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    Offscreen Activities

    Upon hearing of the various factors limiting the number of people able to vote in the polls, Ridley pitches the idea to the Wayfarers of setting up a fund designed to help people out with paying the poll tax and obtaining transport to the poll station. They can't do much about most of the...
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    Dreams

    Ridley hadn't intended to fall asleep. He'd only meant to rest his eyes for just a moment, to take a momentary break from the rest of the world while he tried to recover from what he'd discovered about Andre. And then, slowly, like waves eating away at the shore as the tide came in, he was back...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    What? Why had that been what the dungeon chose to show Andre? Well, Powehi made sense, maybe, but Ridley didn't think there was anything particularly unusual about his childhood. "Not a clue," he said, shrugging. Not that he'd tell Andre if he did know. They might be managing to be civil to...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    "Hi," Ridley said. He gave a jaunty little wave, which did nothing to make the situation feel less awkward. For all his talk of making the world a better place, what Andre was describing didn't sound like a particularly focused or effective way of going about it. Nothing significant, nothing...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    Ridley considered that more alarming than Andre apparently did, but fine, whatever. Dungeons were weird. "So just to be clear," Ridley said. "When you say you only targeted abusers, you weren't doing any actual detective work? You were just targeting people because their vibes were rancid?"...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    Well, it was good to know that Andre (probably, unless he was lying) wasn't an active risk to the people around him. "You could sense aura in your world?" Possibly not the best time to ask about that, but Andre seemed fairly open right now and Ridley strongly doubted he was going to get any...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    "You have a week to start telling people," Ridley said. Was that reasonable? What the fuck did he know. "I don't care if you tell everyone or just a few, and I don't care how you tell them, but I'm not going to be the only one who knows about this." And, Ridley, know this. You're free to tell...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    Yeah, Ridley didn't know how far he trusted that. He was sure Andre believed, or wanted to believe, that he only killed terrible people, but there were any number of ways he could justify killing Ridley to himself if he got desperate enough. It was self-defence; if Ridley died here he'd wake up...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    Somehow, Ridley had neglected to consider what he'd do when he had to face Andre again. Great going, Ridley; once again, he was taken by surprise by the obvious and inevitable consequences of his actions. Perhaps he should have felt scared, knowing that Andre was a murderer, but Ridley found...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    There was no response. There was nothing Andre could do but wait, as the water continued to rise. The world darkened... <><><>
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    There was no response. There was no sound at all. The water was eerily silent as it lapped at the shore. It would take Andre some time to notice, but the tide was coming in. Slowly but surely, the water crept up the beach towards him.
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    The door swung open. There was no forest beyond it. There was only a beach with silver sand and black water, desolate and lovely.
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    ...you must know you're ... something wrong, or else ... wouldn't need to hi- ... truth... It must have been happening for a while, but so slowly and gradually that Andre hadn't noticed until he shifted his weight and noticed a faint splish. Water. Black water, the colour of shadows, slowly...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    ...sure they know ... -verything... There was a pause. ...i don't ... all of it. i d- ... -very fucked-up little thing ... do when you ... -omeone bound and vul- ... your mercy. but i know enough. i ... hold the knife. i had ... him. i'll nev- ... -orgive you for that.
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    ...you're going ... tell them... ...if you don't ... will. and i'll make sure...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    ...not going to tell...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    ...yes? There was a pause. ...did you on- ... -ealise that? why did you ... -ungeon works in pairs. are ... -upid or something? The mannequins' conversation had apparently concluded. The smaller mannequin turned and ran out of the room, a bounce in its step, brushing past Andre as it did so.
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    The door opened onto a laboratory, crammed full of computing equipment and more esoteric machinery. It was a small room, made claustrophobically cramped by the amount of equipment in it; almost every flat surface was utilised to its fullest, piled high with books and files and various gadgets...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    ... -aying you didn't enjoy it? ... - st torturing a man to ... goodness of your heart? The tree trunk was slippery underfoot. Even going slowly, Andre almost fell several times, as he trod on areas of moss or places where the rotted bark fell away from the tree under the pressure of his feet...
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    Whispers of Andre and Ridley

    ...told you this bef- ... nobody deserves... -osn't make anything bet- ...just makes you... The tree trunk seemed sturdy enough. Andre's footing might not be perfectly secure, but at least the trunk itself wouldn't break halfway across and drop him in the river. ... own enjoyment. don't ...
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