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[get_thebook]

[Frances is back, and she's all seriousness.]

For my sudden departure, I apologize, and it would seem I arrived back not a moment too soon. I suppose I can only be too grateful that whatever strange pall this is on our home, it has not affected the greenhouses in any noticeable way, nor my own quarters, as far as I can tell -- understanding this is

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[expectremorse]

D̶͙̼̞̜͍̫̤̝̐̊ö̡̯̫̻̻̗͓̅ͅ ̡͓̠̝̳̫ͣ̑́̄̐ͫ́y̗͖̻̤̹̜̗ͭ͒͗̋ͯ̏̈́̎́o̢̱̝̞̤̼̪̓ͩu̘̹ͪͦ͢ ̴͉̲͍̥̠͈͍̾ͬ̆̆ͫ̉́ṯ̛̖̬̀͛͒ͬ̊h̬̰͆̃i̸͈̳͔̣͂̏ṅ̔̀͢҉̻̖̜͎̰̱̻k̴͕̗̱̼̮̣͑̎͗̋̃ͭ͆̂̍̀ ̱̗͇͈ͪ͐̉ͧͥͩ̚i͙̺̜͙͓̠̙̥̐̓͝t͊̋̅̃͏͇̺͈̗ ̰͍̹ͭ̿̓͑͛c͕̘̤̝͖͔̰͈̯ͮͬͪ͆ͣͫͯo̝̹̣̦̺̳̰͕͈ͣ̈́́͊̃͌͑̀ų̨͎̼ͣ̚͡ͅļ̳̼͉̝̪͔ͬ̑͜d̗͙̣ͥͦ̅́̀̂͜ ̲̗̔̿̎ͨ̂̆̓̇͞b̬̙͓̆͛́e̬̲͉̥͈̬͑̔̄̐̃̓ ̵̻̻̻̟̟̲͚̻̔̃d͕̯̘̼͈̩̋̀͗ẹ̗̤̺̃̔͊̓̆̿ͪ̂͘ͅͅm̟̮̪̣̠͔̪̹̋ͫ͆͡ͅö͔̺́ͩͣ̌̍̓́͠͠n̝̦̿̐͐͑̽̓̓͗s̡̢̛̫͓ͪͬ?̣̠̱͚̘̝̗̽͑̏̐͒ͅ ̴̛̑͐͗ͥͦ̚͏͇̝̦̥̘T̬̹̬̩̣̫̥͌͑̒̉̊̍̄͜h̎͗͛҉̖̹͓̥͓̖̬͖͢e̱̲̼̘͍̖̤̩̪͆͂̔r̨͍̟̘̘͇̬̭̃͋ͣ͂̃͂͘ͅȩ̪̲͖̜̹̲̗̈̌̂̔̌ͫͮ̚͢ ̢͔̩͕̐͗̊ͣ̑̚ͅẁ̷̹̼͈̚ã̸̛̼̦̯͚͉͑́̽ͥͯͭ̑͘s̛̻ͩ͑ͬͦ̇̏͂ͅ ̢͍̯ͥ̽̒ͨ́t̝͎̥̭̜̋ͬ̑͛̿̈́̒ͩ̇h̲̺͍͕̱̙͍̣͗̔͌͗͢i̝̺̺̗ͭs̢͕̱̭̏̉ͪ͂̉ͤ̕ ̦͓͓̤͚̭̳̿̈́ͤ͝m͆̒ͮͮ҉̼̫o̱ͧ̓̓ͫ̈ͫv̸̭̪͉̯͇͖͎ͩ́ͦ͛͒͛ͤḭ̷̰̮̦̺̜̞̤͐ͭͭ̍̀̎ͫ̈́ͭ͢ḝ̗̺̠̮̱͉͈̰̟̓̐̊ ̨̧̢͖̬ͤw̖̾ͨ̍̂͑ͦ̋͝h̰͇̯̗͚̟̻ͥ̊͜e͎̲̗̮̹̙̜̙͓͋̎ͧ͗̇ͩ̆r̬͉̪͇̱̹̺̉̾̿ͯ̽ͯ̄ȩ̰̣̫̙͉̬̫̦ͭ͌͑ͣͯ̄̄ ̵̷̞̼̯̬͎͚͈͇̇ͫͪ̈́ͤ̍̏̐̓t͙̭̜̳̲ͪ́̍̈́ḧ̶̥̺̿ͅe̪͕̔ͣ̅̓̀y̼̽ͧͥ̓ͬͨ̅́ͣ͜ ̵͈̙͎͙̍͂̀r̮̗̠̟͖̘͊ͫ̍͊̉̚̕͞e̷̶̥̪̟͇͂͟a̵̴̝̺͊͑̉̀͡c̘͖̪̤̪͚ͤ̓̑͗ͬ̎t̢̛ͬͫͬͣ́͏͚e͙͙̺͖ͬͪͯd̿̂̒̚҉̫̩̦̰̫̪̝ ̢͇͍̙̆̄́̎́m̢̜̜ͫ̈̋̓̊ͦ̎͟ų̤̙̙̍͐ͦ́̕ć̴̴͈̝͖͙̞̰̄͘h̶͉̥̰̝͎͍͇ͤ͂ͤͯ̀ͤͣͅ ̧͍̦̬̗͓̼̘̘͚͌ͪ̌͊̓ţ͕̰̞̖̤̭͓̥̉̑͒ͨ͜͢h̝̗̍͂ë́̈ͦ̽̏ͯ͜͏͙͖̭̬̤͍ ̶̢̙̗ͬs̢̠͍̰͎̮̹̑aͭͯͯͯ̏͡҉̩̪̯̫͜m͔͔͕̻̒̋ͣ̽̅̕ę̰͉̼ͩ̀̑ͭͥ͌

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[expectremorse]

...sorry, my communicator malfunctioned. What is it?

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[get_thebook]

I don't know. Demons? I'm not at all certain of that. As I said I don't sense that.

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[expectremorse]

...It's been here.

If this is hell or some twisted torture by the devil i'm going to be really pissed off

[championoftime]

Excellent timing for a return. [Yay! She came back!]

[get_thebook]

Could I stay away, Doctor? Really?

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[championoftime]

I'm glad you didn't, I'll put it that way quite simply.

I've been feeling unnerved, but rather it's the people being affected doing it to me. Fear is a palpable thing.

[sharpememory]

But I saw something. And either we're all being worked or something is legitimately here.

[get_thebook]

I'm not going to deny there's something there. I am just given to trusting my senses and understand that sometimes, this can be less than wise while aboard the Barge.

[sharpememory]

Yeah, but what if it's just our heads? Like a psychological block from opening the doors?

[tadwizard]

I don't think it's spirits either. Otherwise my wards against ghosts would do something.

[get_thebook]

Something a little more broad might be best, I think.

[tadwizard]

I had my usual wards up, too, but those might just not be strong enough because there's lots of stuff that gets through those.

[strangehstorian]

Well, welcome back, ma'am. We've had several conflicting theories on the cause of this presented...

[get_thebook]

So I see.