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[borjafamily]

WHO: Borjas
WHERE: A canal near the high temple
OPEN/CLOSED: Closed
WHEN: Night of Day 4

[Astra has a cleaned-out planter as a bucket and is using it to wash herself in the canal. No soap or anything, just rinsing herself. Very thoroughly. ]

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[bad_in_latin]

[ well he was just out for a walk ... what the heck is that noise? ]

Who's there?

[supraliminally]

[turning to look into the darkness, trying to find the source. her own voice sounds sort of strange.]

Your Prophet, of course. Should you not be asleep, Bergen?

[bad_in_latin]

Oh. Hell, what are you doing out here?

[ relaxes a little ... but that weird tone has him on edge still ]

[supraliminally]

Bathing, naturally.

[bad_in_latin]

In th' middle of the night, kid? C'mon back inside.

[ stepping closer ]

[direstnews]

You're out and about a bit late, aren't you?

[Where the hell did he even come from? He wasn't out on the street a second ago.]

[supraliminally]

[ahhh, no]

Am I? I've grown restless, maybe.

[direstnews]

[Coming over to sit down on the fountain's edge.]

I said I'd do the washing, you know. You needn't flit about in the night to see it done now.

[supraliminally]

It would be a terrible thing, for an older sister to push her responsibilities onto her younger brother.

[direstnews]

You might be surprised by how much responsibility I'm able to manage.

[And he's wearing this expression, sure, but he's looking you over pretty closely.]

[withswagger]

[coming along with Robin]

...Astra?

[supraliminally]

It's me. Have I really made such a din, to have woken you all?

[withswagger]

I'm only accompanying Robin. . .

[tilts his head, frowning though. What's up with this atmosphere]

[supraliminally]

As you should. But back inside, perhaps, Vespera.

[withswagger]

Why? What's going on?

[inonecard]

[ A bit later than the rest, having found himself alone in the temple. ]

... This is an odd place for a gathering.

[supraliminally]

It wasn't meant to be one.

[inonecard]

Mm, has something unusual happened then?

[supraliminally]

[siiiiiiighs]

Since everyone else knows, yes. I got in a fight and killed Aristophanes' Prime.

[inonecard]

Oh.

[ A beat. ]

You don't have the body?

[withswagger]

[WELL THAT WAS. HARROWING.

Vespera looks very lost in thought.]

[bad_in_latin]

[ Bergen comes out a moment later, nearly stepping right past him. he has got to get out of those church walls for a minute. ]

[withswagger]

...Bergen?

[bad_in_latin]

[ jolts at that ]

--'Spera? Didn't see you there.

[withswagger]

Keep your wits about you, it's only a murder.

[he says that in a sort of... heavily wry way, though]