hangman is coming down from the gallows [closed]

[personalwar]

Who: Soldier: 76 (personalwar) & others
What: Catch-all log for October event! 76 is a fugitive, but that isn't going to stop him from digging for information. Part 2, escape and Wyver exploration!
When: October
Where: All around the dark shady parts of town, primarily in the Red Light District. Part 2, all over Wyver territory!
Warning(s): People may be trying to bring him in, so expect possible violence, language, etc!

[ This is a closed catch-all for me to put starters for any plotted threads. My plotting comment is here if you would like to do something! ]

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[exorion]

Yeah, I can't actually see your face.

[jack pls]

[Cayde puts his hands on his hips, leaning his upper body forward as if to try and get a better look at him, and then suddenly he's got it.]

I've never seen your face!

[GOT IT]

You're that guy-- sounds like he drinks a big glass of cement every morning. Wearing that mask. [He gestures up and down at Jack] You've usually got that jacket? Y'know, it says--

[wait]

Ohhhh.

[personalwar]

[ The sense of panic creeps up 76's ribcage toward his throat as he has to listen to Cayde have this revelation out loud in the middle of a semi-public hallway. It's true that they're the only two here, but who knows who else might be listening in? The walls here are thick for obvious reasons, but it's still enough to get under his skin.

As much as he wants to shove Cayde against the wall and tell him to keep his (glowing) mouth shut, that isn't going to help him keep his cover.

He's bristling, but his voice remains low and calm. ] You never saw me here. I'll leave. Deal?

[ He'd really wanted to ask around downstairs and see if anyone could tell him where to find the man who'd given him the carriage job, but it isn't worth getting the royal guard called on him. ]

[exorion]

Woah, woah, woah-- wait, wait, wait.

[Cayde glances up and down the hall, and then gestures to one of the rooms. It's empty tonight, they can talk without someone walking upstairs and overhearing them.]

Come on, let's talk.

[personalwar]

[ 76 eyes the empty room uncertainly. This could be a trap, and it might be in his best interest to simply leap back out the window he came in through, but that would make more of a scene and there's the possibility that Cayde actually wants to hear him out.

If that's the case, he might have useful intel for him too.

So after a few moments of internal debate, he follows Cayde inside, lingering near the door once he shuts it behind them. ]

[exorion]

[Cayde leans against the door when it closes behind them, casual with his arms folded over his chest. It's not 76 he's worried about; he can see the window from here, the guy has a clear shot to it if he wants to leave. But here he can easily hear anyone moving up and down the halls.]

I know you were set up-- all of you.

[That's a way to break the ice, right. Cayde's not gonna fuss around on something like this, and there's a seriousness in his voice that's almost a bit out of place on him.]

Been lookin' into the guy who offered up the carriage job, but the guy's practically vanished into thin air.

[It's times like this one really misses having scouts to do this stuff instead.]

[personalwar]

[ The fact that Cayde is suddenly speaking openly about the situation, not to mention the way that his voice has sobered, gives 76 reason to believe that this room has offered them privacy. He's still on edge, waiting for someone to burst in to seize him and having to make a quick escape, and that's what has him edging closer to the window. Just in case.

This is the most solid information he's gotten about his search so far, which is pathetic given its sparsity. But still, he'll take what he can get at this point, assuming he can trust anything that Cayde says. ]

You know? How?

[ If the guy has vanished, there isn't much that 76 can do about that, but he'd like to know where Cayde's inside information has come from. ]