Something Jayce said had been sticking to me. I realized that when the dead in an area speak to me, I could... maybe speak back. Turns out, I can converse with them, if I focus on a specific one, and have it set up correctly. It's a pretty gruesome sight, though, which others can see as well. It's like instead of my other ability which allows just me to see the truth of the situation, this shows everyone around me a lie about the situation. Whoever I'm speaking to, as they were right before whatever killed them. And then they slowly get killed again while talking. It's... It's harrowing, to say the least. I need to be careful who I do it around.
The good news is, a lot of the time I can help them move forward. Take a note for their living loved ones, that kind of thing. Sometimes it's a little harder, however.
After that last job, Cinder obviously came down to meet us. We got together for drinks, which I don't usually do, but I saw some things out there and it seemed smart to try to make friends in this job. If Cinder will come down at our call, maybe these others would do similar in the future? It never hurts to have someone in your corner. Even more in this job than in my day job. Speaking of which, I'll need to start preparations for potential problems soon. Lynk keeps an eye out for anyone coming after me usually, but I'm worried they won't be able to catch the kind of people that might start coming after me now. Which means, unfortunately, that I will have to start catching them - likely only once they've gotten to me. Not ideal, but it's not like I've never been on someone else's list before...
I've decided I can no longer assume anyone coming after me will be non-supernatural. I'm moving across the street. I'm keeping the window open and using my new acquisition to travel between the two. Anything coming after me will, hopefully, come in through the incorrect apartment, where it will set off my alarms and give me time to decide if I want to snipe it from across the street or just run. I worry that the museum will have an issue with the way I handled the end of their job, and I worry that something from my last job will be following me now. So I go in and out from the old place and use The Last Exhale to ensure I can't be followed.
I also decided I probably should talk to Jayce about what I saw in that last job, but... I'm not ready to. Not quite yet. I'm not sure I'm ready to talk to anyone about it.
Eddie set up a little house party at the place I helped find for her. She's got it looking great, and is... definitely working on homemade explosives in there. We met up with Diamond and Cinder, and Blanche was there too, of course. We had a few things to discuss - First Blanche and Eddie helped Diamond with setting up their new legs. Looks like they took Eddie's comment about working on running faster to heart. Then we pored over what he have about Cinder's bosses together, and made a few plans. I won't put any of the details down here, but it's something I feel confident we can pull off. Finally, we've decided to help Blanche with a business meeting with a very powerful individual.
I also met with some... representatives of a black branch of the British Museum. They threatened me, and then gave me a phone number to call. Lynk helped me figure out some of the info of who they were, but I don't have enough details. They suggest I fake my death about it.