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user: #B91600 - subject: Missing Hat

[ contrary to his fairly casual way of speaking, Lupin types on the forums exactly the way you'd expect a gentleman from the 1800s to write a letter. ]

My dear fellow abductees,

The recent events involving Shadows and Shadow-Monsters led to the unfortunate loss of my hat; with their activity subsided, I assumed that my stolen goods would be returned to me. However, it appears they had one last prank to play on me: I am reunited with a hat, but not my own. It is a navy blue pork pie hat with a red and white ribbon, adorned with a cute pink flower. I've attached a rather poor image of it - my description may be of more use.

[ attached is an artistic depiction of a hat. He did his best with the laptop touchpad and the paint program... ]

If you are the owner of this hat, it shall be returned to you. And if you have my hat - a fine silk top hat with a red tie - this is a notice of my intention to take it back, if you will not hand it over yourself.

Cordialement,
Lupin

PS: Do we have a name for our Town yet?

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[ A month? That makes her freeze at her laptop, since that's far longer than she had guessed. It was clear some amount of time had passed, but she thought it was only a day at most. It sends a chill down her spine, but it doesn't take long for her to reply. ]

I had no idea. I was certain it wasn't that long at all.

[ Though how she knows... Her cheeks light up slightly, since the truth is, well. Embarrassing. ]

I think I was standing still for a while, but I do not know how or why. And I hope you don't mind, but I'd rather not say how I know even that here. I don't think it's as important as the fact that I definitely was standing still for a while. Quite a while, apparently.

[ aka birds pooped on her statue ]

[ he has to raise an eyebrow at her commentary, but he won't pry. a lady must have her secrets... and her dignity. ]

I believe I have an idea of what may have happened to you. There's someone here who's been turned into a statue for reasons unknown. Perhaps you suffered the same fate? It's a baseless guess, but it's one reason you might have stood still without knowing it.

How is that even possible? You can't just turn someone into a statue. That's fundamentally changing what they're made of.

[ Because she thinks of it in scientific terms, naturally. It might be something she's sort of seen, since Vigors allow people to change matter in strange ways, but it's temporary or partial. Actually turning someone into something else, though... Was there someone actually "running" this town after all? ]

But even so, if you've heard of that it happened to someone else, then it must be the case for me too. Who is it? Are they still a statue?

Believe me, I'm entirely on your side in this argument; however, the unfortunate reality is that we're in a world that no longer follows the logic we know. There's magic at play here. You were most likely cursed or something silly like that.

In any case, it was a girl named Vriska, and I believe she's still trapped, yes. If you ask John or Dave, they might know more.

Or it might look like magic. At least where I'm from, there are things that look like magic, but they're certainly not. It's just science based in something more complicated. So I hope it's like that. If it's science, then we can understand it. We might be able to do something about it.

I will talk to them, though. Maybe I can help.

It would be very nice if you were correct, Ms. Elizabeth. [ that's about as much as he can say for that... normally, he'd agree with her, but with some of his friends saying they could use magic and actually demonstrating it in front of him, he's fairly convinced it's real. ] Are you a scientist, then?

Not at all. I just love to read. It's a long story, but it's one of the few things I could do growing up.

[ Which... it definitely is. But if he's curious about it, she'd rather tell him in person. The idea of other people reading it rather than her telling him makes her uncomfortable. What if there was someone from Columbia here...? ]

I do enjoy science and mathematics, though. Ms. Rosalind Lutece's book on quantum mechanics is one of my favorites, in fact.

[ well, he won't pry. his first thought is that she might have a similar background to his own - in which case not wanting to talk about it is completely understandable. ]

That sounds quite advanced for someone who's only a hobbyist. I like to consider myself a jack-of-all-trades, but I don't know the first thing about quantum mechanics.

If you're interested, I could teach you sometime. I would like to at least think I'm a good teacher, but probably especially for that.

[ She's seen one Tear, after all. There's no better way to teach than a physical explanation, though tracking one down could be difficult. They don't seem to be as frequent, but she's actually a little glad for that. ]

While I don't doubt your skills in the slightest, I feel your skills would be wasted on a man like myself. But perhaps you can make use of it otherwise; this situation might have a thing or two to do with that field of study.

I think so too. It's really the only way that something like this is actually possible. Someone had to rip through time and space to bring so many people from so many different times and places together. I don't think it's impossible, but it's not easy. I have to wonder why.

There's something else that makes me feel a little more sure that I'm right, but I'll show that to you in person sometime. It's usually easier to explain when you can see it.

Edited 2018-05-09 15:13 (UTC)

[ it's somewhat healing to hear that from someone who has some authority on the topic, however minor it may be. Lupin can deal with weird science. Magic that doesn't involve pulling rabbits out of hats is out of his wheelhouse. ]

Well, now you've gone and gotten me curious. I'll pay you a house visit some time, mademoiselle.

[ The way he phrases it makes her heart flutter slightly, though not for otome reasons, sorry Lupin... Even with the subject being something far from normal, it's almost like something out of one of her daydreams in the tower. She had mimed out interactions like this in her boredom, pretending she was in Paris and meeting friends and welcoming them to her home. It's a surprisingly warm piece of nostalgia, even if it's for something that never actually existed. But where she sits, she giggles all the same, though it only a little of that carries in the text of her response. ]

I would love that. We also don't have to talk about physics. I would still be just as happy to talk about Paris or anything else.

[ damn, his otome powers aren't working yet!! ]

As you wish. I'll prepare a bevy of topics to keep the lady happy, then. I suppose you must be feeling a bit left out after everything that happened; if you allow it, I'll be glad to provide you company and fill you in on the details as well.

At least a little. It is a bit hard to be completely left out just because I hardly realize I was gone! But I would appreciate learning what I missed, since being uninformed in such a strange place is uncomfortable.

It's not much, but I can at least make us tea to share.

[ since food is still just not generally fun to eat, save a few exceptions ]

Tea would be perfect, actually! I didn't know we had any here - I have been missing it terribly.

That's because I made it myself. It probably only barely counts as tea, since I was only picking things based on books I had read and it still doesn't have much at all in the way of flavor. But it was something to try to pass the time.

Eventually we might be able to make something actually good, though!

[ she's positive, at least!! because yeah for now it's probably really bad but she tried ]

[ ... in other words, she just picked some random plants and put them in water...? he hopes he's just not understanding what she means. ]

I'm quite sure that we will; we are already amassing an interesting stock of fruits and vegetables. If we are lucky then we will get proper tea-blocks or tea-bags or perhaps just Seeds to go with it all soon. After that, it's only a matter of time until we can bake a proper scone to match.

[ look

maybe ]

That's what I'm hoping. Since there were some fruits, I thought it would at least be worth trying to use them. [ But also like, she didn't exactly use a lot. So. Definitely mixed results with this tea, and it's obvious ] I hope there's enough for scones eventually. I haven't really tried baking before, so that would be a good excuse to try.

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I WAS DOING AC AND JUST SAW THIS... WTF STOP EATING MY TAGS GMAIL

SURE I SEE HOW IT IS

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