[voice, joint post, could not be more open]

[nebbish]

Annie -

[That’s George. That’s George, stinking drunk, gargling his friend’s name.]

Mitchell and I were, were talking, and we agreed that you really...spend too much time with -- with werewolf cultists. Cultists in general, really. It’s -- it’s quite bad. And you really ought to...stop. Now, please don’t...Just hear us, hear us out --

Tell her why.

[That’s Mitchell, equally slurred--a little quieter, because he’s not as near to the device as George is, as he’s mostly slumped against George’s shoulder.]

Tell her why, so she understands--she can’t join any cults, and she can’t just be making tea for cultists, it’s-- Christ, it’s hot, why is it so hot--

Heater’s broken, I expect.

[George gives a little burp. Class act, this one.]

But -- yeah, right. It’s...There are lots of reasons you can’t join cults, Annie. First. First, you’re only joining up because you’re in a...transitional point in your, in your life. And there’s nothing -- we still -- it’s really not...good, doing that just because you want...Erm--

[Yeah, he’s trying to remember what he gleaned about cults from having read Helter Skelter like three times in college. He’s not doing a great job.]

No, it’s...They’re just bad for you, is it. Werewolf cults. They’re never good.

Like any cults are good. They’re cults. If they were good, they’d-- not be cults, they’d be-- clubs. Girl Guides. [And like they didn’t just interrupt themselves, Mitchell returns to his previous concluding thought--] It’s no good tellin’ me the heater’s broken, this is-- this is space. Meant t’ be more technologically advanced, no landlords or breaking heaters. Just smiley faces and werewolf cults.

[George isn’t so drunk he can’t engage in a bit of sarcasm.] Well, that’s the explanation, Mitchell. It’s that or we’ve flown into a sun.

That’s not-- aah, shut up, would you. Cults. Talk about cults. They’re bad for you, brainwashing, all of it-- all of what you said, before--

Right. [Right.] Annie, we’re just...We’re worried about you, because the cultists, well, they’re, they’re bad on the face of it. And the others - there are others - the...You know the ones, Sherlock Holmes and the other one, they’ve - [His voice drops.] Annie, they’re not who they say they are. I’m about certain of it. [And a bit louder.] So this is an...an intervention, proper, like they do it on Intervention.

Not tellin’ you what t’ do. Just-- like on Intervention, yeah, but with less shouting and crying. Please let’s not do any crying, or-- pol… [Poltergeisting, but he loses momentum on the word about 25% of the way through.]

Pol-- [Oh, good, George has caught on and he’s here to help, and he is quite cognizant of the possibility of people hacking into this very private message, so he’s got a quick resolution to the word.] Pol...o matches. In the...the garden. Which is, which is how we-- we-- usually...work out...issues. [There. You’re welcome, Mitchell.]

Polo matches. [Even pissed, Mitchell can sound less-than-impressed with that. Wow, so cool. Polo matches.] Give me another beer, would you, I’m not going t’ discuss polo matches without more to drink.

All right-- [And the crack and hiss of a bottle of beer being opened, and he passes it to Mitchell. But yeah. Yeah. If anyone hacks this private message to Annie, their butts are covered.] Anyway. Annie. It’s...we’re...we’re doing this out of, of care. And worry. And...all that. Just...we are begging you, stop -- with the cults. No more cults. New house rule. No cults, no cultists. For anyone. I will not, not -- not be involved, and Mitchell won’t, and we can get Nina to sign off, too, I’m sure -- no more cults. Or we’ll, we’ll…

[Right, there are always consequences on Intervention if they don’t agree to cut out their bad behavior-- ]

No more cults, or we confiscate space Titanic. [This is serious. Serious consequences and serious threats.]

Right. [Good one.] And no more of the, the...hands-on-head thing. No more of that. So...Yeah. That’s - those are - that’s -- this is the, the trade.

[And that’s it. That’s the intervention.]





[Blue is George, red is Mitchell.]

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[invisibilitea]

[invisibilitea]

What in-

[invisibilitea]

I have no idea what you're going on about, I swear-

[nebbish]

Yes, you do!

[Very emphatically.]

We both know you've been, been sneaking away to the cultists. Honestly, I could time my pizza to it. Oh, Annie's off with the cultists again, must be time to pull it out.

voice - the most confused of voices

[loyalpup]

Cult? A werewolf cult? Is it new? Whys Annie joinin' cults if she ain't even a werewolf?

Does this mean I ain't 'llowed ta have tea with her anymore?

voice

[nebbish]

Oh. Hullo. Er -

[Slow down]

It's not...new, no...

voice

[loyalpup]

Oh.

[Maybe the werewolves didn't want Tom in their cult]

I just ain't never heard of a werewolf cult before.

Does Annie want ta be a werewolf?

voice

[humanistic]

She's bringing you tea too?

voice

[loyalpup]

Oh, um, not no more since she don't know me yet.

[Way to make him feel MORE left out. No tea and no cult]

But back 'ome she brought me tea all the time even if I didn't want none.

[little_bullet]

[Where to begin?] Werewolf cults, George? [This is because you're really drunk isn't it? An inventive drunk.]

[nebbish]

Nina, hiii...

[This was not how he wanted you in this. He wanted you in this...more prepared. And ready to fight the anti-cult cause.]

Yeah, it's - it's - a...problem?

more muttering action

[humanistic]

[He looks over George's shoulder at that and oh, hello, it's Nina, and--]

I thought you'd told her.

video; (THE WORST. I am)

[little_bullet]

[This is not the face of someone convinced, or pleased.] It's a problem. [And this is the first she's heard. Interesting.]

Go on?

[invisibilitea]

Nina! I don't know what they're talking about!

(So, so sorry)

[little_bullet]

[They're actually mad, aren't they?] I'd honestly be surprised if anyone did. {But does she need to be worried? At all?] You're not actually in trouble, are you?

[humanistic]

Don't be too sceptical.

[But he says it mildly. Being drunk makes it easier to deal with Nina, in any capacity. And come on, it's not like cults are super weird for them, right...]

[little_bullet]

[Sigh. George and Mitchell are in cahoots here and in this case it's generally harmless, she doesn't need to be on the defence, too much. Not yet. Her reply is more a sort of confused curiosity.]

You didn't consider being soundlypissed might've put a bit of a dent in your credibility?

[wolfchild]

[ she was going to ignore the entire thing, but first she has to ask, ] what is a cult

[ …will they even be able to read? oh, well. ]

[nebbish]

[what is that blurry little writing]

organization, tries to warp people around to its way of thnking thru charisma & beainwashing

[humanistic]

[even the buttons they have to use to answer tiny writing are too tiny oh my god]

if you don't know cukts you'er

[studying that a moment...]

cults. you're sucepitble.

not here;

[civilwarring]

[--but oh my god one of those people talking is, if logic tracks, not!him and that's bizarre enough for Aidan to stay far away from saying anything he might want to about werewolf cults.]

icly delayed a bit to whenever isaac texts him.

[altercate]

Cults.
Really.

[nebbish]

No, well spotted, we were just using "cult" as a synonym for "knitting circle" the whole time

hey man sorry not sorry

[humanistic]

Really.

locked badly, but lets be real, it's not like the drunken idiots have any hacking ability

[invisibilitea]

Derek, I am so sorry, I don't know what's wrong with them, really-