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WHO: August and you
WHERE: Libra
WHEN: Good Friday
WHAT: Guess who's back
WARNINGS: August's mouth

[Hello Kaisou! Everyone's favorite tailor-tarot bird boy is back in Kaisou!

He looks so tired. Also his hair isn't really white right now, it's more blond. This was his coloring before the nonsense started, so he might have just died it back for a bit.]

I'm back, bitches.

[Miss him?]

For anyone who I didn't meet: August Villareal. Local tarot-reader, tailor, half-demon, and one half behind Cygnus before I went back to my hometown last year. For everyone I did meet: guess you can't get rid of me that easy.

[He runs a hand through his hair.]

I'm back, like I said, but I'm under several advisories to uh. Not do half as much as I did before. I'm still doing tarot, obviously, and tailoring but I probably won't be doing much at Cygnus for a while. Turns out I was burnt the fuck out and I'm still sort of recovering.

[Okay. On to the next thing.]

And if anyone has any ability to sense magic or whatever and you get weird pings from me, that is not the half-demon thing. Probably. [He sighs.] That would be the actual demon that took up residence when my powers backfired a few months ago. It's fine, we're chill, it's like having a dad living in my head which is weird but only because I didn't have a dad growing up.

[Anything else...

A shadow familiar in the shape of a raven lands on August's head.]

Oh yeah. If anyone wants to make a raven-sized knife and sheath, Julian lost his and he's been sulking since.

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[Ah, Takame did not expect August to return to Kaisou. He's kept in contact with the man but it was nice to hear from him again here.

... despite it all.]

'Tis good to see you've returned to the city. Many are willing to take on additional tasks to relieve your work-load. I pray you do not face the same burn-out.

[... he switches the feed to private.]

I pray as well that your price is not too difficult to pay. Unfortunately... I've been made aware of what it means to need to pay a price since you were here last.

I just gotta get better about asking for that sort of help, I guess.

[PRIVATE]

You too?

Mm. When we stormed the Black Order's headquarters... I took a lethal blow from one of its leaders.

[It's not visible, but Takame's tail was lashing uncomfortably. He didn't like recalling it, but informing people... was the better route.]

'Tis Dionysus that dwells within me now. At the very least, he has not affected my abilities as seer or point of contact one way or another.

Welp.

[Not much to say about that.]

Lemme know if I can help. I still get my readings, so we can maybe split the point of contact job?

[A nod.]

I will. For the moment please continue to leave it to me. You have only just arrived again and much has changed. I will inform you of all that has soon, though there is one of note that I shall note now.

A user by the name of Pythia will appear on prophecy posts with their own and wish to remain fully anonymous and unaffiliated. However, I can vouch for them being good, honest and reliable. You needn't worry about them.

Will do, and noted. Any idea why they wanna stay anonymous?

[He shook his head.]

I do not, I'm afraid.

[That's a lie, Takame at least had an idea that it was because of Apollo and even if it was August he wouldn't imply anything having to do with Harumasa.

When Takame had preparation, it was near impossible to sniff out a lie from him. But at the very least, the next thing is fully true.]

I did not wish to pry into their affairs too deeply.

[Even if August could tell it was a lie, he wouldn't press. People have their secrets and that's fine.]

Fair. So that's....how many seers now? Me, you, Pythia...