[There are now plenty of places to congregate for a quiet moment with one's notes, or books, or even just your own thoughts -- their initial tiny and ominous hamlet has grown into quite the bustling (semi-bustling, or given their diminishing numbers, lightly bustling) little marketplace of ideas.
For example: right now just about every book nook, as many of them as there are, is probably quite busy with people doing all kinds of research. While Katan isn't officially assigned to anything too strenuous when it comes to their tasks for the week, he's still usually here at the Lair or elsewhere reading up on wishing branches and dubious plagues and sundry in his spare time.
He's also quietly keeping an eye out for certain people, even if many things have passed by under the cover of their particularly chaotic last meeting. He wishes he had a clearer recollection or idea of what happened.
For now he'll shut his reading, watching Alhaitham come in.]
I'm afraid there's not a great deal of wish-related material here... that we've found. [he did in fact look around a bit, but we're not responsible for wish tags stuck in books or flying through windows] Still, if you have a moment...
At least, most places seem a little easier to catalog than our stubborn library.
[It’s just also a pity and a half that the library is likely still their most expansive source, even if all the magic and supernatural tomes are scattered all over.
He’s done less cataloguing over the weeks, but that’s neither here nor there.]
—I wanted to apologize for my attitude the other day. I’m aware that it was a high-tension situation during the gathering, that you were trying to maintain an equilibrium when it came to Lobelia’s position and your own.
The way I inquired into the situation was unhelpful.
[That said, he’s not taking back his inquiries. Sometimes you gotta do the apology properly even if it’s only for half the problem.]
[Blinking at him, faintly bemused, so that makes two of them taking a pause to work out what to do next -- he'd figured on at least needing some more explanation considering other apologies on the tour he's been making.
Ultimately he settles on a quicker comment, because he really does have to emphasize...]
I can't say I'm usually that bad at problem-solving. Somehow it felt like understanding the wishes was more important than anything else.
I think everyone was a little... more prone to conflict than usual, perhaps? Not just as a result of what happened with Kaios, but the week itself...
You've also noticed as time goes on that outside sources are affecting us mentally more and more. [So, yeah, that's probably it. Alhaitham is just an asshole by nature so he doesn't have that excuse, but other people were clearly out of sorts from the loss of their senses or infection.]
If you're worried I'll no longer trust your judgement, then you've otherwise proven yourself very sensible and one disagreement doesn't mean we can't work together.
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W5: Tuesday? (Witch's Lair)
For example: right now just about every book nook, as many of them as there are, is probably quite busy with people doing all kinds of research. While Katan isn't officially assigned to anything too strenuous when it comes to their tasks for the week, he's still usually here at the Lair or elsewhere reading up on wishing branches and dubious plagues and sundry in his spare time.
He's also quietly keeping an eye out for certain people, even if many things have passed by under the cover of their particularly chaotic last meeting. He wishes he had a clearer recollection or idea of what happened.
For now he'll shut his reading, watching Alhaitham come in.]
I'm afraid there's not a great deal of wish-related material here... that we've found. [he did in fact look around a bit, but we're not responsible for wish tags stuck in books or flying through windows] Still, if you have a moment...
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[Better to categorize these before everyone gets too deep in the irrelevant ones.
But it seems he won't get started on that just yet.] Did you need something?
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[It’s just also a pity and a half that the library is likely still their most expansive source, even if all the magic and supernatural tomes are scattered all over.
He’s done less cataloguing over the weeks, but that’s neither here nor there.]
—I wanted to apologize for my attitude the other day. I’m aware that it was a high-tension situation during the gathering, that you were trying to maintain an equilibrium when it came to Lobelia’s position and your own.
The way I inquired into the situation was unhelpful.
[That said, he’s not taking back his inquiries. Sometimes you gotta do the apology properly even if it’s only for half the problem.]
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So for a moment Alhaitham feels like he has no idea what's happening.]
... Apology accepted.
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Ultimately he settles on a quicker comment, because he really does have to emphasize...]
I can't say I'm usually that bad at problem-solving. Somehow it felt like understanding the wishes was more important than anything else.
I think everyone was a little... more prone to conflict than usual, perhaps? Not just as a result of what happened with Kaios, but the week itself...
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If you're worried I'll no longer trust your judgement, then you've otherwise proven yourself very sensible and one disagreement doesn't mean we can't work together.