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[it is a perfectly fine day outside, regardless of what is happening inside of any barns, and so it is a great time to wander into the forest. Lethe is unnoticeable for most of his trip--a combination of illusions and stealth skills make it hard to spot him even when he's got some pretty noticeable wings on his back. but deep in the forest he drops all forms of camouflage and proceeds to sit on the roots of a tree. he's got, of all things, a bag full of hay with him, which he spreads out on the ground in front of him and then settles in to wait.]

[RING RING, CUBECALL]

( while everyone is preoccupying themselves with the stones... he approaches lethe. )

I need to tell you something.

[ at some point, someone shoves a letter under Lily's barn door with Lethe's name written on it in fancy writing.

Or, well. Not "Lethe," but "Honey."

If he gets the letter and decides to read it, he'll find that the writing is very neat and fancy. ]

Honey,

I have a lead I'm looking into out in the mist. I will be gone for quite some time, so try to behave in my absence. ♥

You should know — Blossom worked with the Snake's father. This I can state with absolute certainty. Furthermore, the Snake's father was genuinely concerned for her safety. What this means, I don't know.

Try not to die before I get back, hmm?

- Faith

[ If he tries to cubecall her, he'll get no response. Her tower has gone dark for the time being. ]

[ Sometime on day 57, Lethe will find a tiny paper-wrapped bundle and an envelope sitting just outside his bedroom door. ]

[ At some point after Lethe has started his morning chores, a small box wrapped in simple green paper appears in front of his bedroom door. There's a small card made of the same green paper taped to it. The handwriting isn't recognizable — but it is laser printed:

"Happy late birthday! Sorry it's not on time."

Inside is an assortment of a dozen fancy chocolates with a variety of classic fillings ]

[ Mr. Lethe answer your cubephone ]

Edited 2024-02-14 17:37 (UTC)

[Lily doesn't always match up meal schedules with each other or with Bluebell, but at some point tonight they probably drift into the kitchen to have dinner around the same time. it's relatively peaceful, both of them focused on eating...

until Lethe may realize the sound of Charon's cutlery moving has stopped, and sense Charon staring at him across the table with a deep frown]

Edited 2024-02-24 06:09 (UTC)

[you slip out of a dream you don't remember having, one filled with cold snow and endless branches, one that leaves your heart shaken without understanding why.

now you’re in a completely white room that stretches on endlessly in continued nothingness; the floor is cracked and uneven, and crumbles a little with each step you take. parts of it are shifty like sand, while subsequent steps feel like rotted-through wood or broken glass threatening to cut at your feet. it's unpleasant to walk on if you choose to move at all. there's no immediate need to go far, at least: there are only two items of note in the expanse of whiteness.

there's a glowing gate directly ahead, the reddish-orange tint of it ominous at a glance. and, though it's harder to make out, off to your right is a single bright blue drawer hovering in the air at elbow height.]

[there's a green sheep that looks like maybe it could be lyra?]

Lethe my brother made me pudding and then he left but I can't hold a spoon or a bowl so I'm just sitting here with a bowl of pudding and I can't do anything about it I need help can you feed me—

[Lethe might find some things different when he checks on the baby scister in his care:

- it is now a normal scister colour instead of being black
- it now makes normal baby bird noises
- it loves him a normal amount instead of being weirdly mercurial about it

there is also a blue feather that has been inexplicably left near the nest box. touch it?]

[ ring ring. ]

Yooooo. Lethe, right? Heard from Zenith that ya're pretty close to our Sonata-chan.

[ at some point, somewhere, lethe will find:

cepheus standing near one of the cardboard cut outs, speaking quietly. it's shaped like a girl, tall and sporting blonde curls, eyes bright like she knows something you don't.

he notices lethe after he's done talking, half-smiling and waving him over ]

This isn't exactly what I had in mind for a first meeting, but...want to meet Annabeth? Annacardboard? Cardboardabeth?

[somehow or another there are three guys here with Holy Beast artifacts and whatever mist adventuring gear they normally take on a trip. one of them is an entire werewolf with a mask slung low over their face, which seems fine.]

Are we all prepared?

Edited 2024-08-01 23:48 (UTC)

Are you busy?

[whenever Lethe habitually goes to his room during the day, he finds a folded note stuck to his door]

day 39, noonish (during lilybell intermission)

Day 41, early IDK SOMETIME THAT WORKS FOR YOU