[encrypted][video] Chasing my thoughts around and around

[credit_not_blame]

Guess who spent the night overthinking instead of sleeping? That's right, it's this bitch.

[Stacia usually looks sleep-deprived and annoyed in the mornings, but she definitely looks moreso today. She muffles a yawn behind her hand.]

I've got some new information, and some follow-up questions regarding it. I'm gonna summarize what I think is important too; if you disagree with my assessment 1) bite me, 2) add it in yourself.

Our problem is a murder-y redhead with tattoos and fetish gear and the ability to pull weapons out of her ass and know how many people you've killed. She's obviously some kind of supernatural nasty who may have been popping up on the Rig to do murders for a couple years. Her name might be Belle, and we got a weird story about how one brother killed the other over her because she was hot, but also invisible. She seems to be working her way up the org chart in finance, but she's not adverse to killing and torturing outside of it.

As for the new stuff: I received a series of texts from a mysterious and unknown source the night Robbie, Rogue, Saturday, and Data were attacked; which is how I knew shit was going down. This source told me where they were and that they were being attacked, and when I asked if they could give me anymore information, I got some...I don't know, Shakespeare?

I saw pale kings, and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
Who cry'd—‘La Belle sans Pitie
Hath thee in thrall!’

So my follow up question is: has anyone else seen any weird writing anywhere? Because our mysterious and unknown source is not answering my texts.

Comments

[xrater]

That's a bastardized version of Keats. His version was La Belle Dam sans Mercie, of course.

Of course, that doesn't tell us much. It's essentially a poem inspired by a story about a knight who's romanced by a fairy. Things end poorly, as fairy romances are wont to.

I wonder why the specific name change?

Also, why is this encrypted? I'm not going to argue with the decision, of course, but it does seem a bit illogical given that one of them might know something.

[credit_not_blame]

People who don't think that I'm a people don't get invited to my brainstorming sessions.

[Stacia rubs a hand over her face.]

Okay, so, if the name is different, either it's different in this reality or it means something. I don't speak French, but I assume it's "without mercy" and "without pity"?

[xrater]

Fair enough.

Yes. There's a difference in the meaning, of course. Mercy implies feeling sorrow for someone's plight and an underlying forgiveness, pity carrying more connotations of compassion or regret.

[She pauses, tapping her chin.]

I understand that you're tired. Have you checked the library yet? Or would you like me to go and see what I can dig up on anything with this "Belle sans Pitie" phrase?

[credit_not_blame]

"Without compassion" seems most accurate, given what we know of her.

[Stacia rubs her hand over her eyes again and dredges up as cute as possible a look to give Alia.]

I haven't checked the library yet, no. If you wouldn't mind going? I'm going to need coffee and to run some laps before I'm fit to interact with people without growling.

[xrater]

I'll go through, but I can't promise speed by myself. Paper only turns so fast, after all.

[zerofield]

Would you like another set of eyes?

[ And page-turning hands, ofc. ]

[xrater]

Very much, yes.

[zerofield]

Then I'll be right down.

[ Hurray! She finally has a chance to do something useful, which she's felt very much not lately. ]

[fromfryingpantofire]

I'm already in the library, so I can help. I may not read as fast, but I'm good at research.