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The grass rustles. It's been rustling the whole time. But now, where Jerry points, it parts— and keeps parting, further and further away, as if (to use a random example!) somebody invisible were sprinting away from you. You go for The Sword. Then you think better of it: you clap your sword hand over your eye. Everard Kurz has two good eyes, except when he's you. When he's you, and you're thinking about it, you can see the sparse flat lines of the manse— and an awkward bright tangle, half triangular, lined up exactly with the parting grass.
The nerve of the bastard!
>[1] Goddamn Ellery! First he hides all his stupid secrets, then he flips out on you for no reason, then he crashes *your* bombing plan?! You don't care what Casey wants to do with him— you just want to see the look on his face when he's caught. Pitch in.
>>[A] Everard can't plausibly do most of the things you can do— but you can't plausibly do some of what he can do, either. What Laws does he know, again? (Choose which Law to direct at Ellery: [SINK], [SEAL], or [ARM].)
>> A long time ago, you won a direct fight against Ellery. He acts all tough, like he can't get hurt, but that's just his dumb fake body— his strings are vulnerable, aren't they? And you can see them? Surely you can do something with them? (Wyrm's Dead Eye) [Roll.]
>>[C] Ellery isn't that special in the grand scheme of things. *You're* special. And if you say he can't escape, he can't: it's as simple as that. (Advanced Advanced Gaslighting.) [Roll.]
>>[D] Write-in.
>[2] You really do hate Real Ellery, and you're going to blow up Headspace in his face and laugh. Trouble is, you can't blow up Headspace in his face if Casey shreds him first, so you don't feel like stopping him. Purposefully do nothing.
>[3] As above, but you really, really don't want to see him caught right now. If he spends time annoying Casey, it's actually a win for you: he's not blowing up Headspace, and he's stopping Casey from tracking down Gil (or catching onto you). You need to make sure he gets out of here
>>[A] Using a specific method? (Write-in.) [Possible roll.]
>>[B} You'll figure something out. [Roll.]
>[4] Write-in.
I know! You were supposed to look at the note! Unfortunately, the structure of the update didn't work out that way, and I ran out of time to go back and rework. You have my sacred pledge as a QM that 1) you will get to see it soon and 2) you didn't lose any options or miss anything relevant by not seeing it immediately. On the bright side, here's me cashing in my promise to have you look at Ellery's strings IC. Only took 3 threads...?
