"𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕?" ♚ 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒌𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈" 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒛𝒐𝒗𝒂 written by #𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒉𝒖𝒆𝒕𝒂

"Wait, is that @crxwssharpshooter.bsky.social? Where has he been?"

"If someone says demolitions expert, at least."

𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚. 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍.ᐣ

Wait, it's @essenceofcrows.bsky.social's birthday? How could I forget?

When I am Queen, I shall create a new order.

mercury.xn--6ii Gonna share this here since Twitter's excited about it: Jack Wolfe's playing Orpheus in Hadestown starting in September! On Broadway!

Can we let him go at his own pace, Nina? Some people don't like to get in bed on the first meeting.

"𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝑰 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔." ◈ 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐯 written by #𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒉𝒖𝒆𝒕𝒂

That is...probably the nicest thing you have ever said about me. Thank you.

Active reminder that I'm alive and will be happier than you will ever be, Dad.

Good afternoon! If anyone needs him, he will be in his lab.

Wylan chuckled. "To be fair, there is dice in D&D. And there could be debauchery, as long as everyone's fine with it."

D&D stands for Dungeons and Dragons, Jesper. Not dice and debauchery.

Jesper! No!

Even if I could, he refuses to get me drunk. And I honestly don't know what the good booze is.

That's Jesper. I don't get drunk.

Why am I involved in this?

Wylan grabs the latest thing he's been working on. A beaker with a stopper on the end, with something very small inside. "A few projects here and there. My latest thing is this guy. A chemical weevil that dissolves organic matter. Have to keep him contained for a reason."

Wylan looked back, almost astonished at Kaz's words. "I...thank you." Then he went to what Kaz was looking at. "Wanna see what I've been working on?"

Wylan starts clearing his workplace. "Surprisingly, I missed you. Probably because you're the leader, probably because you treat me as an equal."

"Not when you haven't been around for a while without word."

"...Kaz?"

"I'm...not sure, actually."

"Of course. Not like I need to be told that, though."

"To Fjerda. Okay, that's a lot for me to handle."

"Still seems weird for Fjerdans not named Mattias Helvar to gossip about Ketterdam, though."

"You...you found that out in Fjerda, of all places?"

"I'll try and see if I can get it to him. What is it?"

"Okay...still, you expect to be paid for something you did. On your own time?"

"You expect to be paid for going into Fjerda by yourself?"

"Yeah...I think I need Jesper now."

"Such a shame, isn't it. Then again, I was suffering before Jesper and I actually kissed."

"Wait. They could just not love each other, though."

He scrunches his face up. "I think you get the idea. It's very much a wonder why Kaz and Inej haven't done the same, though."

"There might be reasons. As for us...I don't think you should see us more madly in love than we already are." Wylan's blush on his face said it all.

"Actually, pretty amazing. As for Kaz and Inej, Jesper's just as lost as I, though we see it as well."

"It's my duty to worry. Especially with Jesper in tow. He's alright, by the way."

"Oh."

"He hasn't traveled with you, then?"

"That's...definitely true. How's Mattias?"

"And they believed that. I find that really...well, I'm glad you're safe."

"I'm starting to think maybe you should try avoiding it. How did you get out?"

"...did you try getting in to Fjerda again?"