[Some radio silence from Skulduggery to be expected here and there. When he texts Pal back at last, however, he has more juicy gossip to share!!]
The rain was only meant to last for 1-2 weeks. You may have noticed that turned out to not be the case. The Captain took a second dose of the truth elixir that started this mess in the first place, likely to relearn what he'd forgotten the first time around. He then promptly took a memory charm to forget what he'd learned. AGAIN. He said that he'd taken the charm a total of four times this month alone. There's no reliable way to tell how many times he really took it. "I only forget irrelevant things" he says, having forgotten too much to know that with any certainty! Turns out, he likely forgets information that is either "compromising" or "detrimental." (1/6)
He claims the only reason we're here is to fuel his magic and entertain him with our pain. He has a narrow view of his own project and I fear that's caused more grief and pain than we'll ever be able to uncover.
He said that he wouldn't use the memory charm on himself again. Furthermore, he said that Friday would keep them from him. To quote him: "If I order something once, I cannot take it back no matter what I do." (2/6)
There is a secondary goal that he has been purposefully obfuscating from himself: to ensure he cannot be controlled again. He's clearly forgotten it too many times now, and that amnesia of his has stalled out this project for who knows how long. There are hundreds of passengers who died for nothing, all because he couldn't handle whatever truth he found. We could very well be the next if we don't take more proactive steps to solve this. (3/6)
He mentioned Jenny. ("Guabancex.") She limits her power by asking for memories of emotions, as opposed to taking the emotion as the Captain does. He said that she dragged the passengers of her time out onto the pool deck and slit their throats. I think she may be trying to make up for this by hunting down ways to fight the Captain. I also think that the Captain may have started out similarly, which makes me concerned for Jenny's future. The next time we see her, she may more closely resemble the very thing we're trying to stop. (4/6)
August is likely to be a difficult excursion. "Difficult" being a massive, horrifying understatement, of course. After the events of last month, combined with what he intends to do, he'll need more power than before. I'm sure at least one person will die before the end. Perhaps all of us. Whatever happens, we'll have to accept that some casualties are inevitable. My hope is that the tentative cooperation we're all struggling with will hold. If it doesn't, and even one person turns on the rest of the group... Well. That's how Jenny wound up the way she is. (5/6)
He says that death is the most effective way to gain power. "Your worst pain will always shine brighter than your greatest joy." More confirmation that he is, indeed, a fool. (6/6)
[text] 1st of august
The rain was only meant to last for 1-2 weeks. You may have noticed that turned out to not be the case.
The Captain took a second dose of the truth elixir that started this mess in the first place, likely to relearn what he'd forgotten the first time around.
He then promptly took a memory charm to forget what he'd learned. AGAIN.
He said that he'd taken the charm a total of four times this month alone.
There's no reliable way to tell how many times he really took it.
"I only forget irrelevant things" he says, having forgotten too much to know that with any certainty!
Turns out, he likely forgets information that is either "compromising" or "detrimental." (1/6)
He claims the only reason we're here is to fuel his magic and entertain him with our pain.
He has a narrow view of his own project and I fear that's caused more grief and pain than we'll ever be able to uncover.
He said that he wouldn't use the memory charm on himself again.
Furthermore, he said that Friday would keep them from him.
To quote him: "If I order something once, I cannot take it back no matter what I do." (2/6)
There is a secondary goal that he has been purposefully obfuscating from himself: to ensure he cannot be controlled again.
He's clearly forgotten it too many times now, and that amnesia of his has stalled out this project for who knows how long.
There are hundreds of passengers who died for nothing, all because he couldn't handle whatever truth he found.
We could very well be the next if we don't take more proactive steps to solve this. (3/6)
He mentioned Jenny. ("Guabancex.") She limits her power by asking for memories of emotions, as opposed to taking the emotion as the Captain does.
He said that she dragged the passengers of her time out onto the pool deck and slit their throats.
I think she may be trying to make up for this by hunting down ways to fight the Captain.
I also think that the Captain may have started out similarly, which makes me concerned for Jenny's future.
The next time we see her, she may more closely resemble the very thing we're trying to stop. (4/6)
August is likely to be a difficult excursion. "Difficult" being a massive, horrifying understatement, of course.
After the events of last month, combined with what he intends to do, he'll need more power than before.
I'm sure at least one person will die before the end. Perhaps all of us. Whatever happens, we'll have to accept that some casualties are inevitable.
My hope is that the tentative cooperation we're all struggling with will hold. If it doesn't, and even one person turns on the rest of the group...
Well. That's how Jenny wound up the way she is. (5/6)
He says that death is the most effective way to gain power.
"Your worst pain will always shine brighter than your greatest joy."
More confirmation that he is, indeed, a fool. (6/6)