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[literal_trainwreck]

WHO: Thistle (And visitors, if they are so inclined)
WHERE: Thistle
WHEN: Day 3, after all the shit went down

[Well that was a lot. Time to get a good night's (day's?) sleep in those new rooms! Ha ha, just kidding. What are we actually doing?]

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[survivaltricks]

[. . . ah]

[sets his jaw tightly]

Were you set up?

[antichthonia]

Well, you know, I mean . . .

Yeah. Kieran was like that. I always did what he wanted. He told me I should go do some reconnaissance on my own. Really quick trip.

[survivaltricks]

[the more he learns about Gabe's life the more righteously pissed he gets]

And instead, you almost died.

[antichthonia]

Practical joke.

[sighs] Well, you know. The other cadets didn't hate me as much after that. So it wasn't a total loss.

[survivaltricks]

[that doesn't sound like much of a win!1]

Did you ever meet her again, after that?

[antichthonia]

Yeah. Last year.

Had to ask for her help. Hell of a thing.

[survivaltricks]

What happened?

[antichthonia]

We had a different, worse witch.

Astrid Kincaid. She was killing witchfinder cadets . . . she was killing the witches under Mawk's jurisdiction. We both wanted her gone.

[he starts looking pretty fidgety]

[survivaltricks]

[nnnnoting that]

Did you. . . hunt her?

[antichthonia]

Hunt Astrid? Shit, you can't hunt a witch like that. We needed an army.

[survivaltricks]

Hah. . . I didn't know how else to put it.

[rubbing the back of his neck, sheepish]

What happened to her, in the end?

[antichthonia]

They sentenced her to serve in the Artillery. I don't really figure anyone deserves that, so I got an execution warrant. Did it myself.

[survivaltricks]

[ah. he gets it]

[his expression twists a bit, before he steels himself and settles on a look that's far more neutral]

. . . your job sounds pretty tough.

[antichthonia]

Sure. But we're a bunch of bastards. Astrid Kincaid, you know, she had a twin. Necromages always comes in twins. It's just one of those things. Astrid started her war because a witchfinder killed her sister, and I wouldn't bet money that she deserved it. Seems like it would be pretty weak of me to pity myself over the job when witchfinders create half of our own work in the first place.

[survivaltricks]

[. . .]

. . . the way you describe it-- you make it sound like a war, of sorts.

[where both sides are kind of shitty, in different ways]

Is there not some common ground between the witchfinders and the witches?

[something to stop the fighting?]