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clair saint-juste

Cerberus sentinel

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bio inventory dev plot

gold

familiar Calla, a Baffin Island wolf

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Post by clair saint-juste on Jul 14, 2023 4:03:13 GMT -7

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After his participation at Spring Meliorum, Clair tracked down someone.[break][break]

It started with the usual chit-chat and the two hunters whose conversation intrigued him. Wolf's Glen, no hunters around, Lancelot, New Dawn -- could someone blame a future recruit for being interested in the stories traveling within his favored branch?[break][break]

Buying drinks makes the investigation informal, even if assessing his interlocutors' alcohol tolerance is the hardest part. Sometimes, the gap between "drunk but coherent" and "shitfaced" can be crossed fast. [break][break]

Then after getting a few names, he traces the said Benny. In other circumstances, he'd have called his few Pegasus acquaintances to speed the process, but the topic feels sensitive. The mention of Lancelot's orders hasn't left his mind. So, if he's poking his nose into something he shouldn't, better handle the situation carefully and keep a low profile.[break][break]

Still, phoenixes can bring people back from the dead? Phoenixes? One part of him wants to roll its eyes; the other remembers him Trishula and tells him to be open-minded.[break][break]

"Thanks for making time, dude," Clair says to Benny while pushing the door of the Clover Club.[break][break]

It's past 9 P.M, and the customers are already jostling for their position at the counter. And Clair smiles at the employees as he walks by. After more than ten years, he picks the voices of the regulars, cracking a smile at the snatches of conversations: broom racing, money bet on the wrong person, the usual armchair politics, and rants about daily life.[break][break]

Clair slides into a booth a bit far away from the liveliness and then sits down.[break][break]

"What do you want to drink? Beer?" He doesn't say 'something stronger?' right away as a precaution.

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Anima Blair

Pegasus acolyte

100

bio inventory dev plot

gold

familiar gawain, western osprey

played by safi

you don't have to hate on your instinct and fears; nothing will ever change anyways

Amaranthine Star

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Post by Anima Blair on Jul 14, 2023 4:46:49 GMT -7

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[attr="class","pie"]It isn't every day that Benny sits down for drinks, just every other day. Pegasus outriders, Cerberus Hunters; they work together just about as much as you might expect. It's better to work with people who have your back, and Delphi witches often tend to work together better. In particular, Benny likes to work with a few hunters in particular, Sylvie and Hastings. They're good people, but Benny often thinks that if they weren't dating each other, they might actually kill each other.[break][break]

"Nah, thank you for buying me a free drink bro. Been shooting up ever since Cerb did what they do." He replies. The Clover Club is mostly new to him, but it's a bar. All of them are mostly the same. It's comfy. And it has the sports on, which is a plus. Even if this guy is a complete bore - there's something to partially tune out with. As far as Benny knows, he'll have overheard something Sylvie said and the whole situation will have spiraled from there, as it tends to do.[break][break]

"Yeah - the draft here any good? I'm a cheap date, so just whatever you'd usually get." He takes his seat, taking off his jacket and folding it up neatly on the chair next to him. There's bandaging over his right arm which seems relatively fresh. "Now what did you wanna speak about again?"

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Last Edit: Jul 14, 2023 4:54:12 GMT -7 by Anima Blair

clair saint-juste

Cerberus sentinel

46

bio inventory dev plot

gold

familiar Calla, a Baffin Island wolf

played by butternut

Bacon ipsum dolor amet brisket pork belly flank

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Post by clair saint-juste on Jul 19, 2023 1:52:59 GMT -7

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Clair's lips twist in an apologetic expression. No comments on his part -- he can't predict with which Pegasus members he may have to work in the future, after all.[break][break]

"Really good, and okay, I'll be quick --" As he stands up, he notices the bandage. Pegasus seems to make its members work to the bone, but there has been a lot going on. New Dawn. The familiars. The swamps. "-- and it's about a ghost story."[break][break]

How fast could a name that fell into the wrong ear travel? Clair isn't eager to test this.[break][break]

Leaving the outrider alone, he walks toward the counter, orders two Delphinian craft beers, and reappears with the pints of beer. Cheap dates or not, he treats him like any regular encounter. So, he places a blonde lager before Benny, first, then sits down.[break][break]

He hopes this short pause has helped the man to decide what he wants to share. Or not.[break][break]

"Apparently, you went through a lot at this place." A pause. "Sorry, dude. I hope I didn't bring bad memories?" Because bad memories potentially mean his interlocutor could clam up.

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Last Edit: Jul 19, 2023 1:55:24 GMT -7 by clair saint-juste

Anima Blair

Pegasus acolyte

100

bio inventory dev plot

gold

familiar gawain, western osprey

played by safi

you don't have to hate on your instinct and fears; nothing will ever change anyways

Amaranthine Star

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Post by Anima Blair on Jul 19, 2023 6:13:10 GMT -7

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[attr="class","pie"]"A ghost? Have you been speaking to Sylvie?" Benny smiles, but that doesn't stop him from subtly scanning the room around him. Even he even gets a better one when Clair decides to go to the bar, although who or what he's looking for is completely unsure. Pegasus as always remain neutral, it's part of their code and role. But he works closely with certain hunters, surely it would be prudent to check whether he is besmirching their good names. [break][break]

A craft ale. He raises the glass, clinking it against Clair's with a silent cheer. "A lot? She has been telling tales, hasn't she?" He remarks, although he seems to slightly lower his voice. "You're gonna laugh at what I have to say, I'll tell you that much."[break][break]

"I'm guessing you mean the arm- It's fractured, thankfully, apparently not too major. It was bloody wolves that caused it all of things, they've started stalking the Lorraine Valley. It's not just the wolves either - I hear in the Goreal, it's deer. Apparently in the sea, there's schools of killer fish. There's been a few of our outriders gone up north, to work with this cult that an expedition found. Was headed by three of our sentinels, Blair, Khatagin, Leonidas, they apparently some weird fucking parasite daemon and this tower that's supposed to be some ancient lighthouse or whatever-"[break][break]

But of course, Clair doesn't want to know about the wolves probably. It's a good warning nonetheless.[break][break]

"Anyways, they found some sea serpents being controlled too. They were dead when they found them, and it's this freaky parasite that was animating it. How's that for a wild story?" None of this is anything that Benny has seen himself either. He has seen something though, and Pegasus rumours spread quick amongst the outsider. A professional courtesy, to let someone know what might get them next. "But I'm guessing you mean Wolf's Glen right?"[break][break]

The place Cerberus hunters can no longer go and defend. "Tell me - what do you think about the New Dawn?" It's a very good question, and Benny has dropped his voice completely that he has to lean over, no longer smiling.

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clair saint-juste

Cerberus sentinel

46

bio inventory dev plot

gold

familiar Calla, a Baffin Island wolf

played by butternut

Bacon ipsum dolor amet brisket pork belly flank

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Post by clair saint-juste on Aug 17, 2023 9:30:36 GMT -7

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"Kinda, but all tales have some foundations?" A tale is a distorted version of truth -- an unreliable perception based on biases, beliefs, or bad memory. Still, he wonders what hides behind this secretive behavior. "Good news for your arm, by the way. Resting is a pain."[break][break]

And then silent, Clair is all ears, fingertips slowly sliding along his beer glass. Honestly, he'd take wolves or deer over fishes anytime. Fuck fishes. He had seen enough of them at Camp Trishula. Something he keeps inside as Benny talks, mentioning names. Khatagin, Leonidas -- he should text Jed and ask him what he could tell him about these Pegasus sentinels. But a parasite daemon? What is Pegasus? A coven full of strays that come back with parasite daemons instead of ticks?[break][break]

Ticks sound better as he hears about the parasite animating dead serpents -- even if he's a little cautious about this information. How would it differ from what he witnessed with Diane?[break][break]

"That's extra wild..." He whispers, tilting his head to the side. There's one question on his mind, but he's polite enough not to ask if the crew had taken some substances at some point.[break][break]

So, instead, he nods at the question before sipping his ale.[break][break]

Ah, the New Dawn. Should he give the nephew's answer? Or the official Cerberus one?[break][break]

He contemplates the seriousness on Benny's face as he leans over as well.[break][break]

"I think these people are ready to do anything to change their fate --" After speaking with a low voice, he pauses, thinking about what it would imply. " -- and waited for their time to defy this current world." Another pause. A subtle frown. "Why?"

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Last Edit: Aug 21, 2023 3:28:05 GMT -7 by clair saint-juste

Anima Blair

Pegasus acolyte

100

bio inventory dev plot

gold

familiar gawain, western osprey

played by safi

you don't have to hate on your instinct and fears; nothing will ever change anyways

Amaranthine Star

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Post by Anima Blair on Sept 24, 2023 15:32:57 GMT -7

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[attr="class","pie"]He shrugs, the resting isn't too bad, but he'd rather be out there doing something. Otherwise, he just spends his days watching broom-racing or duel re-runs in shitty bars and meeting his friends for coffees as they all tell him that he's going to be fine and catch him up on the news. "It's fine... Doc says it won't be too much longer before I can get back into it, missed being out there. I feel like the world's passing me by, and here I am you know?"[break][break]

The answer about the New Dawn is an interesting one, so much so that it registers on Benny's face that he's surprised to hear the answer coming from a Cerb. It's not wrong, really, it's actually a pretty good answer. He tries to sympathize, he really does, and when you're out of the walls and safety, away from people telling you that something is wrong...[break][break]

Well, that's what he's getting to.[break][break]

"There's a New Dawn preacher in Wolf's Glen, his name is August." He keeps his voice quiet. "At first, we kinda gave him the cold shoulder - didn't do anything to him, of course. He's actually a pretty nice guy, all things told. He saved the town from a daemon attack last September, they've been keeping him safe there ever since." It's not really something that he can be found guilty of, tolerating someone from the New Dawn. He's not a wolf. But he worries that might not be enough to protect him from the wrath of a certain Knight that thinks it's her god given mandate. [break][break]

"Anyways, August does the funeral stuff there, medic too. He preserves the bodies of the townsfolk so they can come back to life one day. Ridiculous, I know- But, I swear, I was down in the crypt because Sylvie dared me to and- There was a corpse, supremely fucked up, like covered in burns. It sat up, started talking and reached out to me! Like that's a ghost, I swear to god, that was a fucking ghoul or something. I got out of there faster than a ferret in a bag."[break][break]

He looks around quickly, before he finally finishes. "Do you ever wonder if we've got it all wrong? I'm not saying that I do, but like, maybe there's something to 'em."

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clair saint-juste

Cerberus sentinel

46

bio inventory dev plot

gold

familiar Calla, a Baffin Island wolf

played by butternut

Bacon ipsum dolor amet brisket pork belly flank

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Post by clair saint-juste on Sept 28, 2023 7:16:44 GMT -7

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"I know this feeling." A light flickers in his eyes -- sincerity. "It sucks, and you are aware there's nothing you can do." At the hospital, a self-pitying tune blasted in his mind at the most unexpected moments. Tipping into melodrama felt pathetic. Eventually, the feeling evolved into a frustration that shook his bones and outgrew his body until a subtle rage clouded his mind.
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Thankfully, he's just another dog unable to give up on something as long as he has his fangs sunk into it. It involves his life. And his work -- his investigation.
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He juggles with information about the New Dawn while trying to understand where the new pieces go -- while trying to collect new ones to complete this puzzle.
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So, Clair listens.
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Maybe, he enjoys listening to Benny, his storytelling, and how he spreads the info and the pictures he paints with his words.
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And Clair's silence lasts as he tries to make sense of what he has heard, once again. His lips twitch, torn between disbelief and amusement.[break][break]

"Do you think there's a link between the parasite, the sea serpents, and this corpse?"[break][break]

He almost passes a hand over his face. What are you saying? What's more, it would imply the parasite devoured its host and took control of the body.[break][break]

"Have you witnessed the process he chooses to preserve the bodies? By any chance?" He's asking even if he's already supposing the answer is 'No.' Was this August a nice man, or did he make sure to gain the townsfolks' trust before doing whatever he had in mind?[break][break]

An outsider turned into a hero -- the tale is too good to be true.[break][break]

"There's definitively something to them..." A whisper. Two things bother him: the burns and, "Do you remember the corpse's words?"[break][break]

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