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backdated to root's dec 20 network post;

[incorrigibles]

why did you never tell me you became a thief???

or is root pulling my leg

oh charles

[manifestering]

Oh
No that is true
A gang of miscreants liberated me from the place I was murdered in
In exchange for my help

shh this is vitally important uncle lore

[incorrigibles]

oh

well

i mean that's right good of them and all, real chuffed you got out of there

what do they need your help with?

the conspiracy board of uncle lore

[manifestering]

At the time it was merely getting out of the house
I designed the security system you see
Recently I have aided their explosives expert in his work

[incorrigibles]

huh.

you know, you're pretty cool

[ or he's easily impressed, could be both ]

[manifestering]

Thank you
I did not know I was being judged
Did she say any other questionable things about me
?

[incorrigibles]

judged? course you're not being judged

i'd think you're cool no matter what

that just makes you coolER

oh uh hold on let me check

she called you a professor

and martian

[manifestering]

You are very generous

One of those is correct
I was never actually a tenured professor
But I did give guest lectures a number of times

[incorrigibles]

not really that at all. it's not so hard to think people might just like you for who you are, yeah?

but huh. did i know that you're from mars? i'm pretty sure i knew you're not from earth

did you like giving lectures?

[manifestering]

To be honest with you I did not put much time into wondering what people thought of me

I do not remember
The response to that one is always the same
"Oh goodness Mars really"
Yes and it is very red just like in the photographs

I enjoyed the lectures on an academic level
That is about it

[incorrigibles]

yeah, that sounds like you. see, i told you you're cool, cool people don't give a shit about what others think of them, right?

well, seeing how there's people from all different types of places here, mars isn't too weird. sorry about the lack of scenery, though

hah, that sounds like you, too. can't really see you being too excited to deal with students

[manifestering]

If you insist
I will be cool

I did not hate Mars
Then again I did not leave the planet at any point
Still it was nice enough

And yes I would hate to be a permanent faculty member in any capacity
Ew

[incorrigibles]

yeah, i insist

would you like to? i mean, when you figure out how to revive yourself? or are you gonna stick around after

[ when, of course it's when. he has no doubts octavian can manage it eventually.

also, not pictured: charles bursting out laughing so hard he falls right through a chair at that "ew", ]

damn, that's the most savage "ew" i've ever read

[manifestering]

That depends
It would not be impossible once I have finished my business
However I doubt my nephew is interested in travel

[oh,]

Also I have a nephew

You have clearly not met enough university students

[incorrigibles]

wait wait wait

sterling's son? how did you not say anything before about having living family still

forget about the university students, i wanna know about your nephew. what's he called? what's he like? so he knows about you?

[manifestering]

[Aw, remembered his brother's name, what a good other nephew—]

I am the same man who forgot to mention Mars you will recall
In any case I did not know about him until recently
He was born after I died
His name is Emory and he is a sweet boy
Too sweet to admit I make him nervous

[incorrigibles]

[ of course he did — he's in the habit of remembering things that matter to people he cares about... and he is a detective. remembering stuff is pretty key, there. ]

right, so from now on any time you mention anything i will have to ask if there's ten other relevant things you've forgotten, got it

recently? so after you got out of that room, i'm guessing

[ he... isn't going to ask about the nervous part, because that's a bit sad, actually. ]

[manifestering]

That would be helpful yes
I would rather not guess what other people are interested in knowing

[Imagine wasting his time like that, hmm.]

He was there actually
With the other miscreants
I was a surprise to all of them of course

[incorrigibles]

[ that makes him laugh, too — yeah, that does sound like octavian. alright, he'll remember to do that in the future then. ]

damn, that's one hell of a coincidence

and right, because ghosts aren't really a thing there, yeah? i remember

[manifestering]

Not particularly

You are remembering correctly though yes
If there are spirits they are less than sentient

[incorrigibles]

so you're saying it wasn't a coincidence?

well, just makes you special, don't it

[manifestering]

That my only nephew found his way inevitably to the home of the man who killed me and made a fortune off my tragic disappearance
No I do not think so

[And he really, profoundly objects to being a Special Ghost, but since Charles is just trying to be a nice boy as always, he's just going to ignore that.]

[incorrigibles]

right. yeah, reckon that's true. was he looking into what happened to you?

[ truthfully, he mostly meant special in terms of being smart enough to do something no one else had managed — but he's ever attuned to the way people respond to things, and octavian ignoring that doesn't go unnoticed; right, so he's going to avoid saying that in the future, then. ]

[manifestering]

Not until he found me
Our Hiram is a collector of valuable things
From what I have been told my nephew and his cohorts intended to retrieve an old project my brother and I had worked on
Gathering dust in its stupid little case

[incorrigibles]

ohh, i see

they broke in to steal that, and stumbled across you. well, good luck that, then, yeah?

are you, uh, enjoying your career change?