♦ ninth. video;

[veiledviper]

[there's a mechanical sounding whirr. The journal is flipped open, and the video feature turns on. Lilith is reading something. Letters, no doubt. There's a moment -- very brief -- where her expression darkens considerably.

It evens out, goes smooth and placid as water. She addresses the journal now:]I'm afraid that I will be leaving soon. My

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voice;

[veiledviper]

[There's a tense-sounding intake of air. In a tightly-controlled tone of voice:]

I am fine, Lluvia. Merely a bit...shaken.

Don't even. Look at your life. Look at your choices--

--there is nothing wrong with the state of my life--

Except it's, I don't know, a wreck? Honey, you're miserable. You're spending your whole holiday trapped with Little Orphan Annie and Tiny Tim while your mother tries to smother you to death with tulle. I mean, tulle? Really? At your age?

[switching to text:]

The voice seems fond of interruptions.

voice;

[veiledviper]

Fabric used to make hideous dresses, honey. We're talking 80s prom queen, here. Tacky with a capital T.

Voice

[i_sacrifice]

When approaching a member of the order Slytheraceae, known throughout the animal kingdom for their vicious behaviour, it is advised to use extreme caution and remain mindful of any hidden claws or fangs. While this one seems relatively harmless in its wounded state, do not be fooled. While threatened, the chance of attack is highly likely.

[Griffith sounds far too amused] It's decent advice. Is it right to allow somebody else to control you at such an age?

Orphaned on the streets of Midland as a young cub, the White Hawk remains incapable of understanding the familial obligations of other species.

[veiledviper]

Oooo, the claws are out now! Raowr! Speaking of claws, I wouldn't mind sinking mine into this hot piece of--

[TEXT!!! To cut that off.] It is familial duty, as your narrator has so helpfully explained. It is, despite the insistence of the...aggravating individual following me, hardly any source of stress. If anything, as much as I enjoy Hogwarts, I am grateful to be granted a temporary reprieve, considering its penchant for wayward spells and random, unprovoked attacks from outside forces.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, as they say.

[i_sacrifice]

Feathers ruffled, the specimen is clearly aggravated at the appr-

[Although it's not bothering Griffith any, he switches to text for the sake of civility]

I have very little personal experience on the matter myself, but I do understand such burdens are not to be taken lightly. Still, I prefer to cut the strings to such attachments.

So I've heard, but I've rarely found it the case.

[adventumangelus]

I support patricide, Lilith.