[video; open] backdated to the 12th

[trickntreats]

Sylvester Wilton has opened communication!

[The camera pans around to what, at first glance, is not recognisable as the walls of the Cave. This is mostly because they've been decorated with a pattern of yellow, orange and red circles underlaid by purple and blue tartan. A close look will prove that in places--the places which are most shadowed--the new colour scheme doesn't hold up, like an untrained painter took shortcuts, but from a distance and where there's a lot of light, it looks entirely authentic. Given the glow of the crystals? The effect is rather ... startling.

[And Gabriel, while sounding tired, also sounds entirely like a cat who just lapped up a whole bowl of cream after being denied it for weeks prior.]

Isn't this just beautiful?

[The camera whizzes around suddenly to focus on the archangel's grinning face. He raises his eyebrows once, twice in quick succession.]

Catch me if you can, boys!

[And then the camera shuts off. The new paintwork will last four or five hours before fading as if it had never been there.]

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[ audio forever, now that she's figured it out; ]

[deshabille]

Milena Tichý has opened communication!

[ slow. clap. ]

[ audio ]

[inequal]

Owen Bates has opened communication!

Oh, come on. You could have at least gone for something stylish instead of... that.

[trickntreats]

[The video flickers on long enough to show Gabriel bowing with a flourish.]

Glad you approve! Will be here all day, maybe, with more fun on the program provided I don't get lynched.

[ audio ]

[trickntreats]

[He sounds like he's on the move. Because he is.]

They didn't deserve stylish, or I might have.

[deshabille]

That's a big 'if'.

[trickntreats]

The chase is part of the fun!

[deshabille]

I'll call one of those giant cats for you, then.

[trickntreats]

Let me amend that: the chase as done by probably-men with stunguns and weighted armour.

[deshabille]

Ruin my fun, why don't you.

[trickntreats]

Who, me? I'm the ultimate fun-maker! Go on and call one of those giant cats. We can set them on the probably-men with stunguns and weighted armour, and watch them get rolled down the street.

I bet they go 'clang'.

[deshabille]

Like a cymbal. Lovely. Let's write a symphony.

keywords. relevant.

[trickntreats]

[Avert. Avert.]

You write. I'll sit on the sidelines and listen to the lovely harmony of rattling, growls and screams of terror.

XD

[deshabille]

I'm looking forward to it already.

[trickntreats]

It would be magnificent, wouldn't it?

[ audio ]

[inequal]

Was it worth it?

[deshabille]

We'd be remembered for eternity.

[ audio ] gently threadjacks

[tartanisstylish]

John Gates has opened communication!

I very much doubt it.

[ audio ] ♥

[inequal]

Can't say I'm not impressed, though.

[ audio ]

[tartanisstylish]

I can. He's liable to blind someone.

[ audio ]

[inequal]

Only if he'd made it all sparkle while he was at it.

[ audio ]

[trickntreats]

Right now? Yes. I'll let you know if that's changed in, oh, about ten hours. But I'm betting it won't.

[trickntreats]

It's one way to get famous, that's for sure!

[ audio ]

[trickntreats]

What, don't you have any faith in me, adopted brother of mine?

[ audio ]

[inequal]

You are a brave soul.

[ audio ]

[tartanisstylish]

Don't give him ideas.