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Secondly, if you feel the need to speak in person but can't risk actual travel, I have enclosed this effigy. (Apologies if this is stirring thoughts of any old stories; I'm afraid some of those are rooted in fact.) I have made it very basic on the off-chance this envelope is waylaid, so it's not completely functional yet. Do you still make those charming little things with clay? If you do, it would be ideal if you could mix some clay with a healthy amount of your blood— use that to put some "flesh" on the effigy, and make it look like you. It needn't be exact. If you've ditched the clay, you'll need to soak it in blood direct, and maybe you can draw a face on it. Bury it deeply in mud or black earth and go to sleep. (If you want to be extra helpful, sleep on the ground.) Don't get caught, or you'll have to answer some awkward questions. I will take it from there.
I hope to hear excellent things from you, Charlotte, and that you stay well and stay safe out there. Say hello to your "snake friend" for me.
All the best,
Your uncle Henry"
Oh! Well, that was a nice... he wrote that so nicely. It could still be cult trickery. You don't know anymore. Can you be susceptible to cult trickery if you're already in the cult? You have God in your body. Did you ever tell Henry you swallowed the sun?
Well, whatever. It's nice to have two more doohickeys to add to your pile of doohickeys, and you'll definitely be trying out all that stuff with Annie. It's your noble duty to bring her back to life, considering you already got her killed twice. (You sigh.) Well, what now? Can you stand? Uhh... ow. Maybe you can, but you'd like to avoid it. No pain killed yet. What can you do that just involves sitting? Or preferably lying down?
>[A1] You know Henry gave you this gulfweed in order to contact him, but there's a fair amount in this bundle, and it only sounds like you need to chew a little bit. Shouldn't you test it out before needing to rely on it? Yeah. Yeah. (Who do you attempt to contact/pester? It can be anybody, though they're not guaranteed to pick up. It can also be multiple people, though you'll be using more gulfweed. Write-in.)
>[A2] What? Henry says you need to do stuff with clay? Gosh... what a ludicrous thing to ask of you... what horrible, unthinkable drudgery... you'll simply have to *drag* yourself over to your desk and *force* yourself to make an adorable little doll version of yourself, so you have it for emergencies......
>[A3] Augh. Just sit here and look at things with your bad eye— you can kind of see the strings already, you just can't make sense of them with both eyes open. Look at your furniture and the snake and the mantis and everything. Why not?
>[A4] Write-in.
What do you do once you're feeling better?
>[B1] Go harass Horse Face!
>[B2] Go harass Eloise!
>[B3] Go harass Madrigal and by extension Real Ellery!
>[B4] Write-in.
