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[ruinously]

[ This seems important enough to divulge immediately while he's on a Ziggy hunt; ]

Guys, got something that might be pretty useful. Check these out.

[ He holds up his stolen papers, stretching them out so everyone can see, doing it slowly so they're able to be read. It's as listed;

- An official-looking parchment, granting an audience with the king to a Lord Durwald

- Several letters, all of them short, discussing arranging a fast horse and safe passage through the Forests of Gha'har, towards South Naelor; none are signed

- Notes, written by the same hand as the one asking for the horse; some of them seem to be detailing council meetings and discussions, but there are some particular entries that are of interest:

I have cause to suspect the king is using something to affect our decision-making. Yet another decision has been overruled by the council, despite majority vote passing it in the parliament yesterday. Have enlisted the help of Y.V. to spy on him.

Two more notes detailing council proceedings follow, but after them, there is one more entry:

Y.V. found the king speaking to the heirloom. Said there was a strange glow in the room. Suspicions can only be confirmed by removing heirloom.

Y.V. found dead this morning. Will put the plan to action tomorrow. ]

Seems important. Dunno how it correlates to stuff everyone else has found, but definitely think it should be looked into.

[ a pause, then- ]

If anybody's seen Cas, let me know.

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[swordandshield]

[If he were a more open person he might take her advice to heart. Sadly, he's not. Fortunately, he can and will pretend otherwise.]

Roger that. Normal day at the office, am I right?

[He half scoffs, half laughs.]

Sounds like you've had experience with situations that go SNAFU at the drop of a hat.

[deaddrop]

SNAFU might actually be too polite of a term. That might be more my bias from home showing through, though.

[swordandshield]

That's impressive. Something worse than a SNAFU. You wouldn't happen to be...in a war back home?

[She didn't seem like a soldier though. Intelligence officer, maybe.]

[deaddrop]

I'd go so far as to say a time or two it's been straight FUBAR.

[What else do you call half the life in the universe being erased from existence.]

There's always war somewhere, isn't there?

[swordandshield]

Oh, one step farther than a Charlie-Foxtrot, eh?

[He's trying not to laugh at that last statement but as he says:]

That's so true. If it's not one thing, it's another. Out of one and right into another.

[He notes she doesn't exactly answer his question though. She seems to do that frequently.]

[deaddrop]

[Natasha has never pretended she's not cagey. It's a deeply seated habit.

And not one she's likely to try to change soon.]

It's the only thing you can count on. I had a boss once who told me nothing lasts but trouble.

[swordandshield]

I feel like I know what he's talking about. It's always been that way.

[After the war, during the war, even before the war. His whole life had been nothing but trouble. But he was a survivor and he'd endured all of it.

Except maybe that last bit. He still does his best not to think of it. (But the nightmares don't always agree with that repression.)]