Vitae Memorandum

06-Market Benefits

Sunlight split the dawn of a brand new day once again. Yet another night had ended, and for the four of them, that was the longest night of their lives.

Everything might have gotten complicated last night, and her head was still an absolute mess, but Lwyn's Celesi-side had still left a mission ingrained within her. The mess from last night, all of it simply promoted the original plan, she HAD to escape with the other three. Instead of adding complexity, like it was doing inside her head, the world outside fit those details as resources to only better her odds. Sorting out the ones from the others could wait until after she was safe.

However, just like speaking Elaethyx, resorting to English would only complicate the situation. She couldn't afford complications. She quickly got up and made her way to the door.

"So, what's the plan?" Qheria did not get the memo about how English would cause problems, but clued into intent very quickly as Lwyn moved around. Her voice was incredibly soft. Qheria was, by nature, a light sleeper.. in both worlds, honestly. Both her training as a Shieldbearer and in Cadets for the Army had instilled a morning routine. It had also made her really methodical when under assignment. She was oblivious to what Lwyn was attempting last night, but her earth-side had filled in the blanks by going over the details. She also knew, the four of them were in this together now, but Lwyn worked here. The desperation last night, the breakdown involving the half-elf stuff, there was something going on, something her Celesi-side was too much of a pushover to have figured out on her own.

"Keep being you.. Celesi you, try to cut down on the English, keep Thanrie quiet, and try to keep Mhyl in the loop. I'm going to keep up the whole image of taking care of you guys. After lunch, everything here will be packed up and this room will be vacated. You three will be meeting me at the fountain plaza just as soon as I can sneak my way out. Don't leave early, that will ruin the plan. Oh, and if anyone asks, you have concerns about getting more supplies and are trying to figure it out. That's important." "Wait, how am I to keep Mhyl in the loop if you want me to cut down on the English. You want me to use German?" "No, obviously you will need earth languages to talk to Mhyl, and I guess it doesn't matter which one you pick, just don't let anyone else hear you using it. It will raise way too many questions."

Lwyn ran off after having explained her side of things as much as she could. The shuttering sound of the door immediately started Thanrie awake. "F--mwririr?" Defaulting to English again, followed by a complete language failure as Qheria silenced her, Thanrie was alert and concerned. "Less Kaito, more Thanrie, please. Between the scene last night, it seems you might have forgotten our circumstances before the storm. Lwyn still works here, for now at least. We have to keep up the image that nothing has changed. I'm sure, if you take consideration of your Celesi-self, you came here for a reason too, right?"

"Oh.. yeah, of course." It wasn't clear if the reality of the situation was that cooling, or if Thanrie was just that good at shifting into Celese mode, but her voice restored the sort of tone it held from last day. "What do we do about Mhyl?" "Uh... what about me?" Thanrie's use of her name appeared to have awoken the elf of the group.

"Perfect, you're both awake. Lwyn has so rationally explained that our usage of earth languages will need to be about as discreet as her elven had been. Any.. not normal.. language, they would cause issues if discovered. Leave the earth-stuff for later, focus on the celese goals you came here with. Considering how much of a mess we all were when we got here, no one exactly has a really deep plan of where to go after this. One thing is clear though, this mess has brought us together, so wherever it might be that we're going, we're going to be going together. We have to work things out." Qheria, still channeling her earth-side, took leadership of the situation.