Office Hours - We Could Be
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shieldof[Faith's door remains closed, the brass "PRIVATE" plaque silent and unyielding. Trying to force the door yields no results, but- she said you could contact her here, so just go ahead and knock. Worst case scenario, you're no worse off than before, right?]
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sunday, week 6
Date: 2025-10-26 04:44 pm (UTC)Faith.
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Date: 2025-10-26 05:02 pm (UTC)[She looks so tired, as she answers. But answer she does.]
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Date: 2025-10-26 05:10 pm (UTC)Val knows Faith has lost someone, too. She understands that on a purely intellectual level. But she's never been good at comfort, especially for people she doesn't know well, so for a few moments, she just...stares. Then takes a seat. ]
I wanted to talk to you about your memory.
[ Weeks ago, Val would have cared that the god is listening. Now, she doesn't.
She should have done this sooner. ]
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Date: 2025-10-26 05:19 pm (UTC)[Yeah, she should have expected what this is definitely for real about.]
The spell has fallen entirely. I- remember Thursday night in full.
[Her voice shakes a little, her hands folding on the desk in front of her.]
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Date: 2025-10-26 05:25 pm (UTC)Not that. Well, sort of about that. I was told, a few weeks ago, that you remember very little about your life before you came to this place. Is that right?
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Date: 2025-10-26 05:27 pm (UTC)[with a god for a guardian]
[The words taste sour enough now that she doesn't actually speak them, just shakes her head and continues.]
But yes, more or less. Why?
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Date: 2025-10-26 05:30 pm (UTC)How old are you?
[ Val answers Faith's question with a question. She doesn't know why she's doing this. A desire to understand, maybe.
(Capochin cared for her. And now he is gone, and she is locked away in a room alone. Her door doesn't have a window.) ]
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Date: 2025-10-26 06:49 pm (UTC)[Not about- okay. Okay.]
[cough]
As I mentioned to-
[To Capochin.]
As I've said previously, I have to confess I don't know the exact number.
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Date: 2025-10-26 06:56 pm (UTC)The day we met, you told me you had not been hallowed. I am asking you these questions because I am not quite certain you were correct.
And even if I, too, am wrong, you -
[ See what you like. ]
- deserve to know.
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Date: 2025-10-26 07:12 pm (UTC)[She wants to dismiss it, even now. That despite everything, the foundations on which she's built are solid.]
[But nor can she deny that it would explain many things. The inconsistencies in her god's behavior, their recent communions-]
["I believe one must seek a clear picture with a calm mind before passing judgement or taking action."]
...how would we be able to know with certainty? There are no others here to confirm or deny the veracity of my memories.
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Date: 2025-10-27 03:20 am (UTC)[ Val won't mince words. ]
We begin with the most obvious.
[ Val rolls up her sleeves. By now, Faith has probably caught on to the fact that Val refuses to do this in trial. It's a sign of trust, and a sign of how seriously Val is taking this. Faith now has a clear view of the runes carved into her arms. A few of them, as always, squirm and shift. ]
These are prayer-marks. In my world, all Saints have them. When I leave here, check your skin for them. If you have a prayer-mark, you are almost certainly a Saint. If not, perhaps there are more clues in this massive manor as to how you came to be.
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Date: 2025-10-27 04:23 am (UTC)[She looks at the marks seriously, clinically taking in the shapes and scarring, the way they move.]
[Turning the information over in her head, she's quiet for a moment.]
...If we are positing that my memories may be unreliable, is it possible my senses may be as well? If a god wished their saint to not know they were a saint, would hiding their marks from their own eyes be feasible or is this merely an exercise in paranoia?
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Date: 2025-10-28 12:00 am (UTC)It's possible. The Last Word, I think, wanted me to know who I belonged to. But I would confirm for yourself first that you cannot see any prayer-marks before you jump to that conclusion. I can verify what you have or haven't seen, if you like.
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Date: 2025-10-30 09:20 pm (UTC)[If a god can hide something from one person's perception would two be that difficult-]
[...no, that path is DEFINITELY an exercise in madness.]
Um. One moment, Lady Val.
[Faith reaches down, opening a drawer in her desk, and reaching in- and in-]
I know there is one some- Aha.
[Yeah she's just pulling out a full scale privacy screen from the desk.]