[Bounties + Honorary Bounty: week 5, Tuesday]

[thatsthespirit]

[on Tuesday, Milla flags down Percy, Damian and Noctis and tells them to meet her at the homestead-- the perfect, out-of-the-way place for clandestine meetings. she makes sure she arrives first (after all, part of the purpose of this meeting is to introduce Noctis to Percy and Damian as another Bounty), so when the others arrive they'll find her dutifully feeding a cow some hay from her hand]

[when all known Bounties and the Honorary Bounty arrive, she speaks up, hand resting on the cow's neck as it chews its cud]

I confirmed yesterday afternoon that Noctis is a fellow Bounty. With three of us gathered, I imagine the Sheriff will soon be introducing us to the fourth-- and last-- of our numbers.

[or is it fifth, with Percy hanging around?? he was just as good as a Bounty in her mind, after all. ah well]

And with that, I imagine we all have much to discuss.

[MEETING, GET!!]

Comments

[hydrokinetics]

Maybe? Noct, do you remember what the note said? [It's been a few weeks and, obviously, things happened that Percy's kind of struggling to remember all of the verbiage.]

[thatsthespirit]

[Milla chimes in, and shakes her head]

No. . . I don't think that note was from the Bartender or the Madame. I spoke to Ezio about that note before his execution. He stated it was the only way to get Manfred out of the hotel that night, but he couldn't remember exactly what it said.

[but as for anonymous notes. . .!]

I'm curious to know who has received one of those now. It seems those notes are being kept private, because I haven't heard anyone talking about them at all.

[elemancy]

[oh.

well, that's that idea out the window, never mind. no point in reciting the note, if that's the case.]

I haven't either. I wonder what the deal with them actually is, then.

[hydrokinetics]

[A nod to Milla because yeah, he didn't know about that.]

It could be notes to people to lure them out to investigate them? I don't know why people would listen to them though. There's also the idea that they haven't actually sent notes yet even if they can.

[thatsthespirit]

That's true. It may be that the pair just hasn't investigated anyone with a role yet, and thus they haven't sent out any notes. After all, the purpose of being able to deliver anonymous notes, coupled with the ability to see other people's roles, would be to assist everyone in catching the Bandits.

Or, perhaps, something akin to what you did Percy.

[and by that she means "drawing the roles together that need to find each other"]

[hydrokinetics]

That's also true. [Both of those together. He kinda feels like Alvin in that icon though, no lie.] This is turning into a giant guessing game, and I really hate those.

We should maybe look at two people that spend a lot of time together, too. They'd have to learn how to work together to come to an agreement on who to pick each week, wouldn't they?

[thatsthespirit]

I believe so, though in order to protect themselves they might not be spending a lot of time together in public.

[hm hm! she thinks back on some previous things Percy had said]

If we believe the Madame may be Sara, and the Bartender Barnham, then I can say for certain that I trust both of those individuals. It's likely they'd be willing to help us in figuring out the Deputy's identity.

[elemancy]

Yeah. I trust the both of them too—But we need to find out for sure if it's them before we can really think about that.

[he's really not sure—he thinks it moreso of sara than barnham, in all likelihood, but they do also seem to be friendly?

hm.]

[hydrokinetics]

I tried talking to Mr. Barnham about roles on Friday. Just really vaguely without using the word roles and stuff. Guy's pretty sworn to his duty...it would make sense that if he had a job it'd align with his job back home. Only with less witch-burning.

[Hm.] Knowing the Sheriff, I'd actually say Sara's the Bartender and Mr. Barnham's the Madame. But that's just my thought on it. I trust them as well, but Noctis is right. We need to find out for sure.

[thatsthespirit]

[a nod at Noctis]

Of course.

I wonder if I might be able to subtly ask Barnham if he has a role or not. We've been meeting at the saloon to drink after trials lately, and we've agreed to be allies, so even if my question isn't that subtle. . . I think I can trust him to keep my secret.

[elemancy]

Might work. If you don't get anything, I can... try. I don't think I'd be as good at it, though.

[but barnham is someone he trusts, and he knows barnham trusts in him too, so he's not terribly worried when he's sure that they're on the same side in the grand scheme of thing.]

[thatsthespirit]

[she smiles]

I think you might be better at it than you think. Nevertheless, I'll let you know how it goes.

[elemancy]

Could be a start. We're going to have to start narrowing it down somehow, right?