two "truths" and a lie. ( daemon: d. )

[ex_stony881]

2 TRUTHS AND A LIE
Preferred Alias: Kaz Brekker.

1. Before I landed here, I was hunted as a Grisha who could read minds.
2. My hands are disfigured, so I always wear gloves.
3. I inherited five million kruge when my parents died.

One Of These Is A Lie

Comments

Daemon: caind

[estrayer]

The second one's the lie

Disfigured hands. Am I right?

[ex_stony881]

Interesting. What makes you think so?

I'm just curious if it's more than a random guess.

[estrayer]

Couple of reasons
I've never heard of a grisha or a kruge, and given we're all from different worlds, that means there's more of a chance they're true

Then you said disfigured, but unless we're only talking about looks, gloves wouldn't be enough to hide it
If it were about looks, I don't think you'd draw attention to it here. The only scars I'd tell people about are the ones I want them to see.

[ex_stony881]

That's good reasoning.

You're right, of course. If I was disfigured I wouldn't use it as part of a game, especially not if I spent so much time covering it.

[estrayer]

Of course not. A disguise only works if no one knows it's there

Can I ask about the things I didn't know? Grisha especially
Are you one?

[ex_stony881]

Grisha are magic users.

[ He's very glad Magnus has helped him establish that terminology. ]

I can't actually read minds. It would be useful if I could, I imagine, if only for the wealth of information, when everyone here is a stranger.

[estrayer]

I guess where I'm from we'd call them warlocks

[ Or just straight up Downworlders. Jace's mind will now be filing all Grisha under that category. ]

I think reading minds would get old pretty fast
Not to mention all the times you'd hear thoughts you never needed to hear. I know the feeling, though
There's a lot we're still in the dark about.

[ex_stony881]

I suppose you'd have to be someone with an appreciation for knowing what no-one else does, no matter what form that knowledge takes. People do tend to have some awful secrets.

It would be easier if the power structure was clearer. Someone ruling the place, even if in deed rather than title. But the daemons provide the information and everyone else seems to be in the same, as it were, boat.

[estrayer]

If it's hierarchy you want you're probably looking in the wrong place. The city seemed abandoned when we got here

It's been filling up as we arrived. Whatever structure it has comes from somewhere else but I'm not clear on where

Like we're sitting in a computer and we can't see who's operating

But someone must be. F.A.T.E.S has some intelligence behind it, we just haven't seen what

[ex_stony881]

Interesting. I wonder what it would take to make them show their hand.

[estrayer]

For now we've been playing their game. That seems to work well for them

Maybe going against that would change things
Could make things worse back home, though. That's a big risk to take

[ex_stony881]

Ah, yes. The "saving the world" bit. How could I forget. Still, I do enjoy a bit of risk.