[teh_sword]

[And always the winner. |D]

Nn. Real close, anyway.

He got real aggressive and hostile real quick. Probably one of the sweetest guys I know here, and real sudden without warning--boom, totally different person. Lot like what happened where I'm from, except that... it's happening to more people than just seventeen year olds, and it doesn't seem like people are any sort of active in making it happen.

[best_papa_evar]

Yeah, it sounds very similar. Did your friend happen to grow any black feathers, during this?

[teh_sword]

[So Ren needs to learn to stop dropping the phone. Someone's going to get annoyed at the clanking someday.

Give him a minute to fumble.]

What.

[best_papa_evar]

Black feathers. I'd grown some on my wrist.

[He looks at the little wrap around his wrist. It hadn't done anything more after he'd plucked them and expelled the poison.]

They've stopped since I was healed, but I worry those still infected may start getting worse than that over time.

[teh_sword]

Um.

No.

He didn't.

That's.

Sorry.

Real weird.

[Actual pause there.]

...glad it's getting better. That, ah. Seems like the sort of thing y'd be able to trace back to a pretty specific source.

[best_papa_evar]

Actually, I have a 95 percent match for who did this. It's possible they were coaxed into it, but they were definitely involved.

[teh_sword]

Th-that's really good! Don't... ah. Don't get hurt, though, if you go confront them. Especially if Calleo goes with you. Please.

[best_papa_evar]

Don't worry-I'll keep a good eye on Mr. Crowe. Just keep an eye out for anymore affected people, okay... ah, your name? I didn't catch it.