As they walked along, he answered that half-question of yours with a gentle laugh. “Oh, there are so many among us who are fully normal human beings, Lila, though I would hesitate to label any of them as ungifted. Dedication to a cause is its own sort of gift. Those other Archives, though, most certainly fall under the preternaturally gifted category.”

He considered further for a moment. “Of their number, I cannot say for certain. Each motherhouse holds one, as do the chapter houses, those in training even among their number. We have a school for the Archives as well, where each receives her first training.”

Allowing a carriage to pass in front of them, he guided their steps along the crossing to George Street, and began to make their way along the northern side of the street. “We do not think it is a plague, in the conventional sense. The Cowgate would be inundated with cases were that the true cause.”

Gently tucking your arm against his side in a gesture meant to offer reassurance, he considered his next words carefully. Explaining that they thought this spirit was somehow the locus for a psychic-to-biological transfer of some malady seemed madness even as the thought occurred to him, and he was well versed in the details.

Instead, he opted for that time-honoured approach to such matters and promptly changed the subject. “So,” he let the word hang between them for a pregnant pause, “Hettie tells me that you have decided to take in some good, clear, sea air to aid in your recovery, and that you will be leaving for Portobello by the week’s end?”

There is no new topic due to illness this week

AI of trump who not good for America or maybe just America
The rest of the world will get a 10% tariff on everything entering the USA and in Canada he killed the 3 amigo deal has a 25% tariff on our soft word and pumps our crude boil and tar sands to the Texas refineries converted into the products made from it and sells it back for a profit

ok

excuse me for just a few

Out

mutual masturbation

with each other

What is it you want to play?

Of course your doctor wasn’t just any doctor. Her expression, as you layout the medic’s qualifications, is one of quiet wonder. “Are there any amongst your Order who are not gifted?” she asks with just a touch of flippancy.

You tip your hat at a passing couple and she acknowledges them with a nod and a polite smile, recognising them from the societal fray if not actually acquainted with them personally herself. But such were the rules of promenading, every passerby was if not an acquaintance then an acquaintance by extension.

“Her sister Archives? How many of them are there?” If her earlier question had had an undertone of envy, she barely even tries to hide it now. The idea of being an independent working woman for someone of her station was beyond her reach as it was, but to be working for so noble a cause was even more unthinkable.

Swallowing down the green-eyed monster, she lets her gaze sweep over the wide street before them that had been planned as the principal street of this New Town. The earliest residents had since been usurped by shopkeepers and showrooms, but they were as grand and befitting of the Georgian architecture they now inhabited as those who had first lived here.

“Please do keep me informed if your doctor finds a solution to this plague.” This plague, that had survived centuries. She felt a chill fear encircle her heart at the thought that something that had persisted for so long would not be easily cured.

wanna play?

Strokes are a good thing.

mistresssheryl has started a new game with the following players:
mistresssheryl

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grins

stroke

*leaves hugs and smooches for attitude*

hard, fall out of bed?

woke up hard

mistresssheryl has started a new game with the following players:
mistresssheryl

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agreed

that is good