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armacist","appearance":"Strong nervous twitches.","of-note":"Nothing to report"}},"katrina":{"name":"Katrina","profile":{"job":"Hairdresser","appearance":"No personal distinguishing features.","of-note":"The extent of the subject\u2019s abilities as a psychopomp couldn\u2019t be measured."}},"maharal":{"name":"Maharal","profile":{"job":"Librarian","appearance":"Mineral shell; deep layers are stiffened by age.","of-note":"Heavy artillery is to be used"}},"rashomon":{"name":"Rashomon","profile":{"job":"Senior civil servant (attached to the Department of Security)","appearance":"Crimson skin.","of-note":"Extensive knowledge of the procedures of the Department of Security"}},"tekeli":{"name":"Tekeli","profile":{"job":"Administrative agent","appearance":"Marked with a turquoise dye.","of-note":"Can only be neutralized by chemical means or extreme temperatures."}},"placeholder":{"name":"\u2026"}},"extras":{"profile":{"nature":{"title":"Nature","flesh":"Biological","dream":"Rlyehan","mixed":"To be reclassified (pre
viously: Biological/Rlyehan)","half-fay":"Biological/Fey","composite":"Composite"},"humanoid":{"title":"Resemblance to humanity","class-1":"Class 1 (can pass as a human)","class-2":"Class 2 (distinguishable from humans by conspicuous tertiary characteristics)","class-3":"Class 3 (part of the body is non-humanoid)","class-7":"Class 7 (non-humanoid able to imitate a humanoid shape)"},"impetus":{"title":"Motivation level","good":"Green","average":"Orange","bad":"Red","degraded":"Red (previously: Green)"},"bookishness":{"title":"Type-451 corruption","null":"Insignificant","low":"Low","medium":"Average","high":"High"},"appearance":{"title":"Distinguishing features for identification","oni":{"name":"Oni","features":"Horns, on forehead, can be cut short."},"lamia":{"name":"Lamia","features":"Single prehensile tail instead of legs. Squamous skin. Carnivorous jaws with venom fangs."},"gorgon":{"name":"Gorgon","features":"Lives in symbiosis with a colony of snakes inhabiting her body "},"harpy":{"name":"Harpy","featur
es":"Covered with feathers. Arms paired with functional wings."},"catgirl":{"name":"Felis","features":"Small number of superficial feline characteristics, usually vestigial."},"cheshire":{"name":"Cheshire","features":"Quantum ubiquity (position in space is non-deterministic)"},"dullahan":{"name":"Dullahan","features":"Can freely detach her head from her body"},"slime":{"name":"Slime","features":"Similar to a giant ameba, able to warp her shape in order to acquire \\"\\"arms\\", \\"legs\\" and a \\"face\\"\\n"},"mask":{"name":"Mask","features":"Refer to file."},"centaur":{"name":"Centaur","features":"Six limbs: two arms and four legs (moves as a quadruped)."},"elemental":{"name":"Elemental","features":"Mass of lifeless materials animated by a thaumaturgic heart. Often tries to imitate biological lifeforms"},"golem":{"name":"Golem","features":"Holds writings in its heart (not figuratively)."}},"of-note":{"title":"To be taken into consideration in the context of an intervention"},"job":{"title":"Function"},"lin
ks":{"see_more":"(see file: <strong>{{species}}</strong>)","see_all":"See complete file","error":"You do not have the required clearance to access this information"},"names":{"error":"You do not have the required clearance to access this information"}},"results":{"title":"Results","forest":{"good":"Many plants have been harvested","bad":"Not that many plants have been harvested","beast":"An encounter with a wild beast has cut the expedition short","citygirl":"{{name}}, finding herself out of her element, didn\u2019t gather many plants","fairies":"{{name}} received some welcome help from the locals","optigirl":"{{name}} had an excellent harvest","dream":"Dejanire is feeling tense after her discussion with Ceto","ally":{"dejanire":"Dejanire has noticed something unusual","camilla":"Camilla has made an interesting encounter"}},"library":{"good":"The forms have generally been filled with an excellent level of detail","bad":"The amount of paperwork makes it likely that some details were neglected here and there",
"dragon":"The poetry dragon won\u2019t get a chance to scare someone","mimic":"That mimic could have caused serious trouble if it hadn\u2019t been neutralized","dream":"Despite their impenetrable facades, Maharal et Camilla have somewhat opened up to each other","testimony":"One of the books turned out to be more valuable than anticipated","overkill":"Some books weren\u2019t worth the time that was spent on them","ally":{"katrina":"Katrina has had a very productive conversation with a spirit","ceto":"Ceto may have discovered something interesting"}},"city":{"good":"Rashomon is very satisfied with the situation reported by her temporary subordinates","bad":"Rashomon doesn\u2019t find her team\u2019s observations about the state of the relay trees to be reassuring","dream":"Carole has been warned that she\u2019s in danger","no-access":"Some relay trees turned out to be more difficult to reach than expected","poor":"Some annoying legal obstacles were successfully bypassed","old":"The historical relay tree has r
eceived proper maintenance","ally":"{{name}} has had an intriguing encounter with a demon","useless":"Time and efforts were spent on places that were already well protected","spider":"A ghostly ally discreetly provided some ethereal assistance","alecto":"Alecto\u2019s mobility and connections made her especially efficient"}},"endings":{"title":"Ending {{index}}/{{total}}: {{name}}","hints":"Hints for reaching a different ending","bad":{"name":"Consequences","hints":{"forest":"Some volunteers will do just fine in a natural environment no matter what path they choose, others won\u2019t distinguish themselves unless they make a lucky encounter. In any case, wild beasts are bad news and you should try to avoid them.","library":"Some books are nothing more than what they seem to be and can be left to Maharal. Pairing an excellent reader with a more average one may grant the latter enough time to be attentive to details.","city":"The urban jungle has its laws and only characters flexible enough to bypass them will
 do well. Some districts don\u2019t really need any help, but one of them may be hiding a secret."}},"respite":{"name":"Waiting","hint":"To unlock the best ending, you should try in each of the three missions to encounter or at least find some traces of especially unusual beings."},"hope":{"name":"Hope"}},"thanks":"Thank you for reading <em>Chorus</em>!","credits":{"0":"Orignal French: Skarn","1":"Translation: Romain"}},"locations":{"forest":{"title":"A forest trip","name":"Forest","directions":{"west":"West","east":"East","north":"North","south":"South"}},"library":{"title":"A bit of reading","name":"Books","books":{"mystery":"Mystery","fantasy":"Fantasy, vol. 1","mimic":"Fantasy, vol. 2","romance":"Romance","coffee":"Coffee-table","science":"Treatise","rest":"Nap"},"quality":{"bad":{"short":"Non-critical books","long":"To meet the deadline, {{name}} will have to skim these books really quickly. She might miss some important details."},"good":{"short":"Books to dissect","long":"There are enough expert reade
rs in the room to give {{name}} the opportunity to dig deeper for a few select books."},"average":{"short":"Other books","long":"{{name}} will look at the books that are neither critical nor unimportant."}}},"city":{"title":"Heritage Day","name":"City","locations":{"poor":"Dormitory district","old":"Historic district","rich":"Residential suburb","supermarket":"Shopping mall","bank":"Business district"}}},"story":{"city":{"introduction":"\u201cProtection against spirits is a bit like electricity or running water. Everyone enjoys having it and has a vague idea of how it works, but very few can explain it in detail.\\nSo let\u2019s review the basics, shall we?\u201d\\n\\n\\nRashomon doesn\u2019t have a video projector at her disposal. Otherwise, her pedagogical tone makes it clear that she would have brought some slides.\\n\\n\\n\u201cAccording to the Ayscough model, reality is divided into countless planes that repel each other like the identical poles of magnets. The fact that their number is astronomically l
arge and that each one influences all the others has resulted in an almost stable structure, where all planes are separated by a certain distance.\\nAlmost stable because, in special circumstances, two planes can nevertheless brush against each other. When that happens, a being can force their way through to a reality other than their own, though it may harm them, as well as their plane of origin and their destination.\\n\\n\\nIn distant times, such things happened in an uncontrolled manner and it was possible to travel between planes unintentionally. Many major events of prehistory were caused by such phenomena.\\nWith the emergence of civilization, world trees and portals appeared. World trees increase the repulsive force, whereas portals greatly weaken it in specific places.\\nThe combination of those two technologies directs the flow of energy, making it nearly impossible to travel from one plane to another except via a portal.\\n\\n\\nHowever, world trees are slow-growing and their range is quite limite
d: a few dozen kilometers at most, for the oldest among them. It is fortunately possible to extend their area of influence by using relay trees, created by grafting a world tree\u2019s branch onto species with more dynamic growth.\\nAnd that\u2019s where things get complicated. Most of the relay trees planted throughout history reflect the period during which they were created, with its scientific knowledge, its superstitions and its religions. Their shapes are as varied as their levels of effectiveness.\\n\\n\\nThe goal of today\u2019s operation is to check as many of the city\u2019s relay trees as possible, with the help of pS test strips. If the result is bad, check whether it can be improved with a bit of cleaning up. If that\u2019s not the case, make a note of the tree\u2019s position so it can be communicated to the appropriate authorities.\u201d\\nRashomon hands over packs of test strips. The user instructions are written on the back and can be summed up in a few words: stick the test strips directly 
on the tree, in several spots, and compare their color to the chart.","split":"Rashomon unfolds an old paper map on which the locations of the city\u2019s relay trees are shown with precision.\\n\u201cThe likelihood of an incident is directly proportional to the number of people who spend time in an area with a defective relay tree. Five places are consequently priorities.\\nThe dormitory district, by far the most densely populated at night.\\nThe historic district, quite touristic and with diverse inhabitants.\\nThe residential suburb, highly populated as well.\\nThe shopping mall, packed during weekends.\\nThe business district, packed on weekdays.\u201d","carole":"\u201cRainbow Cat has been added to the black list.\u201d\\n\\n\\nCarole doesn\u2019t show any immediate reaction to the tip just whispered by Rashomon. She keeps gathering brushes and trash bags as if nothing had happened.\\nIn a way, she feels relieved. When the hefty lady unsubtly told her \u2013 and her alone \u2013 to accompany her to a mun
icipal storehouse where they would find useful equipment, she was expecting trouble to follow immediately. Instead, it merely turns out that she\u2019ll be in trouble in the very short term.\\nRashomon is not fooled by her apparent lack of concern. The actress\u2019s pupils widely dilated when she heard the information, but they\u2019re now thin as slits. Behind her facade, she\u2019s ready to fight tooth and nail for her survival.\\n\\n\\n\u201cWhat am I accused of?\u201d\\n\u201cTrifles, along with a large helping of fabrication. I don\u2019t think they really care about your activities.  You just had the misfortune to draw attention to yourself at a time when they were looking for semi-euclidians to target.\u201d\\n\u201cI made a burbling propaganda video clip for those raths and this is how they repay me?\u201d\\n\u201cYou must have known that you were, at best, buying a little time at the cost of your conscience.\u201d\\n\u201cAnd you\u2019re behaving a whole lot better, I suppose?\u201d\\n\\n\\nCarole 
keeps speaking softly \u2013 out of instinctive caution, for no one else is near \u2013 but her voice is heavy-laden with rage and terror.\\n\u201cSeriously, do you realize the situation we\u2019re in? We have to fix everything they break with the few pieces of tape they leave us, and we have to do it with a smile and pretend everything is perfectly normal?!\u201d\\n\\n\\nRashomon decides to cut things short rather than engage in a pointless debate she knows she would lose. Every night in her bed, she has the very same debate against herself, and she never gets the upper hand.\\n\\n\\n\u201cWhat matters is that you still have a little bit of time. Not much. A few days at best, less if you do anything that would draw their attention. Use that time to plan your escape.\u201d\\n\u201cWhy shouldn\u2019t I leave today?\u201d\\n\u201cBecause I have no doubt that our small group is being watched and your absence would be discovered much too quickly.\u201d\\n\u201cWhat a haighabrained plan\u2026\u201d\\n\\n\\nIn tru
th, the warning is a stroke of extreme luck for Carole. If she hadn\u2019t been here today or if Rashomon \u2013 after much hesitation \u2013 hadn\u2019t recognized her, she wouldn\u2019t have been tipped, for every message she receives on her phone or computer are under strict surveillance. Rashomon doesn\u2019t point that out, however.\\nHer good luck stops here. There\u2019s no guarantee that Carole will manage to get away, far from it. Rashomon wishes she could do more to help her, though this short conversation is already quite risky. In fact, from a strictly logical point of view, she shouldn\u2019t have said anything: she\u2019s putting many lives at risk in order to save a single one.\\n\\n\\nBut Rashomon is sick and tired of cold-blooded calculations involving sentient lives. She\u2019s a civil servant and a political animal, but exhaustion is eating away at the shell covering her inner feelings. If she keeps going this way, people may even start believing that she has a heart.\\n\\n\\nWell, assumin
g there\u2019s anyone left to mourn her after her self-control finally snaps.","tekeli":"Unlike most of the other volunteers, who only recently had to move to this side of the city, Tekeli has spent her entire life in the overpopulated apartment blocks at the edge of the city. She knows every nook and cranny, as well as the people who can prove to be useful and the people who shouldn\u2019t be approached.\\nHer experience should allow her to take care of the relay trees more quickly and efficiently than her friends for the day.","alecto":"Unlike her teammates, Alecto won\u2019t have to waste time in public transportation and at checkpoints, as she has both a motorcycle and a category 2 priority pass.\\nMerely waving that piece of plastic, with its silicon chip containing her biometric information, allows her to bypass waiting lines and cross security checkpoints without anyone searching her belongings. Where others have to wait for long minutes, it only takes her a few seconds, the time necessary for an agen
t to check her pass with their scanner.\\n\\n\\nUsually.\\n\\n\\nOnce, there was a connection problem and the device didn\u2019t respond immediately with a positive beep. The wait felt terribly long to Alecto.\\nIt did serve as a wake-up call. Rather than a temporary incident, the loss of her fragile privilege could have been decided by her employer withour her knowing. Indeed, the day she\u2019ll stop proving useful, they probably won\u2019t bother warning her in advance.\\n\\n\\nStill, as long as she diplomatically lets her boss take credit for some of her achievements, he has no reason to want her gone, on the contrary. Considering that he decided last week to have her handle a matter he obviously deems very important, it seems likely that he wishes to carry on with this fruitful cooperation for as long as possible.\\nAt least, as long as she does his job for him and manages to find funds for the increasingly demented projects launched by the Security Department. Why do they need so many helicopters when 
there are barely any aerials left in the city?\\n\\n\\nFocus. It\u2019s the weekend. And you\u2019re trying to have some degree of morality today.","locations":{"poor":{"intro":"\u201cThere it is.\u201d\\nThe caretaker has led {{name}} to something that looks like a maritime container, at the bottom of one of the high-rise blocks.\\nIt\u2019s a large iron cube, covered in graffitis, with a single door held shut by an imposing padlock.\\n\\n\\n\u201cThe tree\u2019s inside. They boxed it in about six months ago, saying that there had been damages and that it should be better protected.\u201d\\n\u201cDo you have the key?\u201d\\n\u201cNo. I don\u2019t even know who has it. Ah, and there\u2019s an alarm, so don\u2019t get any ideas.\u201d","carole":"\u201cI need to be on the other side of this door. But if I go to the other side, the other side will be this side. So, in a way, I\u2019m already on the other side.\u201d\\nThe caretaker, having already heard about the absurdities of shrewding logic, lets Carole spo
ut her nonsense.\\n\u201cAnd in fact, I am on the other side.\u201d\\n\\n\\nAnd so she is.","tekeli":"The door isn\u2019t airtight, far from it. It\u2019s child\u2019s play for Tekely to flow through the gap between its bottom and the ground, and assume a humanoid form again on the other side.","success":"The relay tree \u2013 originally a mere plane tree \u2013 probably was never much to look at.\\n\\n\\nBut its current state is truly pitiful: it barely receives a bit of sunlight through the wire-mesh ceiling and it\u2019s infected by fungi, that grow quickly in the humid atmosphere of the cage.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe test strips unsurprisingly reveal that the level of protection generated by the tree is very mediocre, well below what it should be.\\n\\n\\n{{name}} exits the metal cube the same way she entered it.\\n\u201cIs there no way to get the tree out of there? It\u2019s really going to die if it remains inside for much longer.\u201d\\n\u201cDon\u2019t you think I know that? We tried to get rid of this freaki
ng box without having to be told.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cBut it turns out the Security Department doesn\u2019t like it when people reject their brilliant ideas.\\nSo you should look for a different approach, unless you want both of us to be taken to the station.\u201d\\n\\n\\nAfter a call to Rashomon, it is decided that {{name}} will use rags soaked with fungicide to weaken the parasites covering the tree.\\nShe\u2019ll also till the ground with her hands as best she can.\\nIt\u2019s not much, but still better than nothing, and it\u2019ll buy time","failure":"In spite of her best efforts, {{name}} does not find a way around this problem and leaves defeated."},"old":{"intro":"To understand this district, one must go back to its origins \u2013 and thus to the city\u2019s origins \u2013 two millenia ago.\\nIt was here that the lords of that time planted the seed of the world tree that would ensure their peace of mind. And so it was for centuries: the city grew slowly, along with its vegetable protector, and ended 
up becoming the nerve center of the region.\\nRelay trees already existed at the time, but had more to do with amateurish tinkering than with actual science. Each religion and guild kept secret its knowledge of the subject, even though said knowledge was often less than useful.\\n\\n\\nScientific progress replaced mysticism with facts and the understanding of the phenomenon improved. Things grew better. And then they grew worse, when the local lord realized that he could sell access to his world tree: each relay tree would have to be authorized and a fee would have to be paid.\\nA political quarrel ensued and the city found itself with two world trees: the old one, in this district, and a young shoot in what is nowadays the city center. They were under the control of two rival noble families, each striving against the other to establish dominance.\\nThe conflict ended with the destruction of this district\u2019s world tree, and with all the important administrative buildings moving to their current locations
.\\n\\n\\nThis district was left isolated and impoverish, and even became independent from the main city for a while. During the last century, it was rehabilitated as a tourist site. And of course, it still bears the traces of all those changes, as mementos of this peculiar history live on to this day.\\nOne of them was created because the new local lord had forbidden to replace the destroyed world tree with a relay tree. An illegal relay tree was thus planted in secret at the bottom of a disused well; to compensate for the difficult conditions, it was created out of a highly resistant plant species.\\n\\n\\nThat same tree still protects the district nowadays. There\u2019s even a sign mentioning its existence. And a grate, to make sure that people don\u2019t fall down the well.\\nThe local caretaker opens the grate for {{name}}.\\n\u201cGood luck. Nobody has gone down there for years. Too dangerous.\u201d\\nThe rusty rungs that disappear into the darkness below certainly don\u2019t inspire a lot of trust. So
me of them even appear to be missing.","alecto":"Living in urban surroundings, Alecto has a lot of practice taking off and landing almost vertically, as well as gliding in low and narrow spaces.\\nShe begins a controlled fall down the well, keeping the rungs close at hand, then flies up again by flapping her wings. Once reassured that she has room enough to maneuver, she glides down to the bottom.","tekeli":"Tekeli lowers a long pseudopod to the nearest rung, augmenting the adhesiveness of her limb to ensure that it can get a strong grip on its irregular surface. Then she reaches for the next one and keeps going down, slowly and cautiously.\\nBy stretching her abilities, she could probably cling to the wall itself and do without the ladder entirely. But she has no reason to exhaust herself uselessly, something that would bring back unpleasant memories of gym class.","success":"The bottom of the well has been overrun by a misshapen plant, a snarl of roots and bent branches that has grown as best it could in t
his narrow space in order to maximize the amount of sunlight and water it receives.\\nIt\u2019s this district\u2019s homemade relay tree and it\u2019s surprisingly tough, though not pretty.\\n\\n\\nHowever, many things have been thrown through the well\u2019s grate over the past decade, and the plant is now covered with coins, crushed cans, cigarette butts and the like, reducing its effectiveness.\\n{{name}} goes back up to fetch cleaning tools and trash bags, then a thorough cleanup begins.","failure":"In spite of her best efforts, {{name}} does not find a way around this problem and leaves defeated."},"rich":"The residential suburb is a series of small detached houses, all built on the same model and differentiated only by minor details: the color of the shutters, the appearance of the entrance gate, the presence of flowers under the windows.\\nThe relay tree is a stout chestnut tree in the middle of a traffic circle. Nobody seems to take care of it, but nobody bothers it either, and it seems to be doing f
airly well.\\nThe pS test strips confirm that impression, revealing its level of protection to be \u201cvery good\u201d, which is more than enough.","bank":{"default":"Though the business district remains thought of as a recent one, it was in fact created several decades ago, and so was its relay tree.\\n\\n\\nAt the time, unified standards regarding relay trees had been formulated, but were not yet strictly implemented, and it was fashionable to hide those protections, as they were widely expected to become obsolete and be replaced by more modern alternatives in the near future.\\n\\n\\n\\nThus the tree has been rather crudely integrated into one of the artistic compositions that decorate the place: it\u2019s a willow shaped and trimmed to look like an angelic figure. In theory at least. The general opinion is that it looks fairly creepy when the evening falls.\\n\\n\\nAside from dubious esthetic choices, the tree is well cared for, like everything in this district. No matter where {{name}} sticks them, the
 test strips show a bright green color.","rashomon":"\u201cNow that\u2019s top-quality anger. Sure you aren\u2019t a belial?\u201d\\nRashomon doesn\u2019t have to lower her eyes to look at the person addressing her, for she\u2019s levitating two full meters above the ground, nonchalantly reclining in the air. She looks like a translucent oni in a tight-fitting golden dress. However, Rashomon knows quite well that she only shows what she wants to show, not what she truly is.\\n\\n\\n\u201cI don\u2019t know my family tree very well, so it\u2019s possible. Nice to meet you, my name is Rashomon and\u2026\u201d\\n\u201cYeah, yeah, I didn\u2019t ask for your life story. Are you going to start breaking things or aren\u2019t you?\u201d\\n\u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d\\n\u201cSeriously? That\u2019s a waste. Nice anger like this should be put to good use.\u201d\\n\\nIndifferent to such digs, Rashomon tries to switch to a more interesting subject:\\n\u201cYou\u2019re a demonic, aren\u2019t you? Probably a mammon, in this d
istrict. Do you\u2026\u201d\\n\u201cNo.\u201d\\nAnd she vanishes in a burst of glitter.\\n\\n\\nThat was to be expected. Pure demonics are not known for their patience. If it\u2019s neither food, nor danger, nor a source of amusement, it doesn\u2019t interest them.\\nStill, they are just as powerful as they are fickle. And quite difficult to eradicate. Rashomon wonders what the Security Department would think if it learned that such a being is hiding in the heart of the most highly protected district in the entire city.","spirit":"Technically speaking, the relay tree is doing its job: it does prevent spirits from entering this area.\\nBut imposing a humanoid shape on a plant loaded with spiritual energy in a pseudo-religious environment is not an very smart idea. In fact, it\u2019s an excellent recipe for creating or inviting in extremely wily spirits.\\n\\n\\nThe mammon is invisible to most eyes and has learned to hide from others inside the sculpted tree that birthed it. But the solstice is so near that sh
e\u2019s brimming with energy, and careful examination ends up revealing her presence.\\n\\n\\nAs soon as she\u2019s detected, she appears in her full horned glory, ready for a fight. But a glance at {{name}} is enough to convince her to play it safe.\\n\u201cAll right. If you meant to exorcize me, I guess you would have already done it. So what will it take for you to forget that you saw me?\u201d\\n\\n\\nAfter a purely perfunctory negotiation, the mammon agrees to lie low on the day of the solstice, and to make sure that no other spirit takes advantage of it to enter her territory. The latter is something that she certainly meant to do anyway, but the former makes her sulk a little bit."},"supermarket":{"default":"The relay tree was created at the same time as the shopping mall, half a century ago. Both of them still fare quite well.\\nThe tree stands at the end of the central aisle, in a decorative area full of vegetation and statues, protected by brightly colored tape and a \u201cDo not touch\u201d sign.
 A quick examination doesn\u2019t reveal anything out of the ordinary, and the cleaning operatives confirm that it\u2019s perfectly healthy.","carole":"\u201cRainbow Cat?\u201d\\nCarole looks at the person who just addressed her. A group of teenagers has come close and is staring at her with wide eyes.\\n\\n\\nShe hated situations like this even when she didn\u2019t yet have a vorpal sword hanging over her head. She already spends more than twelve hours a day playing the clown in front of her cam; is it asking too much to expect people to leave her in peace the rest of the time?\\nRight here, right now, she feels like sending them packing with a rude gesture.\\n\\n\\nBut since it\u2019s not something she would do in normal circumstances, she\u2019ll have to maintain her facade, as if everything was just fine, as if she wasn\u2019t dying inside.\\n\\n\\nHer usual smile comes to her lips and, with a practiced gesture, she runs her hand through her brown hair, turning it into a rainbow mane.\\n\u201cThat\u2019s
 me.\u201d\\nSmile, shake hands, smile, give short and evasive answers to all questions, smile, sign a few bags, smile, and \u2013 at the right moment \u2013 disappear mysteriously, leaving only a calling card behind."}}},"debrief":{"alecto":"Alecto collapses on her bed seconds after getting home. Her husband looks in from the doorway:\\n\u201cDifficult day at work?\u201d\\n\u201cI wasn\u2019t at work. It\u2019s Sunday.\u201d\\n\u201cDarling, you\u2019re almost always at work on Sunday.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cWell, not this Sunday. I told you I\u2019d be doing some volunteering today.\u201d\\n\u201cAnd doing housework for the elderly is what put you in this state?\u201d\\n\u201cIt\u2019s a bit more complicated than that. How are the kids?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cFine. I had a video call with them this afternoon. We played their card game with flashy colors and they crushed me utterly. They\u2019re wondering how much longer they\u2019ll have to remain in the countryside with their grandparents.\u201d\\n\u201cWhat di
d you tell them?\u201d\\n\u201cWhat could I tell them? I was reassuring and vague. And speaking of that, you\u2019re also evading questions. What happened to you?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cI was attacked by a hungry creature.\u201d\\n\u201cWhat?\u201d\\nShe tells him.\\n\\n\\n\u201cI\u2026 I didn\u2019t expect such ordinary activities to present such dangers.\u201d\\n\u201cNeither did I, believe me.\u201d\\n\u201cAnd\u2026 Er\u2026 Did you report the problem to the supervising official? I don\u2019t really know who\u2019s in charge of associations, but this sort of things shouldn\u2019t be tolerated. Some security protocols have clearly been ignored. Volunteer work shouldn\u2019t mean endangering yourself.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cFor the most part, I agree with you, darling. The organizers are at the end of their rope and they no longer realize what they\u2019re asking of their volunteers.\u201d\\n\u201cAnd yet you\u2019re willing to let this go because\u2026?\u201d\\n\u201cLook out the window.\u201d\\n\u201cI\u2019m 
not sure I follow you.\u201d\\n\u201cJust do it, please. You\u2019ll understand.\u201d\\n\\n\\nPuzzled, he goes to the window. Before him rises the hill on which the world tree grows. At its feet are the ruins of the ancient medieval citadel, now a decorative part of a large park.\\n\\n\\nA large park that is nearly empty, despite the fair weather and the magnificent view of the sun setting behind the world tree. Even though it\u2019s wide open.\\nTo understand this stillness, one has to look a bit further, notice on one side the many roadblocks barring the streets leading to this district, and on the other side the many apartments with closed shutters and dying flowers.\\n\\n\\n\u201cThe roundups are getting worse.\u201d\\n\u201cThey are. And remember that we\u2019re supposed to be their allies, they don\u2019t really have anything against us. What do you think will happen if I provide them with a pretext to target people they don\u2019t like in the first place?\u201d\\n\u201cSorry. You\u2019re right. An ol
d reflex. For a moment there, I forgot\u2026\u201d\\n\u201cLucky you.\u201d","dejanire-intro":"It\u2019s already late in the night when Dejanire enters the premises of the association. A mere storehouse where old pieces of cardboard, yellowed newspapers, wooden planks, cans of paint and cans of glue are piled up. Everything necessary to cobble together a puppet theater, with the notable exception of tools.\\n\\n\\nThe other two aren\u2019t here yet and Dejanire isn\u2019t sure that they\u2019ll actually turn up. She collapses in a corner, exhausted well beyond reason.","dejanire-failure":"Dejanire sleeps very poorly, and not just because her improvised bed is uncomfortable. She knows that she has failed.\\nShe tried her absolute best, but she simply didn\u2019t have enough raw material at her disposal. She considered going back to the forest to get more, but her exit authorization was only valid for a few hours on Sunday, and she didn\u2019t manage to extend it or to obtain a new one.","maharal-failure":"Fee
ling a hand against her shoulder, Dejanire suddenly opens her eyes.\\nIt\u2019s Rashomon.\\n\\n\\nDejanire briefly feels relief\u2026 then her heart freezes again as she notices Rashomon\u2019s expression.\\n\u201cDon\u2019t tell me\u2026\u201d\\n\u201cYes. They got Maharal.\u201d","maharal-success":"\u201cShould we wake her up?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cNo. She\u2019s spent every night of the past week preparing decoctions until the early morning. Her body needs sleep.\u201d\\n\u201cIt makes me feel bad that I couldn\u2019t help her.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cShe was the only one with the necessary knowledge, and there certainly wasn\u2019t enough time for her to also train someone to help her.\u201d\\n\u201cI understand the reasoning behind that decision. But it doesn\u2019t change how I feel.\u201d\\n\\n\\nWith those words, Rashomon lets out a sound that\u2019s somewhere in between a sigh, a grunt and an exclamation of rage, then slumps down on a pile of carboard sheets.\\nMaharal looks at her with skepticism:\\n\\n\
\n\u201cYou also really need some sleep.\u201d\\n\u201cI know. But Dej isn\u2019t the only one the Security Department wishes to see work herself to death.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cSpeaking of that, did things go well for you?\u201d\\nRashomon pulls a laptop out of her bag, unlocks it and sets it down next to her.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cIf anything has happened, we should soon read about it.\u201d\\n\u201cThen go to sleep. I\u2019ll keep watch.\u201d\\n\\n\\nRashomon almost answers that she has too much work left for that, but her exhaustion is such that she just cannot refuse the offer, whether she wants to or not.\\nGrunting her acceptance, she lets herself sink into a state of half-consciousness.\\n\\n\\nMaharal keeps her eyes on the screen. No news notification has appeared yet.","rashomon-success":"Rashomon wakes up a few hours later, much to the distress of her own body.\\n\\n\\nSeeing that she has only received ordinary administrative messages puts her in a good mood despite the brevity of her uncomfortable slee
p.\\n\\n\\n\u201cGood. There hasn\u2019t been any trouble, and that means we won\u2019t get in trouble. I drove a hard bargain this week, to ensure that they\u2019ll keep their word this time.\u201d\\n\\n\\nMahara looks at her with skepticism.\\n\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019m glad to learn that you had to move heaven and earth to make sure that we wouldn\u2019t receive the visit of an armed squad, even in the absence of any incident.\u201d\\n\u201cSarcasm has never made things better,\u201d replies Rashomon more sharply than she meant to, her nerves still frayed after her overly short rest.\\n\\n\\n\u201cWhat we do doesn\u2019t seem to make things any better either,\u201d says a bitter Dejanire, woken up by their raised voices.\\n\\n\\n\u201cWe have to do our damnedest day and night simply to preserve the status quo. It doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d she added.\\n\u201cI never said it was great. But we\u2019re saving lives,\u201d countered Rashomon.\\n\\n\\n\u201cFor now.\\nIt can\u2019t last.\\nWe\u2019re working wit
h less and less means, and more and more restrictions.\\nIt\u2019s already a miracle that the serums I knocked together out of a few herbs haven\u2019t killed anybody.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cThey\u2019re trying to trip us up in all possible ways, even the pettiest one. This morning, I once again had to fill several reams of additional paperwork.\u201d\\n\u201cWell, what are you suggesting? That we start a fight and get everybody killed?\u201d","werebeasts":"The moon is full and, as usual, that means a curfew is imposed. Only the agents of the Security Department can be seen in the streets, in cars or on foot.\\n\\n\\nAn alarm is suddenly raised. Men and cars rush toward a specific location, surrounding a residential street entirely.\\nWearing only underwear, his fur ashen in the blinding glare of the headlights, the were appears to have escaped from a hospital. Drool is dripping from his ill-fitting muzzle and blood covers part of his right arm, next to the remains of a broken chain.\\n\\n\\nBurst of gunfire ri
p through the night. Then the agents of the Security Department open an inquiry to determine the identity of the troublemaker and, consequently, who should be billed for cleaning up the street.","book-burning":"The library is in a state of panic.\\nThe employees and a few brave regulars are hurriedly clearing out the shelves, throwing books in cardboard boxes that they then carry on the run to their personal vehicles.\\n\\n\\nThe vans of the Security Department are already at the corner of the street.\\nThe anonymous tip received half an hour ago was true, but it didn\u2019t leave enough time.\\nOnly a tiny portion of the contents of the library \u2013 themselves quite modest \u2013 has been evacuated.\\n\\n\\nMaharal drops the books she\u2019s holding and stands straight.\\n\u201cI\u2019ll hold them back. Save everything that can be saved.\u201d\\nHer declaration is met with a few nods, but nothing more. The situation is too serious for useless words.\\n\\n\\nThe librarian marches toward the main door, maki
ng a last-minute detour to stick her hand between the decorative plants and absorb every bit of their potting soil.\\nIt\u2019s not clay, but any increase in her mass will serve her purpose.\\n\\n\\n\\nOutside, the approach of the armored vehicles has emptied the street.\\nEveryone knows what\u2019s about to happen.\\n\\n\\nThey\u2019ll bar the way in front of the building and demand that all the books be handed over to them because of the danger they present, leaving the library a hollow shell. Again.\\n\\n\\nThey\u2019re probably not aware of it yet, but the parking lot has another exit leading to a neighboring street.\\nShe just has to keep them busy enough that they realize the subterfuge as late as possible.\\n\\n\\nHer first obstruction is a bureaucratic one.\\nRequest to see their warrant.\\nAsk for further explanations, for the detail of the incidents.\\nThen plead, beg, make them hesitate for a few more seconds.\\n\\n\\nAnd when they decide \u2013 all too quickly \u2013 to resort to force and shove 
aside the big, whiny librarian barring their way\u2026 she hits them.\\n\\n\\nMaharal isn\u2019t a fighter. But her weight is considerable and, though the soldiers suffer little harm thanks to their state-of-the-art body armors, her punches manage to repel them for a little while. Because of her very nature, standard law enforcement weapons have little effect on her.\\n\\n\\nOnce the surprise has passed, the heavy weaponry the vans are equipped with puts a quick end to her pitiful resistance.","bad-reports":"The first notification comes up at dawn. Then reports start coming one after another:\\n\\n\\nA patrol car seems to have vanished after turning at the corner of a street.\\n\\n\\nA high-ranking official disappeared from his apartment, leaving his clothes behind; the place was locked from the inside.\\n\\n\\nGunshots were heard in the night, agents are missing, and no clues \u2013 not even cartridge cases \u2013 were found to explain what happened.\\n\\n\\nBy mid-morning, reprisal measures have been decre
ed, and reports start detailing how people registered as spiritually potent are being rounded up.\\n\\n\\nThen there\u2019s an email specifically addressed to Rashomon.\\n\\n\\nHer summons.","tekeli":"Their eyes riveted to their screens, their fingers either resting on their keyboards or frantically typing, the back of their skulls covered by the pseudopods of the Migo interface hanging from the ceiling of the large room, the observers keep a close watch on the dreams of the ghetto. There\u2019s more than a hundred of them; all are humans or biologically very close to humanity.\\nIn the early beginning, major rlyehans would themselves manage the surveillance and neutralization of people of low morality, on a case-by-case basis. As the livestock in their noble care grew, it became necessary to adopt a less individualized system, able to expand proportionally to the number of suspects.\\n\\n\\nThe sword of justice is now wielded by a different service, and Howard knows that it\u2019s unwise to show too much in
terest in it. But information comes from this place, from these beings connected to the dream network thanks to an outstanding technological partnership. The dreams of the inhabitants of their assigned areas continuously flow through their heads. Everything that is deemed suspicious is scrupulously written down, and the resulting data is immediately processed on the lower floor.\\n\\n\\nUnfortunately, Howard is in charge of said lower floor, and not of the marvel that he\u2019s come here to admire. Alas, duty calls and he has to go back to the elevator.\\n\\n\\nWhereas the Morpheus Room is strikingly modern and standardized, with its identical workstations and deliberately interchangeable employees, the Maat Room looks like a banal herd of penpushers, no different from what could be found in the previous, decadent administration. People of varied origins, brought here by chance, who spend their days working on archaic spreadsheets, cross-referencing unclear oneiric data with police and administrative files i
n order to identify undesirable elements with precision.\\n\\n\\nHoward finds it somewhat disgusting to be in charge of all those uncivilized beings. If it was up to him, he wouldn\u2019t mind replacing all of them with humans. Or, in a pinch, formians: they, at least, understand authority and the respect that he\u2019s due. That\u2019s why they\u2019re on the right side of history, their side, in this war between order and anarchy.\\nAt least, these inferior beings are cheap, and savings should be made on things that don\u2019t draw much attention from the public.\\n\\n\\nHoward returns to his workstation. His computer allows him to observe what happens on the computers of his subordinates; he does so absent-mindedly, switching from one screen to another, looking for any sign of idleness.\\nOne of the slimes is working on an interesting case. Strong peaks of nihilism observed in individuals who have already come under investigation. If this is confirmed, he can definitely expect a bonus.\\n\\n\\nDrat. False
 positives caused by the psychic interference of the solstice. What a pity.\\n\\n\\nAnd, while her boss is busy being an idiot, operator Tekeli keeps inventing new ways of covering up the reckless dreams of Rashomon, Dejanire and the others.","endings":{"bad":"\u201cIncidents have happened. That is contrary to our agreement.\u201d\\nRashomon feels ill at ease in the small room, facing the representative of the Security Department under the eyes of cameras.\\n\\n\\n\u201cWe\u2019ve done more than the impossible, but our means are limited, and the problems we face are numerous and complex.\u201d\\n\u201cI\u2019m not interested in your excuses. If you can\u2019t fulfill your commitments, then the deal is off.\u201d\\n\\n\\nRashomon lets the storm pass, then replies in her most conciliatory tone:\\n\u201cI\u2019m sure that we can still sort things out.\u201d\\nOr we wouldn\u2019t be having this discussion, she refrains from adding.\\n\\n\\n\u201cI couldn\u2019t say. It all depends on you. On what you\u2019re rea
dy to put on the table to regain our trust.\u201d\\nHe doesn\u2019t immediately make his demands known, preferring to let her stew for a while. Rashomon also remains silent. Anything she could offer right now would merely be added to what they truly want today.\\n\\n\\nAfter a while, the man finally plays his hand:\\n\u201cDue to unfavorable circumstances, a shortage of certain goods is to be feared. We need people to inform and reassure the public, and dissuade those who might want to do something foolish.\u201d\\nRashomon digests this new humiliation, not without difficulty.\\n\u201cI should be able to find a few volunteers for this task. But I\u2019d like the association to remain out of it.\u201d\\n\u201cI fully understand. Humanitarian work should remain separate from politics.\u201d\\n\\n\\nThe grotesque irony of that reply, thrown in her face when she\u2019s agreeing to do their dirty work rather than actually helping people, almost makes Rashomon lose her temper.\\n\\n\\nThen her rational mind remind
s her that the slightest fit of temper on her part would have unpleasant consequences for hundreds of people. And so she merely clenches her fists and grits her teeth while the man goes on with the rest of his demands.\\n\u201cSpeaking of humanitarian works. Several cases of malignant fever have been detected in the northern district. Someone will have to dispense treatments, and perhaps vaccines, or we\u2019ll have to quarantine the whole area to prevent an epidemy\u2026\u201d","respite":"At first, the only answer is a heavy silence.\\n\\n\\nThen Dejanire speaks in a pleading voice:\\n\u201cI\u2019m sure that there\u2019s something that we\u2019ve missed. An opportunity, a possibility. We can\u2019t just keep putting out fires one by one while everything is burning around us.\u201d\\n\u201cIt\u2019s not impossible that we\u2019ll receive help from the outside once the geopolitical situation has changed.\u201d\\n\u201cAnd until then?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cWe keep doing everything we can. Until help comes.\u201
d","hope":"\u201cTheir strength comes from their alliance to the Rlyehans.\u201d\\n\u201cEven in your dreams, you\u2019re being watched.\u201d\\n\u201cI dream about strangling them every night, so I\u2019m not sure it works as well as they claim it does.\u201d\\n\u201cLuck may have smiled on us so far. But their powers are real, and it\u2019ll take more than tin foil hats to stop them.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cTo oppose them, we need something of equal or greater strength.\u201d\\n\u201cAre you thinking of the minor factions they\u2019ve rejected, like the Masks? They\u2019re not exactly the most powerful ones of the lot. And most people lump them in with the rest, and hate them almost equally.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cNo, I\u2019m thinking of the other powerful spiritual families. The ones that are even more enigmatic. The Celestials. The Chthonians. The Revenants.\u201d\\n\u201cGod, the Devil, Death, and their subjects. Add details according to your religion.\u201d\\n\u201cThey\u2019ve always remained cautiously neu
tral, knowing that they didn\u2019t have much to fear anyway. What would make them change their minds now?\u201d\\n\u201cThey\u2019re closer to us than they\u2019re ready to admit. We encounter more and more of them on our errands. It happens too often for it to be a mere coincidence. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re as indifferent to all this as they pretend to be.\u201d\\n\\n\\nRashomon rises.\\n\u201cYou\u2019re leaving?\u201d\\n\u201cYes. I don\u2019t want to hear anything more on this subject.\u201d\\n\\n\\nThe other two glare at her.\\n\u201cNo matter what happens, I\u2019ll have to keep being overworked for a while, if only to avoid raising suspicion. The less I know, the less likely I am to give anything away.\u201d\\n\\n\\nThere\u2019s a burning gleam in her eyes, a tiny reflection of a repressed rage that\u2019s been building up for months.\\n\u201cBut believe me, when war breaks out, I\u2019ll be in the frontline.\u201d"}},"forest":{"introduction":{"part-1":"It turns out that the forest picked by D
ejanire isn\u2019t a small suburban wood, but a vast nature reserve several hours away by car.\\nShe brings her small group there with her personal minibus, easily recognizable by the oversized compartment designed for its driver. During the ride, the passengers browse through the documentation prepared for them by the pharmacist. Aside from a wicker basket, each one has received a notebook filled with copies of encyclopedia articles, next to which are pasted dry specimens of the wanted flowers. The important parts of the articles are highlighted in neon colors.","part-2":"Along with those homemade herbariums, there are also a few tourist brochures explaining why those woods are such an ideal choice for a successful family trip. The attractive features they mention are the authenticity and the historical past of the area, where faery communities have existed since antiquity, the wild beauty of undergrowth untouched by civilization (\u201cFor your safety, hire a certified guide.\u201d) and a brand new sports 
course.\\n\\n\\nThe passengers read more or less attentively while the landscape passes by. It takes only half an hour for the city and its checkpoints to be replaced by empty countryside. Two more hours are necessary before tamed nature makes way for its wild cousin.\\nThe road finally starts climbing, the sun disappears behind a thick row of trees and, after a short distance in the shade, the vehicle stops on a parking lot in the middle of nowhere.","part-3":"Her legs stiff, Dejanire struggles a bit to get out of her seat. She then does a last minute check-up:\\n\u201cYou both have a working GPS on your phone? You both get cell reception? You both have my number?\u201d\\nThe two members of her tiny group nod. Even here, far from everything, that link with civilization still exists.\\n\\n\\n\u201cGood. Our time is limited, so we\u2019re going to split up in order to cover more ground. We\u2019ll meet here in four hours with everything we can gather. Call me immediately if you have the slightest problem. Thi
s area shouldn\u2019t hold any danger, but it\u2019s still very wild, so remain vigilant.\\nThe four plants we\u2019re interested in today are aconite, arnica, belladonna and solanum nigrum.\\nThey\u2019re all toxic and have a variety of unpleasant effects, so I advise you not to chew on them, but touching them is safe.\\nNone of them is a threatened species, so pick as many as you can.\u201d","ceto":"Ceto clicks her tongue loudly after checking her notebook. The peculiar sound brings instant silence inside the vehicule. A few awkward seconds go by before she says:\\n\u201cNeon highlighter? Really?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cThe notebooks date back from the time when the association was focused on organizing discovery activities for kids,\u201d replies Dejanire.\\nHer icy tone conveys a clear message: \u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about this and you should drop the subject right about now.\u201d\\n\\n\\nFaced with this sudden blizzard, Ceto decides \u2013 for once \u2013 that it would be best to put her biting cy
nicism aside. She answers meekly:\\n\u201cSorry. I know that you cared about those activities.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cDon\u2019t apologize. It\u2019s not your fault we had to focus on other priorities.\u201d\\n\\n\\nCeto winces. The bitterness hiding behind Dejanire\u2019s mild words is intense. Close to boiling over, in fact. In the very near future, she could snap and do something stupid.\\nAnd if even Dejanire, with her calm and poised nature, is now getting close to her breaking point, then the other two can\u2019t be far from theirs.\\n\\n\\nCeto can\u2019t imagine how such a scenario could possibly lead to a happy ending.\\n\\n\\nAfter a while, to dispel the tension that she now perceives behind her, Dejanire adds with a strained smile:\\n\u201cBesides, I happen to really like neon colors.\u201d","camilla":"Camilla immediately gets out of the minibus and starts soaking in the atmosphere of this unknown area, her mind tracking noises, smells and emotions down to their distant points of origin, beyond the c
over of the trees. It\u2019s essential that she understand the balance of power in this new environment as quickly as possible, before doing anything that might upset a bigwig.\\n\\n\\nHer caution proves unnecessary. Neither Shub\u2019 nor any other major power holds strong ties to this place. That\u2019s probably due to the existence of a Seelie protectorate to the east. Though she doesn\u2019t play such an important role in the game of dominions, Titania knows how to take advantage of rivalries and vassalages to ensure that her own lands are left in peace.\\nThis principality is however but a very minor one, an outpost of little importance. In fact, the western part of the woods has completely escaped from its control and returned to wildness; it reeks of a large predator, blood and urine without the slightest hint of sentience.\\n\\n\\nAside from those two territories, nothing to report. A few other presences can vaguely be felt at the very edge of her senses, but their auras are too distant for her to lo
cate them or learn more about their natures.","carole":"Carole hasn\u2019t been paying much attention. It doesn\u2019t take long for Dejanire to notice that she keeps casting glances all around.\\n\u201cIs there a problem?\u201d she asks in a low voice.\\n\\n\\n\u201cWe\u2019re being watched.\u201d\\n\\n\\nDejanire\u2019s face grows stern:\\n\u201cAre you sure? We\u2019re far from everything, and I\u2019ve kept our exact destination a secret so we could work in peace.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019m positive. Look over there: if you pay close attention, you\u2019ll notice very brief flashes of light.\u201d\\nCarole nods toward the south. Squinting in that direction, Dejanire gets the unpleasant feeling that something is moving very fast at the edge of her field of vision. It could be a real being or merely the product of her worried imagination.\\n\\n\\n\u201cI don\u2019t care what you do, but I\u2019m not getting any closer to whatever that is,\u201d adds the multicolor-haired woman, all her senses on alert.\\
nDejanire somberly takes note of her remark, and of her naked fear.\\n\\n\\nBefore weapons designed to harm them became commonplace, nothing could have scared the average cheshire. Their quantum nature ensured that the things and beings able to physically affect them against their will were limited to a handful of even weirder anomalies.\\nThat often made them annoyingly smug. But looking at the frightened face of her temporary assistant makes Dejanire greatly miss the arrogant grins they used to sport."},"planning":"Once done with explanations, Dejanire discusses with her tiny troop about which side of the forest each of them should search.\\nThe northern part of the forest seems to be the most frequented by hikers; it has wide paths and some garbage on the wayside.\\nTo the west, the woods are wilder, thicker and darker, with great trees hiding the sun; the flora has begun recapturing the narrow paths.\\nTo the east, the vegetation is more humid and the trees more sparse; there are small, easily flooded gl
ades, and no path to speak of.\\nThe landscape to the south has been strongly shaped by civilization; its paths are straight, there are trail markers, and the outline of a sports course can clearly be seen.","split":"Now that they\u2019ve all agreed on a strategy, Dejanire claps and they all leave in a different direction.","exploration":{"monster":{"1":{"default":"Dejanire sets out at full gallop as soon as she hears the first scream, muffled as it is by the distance and the vegetation. She crashes through bushes and thickets, uncaring of the damage she causes to the flora.\\n\\n\\nHer phone start buzzing, she picks up without slowing down."},"2":{"alecto":"Over a background of loud noises, Alecto\u2019s panicked voice can be heard:\\n\u201cHelp! There\u2019s a beast trying to eat me!\u201d","camilla":"Camilla\u2019s voice is as monotonous as usual, yet it seems somewhat more strained than usual:\\n\u201cDejanire? A non-sentient, biological creature is attempting to harm me physically. Could you provide me 
with some help?\u201d","katrina":"\u201cDej? It\u2019s Kat. My body\u2019s fighting against something. Sorry I can\u2019t be more precise, my head has rolled to the ground and is stuck looking in the wrong direction.\u201d"},"3":{"default":"Dejanire glances at the GPS telling her the location of the call and corrects her course, useless pieces of advice rushing out of her mouth:\\n\u201cI\u2019m coming! Don\u2019t move! Keep it away!\u201d\\n\\n\\nAfter what feels like eternity to both of them, Dejanire finally catches sight of Alecto standing between two trees and desperately trying to fight off a behir. One of the many dangerous creatures people know exist in the wild, have seen in pictures, movies and maybe even zoos, but never expect to encounter for real. Like a wolf, an ankheg or a bear.\\nThe snakelike lizard has coiled around its prey, half of its dozen legs firmly anchored in the ground, the rest trying to immobilize the torso and arms of its violently struggling meal.\\n\\n\\nHalf a second later, a
 hoof smashes against the creature\u2019s head. A few more kicks force it to let go and the defeated beast, dropping between two large roots, hurries back to its underground lair.\\n\\n\\nDejanire immediately bends forward to help Alecto stand up.\\n\u201cAre you okay?\u201d"},"4":{"alecto":"Alecto nods, though she\u2019s white as a sheet:\\n\u201cI think so. I didn\u2019t manage to take flight quite in time, but it couldn\u2019t grab me correctly.\u201d","camilla":"There\u2019s a long silence before Camilla answers:\\n\u201cYes.\u201d\\n\\n\\nDejanire examines her, intrigued. Now that she\u2019s paying more attention, she realizes that Camilla indeed has no wounds, and that even her clothes are completely intact.\\nOut of politeness and prudence, she decides not to ask questions.","katrina":"Katrina picks her head up, sets it on her neck, blinks a few time, tests the joints of her arms and legs.\\n\u201cSeems so. More fear than harm.\u201d"},"5":{"default":"\u201cGood. Get on my back, I\u2019ll carry you.\u
201d\\n\\n\\n\\nOnce {{name}} is set up, Dejanire uses her phone to tell the other volunteer to return to the minibus, then sets off at a light trot.\\n\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019m terribly sorry. I was convinced that the place held no danger. The girls and I never had any trouble on the previous occasions,\u201d Dejanire says, stumbling over words."},"6":{"alecto":"Alecto nods.\\n\u201cThink nothing of it. Accidents\u2026 happen.\u201d\\n\\n\\nDejanire holds back a grimace. After a mishap like this, she\u2019s almost certain that this potential generous donor will never come back. Another missed opportunity. She should have insisted on assigning a task that was perfectly safe.\\n\\n\\nThen again, does such a thing even exist anymore?","camilla":"\u201cThe fault is mine. I\u2019d detected the beast, but mistakenly thought that it could not threaten my physical integrity.\u201d\\n\\n\\nSensing Dejanire\u2019s puzzlement, Camilla adds:\\n\u201cThe rules governing us are complex, even for ourselves. Errors of interpret
ation can happen.\u201d","katrina":"\u201cDid we organize outings in this area back in the day?\u201d\\n\u201cNot here. But Maharal, Ceto and I have come several times since the reorganization.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cSorry to say that, but the make-up of your reconnaissance team was biased. Given how big the three of you are, I don\u2019t think that anything smaller than a T-Rex would take the risk to attack you.\u201d\\n\u201cYou\u2019re probably right. We\u2019re focused on so many things these days that we often fail to spot the obvious before it\u2019s too late.\u201d\\n\u201cI know. It\u2019s not your fault. We just have to make do.\u201d"}},"alecto":{"default":"Alecto had thought that picking flowers would prove to be more enjoyable than shelving books or cleaning up old relics. But this dense forest, with its branches too low and numerous to allow proper flight, with its ground too treacherous for someone who doesn\u2019t naturally favor walking, is really making her regret her decision.\\nMoving slowly 
amidst the countless roots and stones, she wishes that time would go by faster and that this ordeal would finally end."},"camilla":{"default":"Camilla reflects with puzzlement on the succession of choices that have led to her picking flowers by herself when she was looking for a social, community-focused experience.\\nShe expected a lot from the reactions of the others to a challenge \u2013 albeit a moderate one \u2013 that would take them out of their usual environment. The group splitting up unfortunately prevents her from tasting their emotions with the intensity she\u2019d prefer.\\n\\n\\nBeing by nature almost incapable of questioning instructions, let alone of disobeying them, she nevertheless performs the uninteresting task with diligence.","south":"\u201cI\u2019m the door, I\u2019m the key, I\u2019m picking flowers.\u201d\\n\\n\\nHer face as expressionless as usual, Camilla unhurriedly turns toward the one who has just spoken. One of the peripheral presences that she couldn\u2019t identify has decide
d to reveal itself.\\n\\n\\nAccording to her main senses, it\u2019s a pulsating, sentient ball of lighting. If she focuses on her sight, it\u2019s an anthropomorph in a tracksuit, whose fur bristle due to her electrical aura.\\nRaiju. In the great game, they\u2019re barely even pawns.\\n\\n\\n\u201cDo we know each other?\u201d\\n\u201cNot personally, but I have some yog-sothothesque friends. And as a rule, I get worried when I see them wandering around in these woods. What are you doing here?\u201d\\n\u201cI\u2019m picking flowers.\u201d\\n\\n\\nThe newcomer sighs, takes a step forward, and in a sudden flash, crosses almost the entire distance separating her from Camilla.\\n\\n\\n\u201cLet\u2019s do without ambiguous questions and cryptic answers, okay? I just want to know if I can finish my jogging in peace, or if things are about to go pear-shaped, with bigwigs turning up and general pandemonium.\u201d\\nThe atmosphere becomes literally electric in response to her fit of temper, agitating the forest around
 her. The grass and leaves bend under a magnetic wind. Insects flee.\\n\\n\\nCamilla remains perfectly unshaken. In her usual monotonous voice, she details the reasons for her presence, repeating almost to the letter the words of Rashomon and Dejanire.\\n\\n\\nHer explanation is answered by a doubtful frown, followed by a shrug.\\n\u201cI don\u2019t think I understand the great cosmic design behind all that, but okay, it does seem harmless.\u201d\\nA flash, movement almost as fast as light, and in an instant, the jogger is\u2026\\n\\n\\n\u2026 Still in the same place, with Camilla\u2019s hand idly laying on her shoulder:\\n\u201cTime has been lost. Time must be repaid.\u201d\\n\\n\\nAll her arrogance gone, the raiju agrees with a lump in her throat:\\n\u201cI help you pick flowers and we\u2019re quits?\u201d\\n\u201cThat is acceptable.\u201d"},"carole":{"default":"Carole idly picks a few flowers, her mind elsewhere.\\nWhat is she titled her video \u201cIn the forest: I take on weres!\u201d?\\n\\n\\nRather hy
perbolic, but she\u2019s done a lot worse. A dynamic introduction with grandiose pictures related to cosmology and whatever; hinting at gore and nasty, hairy creatures.\\nThen, of course, she\u2019ll talk about herself. Abundantly. Explain at very great length the reason why the things she did are so important.\\nShe\u2019ll probably have to exaggerate the risks of taking a solitary stroll through the woods. It\u2019ll make her look good and distract her audience from the real dangers of its everyday life.\\n\\n\\nShe won\u2019t have to pretend much. Despite her quantum nature \u2013 sorry, bramble bush, but I\u2019m not going to pick the version of myself who walked through you! \u2013 thinking about the things that could be lurking around here really puts her on edge.\\nIn fact, maybe she should tone it down a bit, and add a few stupid jokes to lower the tension. Her audience wants thrills, but would hate to really share her uneasiness. Pretend terror for kids, nothing more.\\n\\n\\nAnd maybe she should st
art picking flowers at a faster pace, or word of mouth won\u2019t do her reputation any good.","east":"Inside a ring of mushrooms in the middle of a glade, fairies are dancing, invisible to the eyes of corporeal beings.\\n\\n\\n\u201cHello guys! How are you?\u201d\\n\\n\\nWell, invisible to the eyes of <em>most</em> corporeal beings.\\nOne of the fairies leaves the dance and flies up to the noisy intruder leaning over them.\\n\u201cWelcome, stranger, to our modest glade. To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cWell it\u2019s like a total stroke of luck, actually.\u201d\\nCarole starts telling her story, illustrating it with hand gestures and pulling exaggerated faces, posing in front of an imaginary camera:\\n\\n\\n\u201cThere I was, struggling through the bushes.\\nOn all four, with mud up to my elbows, I was trying to pick an uncooperative plant when bam!\\nI got hit in the face by a wall of confusion.\\n\\n\\nNow it didn\u2019t have much effect on me, as confusion\u2019s pretty m
uch my natural element.\\nBut it\u2019s still not nice when it takes you by surprise.\\n\\n\\nI grumbled a bit, and then I realized there was a mystery to solve if something so outdated was still in working order, especially in the middle of nowhere.\\nAnd not the kind of mysteries that are <em>really</em> dangerous. Perfect for a short clip!\\nSo I kind of elbowed my way through and hey presto! Here I am.\u201d\\n\\n\\nThe garrulous explanation leaves the fairy cold:\\n\u201cThe rules of etiquette would require someone finding herself in such a situation to either move on or to make her presence known and request admittance, not to damage a venerable spell of distraction.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cAll right, all right, how was I supposed to know that such an archaic thing was more than an archeological find? It\u2019s not something anybody would use these days.\u201d\\n\u201cIt nevertheless retains a symbolic importance for people of good breeding.\u201d\\n\u201cYou\u2019re not very fun, you know that?\u201d\\n\\
n\\n\u201cIntransigence is a necessity when the independence of our community depends on the respect of good faith agreements between the court of the Dreamer and ours.\u201d\\n\u201cHey, I\u2019m not a Rlyehan.\u201d\\n\u201cClose enough that I have to give a warning, at the risk of creating a dangerous precedent.\u201d\\n\\n\\nRealizing that she\u2019s entering a minefield, Carole stops playing around:\\n\u201cOkay, okay, don\u2019t get worked up. I don\u2019t want you to get into trouble with those people.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cThough it is clumsy, your apology seems sincere and is thus accepted.\\nNow, is there anything I can do for you?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cYes, actually there is.\u201d\\n\u201cI was mainly asking out of courtesy.\u201d\\n\u201cYes, but actually no, I really need a hand. And what\u2019s more, for once, I\u2019m not just asking for my own sake. Let me explain the situation to you\u2026\u201d"},"ceto":{"default":"Ceto doesn\u2019t let her environment tells her what to do, and that remains tr
ue when it comes to finding a path through a forest.\\n\\n\\nSomeone less imposing, with less balance or with a more fragile skin would have chosen to go around this bramble bush, this mossy rock, this steep ditch, all obstacles that she ignores, moving straight forward and leaving behind herself a large sinuous track.\\n\\n\\nNot having to worry about the unevenness of the ground \u2013 or for that matter about the local fauna, that runs away at her approach \u2013 Ceto\u2019s free to focus entirely on the plants that she\u2019s looking for."},"dejanire":{"default":"Dejanire slowly trots through the woods, just as nervous as she was feeling before. She tries to focus entirely on the task at hand, but the worries bouncing in her brain make it quite impossible.\\nYet it\u2019s not the first time she\u2019s come here looking for plants. Her experience and automatic reflexes compensate for her lack of attentiveness.","south":"Dejanire has already come to these woods several times. And, being high-strung by natu
re, she always pays close attention to weird details, no matter how small.\\n\\n\\nThus, it doesn\u2019t take long for her to realize that something\u2019s wrong. Burnt twigs. A faint smell of ozone. Fleeting flashes of light at the corner of her eyes. Something \u2013 or someone \u2013 stormy is in the vicinity.\\n\\n\\nThere\u2019s no way of telling whether the thing or being means to watch her, to harm her or one of her assistants, or if it has absolutely nothing to do with them. Whatever the truth may be, there\u2019s definitely something there, and it worries Dejanire so much that she has a very hard time focusing on the task at hand."},"katrina":{"default":"Katrina can\u2019t even remember the preceding occasion when the association organized an activity outside of the city. In fact, she\u2019s not quite sure how much time has elapsed since she last left the city. Too much.\\n\\n\\nThus, she greatly enjoys this solitary stroll through the woods, far from concrete and camera, and all the more because it
\u2019s for a good cause.","east":"Katrina doesn\u2019t immediately realize what causes the feeling of unease that\u2019s suddenly started plaguing her.\\n\\n\\nAnd then, the answer strikes her: she\u2019s currently walking on the edge of a seelie territory, recognizable by many small details, seemingly natural oddities, and visual and auditive incoherences.\\nNeither her human ancestry nor her unseelie nature appreciate the enchantments at work here, and the mix of those influences is making her head spin.\\n\\n\\nShe considers simply walking away from her discovery. But under the current circumstances, they can\u2019t afford to neglect any opportunity.\\nAnd so, Katrina makes herself stand in front of the not-quite-invisible wall and say in an even voice:\\n\u201cI, Katrina Irving, request an audience with the court.\u201d\\n\\n\\nIn answer to her words, the air before her becomes cloudy and takes on a milky hue, before condensing into a frail ethereal figure.\\n\u201cThe court cannot grant your request du
e to the agreements passed with Yog-Sothoth and his kin. You are however allowed to talk with me, who\u2019ll be acting as an emissary of the court.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cIs it possible that you\u2019ll provide me with some help?\u201d\\n\u201cOnly out of courtesy and within very reasonable limits.\u201d\\n\u201cMeaning?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cI can offer you tea and answer your questions about this forest, for instance regarding the best path to follow. Nothing more.\u201d\\n\u201cIt\u2019s not much, but under the circumstances, it can nevertheless be valuable help. I would have enjoyed your first present, but I do not have enough time at my disposal.\\nAs for the second one, I indeed have a few questions concerning this forest, and especially certain plants that can be found in it\u2026\u201d"},"tekeli":{"default":"As soon as she\u2019s left the group, Tekeli extends a pseudopod and ingests the specimens of her herbarium one after the other. The dry flowers are swallowed inside her liquid body, carefully tasted
, then spit back between the pages.\\n\\n\\nTekeli then gives up part of her humanoid appearance. Her limbs melt into a shapeless mass covered with hundreds of small protuberances, making her look like a weird half-human, half-slug creature.\\nShe then starts moving through the woods, slowly but surely, contracting her lower part, acutely perceiving the earth and the vegetation through her porous membrane, halting every time she notices one of the tastes she\u2019s looking for.\\nSome bits and pieces sink in deeper than they should, but the innate reflexes of her organism immediately expels them.\\n\\n\\nIn truth, the most difficult part of all this is ensuring that her upper half retains a humanoid shape. If she could do as she pleases, she\u2019d leisurely move around as a large, flowing blob. But she needs hands covered by gloves in order to gather flowers without damaging them or soaking them through.","west":"Tekeli gets back on time, embarrassed, having lost her basket and holding but a handful of flow
ers.\\n\u201cI\u2019m sorry, I had an accident.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened?\u201d asks Dejanire, worried.\\n\u201cOh, a big lizard-snake attacked me. I slipped through its coils, but lost everything I\u2019d gathered. I\u2019m really sorry, I should have been more careful.\u201d\\n\u201cYou really don\u2019t have to apologize for that. Now, tell me about that snake in more detail.\u201d"}}},"library":{"introduction":{"maharal":"The library is a modern building of concrete and glass, with books of all colors and sizes. The plastic shelves are well-spaced and their content is highly varied. The storage room is in the same vein, and is much closer to a tidy, well-lit warehouse than to a mysterious treasure cave.\\n\\n\\nSeveral cardboard boxes have been set apart from the rest. Maharal brings them to the center of the room and opens them, revealing a few handful of well-worn books. Some of the hardcover ones are so damaged they had to be reinforced with rubber bands to hold their pages together.\\n\\n\\n
\u201cThe sorting process is fairly simple. Pick a book, flip through it, read a few passages, then fill the form. In theory, I could probably do it entirely by myself, but my peculiar nature and the force of habit could make me overlook important details that someone with a fresh perpective won\u2019t miss.\u201d\\nShe illustrates her remark with a deadpan anecdote \u2013 that she thinks might lighten the mood \u2013 about a book saturated with microscopic spores that caused fits of coughing in all readers except herself, as she doesn\u2019t have a respiratory system.\\n\\n\\nShe then hands over a thick bundle of freshly-printed sheets. Each page is double-sided, and covered in ridiculously tiny characters. Each form is spread over ten such pages. And one form has to be filled for each book.\\nMost of the questions are very mundane: \u201cGenre\u201d, \u201cRecommended age\u201d, \u201cYear of publication\u201d\u2026 But some, especially regarding the historical context of the book (\u201cWho wrote it?\u201
d, \u201cOn what occasion?\u201d, \u201cFor what purpose?\u201d), ask for an absurd level of detail, and will require attentive analysis and extra research to be answered correctly.\\n\\n\\nMaharal also brings a box full of tools that could help repair a faulty binding, reinforce a cover or chain down an uncooperative book. Some of them are strange contraptions and their purposes aren\u2019t at all obvious to the uninitiated.\\n\u201cBetter be prepared for any eventuality. Warn me immediately if you see a book move by itself, if you realize that it\u2019s not made of paper, if it communicates with you in some way other than unchanging written words, or if you notice anything else that seems weird.\u201d\\n\\n\\nAfter giving it some thought, she brings a few more tools that must have been at the cutting edge of technology a few decades ago.\\n\u201cWe\u2019ll need these if any of the books turns out to be in tune with another plane of existence. It\u2019s not very likely for modern publications that are not h
andwritten or related to a cult, but it\u2019s not completely impossible either. Remain watchful for any spectral, infernal or celestial manifestations.\u201d\\n\\n\\nThe cautious prelude now at an end, everyone sits down and the reading session begins.","ceto":"Ceto shakes her head wearily. The library can\u2019t afford to refuse contributions these days, but this one was obviously fished out of a trash can. They\u2019re not rare old books, just ordinary ones that have suffered from the passage of time.\\n\\n\\nWhile Maharal is busy giving explanations and making preparations, she quickly leafs through all the books, hoping that her very negative impression may prove wrong.\\n\\n\\nThe picture book for vain grown-ups is worthless. Clearly meant to be a gift book and utterly superficial.\\n\\n\\nThe scientific booklet seems out of date, though she would have to read it in more detail to be sure.\\n\\n\\nThe romance novel is really old. And fragile. And damaged. It\u2019s perhaps the only collector\u2019s ite
m in this jumble.\\n\\n\\nThe other books are mangy paperbacks, of the kind that can be found for a dime a dozen in flea markets.\\n\\n\\nNone of them looks like an evil grimoire likely to do physical harm to someone who opened it without permission. But a book doesn\u2019t really have to be dangerous to displease the new administration, it just has to be out of the ordinary.\\n\\n\\nCeto remembers the case of a book that couldn\u2019t be read to the end, as new pages would simply keep appearing. A post-it note mentioning that frustrating feature had been stuck to its cover. But that didn\u2019t save the book from being pulped, along with all other works by the same author for good measure.","katrina":"Katrina hates being reduced to her sensorial abilities, but she won\u2019t refrain from using them just to avoid reaffirming stereotypes.\\n\\n\\nLife clearly exists in both the mystery and the second fantasy novel. It could simply mean that they\u2019re eaten by mold, but she doubts that very much.\\n\\n\\nTh
ere\u2019s a third, more ambiguous presence. An elusive will she can\u2019t quite place. An echo, a memory permeating its environment.\\n\\n\\nAnd now, she has to convey all that to the other two women, something rather similar to describing colors to someone who\u2019s been blind from birth.\\nRather than waste her time with explanations that afata would find abstruse, she decides to resort to metaphors based on more normal senses. That\u2019ll make them utterly inaccurate, but understandable.\\nThus, she says that two of the books obviously look shady, and that something else smells bad, though she can\u2019t quite tell what it is.\\n\\n\\nMaharal listens to those explanations with her usual polite stolidity. Difficult to say how she\u2019ll take them into account."},"planning":"Half a dozen books are peculiar enough to require extra care:\\n\\n\\nA mystery novel almost as old as the genre itself, with yellowed pages and a cover worn down by countless hands.\\n\\n\\nA thick, heavy fantasy novel, printed in
 small characters on cheap paper. Almost as new, aside from the creased cover.\\n\\n\\nThe sequel to that fantasy novel. Everything from the front illustration to the back cover appears excessively similar to the first volume, even recycling the original title and merely adding \u201cReturn to\u201d before it.\\n\\n\\nA luxury edition of a romance novel, in which all characters have a name with a particle and speak in verse. Has met with an unfortunate accident involving water, leaving many of the pages wrinkled and fragile.\\n\\n\\nA booklet published back in a time when front covers could consist merely of a black latin title printed on a white background. Seems to be a treatise about non-euclidian creatures, though the names by which they are referred to are obsolete.\\n\\n\\nA coffee table book, rich in photographs and not trying to be highly encyclopedic. Meant to be leafed through rather than read from one end to the other. Its main theme seems to be ancient monuments lost in the desert.","books":{"mys
tery":"One of the pages doesn\u2019t seem to fit. Its texture, color and font are slightly different from the rest of the book.\\nIt could merely be a late addendum. However, closer examination reveals that the text itself is meaningless. The words are similar to the ones found on the other pages, but they\u2019re put together without any logic, as if the writer had tried to compose sentences by copying and pasting, despite not understanding the grammar of the language and the meaning of some terms.\\n\\n\\nThe strange page suddenly quivers under {{name}}\u2019s fingers, its letters rearranging themselves to form a poem written backwards, itself arranged in a surprising calligram depicting a draconic silhouette.\\n\\n\\nImmediately after that first transformation, the paper starts folding in on itself, taking the shape of a three-dimensional dragon that comes off the book and starts flying around the room.\\n\\n\\nAfter the initial surprise, Maharal picks a book entirely made of metal out of her toolbox, ope
ns it, and then closes it sharply on the creature, as one would swat a fly. When she opens it again, there is no paper corpse, but a steel page on which poetry is now engraved backwards.\\n\u201cA poetry dragon. A parasitic species, almost extinct, but that can still be found in old books. Not truly dangerous, but it can easily frighten people.\u201d","fantasy":{"default":"In a world where all places and characters have a celtic name (preferably one beginning with \u201cGw\u201d), a small band of heroes with one-dimensional personalities must cross hostile regions that can easily be described with a single word (the city, the forest, the desert, the mountain, the fortress) to find and put to the sword a sorcerer-dragon that threatens to conquer the world.\\nThat\u2019s the general impression that {{name}} gets by quickly skimming through the book. Original ideas may be hidden somewhere in this mire of hackneyed platitudes, but they certainly don\u2019t stand out.","good":"If a machine had been ordered to put
 together in a random order all of fantasy\u2019s most over-used clich\xe9s, it would probably have produced this book. This muddle would almost be touching in its na\xefvet\xe9, if it didn\u2019t rely so much on narrative tropes that were already dubious half a century ago and are now quite rank.\\nA bit of research brings up the fact that this novel \u2013 the only book written by the author, who happened to be related to the publisher \u2013 was released during a bubble of popularity the genre was enjoying due to a then-recent movie. It might be conjectured that all the right boxes were deliberately checked, with little regard for actual quality, in order to get on the bandwagon. The form has a sub-sub-sub-section in which such elements can be mentioned; {{name}} makes her opinion on the subject quite clear, though she presents it as a mere theory.\\nAside from that rather unoriginal detail, the book is so shallow that it\u2019ll be difficult to describe it extensively."},"mimic":{"default":"Maharal notic
es that {{name}} is nodding off. She lays a hand on her shoulder:\\n\u201cDon\u2019t hesitate to take a break. Your organism seems to need it.\u201d\\n\\n\\n{{name}} doesn\u2019t answer. Maharal hesitates, then gets closer and bends forward to examine her. Dilated pupils. Irregular breathing.\\n\\n\\nMaharal looks down at the book that {{name}} is holding\u2026 then grabs it suddenly. The book thrashes about between her powerful clay hands, but is quickly neutralized by two lengths of chain.\\n\\n\\nMaharal fetches a glass of water as {{name}} starts waking up, still feeling drowsy.\\n\u201cWhat was\u2026\u201d\\n\u201cA mimic. A variety specialized in imitating small objects; it anesthetizes the person holding it in order to suck her blood. There must be something resembling a big mosquito bite on your hand.\u201d\\n\\n\\n{{name}} slowly raises her hand. That\u2019s indeed the case. Maharal hands her the glass of water and she takes a sip.\\n\u201cTheir poison acts fast, but its effects don\u2019t last long
. Take a short nap and you\u2019ll be just fine afterwards.\u201d\\n{{name}} nods and lies down to sleep next to a pile of cardboard boxes.","tekeli":"Tekeli puts down the book she\u2019s holding and raises her hand timidly. Maharal, however, is absorbed in her own forms and doesn\u2019t notice. The situation remains that way for a few awkward minutes.\\n\\n\\nTekeli finally gathers her courage and speaks:\\n\u201cMrs Maharal?\u201d\\n\u201cYes?\u201d\\n\u201cI believe that this book contains substances that could be toxic to some people.\u201d\\n\\n\\nMaharal nods, gets up and comes closer.\\n\u201cWhat makes you say that?\u201d\\nTekeli takes off one of her gloves and holds out her hand, in which a colored bubble is floating.\\n\\n\\n\u201cYour immune system, of course. It could be a toxic product used in the coloring of the cover. But how could it have gone through your glove in such quantity? Let me take a closer look.\u201d\\nShe takes the glove and raises it before her eyes. There\u2019s a tiny yet eas
ily recognizable hole in the palm area.\\n\\n\\nA huge clay hand abruptly slams down on the book, holding it against the table. It immediately starts thrashing about and keeps at it until Maharal neutralizes it with two lengths of chain.\\n\\n\\n\u201cA mimic. A variety specialized in imitating small objects; it anesthetizes the person holding it in order to suck her blood. Good job. I wouldn\u2019t have felt anything, and someone else would have been affected by its venom.\u201d\\n\\n\\nTekeli nods silently. Deep down, though, she thinks that she just happened to be in the right place at the right time, and that the praise for that should go to Lady Luck."},"romance":{"ceto":"Ceto hesitates. The very faint stains on the edge of several pages could be dried blood. The name written on the flyleaf could belong, according to a quick check, to the father of a noblewoman who was murdered several centuries ago. In short, this book may have witnessed tragic events. And if that is the case, it could be haunted by a 
tormented spirit.\\n\\n\\nMere suppositions. But why take any risks? Ceto writes down that the book shouldn\u2019t be shelved before being examined by a spiritually able person. Better to appear overly cautious than to be careless.","katrina":"Katrina skims the book \u2013 a romance novel written in an overblown style, neither very interesting nor aggressively bad \u2013 and patiently fills in the lengthy form.\\n\\n\\nThe task is as easy as it is unexciting. But as she progresses, a slight feeling of uneasiness begins to replace boredom.\\nAt first, she attributes it to some weird choices in words, including several metaphors that are much too drawn out. After a while, that explanation no longer satisfies her, and she decides to take action to clear the matter up.\\n\\n\\nPicking the book between her thumb and her index finger, she plunges it in the dark emptiness inside her neck. When she takes it out a few moment later, it\u2019s covered by a thin layer of ice. The white smoke now emanating from it slowly
 condenses into a translucent figure with eight legs and two arms, dressed like a noblewoman from a distant past.\\n\\n\\nKatrina checks the \u201cHaunted\u201d box on the form, then reads the follow-up questions:\\n\u201cCircumstances of death and motive for possession?\u201d\\n\\n\\nThe ghost pulls a fan out of her sleeve and uses it to show some poise.\\n\u201cMurdered. Revenge.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cMurder\u2019s no longer really allowed these days, even to settle matters of honor. I\u2019ll have to ask you to give up your revenge.\u201d\\nThe ghost lets out a small, haughty laugh.\\n\u201cI was under the impression that society had become quite dull after my passing, but if a dullahan is asking me to be reasonable, then things must be worse than I thought.\u201d\\n\u201cQuite a few explanations may indeed be necessary.\u201d\\n\\n\\nUsed to interacting with disoriented spirits, Katrina provides a quick yet detailed account of recent events. The woman listens attentively, though she loses nothing of her ar
rogance.\\n\\n\\n\u201cI see. Some of those evolutions are for the better. Others not so much. I understand how it would be in my interest to cooperate, at least for a while.\u201d\\n\u201cI\u2019m glad to hear that, for we could use the help of a person of your nature with a specific task.\u201d"},"coffee":{"default":"This book is a collective work, featuring texts and photographs by several different people. As a consequence, filling in the form according to the rules is painfully time-consuming. And not worth the effort: the words and the illustrations of the book have been intentionally picked to be as insipid as possible, leaving behind themselves but a pervading impression of vacuity.","good":"To a reader somewhat familiar with its subject matters, the book is not merely uninteresting, it\u2019s dishonest, preferring pretty lies to plain truths. Many anecdotes are strongly embellished, urban legends are presented as historical facts, and some photographs have been subtly retouched to erase the traces o
f ancient or recent damage.\\n\\n\\nIt\u2019s consequently quite difficult to describe the book in detail while refraining from cutting remarks that might not be to the taste of the people who will review these forms. {{name}} decides that a safely mediocre analysis is for the best."},"science":{"camilla":"It\u2019s not truly possible to perceive an emotion on Camilla\u2019s face, or in her gestures. Yet\u2026 yet the other two women are acutely aware of the fact that she\u2019s currently seething, in her own way. The book she\u2019s reading has put her in such a terrible mood that it shows through her usually impenetrable facade.\\n\\n\\nIt\u2019s so surprising that Maharal starts developing complicated theories about this newcomer, about whom she knows nothing except for her name.","default":"The book is an ancient treatise about the peoples that modern science collectively refers to as Rlyehans. It probably offers a valuable insight about how they were viewed at the time by a certain community. Nowadays, 
however, it\u2019s difficult to view it as more than a hodgepodge of stereotypes and highly racist superstitions.\\n{{name}} checks the appropriate boxes on the form, ensuring that the book will end in the archives. It will only be available, on demand, by historians and other researchers.","good":"Examining this work in detail is a thankless task. The writing style is heavy \u2013 perhaps one should say \u201ccyclopean\u201d \u2013 and it\u2019s full of hare-brained ideas that may have been commonplace at the time of publication, but are quite rancid from a modern point of view.\\nThe book aims to be a treatise about the peoples nowadays referred to as Rlyehans. But it mainly turns out to be an excellent testimony of its time, unintentionally illustrating the fears and obsessions of an era through the legends and the rumors it mentions.\\n\\n\\nAnd then, almost accidentally, in the midst of all that nonsense, the book reveals what seems to be an authentic first-hand account by a chaoptile of that period, tu
rning the work into a priceless archeological piece.\\n\\n\\nAnd/Or a useful bartering tool with a community that has an ambiguous relation to its own past."},"rest":"{{name}} wakes up, still slighty dazed, and returns to work."},"camilla":"Camilla and Maharal watch each other, both their faces as inexpressive as usual.\\n\\n\\nCamilla feels disturbed by the weird ritual undertone of all this. A collective creation of paper shields meant to protect from destruction a place exclusively at the service of the community. And even stranger, the mistress of ceremony is a being with a heart of words.\\n\\n\\nMaharal is wondering about the obvious unease displayed by the volunteer regarding books, and beginning to come up with dark explanations that could explain it.\\n\\n\\nPerceiving compassion aimed at her in one of her study subjects unsettles Camilla. Trying to break the spell, she asks:\\n\u201cWhy?\u201d\\n\\n\\nMaharal\u2019s face remains inscrutable, but a hint of amusement appears in her aura.\\n\u201cWhy 
what?\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cWhy do you invest so much in preserving this temple? The other two, I understand. They fight against physical threats, direct or indirect, aimed at the people they care about. You\u2019re fighting to ensure that a handful of books don\u2019t end up rotting in a cellar or as a pile of ashes.\u201d\\n\\n\\nCold determination, sharp as steel, suddenly fills Maharal, making Camilla feel like a biological suddenly immersed in icy water. Yet the librarian\u2019s voice remains even and neutral:\\n\u201cHow is your relation with the written word?\u201d\\n\\n\\nThe questioner, now finding herself the questionee, takes a moment to allow her senses to get used to an emotional atmosphere stronger than expected. Then she answers with a detachment that, for once, she doesn\u2019t truly feel:\\n\u201cBad. We\u2019re a people of change, of oral tradition. The play must be improvised, not recited. To write is to imprison the moment in ink, to freeze movement on paper.\u201d\\n\\n\\nCamilla suddenly 
realizes that she\u2019s afraid. In her people\u2019s legends \u2013 highly ethnocentric, of course \u2013 to write down something that is not purely utilitarian doesn\u2019t only result in self-destruction, it also brings down an eternal curse on the entire community. The downfall of the Masks, turned into a minor house, is attributed to the ill-fated creation of a few romantic short stories by an infatuated fool.\\n\\n\\nMaharal brings her out of her transe, a mix of pity and passion behind her clay facade:\\n\u201cI could make a long speech about the power of books and the need to protect them even in difficult circumstances. Especially in difficult circumstances. But I see that you feel all of that down to your bones right now.\u201d\\n\\n\\nShe lays a compassionate hand on Camilla\u2019s shoulder:\\n\u201cBooks don\u2019t have to be a threat to you. Your upbringing has taught you to fear them, and yet you are here.\u201d\\n\\n\\nThen, in a whisper full of pure hatred:\\n\u201cBut believe me, great Cthul
hu will have many more nightmares about the words that remain.\u201d"},"meeting":{"introduction":"\u201cGood morning, and thank you for attending in such high numbers this reunion of the association <em>Chorus</em>.\u201d\\nRashomon pauses briefly, waiting for her audience \u2013 not nearly as numerous as her polite, rehearsed speech may suggest \u2013 to grow silent.\\n\u201cToday, we need your help with three different projects.\u201d\\n\\n\\n\u201cFirst of all, because this is a year with thirteen full moons, the stocks of wolf\u2019s bane that the association makes freely available to zoomorphs are at their lowest. Dejanire has suggested a forest trip to gather the necessary ingredients in order to produce more.\u201d\\nStanding in a distant corner of the room, Dejanire waves and smiles nervously at the audience as she hears her name.\\n\\n\\n\u201cSecond, a number of rare books have recently been donated to the town library, but it is suspected that some of them may be dangerous. Maharal would like some
 help to examine those books, so they can quickly be put on shelves \u2013 or disposed of.\u201d\\nLeaning against the wall in a different corner, Maharal merely nods.\\n\\n\\n\u201cFinally, the solstice is near and the protective charms of the city are in need of maintenance \u2013 and perhaps more than just that \u2013 if they are to prevent harmful spirits from inviting themselves to the celebrations. I\u2019ll be in charge of this task.\u201d\\n\\n\\nRashomon pauses again, then brings her presentation to an end:\\n\u201cThat\u2019s it for the overview. If you wish to participate in one of those projects or you have questions about it, I invite you to discuss it further with the person in charge. We\u2019ll remain here at your disposal until about 10.\u201d\\n\\n\\nAn awkward silence ensues. No applause, no question, no reaction whatsoever. Each member of the audience is carefully watching the others \u2013 either hesitant, suspicious or jaded \u2013 waiting for someone else to stand out in this small, an
onymous crowd.","ceto":"Ceto watches the three organizers with cynical amusement and a hint of jealousy.\\n\\n\\nRashomon\u2019s presentation was labored, unimaginative, barely adequate. The efforts she put in it were hindered by a clear lack of spontaneity and lyrical eloquence, qualities that would have been necessary to fill the other volunteers with enthusiasm. She\u2019s the class delegate, trying to look serious in front of her classmates but unable to make people listen to her attentively.\\nDejanire is the tall and clumsy girl who\u2019s so shy she tries to make herself look as small as possible. The one you strive to be nice with even though her awkwardness makes you inwardly sigh.\\nMaharal is the weird kid nobody really knows what to make of.\\n\\n\\nIn her heart of hearts, Ceto does not doubt that she could have made a much better impression than any of those three if she had tried.\\nBut the current circumstances make it unwise to stand at the frontline, especially when one is a venomous, petrif
ying ophidian. Ceto has consequently resigned herself to playing a minor role in an association she helped found anew after the reorganization of the district.\\n\\n\\nBut she has many thoughts about the current situation.\\n\\n\\nTo make things even worse, the rest of the audience consists of confused newcomers and irregular attendants that are almost as helpless. She\u2019ll have to set an example or this will take the entire morning.\\nShe suddenly rises above the hesitating volunteers, uncoiling vertically meter after meter, until her head is close to the ceiling and her shadow is cast over the small crowd. Then, having drawn the attention of everybody, she lowers herself to a more reasonable height and crawls toward one of the less than competent organizers.\\n\\n\\nThe task she finds most tempting is to settle in a library and read in peace. But she also has all the necessarily skills for the other two projects, and would certainly contribute to them more than any of the rookies could.\\nSince she didn
\u2019t come here for her own enjoyment, maybe she should pick the project that she thinks needs her help the most, rather than make up her mind according to her mood.","alecto":"Alecto has a hard time not fiddling with the collar of her tailor-made shirt. She\u2019s definitely out of place here, in the midst of this strongly <em>earthbound</em> group. The four giants send shivers down her spine, especially the theatrical yet poorly dressed gorgon and the oni in a suit who looks like a bouncer. Aside from them, she\u2019s also noticed a cheshire who must be at least thirty but dresses like a rich teen rebelling against authority, a slime barely capable of maintaining a humanoid shape, and even a Mask.\\n\\n\\nCalm down. She\u2019s not here to judge. She\u2019s here to\u2026 To escape from the vague guilt that\u2019s been gnawing at her for months now. But she won\u2019t regain the strength to look at herself in a mirror after a merely symbolic act of presence.\\n\\n\\nShe takes a few moments more to gather h
er courage, smoothing without thinking feathers that already look perfect. Then she steps forward, walking with the confident gait of someone who\u2019s been living since her childhood in a city with excruciatingly low ceilings, to the point where she feels just as comfortable on her legs than in the air.\\n\\n\\nShe\u2019s not a wild bird and the forest doesn\u2019t appeal to her. Still, the task seems important: a were who hasn\u2019t taken his potion is not a pretty sight.\\nThe other two projects appear less essential, but at least she\u2019ll be in her element and thus less likely to make a mistake.","carole":"Carole\u2019s not gonna lie to herself: she doesn\u2019t expect this to be the most exciting day of her life. If she didn\u2019t have to repair her reputation after being so imprudent in her latest videos, she\u2019d be leaving right about now.\\n\\n\\nHer plan, at least, seems sound. Putting aside the faceless degenerate (she should probably strive to call her a \u201cRlyehan\u201d or a \u201cMas
k\u201d, even when she\u2019s just thinking to herself, because those things are supposedly telepaths), the lost souls surrounding her are the spitting images of the parents who accompany her youngest fans in conventions. Tired ladies trying to put on a brave face in a world that\u2019s not theirs.\\n\\n\\nIf she helps these ones, she should logically score some points with the others, right?\\n\\n\\nTo get the most out of this, she had considered filming herself doing her charity work. But cameras really put people on edge these days, so she gave up on the idea. Recording herself describing her day, with all the necessary embellishments and theatrics, will have to do.\\n\\n\\nShe also refrains from showing off by performing her usual\xa0\u201cgrin without a cat\u201d bit. This audience is unlikely to appreciate her quirkiness. Grudgingly, she puts one foot in front of the other and introduces herself in a lacklustre voice.\\nAll that remains is to pick the less annoying task of the three. Should she die of 
boredom covered in mud, dust or dirt?","katrina":"Katrina adjusts the straps of her ventral harness to ensure that her head can see and hear without any hindrance. She\u2019d like to put it on her neck, but doing so is strictly forbidden since the last batch of regulations on alternatives.\\n\\n\\nAlong with Dejanire, she\u2019s one of the earliest members of the association and has seen its ups and its downs. Today is unlikely to be recorded among the great successes. If things keep going this way, there won\u2019t be enough of them to form a basketball team.\\n\\n\\nShe\u2019d love nothing more than to blame this hemorrhage on the new core members, in particular the painfully diplomatic Rashomon and the scornful Ceto. The first one treats her with exhausting circumspection, while the second barely even seems to notice her existence. But while she may not appreciate them, she knows all too well that those two aren\u2019t responsible for the situation, and that the current decline is caused by external circu
mstances. Everything\u2019s more complicated for everybody these days.\\n\\n\\nAnd things are unlikely to improve. Rashomon and Dejanire are doing their best to enlist new members, but they\u2019re exhausted. Maharal, Ceto and herself are poor recruiters, each for a different reason: one is too phlegmatic, another has too sharp a tongue, and as for herself, she\u2019s notoriously unable to capture the attention of an audience even when she raises her voice.\\n\\n\\nOn the brighter side, the new members \u2013 most of whom will probably never return \u2013 seem to be drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. Wider than usual, suggesting that the association is becoming known in circles it didn\u2019t use to influence. The presence of a Rlyehan, even a minor one, is an especially encouraging sign. She\u2019ll have to find an occasion to learn more about her.\\n\\n\\nFor now, several projects are still in need of hands. Used as she is to Rashomon\u2019s doublespeak, she can guess that they all have serious stak
es.\\nHanging around here and dealing with all sorts of things have instilled in her enough resourcefulness to be of use with any of the three tasks.\\nHer being able to see ghosts and other spirits might suggest, in accordance with stereotypes, that she should take part in the restoration of the protective charms. In practice, this biological ability probably wouldn\u2019t help her clean up old sanctuaries.","tekeli":"Tekeli is pure stress under a thin, translucent membrane. Not literally, of course \u2013 her body is at least 95% water at all time \u2013 but it\u2019s certainly how she feels. She\u2019s this close to letting go and collapsing into a puddle that could then discreetly flow far from here.\\n\\n\\nWhen she persuaded herself to come here, she thought it would be a modest social activity that would allow her to interact with other living beings in a non-virtual way while remaining a relatively anonymous part of a large group. But there are far fewer people than she was expecting, and it makes he
r feel exposed and conspicuous.\\n\\n\\nPeople are beginning to move around her. The same instinct that was inciting her to flee now pushes her toward one of the organizers, seeking to disappear inside of a group \u2013 as small as it may be \u2013 rather than get noticed by remaining behind.\\nFor each of the three projects, she\u2019s already imagined worst-case scenarios in which everything goes wrong because of her. The prospect of the library is especially panic-enducing, as a brief loss of concentration could be enough for her to engulf a fragile paper book.","camilla":"Camilla immerses herself in the cloud of emotions that fills the room. Stress predominates, though it takes multiple forms: nervousness caused by the gazes of others, tickling doubt about the choices that led to this point, growing dread of failures to come. Those devouring, visceral emotions are surrounded by a more subtle mist of confusion and uncertainty.\\n\\n\\nSuch a muddle of fears is nothing unusual under the current circumstanc
es. What\u2019s fascinating, however, is how all these subjects rise above their negative feelings and, step by step, one by one, get involved in something that their instincts tell them to flee.\\nThis apparent incoherence is the reason why Camilla appreciates biologicals and biological-like beings so much. Magnificent chaos, capable of giving birth to unthought-of horrors and wonders.\\n\\n\\nThe preservation of such potential is worth getting her hands a little dirty.\\n\\n\\nAll the tasks seem equally uninteresting to her. Each one, however, should provide her with a special opportunity to mix with unusual beings in deliciously casual circumstances.\\n\\n\\nRashomon: a well-organized mind with partitioned emotions.\\n\\n\\nMaharal: an iron will behind a veneer of good-naturedness.\\n\\n\\nDejanire: a mother both fierce and overprotective.\\n\\n\\nCeto: barbed yet fragile pride.\\n\\n\\nAlecto: a conscience burdened with the silver coins of betrayal.\\n\\n\\nCarole: the arrogance and vulnerability of a pr
incess who only has until midnight.\\n\\n\\nKatrina: adaptive fluidity undergoing crystallization.\\n\\n\\nTekeli: an indomitable evolution potential.\\n\\n\\nSo many intriguing possibilities. But groups have already formed while she was enjoying those cocktails, and the decision may have already been made for her.","rashomon":"Relief floods through Rashomon. Things are getting underway without too many snags. Today\u2019s volunteers are mingling, talking, asking questions, forming teams. Dejanire\u2019s group is already about to leave, and her own will soon be ready.\\nThough the controlled placidity of her face wouldn\u2019t show it, she was briefly afraid that things would turn out terribly. But the newcomers already seem to be integrating. She even dares to hope that some of them will want and be able to come back.\\n\\n\\nThis moment of quiet is a good occasion for her to make a first assessment of the situation. Virtually no real anthropomorphs, as might be expected given their very low numbers in this
 district. Carole\u2019s the closest thing to one. In fact, with the appropriate haircut and makeup, she would be physically indistinguishable from a human. Due to their quantum nature, cheshires however tend to be considered as half-rlyehans, and to be treated by all factions as weird, hybrid creatures.\\n\\n\\nThe presence of a pure rlyehan is a surprise and she doesn\u2019t know how to interpret it. Camilla is however but a Mask, part of a casteless, decentralized, minor faction that\u2019s flirted throughout history with all kinds of activities, communities and social classes.\\n\\n\\nFrom that point of view, the anomaly would rather be Alecto and her obvious affiliation with the upper class. A world Rashomon also has strong ties to, though she doesn\u2019t know this newcomer personally. She probably has a very well-paid job, for most of the aerials holding less important positions have left the city during the past year.\\n\\n\\nOther non-humanoids are also disappearing. Dejanire is one of the last cent
aurs to live here, and Ceto is in a precarious situation. She was already standing out compared to other lamias (gorgons make up less than one percent of the total ophidian population), and seems even more out of place in a setting where very large-sized people are now but rare oddities.\\n\\n\\nOf course, though she\u2019s technically longer, she seems almost puny compared to the colossus that is Maharal. Then again, it\u2019s on purpose that Maharal\u2019s like this: as a golem, she\u2019s able to modify her size and weight to a fairly large extent. Though her expressionless face never shows it, Rashomon\u2019s convinced that she enjoys looking down at muscle-bound giants. Like Rashomon herself.\\n\\n\\nWho\u2019s indeed still not accustomed to not being the most ginormous one around (putting her own family aside). But she\u2019s getting used to it. She\u2019s always known how to adapt to circumstances, even bad ones.\\n\\n\\nKatrina has also managed to adjust to the recent changes, as illustrated by her i
ngenious ventral contraption. However, she\u2019s left exposed the well of darkness at the end of her neck, something that most dullahans would hide with a scarf or a kerchief. Rashomon suspects that it\u2019s merely an oversight caused by tiredness rather than a deliberate attempt to stand out, but she\u2019s not completely sure.\\n\\n\\nTekeli consequently wins the prize for most discreet and unassuming attendee. She\u2019s a complete unknown. In the past, many members of the association used to be slimes, as might be expected considering they\u2019re the historical founders of this district. However, they all left during the events that ended with Rashomon in charge.\\nThis newcomer doesn\u2019t seem to have any ties to those former members, making her all the more mysterious.\\n\\n\\nAll in all, a chaotic alliance of contrasting personalities that will require compromises.\\nBusiness as usual for Rashomon. But nevertheless exhausting."}},"ui":{"next":"Next","title":"Chorus","instant-text-on":"No animatio
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xp\xe9dition","citygirl":"{{name}}, hors de son \xe9l\xe9ment, n\u2019a pas ramen\xe9 grand chose","fairies":"{{name}} a re\xe7u une aide bienvenue des locaux","optigirl":"{{name}} a r\xe9alis\xe9 une excellente r\xe9colte","dream":"D\xe9janire est \xe0 cran apr\xe8s sa discussion avec C\xe9to","ally":{"dejanire":"D\xe9janire a remarqu\xe9 quelque chose d\u2019inhabituel","camilla":"Camilla a fait une rencontre int\xe9ressante"}},"library":{"good":"Les fiches ont, en g\xe9n\xe9ral, \xe9t\xe9 remplies avec un luxe de d\xe9tails irr\xe9prochable","bad":"Beaucoup trop de paperasse pour qu\u2019un peu n\u2019ait \xe9t\xe9 l\xe9g\xe8rement b\xe2cl\xe9e sur les bords","dragon":"Ce dragon de po\xe9sie n\u2019effraiera personne","mimic":"Un drame a sans doute \xe9t\xe9 \xe9vit\xe9 en neutralisant cette mimique","dream":"Les facades impassibles de Maharal et Camilla se sont entrouvertes suite \xe0 leur rencontre","testimony":"L\u2019un des ouvrages s\u2019est r\xe9v\xe9l\xe9 avoir plus de valeur que pr\xe9vu","overki
ll":"Certains livres ne valaient gu\xe8re le temps qui leur a \xe9t\xe9 consacr\xe9","ally":{"katrina":"Katrina a eu une conversation tr\xe8s productive avec un esprit","ceto":"C\xe9to a peut-\xeatre mis le doigt sur quelque chose d\u2019int\xe9ressant"}},"city":{"good":"Rashomon est tr\xe8s satisfaite des retours de ses subordonn\xe9es d\u2019un jour","bad":"Rashomon n\u2019est que partiellement rass\xe9r\xe9n\xe9e par ce que leurs explorations leur ont appris sur l\u2019\xe9tat du r\xe9seau","dream":"Carole a \xe9t\xe9 pr\xe9venue qu\u2019elle risquait gros","no-access":"Des relais se sont r\xe9v\xe9l\xe9s plus difficiles d\u2019acc\xe8s que pr\xe9vus","poor":"De g\xeanants obstacles l\xe9gaux ont \xe9t\xe9 contourn\xe9s avec succ\xe8s","old":"La restauration du relais pirate historique s\u2019est bien d\xe9roul\xe9","ally":"{{name}} a eu une rencontre intriguante avec un d\xe9mon","useless":"Du temps et des efforts ont \xe9t\xe9 consacr\xe9s pour des lieux d\xe9j\xe0 parfaitement prot\xe9g\xe9s","spider":
"Une alli\xe9e spectrale a discr\xe8tement apport\xe9 son \xe9th\xe9r\xe9e contribution","alecto":"La mobilit\xe9 et les contacts d\u2019Alecto lui conf\xe8rent une efficacit\xe9 remarquable"}},"endings":{"title":"Fin {{index}}/{{total}} : {{name}}","hints":"Indices pour une autre fin","bad":{"name":"Cons\xe9quences","hints":{"forest":"Certaines b\xe9n\xe9voles sont capables de se d\xe9brouiller \xe0 la perfection en pleine nature quel que soit le chemin choisi, tandis d\u2019autres auront besoin d\u2019y faire une bonne rencontre pour briller. Dans tous les cas, essayez d\u2019\xe9viter les b\xeates sauvages, rien de bon n\u2019en ressortira.","library":"Certains livres ne sont rien de plus que ce qu\u2019ils paraissent et peuvent \xeatre exp\xe9di\xe9s par Maharal sans perte. Coupler une excellente lectrice avec une b\xe9n\xe9vole moins bibliovore permet de d\xe9bloquer du temps de lecture attentive pour cette derni\xe8re.","city":"Seules des personnalit\xe9s assez flexibles pour contourner les r\xe8gles d
e la jungle urbaine sauront en venir \xe0 bout. Certains quartiers n\u2019ont r\xe9ellement besoin d\u2019aucune aide, mais l\u2019un d\u2019eux pourrait bien cacher un secret."}},"respite":{"name":"Attente","hint":"Pour d\xe9bloquer la meilleure fin, essayez, dans chacune des missions, de rencontrer, ou de trouver trace, du passage d\u2019\xeatres hors-normes m\xeame dans le r\xe9f\xe9rentiel de ce petit groupe."},"hope":{"name":"Espoir"}},"thanks":"Merci \xe0 vous d\u2019avoir lu <em>Fanfare</em>.","credits":{"0":"Texte original (fran\xe7ais) : Skarn","1":"Traduction : Romain"}},"locations":{"forest":{"title":"Balade en for\xeat","name":"For\xeat","directions":{"west":"Ouest","east":"Est","north":"Nord","south":"Sud"}},"library":{"title":"Un peu de lecture","name":"Livres","books":{"mystery":"Policier","fantasy":"Fantasy, tome 1","mimic":"Fantasy, tome 2","romance":"Romance","coffee":"\xab\u202fBeau livre\u202f\xbb","science":"Trait\xe9","rest":"Sieste"},"quality":{"bad":{"short":"Livres non critiques","lo
ng":"Pour tenir les d\xe9lais, {{name}} se contente de parcourir les ouvrages rapidement. Des d\xe9tails peuvent lui \xe9chapper."},"good":{"short":"Ouvrages \xe0 peaufiner","long":"Assez de lectrices chevronn\xe9es sont pr\xe9sentes pour permettre \xe0 {{name}} de prendre le temps de faire les choses bien pour ces ouvrages."},"average":{"short":"Textes entre deux eaux","long":"{{name}} s\u2019occupera des ouvrages ni trop importants ni \xe0 n\xe9gliger."}}},"city":{"title":"Visite du patrimoine","name":"Ville","locations":{"poor":"Cit\xe9 dortoir","old":"Quartier historique","rich":"Zone r\xe9sidentielle","supermarket":"Centre commercial","bank":"Quartier d\u2019affaires"}}},"story":{"city":{"introduction":"\xab\xa0La protection contre les esprits, c\u2019est un peu comme l\u2019\xe9lectricit\xe9 ou l\u2019eau courante. Tout le monde est bien content de l\u2019avoir et a une vague id\xe9e de comment \xe7a marche, mais bien de peu de gens sont capables de l\u2019expliquer en d\xe9tails.\\nAlors revoyons les 
bases voulez-vous.\xa0\xbb\\n\\nRashomon n\u2019a pas de vid\xe9oprojecteur \xe0 sa disposition, mais nul doute \xe0 la fa\xe7on dont elle s\u2019exprime qu\u2019elle aurait pr\xe9par\xe9 des slides si cela avait \xe9t\xe9 le cas.\\n\\n\xab\xa0Suivant le mod\xe8le d\u2019Ayscough, la r\xe9alit\xe9 est d\xe9coup\xe9e en une multitude de plans qui se repoussent mutuellement comme les p\xf4les identiques d\u2019un aimant. Cependant, comme ils sont innombrables et se repoussent tous, ils ont fini par adopter une structure presque stable \xe0 une certaine distance les uns des autres.\\n\\nPresque, car, parfois, sous certaines circonstances, deux plans s\u2019effleurent tout de m\xeame. En ces occasions, un \xeatre peut forcer le passage d\u2019une r\xe9alit\xe9 \xe0 l\u2019autre, non sans d\xe9g\xe2ts potentiels pour lui-m\xeame, son plan de d\xe9part et celui d\u2019arriv\xe9e.\\n\\nEn des temps lointains, ces ph\xe9nom\xe8nes se produisaient sans contr\xf4le, voire parfois sans volont\xe9 des participants, et s
ont d\u2019ailleurs responsables de nombres d\u2019\xe9v\xe9nements majeurs de la pr\xe9histoire.\\n\\nAvec le d\xe9veloppement de la civilisation sont apparus les arbres-mondes et les portails. Les premiers augmentent la force r\xe9pulsive du plan, tandis que les seconds l\u2019affaiblissent au contraire consid\xe9rablement \xe0 un endroit pr\xe9cis.\\nLa combinaison de ces deux technologies oriente les lignes de force, rendant presque impossible tout passage autrement que par les portails.\\n\\nToutefois, les arbres-mondes poussent lentement et leur port\xe9e est limit\xe9e. Tout au plus quelques dizaines de kilom\xe8tres pour les plus v\xe9n\xe9rables. Il est heureusement possible d\u2019\xe9tendre leur zone d\u2019influence par une s\xe9rie de relais, qui sont autant d\u2019arbres-mondes miniatures cr\xe9\xe9s par la greffe de leurs branches sur des esp\xe8ces \xe0 la croissance moins nonchalante.\\n\\nEt c\u2019est l\xe0 que les choses se compliquent car la plupart des relais cr\xe9\xe9s au cours des \x
e2ges sont des t\xe9moins de leur \xe9poque, de ses connaissances scientifiques, de ses superstitions et de ses religions. Il y en a de toutes les formes et de toutes les efficacit\xe9s.\\n\\nLe but de cette op\xe9ration est de tester un maximum de relais \xe0 travers la ville, \xe0 l\u2019aide de bandelettes pS, et, dans le cas o\xf9 le r\xe9sultat serait mauvais, de voir s\u2019il est possible de l\u2019am\xe9liorer avec un peu de d\xe9poussi\xe9rage, et de noter l\u2019endroit pour le communiquer aux autorit\xe9s comp\xe9tentes dans le cas contraire.\xa0\xbb\\n\\nRashomon distribue des paquets de bandelettes. Le mode d\u2019emploi est inscrit au dos, et se r\xe9sume \xe0 quelques lignes\xa0: coller des bandelettes directement sur l\u2019arbre, en plusieurs endroits, et comparer la couleur qu\u2019elles prennent \xe0 l\u2019\xe9chelle fournie.","split":"Rashomon d\xe9plie ensuite un vieux plan papier, une carte g\xe9ographique de r\xe9f\xe9rence sur lequel sont pr\xe9cis\xe9ment indiqu\xe9s les diff\xe9ren
ts relais de la ville.\\n\xab\xa0Les risques d\u2019incidents sont directement proportionnels au nombre de personnes qui circulent et vivent dans la zone avec un relais d\xe9fectueux, ce qui fait imm\xe9diatement ressortir cinq endroits \xe0 surveiller en priorit\xe9.\\nLa cit\xe9-dortoir, avec de loin le plus grand nombre d\u2019habitants au m\xe8tre carr\xe9 la nuit.\\nLe quartier historique, et touristique, et sa population vari\xe9e.\\nLa banlieue r\xe9sidentielle, l\xe0 aussi tr\xe8s peupl\xe9e.\\nLe centre commercial, blind\xe9 le week-end.\\nLe quartier d\u2019affaires, son pendant durant la semaine.\xa0\xbb","carole":"\xab\xa0Rainbow Cat a \xe9t\xe9 ajout\xe9e \xe0 la liste noire.\xa0\xbb\\n\\nCarole ne r\xe9agit pas imm\xe9diatement \xe0 l\u2019information que Rashomon vient de lui souffler, continuant de ramasser brosses et sacs poubelle comme si de rien n\u2019\xe9tait.\\n\\nD\u2019un certain c\xf4t\xe9, elle est soulag\xe9e. Quand la balaise lui a peu subtilement enjoint de l\u2019accompagner, se
ule, pour aller r\xe9cup\xe9rer du mat\xe9riel dans la r\xe9serve d\u2019une annexe municipale, elle s\u2019attendait \xe0 avoir des probl\xe8mes dans l\u2019imm\xe9diat. L\xe0, elle en aura juste \xe0 tr\xe8s court terme.\\nSon informatrice surprise n\u2019est pas dupe de son apparente insouciance. Les pupilles de la com\xe9dienne se sont un instant fortement dilat\xe9es avant de se r\xe9tr\xe9cir en deux fentes. Qu\u2019importe sa fa\xe7ade, son organisme se pr\xe9pare d\xe9j\xe0 instinctivement \xe0 se battre pour sa survie.\\n\\n\u2013 De quoi suis-je accus\xe9e\xa0?\\n\u2013 De broutilles avec une bonne dose de mauvaise foi. Je ne crois pas que tes activit\xe9s les int\xe9ressent vraiment. Tu as juste eu le malheur de faire parler de toi alors qu\u2019ils cherchaient de nouvelles t\xeates de semi-euclidiens \xe0 couper.\\n\u2013 J\u2019ai tourn\xe9 une <em>humpty</em> d\u2019\xe9mission de propagande pour ces dumpties, et voil\xe0 comment ils me remercient\xa0?\\n\u2013 Tu savais tr\xe8s bien que tu ach
etais au mieux un d\xe9lai contre un peu de ta conscience.\\n\u2013 Parce que toi tu fais beaucoup mieux peut-\xeatre\xa0?\\n\\nCarole continue \xe0 parler \xe0 voix basse, par prudence \xe9l\xe9mentaire m\xeame s\u2019il n\u2019y a aucune autre \xe2me en vue, mais son timbre n\u2019en est pas moins charg\xe9 de rage et de terreur.\\n\u2013 S\xe9rieux, tu as vu o\xf9 on en est\xa0? On r\xe9pare ce qu\u2019ils ont cass\xe9 avec les bouts de scotch qu\u2019ils ont bien voulu nous laisser, et en plus on doit le faire avec le sourire et en pr\xe9tendant que tout cela est parfaitement normal.\\n\\nRashomon d\xe9cide de couper court plut\xf4t que de se laisser entra\xeener dans un d\xe9bat st\xe9rile qu\u2019elle est s\xfbre de perdre, comme elle le perd d\xe9j\xe0 contre elle-m\xeame au plus sombre de la nuit depuis le fond de son lit.\\n\u2013 L\u2019important, c\u2019est que tu as encore un tout petit de temps devant toi. Pas beaucoup, quelques jours au plus, moins si tu fais quoi que ce soit qui pourrait vendr
e la m\xe8che. Essaye d\u2019en tirer parti pour planifier ta fuite.\\n\u2013 Pourquoi ne pas partir d\xe8s aujourd\u2019hui\xa0?\\n\u2013 Parce notre petit groupe est tr\xe8s certainement surveill\xe9 de pr\xe8s et que ton absence serait remarqu\xe9e beaucoup trop vite.\\n\u2013 Merci le plan \xe0 la <em>hatta</em>.\\n\\nEn v\xe9rit\xe9, Carole a eu beaucoup de chance, m\xeame si son inattendue complice n\u2019\xe9pilogue pas sur le sujet. Si elle n\u2019avait pas \xe9t\xe9 l\xe0 aujourd\u2019hui, et si, apr\xe8s beaucoup d\u2019h\xe9sitations, Rashomon n\u2019avait pas fini par la reconna\xeetre, elle n\u2019aurait pas eu ce tuyau du tout, ses moyens de communication \xe9tant d\xe9j\xe0 beaucoup trop espionn\xe9s pour cela.\\n\\nUn petit coup de pouce qui ne garantit pas qu\u2019elle va s\u2019en tirer, loin de l\xe0. La fonctionnaire s\u2019en veut de ne pouvoir faire plus pour l\u2019aider, m\xeame si elle prend d\xe9j\xe0 des risques \xe9normes en ayant cette courte discussion. D\u2019un pur point de vu
e logique, elle aurait d\u2019ailleurs d\xfb se taire, car elle met en danger de nombreuses personnes en essayant d\u2019en sauver une seule.\\n\\nMais les calculs d\u2019apothicaire impliquant des vies sentientes, Rashomon n\u2019en peut tout simplement plus. L\u2019\xe9puisement est en train d\u2019avoir raison de sa carapace d\u2019animal politique. Si elle continue sur cette pente, les gens risquent m\xeame de penser qu\u2019elle a un c\u0153ur.\\nEnfin, s\u2019il reste encore quelqu\u2019un pour la pleurer une fois qu\u2019elle aura l\xe2ch\xe9 prise.","tekeli":"Contrairement \xe0 la plupart des autres volontaires qui sont des d\xe9racin\xe9es r\xe9centes, Tekeli a v\xe9cu toute sa vie dans les immeubles surpeupl\xe9es de la p\xe9riph\xe9rie. Elle en conna\xeet les moindres recoins, ainsi que les personnes \xe0 qui on peut demander de l\u2019aide et celles qu\u2019il ne vaut mieux pas approcher.\\n\\nForte de cette exp\xe9rience, elle devrait pouvoir contribuer plus vite et plus efficacement \xe0 la r\x
e9habilitation des relais locaux que ses amies d\u2019un jour.","alecto":"L\xe0 o\xf9 ses partenaires du moment doivent se battre avec les transports en commun et les contr\xf4les, Alecto a deux avantages\xa0: une moto, et un laissez-passer prioritaire.\\nIl lui suffit d\u2019agiter ce petit rectangle de plastique incrust\xe9 d\u2019une puce de silicone avec ses informations biom\xe9triques pour doubler tout le monde dans les files d\u2019attente aux points de contr\xf4le et les traverser sans que personne ne fouille ses affaires. Elle doit juste ralentir quelques instants, le temps qu\u2019un agent fasse biper son pass avec succ\xe8s contre son scanner.\\n\\nUne fois, il y a eu un probl\xe8me de r\xe9seau, l\u2019appareil n\u2019a pas r\xe9pondu positivement imm\xe9diatement, et Alecto a soudain trouv\xe9 le temps terriblement long.\\n\\nUne douche froide qui a au moins eu le m\xe9rite de lui rappeler la fragilit\xe9 de son privil\xe8ge, capable de s\u2019\xe9vanouir sur un simple coup de malchance, mais qu
i aurait aussi bien pu avoir r\xe9ellement \xe9t\xe9 aboli par son employeur \xe0 son insu. Il est d\u2019ailleurs tr\xe8s probable que le jour o\xf9 ils n\u2019auront plus besoin d\u2019elle, ils ne s\u2019emb\xeateront \xe0 la pr\xe9venir \xe0 l\u2019avance.\\n\\nToutefois, tant qu\u2019elle laisse diplomatiquement son chef s\u2019arroger une partie de ses succ\xe8s, il n\u2019a aucune raison de la pousser vers la porte, bien au contraire. Et vu \xe0 quel point le dossier qu\u2019il lui a refil\xe9 la semaine derni\xe8re lui tient \xe0 c\u0153ur, il aspire vraisemblablement \xe0 poursuivre cette fructueuse collaboration le plus longtemps possible.\\nEnfin, tant qu\u2019elle r\xe9ussit \xe0 trouver \xe0 sa place des financements pour les projets de plus en plus d\xe9ments que la S\xe9curit\xe9 entreprend. Pourquoi autant d\u2019h\xe9licos alors qu\u2019il ne reste presque plus d\u2019a\xe9riens dans cette ville\xa0?\\n\\nOn se reconcentre. On est en week-end. Et on essaye d\u2019avoir un sens moral.","locat
ions":{"poor":{"intro":"\u2013 Le voil\xe0.\\nLa concierge a conduit la b\xe9n\xe9vole devant ce qui ressemble fort \xe0 un container maritime abandonn\xe9 au pied des barres d\u2019immeubles, un imposant cube de t\xf4le couvert de graffitis. Un gros cadenas verrouille ostensiblement l\u2019unique porte.\\n\u2013 Le bosquet est dedans. Ils l\u2019ont enferm\xe9 l\xe0 y\u2019a quelque chose comme six mois, sous pr\xe9texte qu\u2019il y avait eu des d\xe9gradations et qu\u2019il fallait s\u2019assurer qu\u2019il soit bien prot\xe9g\xe9.\\n\u2013 Vous avez la cl\xe9\xa0?\\n\u2013 Non. Et j\u2019ai aucune id\xe9e de qui peut bien l\u2019avoir. Ah, et y\u2019a une alarme, des fois que vous seriez tent\xe9e.","carole":"\u2013 Il me faut aller de l\u2019autre c\xf4t\xe9 de cette porte. Mais si je vais de l\u2019autre c\xf4t\xe9, l\u2019autre c\xf4t\xe9, ce sera ce c\xf4t\xe9. Donc, d\u2019une certaine fa\xe7on, je suis d\xe9j\xe0 de l\u2019autre c\xf4t\xe9.\\nLa concierge la laisse d\xe9blat\xe9rer \xe0 sa guise, a
yant d\xe9j\xe0 eu affaire \xe0 la logique absurde de schrodingues.\\n\u2013 Et d\u2019ailleurs, je suis de l\u2019autre c\xf4t\xe9.\\nEt effectivement, elle l\u2019est.","tekeli":"La porte n\u2019est pas \xe9tanche, loin de l\xe0. C\u2019est un jeu d\u2019enfant pour Tekeli de se laisser couler dans l\u2019interstice entre son rebord inf\xe9rieur et le sol, et de reprendre forme de l\u2019autre c\xf4t\xe9.","success":"S\u2019il n\u2019a jamais d\xfb \xeatre exceptionnellement beau, un simple platane sur lequel on aurait greff\xe9 une branche d\u2019arbre-monde, le bosquet fait dor\xe9navant v\xe9ritablement peine \xe0 voir\xa0: \xe0 peine \xe9clair\xe9 par la lumi\xe8re qui passe \xe0 travers le plafond grillag\xe9, attaqu\xe9 par des champignons qui prolif\xe8rent dans l\u2019humidit\xe9 de cette cage o\xf9 l\u2019eau r\xe9ussit \xe0 se glisser mais pas \xe0 s\u2019\xe9vacuer.\\nLes bandelettes r\xe9v\xe8lent, sans surprise, que la protection qu\u2019assure l\u2019arbre est tout juste m\xe9diocre, largemen
t en-dessous du seuil attendu.\\n\\nL\u2019observatrice ressort comme elle \xe9tait entr\xe9e.\\n\u2013 Y\u2019a pas moyen de le sortir de l\xe0\xa0? L\u2019arbre va vraiment crever si on le laisse enferm\xe9 l\xe0-dedans.\\n\u2013 Je m\u2019en doute bien. Et croyez bien qu\u2019on vous a pas attendu pour tenter de se d\xe9barrasser de ce parpaing de mes deux. Mais il s\u2019av\xe8re que la S\xe9curit\xe9 appr\xe9cie moyennement qu\u2019on rejette leurs id\xe9es g\xe9niales. Donc va falloir faire autrement \xe0 moins que vous ne vouliez qu\u2019on se retrouve toutes les deux au poste.\\n\\nUn coup de fil \xe0 Rashomon plus tard, il est d\xe9cid\xe9 de simplement sauver les meubles en glissant des chiffons imbib\xe9s de fongicide sous la porte, que la b\xe9n\xe9vole passe-muraille utilise ensuite pour all\xe9ger l\u2019arbre de ses parasites. La terre est \xe9galement remu\xe9e et a\xe9r\xe9e en la retournant comme se peut \xe0 la main.\\nC\u2019est pas g\xe9nial, mais c\u2019est mieux que rien, et c\u2019est
 toujours un sursis.","failure":"Malgr\xe9 tous ses efforts, {{name}} ne parvient pas \xe0 trouver une solution pour contourner le probl\xe8me et s\u2019en retourne d\xe9pit\xe9e."},"old":{"intro":"Pour comprendre ce quartier, il faut revenir \xe0 sa fondation, et donc \xe0 celle de la ville, deux mill\xe9naires auparavant.\\n\\n\xc0 l\u2019\xe9poque, c\u2019est ici que les dirigeants d\u2019alors avaient plant\xe9 la graine de l\u2019arbre-monde qui devait assurer leur s\xe9r\xe9nit\xe9. Et pendant des si\xe8cles, ce fut le cas, la ville et son protecteur v\xe9g\xe9tal grandissant ensemble peu \xe0 peu jusqu\u2019\xe0 devenir le centre n\xe9vralgique de la r\xe9gion.\\nLes relais existaient d\xe9j\xe0 \xe0 l\u2019\xe9poque, mais tenaient plus d\u2019un anarchique bricolage qu\u2019autre chose, chaque religion et corps de m\xe9tier se transmettant des secrets pas forc\xe9ment tr\xe8s malins \xe0 ce sujet.\\n\\nLes choses s\u2019am\xe9lior\xe8rent quand l\u2019\xe9volution de la technologie permit de mieux co
mprendre ces ph\xe9nom\xe8nes. Et empir\xe8rent quand, le mysticisme disparu, le seigneur des lieux r\xe9alisa qu\u2019il pouvait monnayer l\u2019acc\xe8s \xe0 son arbre-monde, chaque relais devant maintenant \xeatre autoris\xe9 et s\u2019acquitter d\u2019une redevance.\\nUne longue guerre d\u2019influence plus tard, et la ville se retrouva avec deux arbres-mondes, l\u2019ancien, ici, et une jeune pousse, dans ce qui est aujourd\u2019hui le centre-ville. Chacun sous le contr\xf4le d\u2019une famille noble rivale, imposant sa loi sur son domaine.\\n\\nLes affrontements se termin\xe8rent par la destruction de l\u2019arbre de ce quartier, et le d\xe9m\xe9nagement de tous les centres du pouvoir vers leur emplacement actuel.\\nLe faubourg isol\xe9 est alors devenu un quartier pauvre, a m\xeame \xe9t\xe9 ind\xe9pendant de la ville principale pendant un certain temps, pour finalement \xeatre r\xe9habilit\xe9 comme endroit touristique lors du dernier si\xe8cle. Et il porte bien s\xfbr les marques de toutes ces trans
formations.\\n\\nEn particulier, le seigneur avait interdit l\u2019implantation d\u2019un relais en remplacement de l\u2019arbre-monde d\xe9truit. Un relais pirate fut donc cr\xe9\xe9, cach\xe9 au fond d\u2019un puits d\xe9saffect\xe9, en exp\xe9rimentant avec des plantes tr\xe8s r\xe9sistantes pour compenser les conditions difficiles.\\nC\u2019est toujours lui qui assure la protection du quartier aujourd\u2019hui. Il y a m\xeame un \xe9criteau devant le puits pour pr\xe9ciser ce fait. Et une grille, pour emp\xeacher les gens de tomber dedans.\\n\\nLa gardienne l\u2019ouvre \xe0 {{name}}.\\n\xab\xa0Bon courage. Personne n\u2019est descendu l\xe0-dedans depuis des ann\xe9es. Trop dangereux.\xa0\xbb\\nLes \xe9chelons m\xe9talliques rouill\xe9s qui descendent vers les profondeurs n\u2019incitent effectivement pas \xe0 la confiance. Surtout que certains semblent manquer.","alecto":"Une vie de pratique en milieu urbain a appris \xe0 Alecto \xe0 d\xe9coller et \xe0 atterrir avec tr\xe8s peu d\u2019\xe9lan, presque
 \xe0 la verticale, ainsi qu\u2019\xe0 planer dans des espaces \xe9troits et bas de plafond.\\nElle ex\xe9cute un d\xe9but de chute contr\xf4l\xe9e dans le puits, en laissant les \xe9chelons \xe0 port\xe9e de main, remonte en battant des ailes pour v\xe9rifier qu\u2019elle a bien la place de man\u0153uvrer, puis, rassur\xe9e, se laisse planer jusqu\u2019au fond.","tekeli":"Tekeli \xe9tend un long pseudopode aplati vers l\u2019\xe9chelon suivant, accroissant l\u2019adh\xe9sivit\xe9 de son membre pour s\u2019assurer une prise solide sur la surface irr\xe9guli\xe8re. Puis elle passe au suivant, et descend ainsi lentement, prudemment.\\nElle pourrait probablement s\u2019accrocher au mur lui-m\xeame et se passer compl\xe8tement de l\u2019\xe9chelle en poussant ses capacit\xe9s \xe0 leurs limites, mais elle n\u2019a aucune raison de s\u2019\xe9puiser inutilement ainsi, d\u2019autant que cela lui rappelle de mauvais souvenirs de cours de sport.","success":"Le fond du puits est envahi par une plante difforme, un m\x
e9li-m\xe9lo de racines et de branches tordues qui a pouss\xe9 comme il a pu dans cet espace restreint pour capter un maximum de lumi\xe8re et d\u2019eau.\\nC\u2019est le relais maison de ce quartier, et il est \xe9tonnamment vigoureux \xe0 d\xe9faut d\u2019\xeatre joli.\\n\\nToutefois, il est aussi couvert d\u2019une couche de pi\xe8ces de monnaie, de cannettes \xe9cras\xe9es, de m\xe9gots de cigarette, bref de tout ce qui a pu \xeatre balanc\xe9 \xe0 travers la grille du puits au cours de la d\xe9cennie pass\xe9e, et cette gangue directement coll\xe9e au bois r\xe9duit son efficacit\xe9.\\nLa b\xe9n\xe9vole remonte chercher des outils d\u2019entretien et des sacs-poubelles, et le grand nettoyage commence.","failure":"Malgr\xe9 tous ses efforts, {{name}} ne parvient pas \xe0 trouver une solution pour contourner le probl\xe8me et s\u2019en retourne d\xe9pit\xe9e."},"rich":"Le quartier r\xe9sidentiel moderne est une succession de petits pavillons tous construits sur le m\xeame mod\xe8le et diff\xe9renci\xe9s 
\xe0 la marge, par la couleur des volets, le mod\xe8le du portail du jardin, la pr\xe9sence de fleurs sous les fen\xeatres.\\nSon relais spirituel prend la forme d\u2019un \xe9pais marronnier au centre du rond-point qui en d\xe9fend l\u2019acc\xe8s. Personne ne semble s\u2019en occuper, mais personne ne l\u2019emb\xeate non plus, et il se d\xe9brouille plut\xf4t bien tout seul.\\nLes bandelettes pS confirment cette impression, avec un niveau de protection \xe0 \xab\xa0tr\xe8s bon\xa0\xbb, ce qui largement suffisant.","bank":{"default":"Le quartier d\u2019affaires a beau \xeatre toujours consid\xe9r\xe9 comme neuf, il est en r\xe9alit\xe9 sorti de terre voil\xe0 plusieurs d\xe9cennies, et son principal bosquet spirituel date de cette p\xe9riode. Soit apr\xe8s que les relais aient commenc\xe9 \xe0 \xeatre standardis\xe9s, mais avant que la r\xe9glementation ne soit strictement appliqu\xe9e, et \xe0 une p\xe9riode o\xf9 la mode \xe9tait de cacher ces protections dont on s\u2019attendait \xe0 ce qu\u2019elles so
ient bient\xf4t d\xe9su\xe8tes et remplac\xe9es par une alternative plus moderne.\\n\\nAutrement dit, l\u2019arbre a \xe9t\xe9 tant bien que mal int\xe9gr\xe9 dans l\u2019une des compositions artistiques qui \xe9maillent le lieu, sous la forme d\u2019un saule contraint et taill\xe9 pour adopter une silhouette et un visage suppos\xe9ment ang\xe9lique. De l\u2019avis des passants, le r\xe9sultat est assez terrifiant le soir dans la p\xe9nombre.\\nToutefois, en-dehors de cet aspect esth\xe9tique discutable, il est parfaitement entretenu, comme tout dans le quartier, et les bandelettes renvoient un vert bien p\xe9tant quel que soit l\u2019endroit o\xf9 elles sont coll\xe9es.","rashomon":"\u2013 \xc7a c\u2019est de la col\xe8re de premier choix. T\u2019es s\xfbre que t\u2019es pas une b\xe9lial\xa0?\\nRashomon n\u2019a pas besoin de baisser les yeux pour examiner celle qui harangue ici car elle l\xe9vite \xe0 deux bons m\xe8tres du sol, nonchalamment allong\xe9e sur l\u2019air. Son apparence est celle d\u2019une 
oni diaphane drap\xe9e dans une robe moulante dor\xe9e. Rashomon sait cependant pertinemment que l\u2019autre lui montre ce qu\u2019elle veut et non ce qu\u2019elle est.\\n\\n\u2013 Je ne connais pas bien mon arbre g\xe9n\xe9alogique, donc peut-\xeatre bien. Enchant\xe9e, je m\u2019appelle Rashomon et\u2026\\n\u2013 C\u2019est bon, c\u2019est bon, l\u2019interrompt l\u2019\xeatre. En vrai, ta vie, je m\u2019en fiche. Est-ce que tu comptes casser des trucs oui ou non\xa0?\\n\u2013 Non.\\n\u2013 S\xe9rieux\xa0? C\u2019est du gaspillage. De la bonne col\xe8re comme \xe7a, faut en faire quelque chose.\\n\\nInsensible \xe0 de telles piques, Rashomon s\u2019efforce d\u2019orienter la conversation vers un terrain productif\xa0:\\n\u2013 Tu es une d\xe9monique n\u2019est-ce pas\xa0? Une mammon logiquement dans ce secteur. Est-ce que\u2026\\n\u2013 Non.\\nEt elle dispara\xeet dans une explosion de paillettes.\\n\\n\xc9videmment. Les d\xe9moniques pures ne sont pas connues pour leur patience. Si ce n\u2019est ni une s
ource de nourriture, ni une d\u2019amusement, ni un danger, cela ne les int\xe9resse pas.\\nIls n\u2019en restent pas moins des \xeatres aussi puissants qu\u2019ils sont capricieux. Et bien difficile \xe0 \xe9radiquer. Rashomon se demande quelle t\xeate ferait la S\xe9curit\xe9 si elle savait qu\u2019une de leurs repr\xe9sentantes se cache ici, en plein milieu du quartier le plus prot\xe9g\xe9 de la ville.","spirit":"Le relais fait techniquement son travail. Il emp\xeache bien les esprits de venir d\u2019ailleurs.\\nCependant, imposer une forme humano\xefde \xe0 un v\xe9g\xe9tal fortement charg\xe9 spirituellement dans un environnement pseudo-religieux, n\u2019est pas une id\xe9e particuli\xe8rement maligne. C\u2019est m\xeame le mode d\u2019emploi exact pour inviter ou g\xe9n\xe9rer certains esprits particuli\xe8rement retors.\\n\\nLa mammon est invisible \xe0 la plupart des yeux, et a appris \xe0 se cacher au regard des autres dans le c\u0153ur de l\u2019arbre-statue qui l\u2019a enfant\xe9e. Cependant, l\
u2019observation attentive n\xe9cessaire pour rep\xe9rer d\u2019\xe9ventuelles failles a fini par la r\xe9v\xe9ler, d\u2019autant plus qu\u2019elle est particuli\xe8rement pleine d\u2019\xe9nergie \xe0 l\u2019approche du solstice.\\nElle se mat\xe9rialise dans toute sa gloire cornue sit\xf4t d\xe9couverte, pr\xeate \xe0 en d\xe9coudre d\u2019une fa\xe7on ou d\u2019une autre. Un regard sur la personne l\u2019ayant r\xe9veill\xe9e lui suffit cependant \xe0 comprendre qu\u2019il faut mieux la jouer profil bas.\\n\u2013 Bon. Je suppose que si vous vouliez m\u2019exorciser, ce serait d\xe9j\xe0 fait. Alors qu\u2019est-ce que je peux vous offrir pour que vous fassiez semblant de ne pas m\u2019avoir vue\xa0?\\nApr\xe8s un marchandage de pure forme, elle accepte de se tenir tranquille le jour du solstice, et de s\u2019assurer qu\u2019aucun coll\xe8gue ne profite de l\u2019occasion pour s\u2019infiltrer sur son territoire. Elle comptait tr\xe8s certainement d\xe9j\xe0 mettre en \u0153uvre le second point, mais le pre
mier la fait quelque peu bouder."},"supermarket":{"default":"Le bosquet-relais date de la cr\xe9ation du centre commercial g\xe9ant un demi-si\xe8cle auparavant, et, comme ce dernier, il se porte toujours bien aujourd\u2019hui.\\nIl tr\xf4ne au bout de l\u2019all\xe9e principale, dans un espace d\xe9coratif agr\xe9ment\xe9 d\u2019autres arbres et statues, derri\xe8re un ruban de s\xe9curit\xe9 et un \xe9criteau \xab\xa0Ne pas toucher\xa0\xbb. Une inspection rapide ne r\xe9v\xe8le rien de particulier, et l\u2019\xe9quipe d\u2019entretien confirme qu\u2019il est en pleine forme.","carole":"\u2013 Rainbow Cat\xa0?\\nCarole reporte son attention vers la personne qui lui parle. Un groupe d\u2019ados s\u2019est d\xe9tach\xe9 de la foule du magasin, et la regarde avec de grands yeux.\\n\\nElle d\xe9testait d\xe9j\xe0 ces situations avant d\u2019avoir une \xe9p\xe9e vorpaline au-dessus de la t\xeate. Est-ce que c\u2019est trop demander, \xe0 elle qui joue d\xe9j\xe0 au clown devant sa cam\xe9ra plus de douze heures 
par jour, qu\u2019on la laisse vivre sa vie tranquillement le reste du temps\xa0?\\nAlors aujourd\u2019hui, l\xe0, tout de suite, elle a juste envie de les envoyer bouler d\u2019un geste grossier.\\n\\nMais comme ce n\u2019est quelque chose qu\u2019elle ferait en temps normal, il va bien falloir qu\u2019elle donne le change, comme si de rien n\u2019\xe9tait, comme si elle n\u2019\xe9tait pas compl\xe8tement en train de mourir \xe0 l\u2019int\xe9rieur.\\nSon sourire automatique se met en place, et, d\u2019un geste travaill\xe9, elle passe sa main dans ses cheveux, en faisant dispara\xeetre certains et appara\xeetre d\u2019autres, sa tignasse brune devenant brusquement arc-en-ciel au passage de ses doigts.\\n\u2013 En effet.\\nSourire, serrage de mains, sourire, r\xe9ponses \xe9vasives et courtes aux questions, sourire, autographes, sourire, et au moment opportun, disparition myst\xe9rieuse en laissant une carte de visite derri\xe8re elle."}}},"debrief":{"alecto":"Sit\xf4t rentr\xe9e chez elle, Alecto s\u2019e
ffondre sur son lit. Son mari passe la t\xeate par la porte\xa0:\\n\u2013 Dure journ\xe9e au boulot\xa0?\\n\u2013 J\u2019\xe9tais pas au boulot. On est dimanche.\\n\u2013 Ch\xe9rie, tu es au boulot presque tous les dimanches.\\n\u2013 Et bien pas ce dimanche. Je te l\u2019ai dit, je m\u2019\xe9tais engag\xe9e pour du b\xe9n\xe9volat aujourd\u2019hui.\\n\u2013 Et c\u2019est d\u2019avoir fait le m\xe9nage pour des personnes \xe2g\xe9es qui t\u2019a mis dans cet \xe9tat\xa0?\\n\\n\u2013 C\u2019est un peu plus compliqu\xe9 que \xe7a. Les enfants vont bien\xa0?\\n\u2013 Oui, je les ai eu en visio tout \xe0 l\u2019heure. On a jou\xe9 \xe0 leur jeu de cartes aux couleurs archi-p\xe9tantes et ils m\u2019ont mis un belle racl\xe9e. Ils demandent combien de temps ils vont encore rester chez leurs grand-parents \xe0 la campagne.\\n\u2013 Tu leur as dit quoi\xa0?\\n\u2013 Je suis rest\xe9 \xe9vasif et rassurant, qu\u2019est-ce que tu voulais que je leur dise\xa0? Et ne crois pas que je n\u2019ai pas remarqu\xe9 que toi 
aussi tu esquives les questions. Qu\u2019est-ce qui s\u2019est pass\xe9\xa0?\\n\u2013 J\u2019ai \xe9t\xe9 attaqu\xe9e par une bestiole affam\xe9e.\\n\\n\u2013 Hein\xa0?\\nElle lui raconte.\\n\u2013 Je\u2026 Je ne m\u2019attendais \xe0 ce que des activit\xe9s aussi bateaux pr\xe9sentent un tel danger.\\n\u2013 Tu n\u2019es pas le seul.\\n\u2013 Et\u2026 Euh\u2026 Tu as remont\xe9 le probl\xe8me au responsable\xa0? Je ne sais pas trop qui s\u2019occupe de \xe7a comme c\u2019est une association, mais on ne peut pas laisser passer \xe7a. Il y a clairement des protocoles de s\xe9curit\xe9 qui n\u2019ont pas \xe9t\xe9 respect\xe9s. Tu ne devrais pas avoir \xe0 te mettre en danger pour aider.\\n\u2013 Sur le fond je suis d\u2019accord avec toi ch\xe9ri. Les organisatrices sont au bout du rouleau et ne se rendent plus bien compte de ce qu\u2019elles demandent de leurs b\xe9n\xe9voles.\\n\u2013 Et donc tu vas laisser filer parce que\xa0?\\n\u2013 Regarde par la fen\xeatre.\\n\\n\u2013 Je suis pas s\xfbr de bien suivr
e.\\n\u2013 Fais-le s\u2019il te pla\xeet, tu vas comprendre.\\nIntrigu\xe9, il s\u2019ex\xe9cute. Devant lui se r\xe9v\xe8le la colline sur laquelle se dresse l\u2019arbre-monde. \xc0 ses pieds, les ruines de l\u2019ancienne citadelle m\xe9di\xe9vale, devenue partie du d\xe9cor du parc qui s\u2019\xe9tend jusqu\u2019au pied de la butte.\\nParc qui est presque vide en d\xe9pit du beau temps et de la magnificence du soleil qui se couche derri\xe8re l\u2019arbre-monde. Ses portes sont pourtant grandes ouvertes.\\nIl faut regarder quelques rues plus loin pour comprendre cette absence, remarquer d\u2019un c\xf4t\xe9 la s\xe9rie de barrages sur toutes les voies d\u2019acc\xe8s du quartier, de l\u2019autre le grand nombre d\u2019appartements \xe0 proximit\xe9 aux volets ferm\xe9s, aux fleurs mourantes.\\n\\n\u2013 Les rafles ont encore empir\xe9.\\n\u2013 Oui. Et rappelle-toi qu\u2019on est en th\xe9orie leurs alli\xe9s, ceux \xe0 qui ils n\u2019ont pas de raison r\xe9elle d\u2019en vouloir. \xc0 ton avis, qu\u201
9est-ce que ce qui va se passer si je leur donne un pr\xe9texte pour s\u2019attaquer \xe0 des gens qu\u2019ils n\u2019aiment de base pas\xa0?\\n\u2013 D\xe9sol\xe9. Tu as raison. Un vieux r\xe9flexe. Pendant un instant, j\u2019avais oubli\xe9\u2026\\n\u2013 Tu as bien de la chance.","dejanire-intro":"La nuit est tomb\xe9e depuis longtemps lorsque D\xe9janire p\xe9n\xe8tre dans le local de l\u2019association. Une simple r\xe9serve, o\xf9 s\u2019entasse vieux cartons, journaux jaunis, planches de bois, pots de peinture et de colle, bref, tout ce qu\u2019il faut, \xe0 l\u2019exception notable des outils, pour bricoler un th\xe9\xe2tre de marionnettes en papier m\xe2ch\xe9.\\nElle est la premi\xe8re. Elle ignore si les autres vont venir. En attendant, elle s\u2019effondre dans un coin, ext\xe9nu\xe9e bien au-del\xe0 du raisonnable.","dejanire-failure":"D\xe9janire dort extr\xeamement mal, et l\u2019inconfort de sa couche n\u2019en est pas la seule cause. Elle sait qu\u2019elle a \xe9chou\xe9.\\nElle aura tout te
nt\xe9, jusqu\u2019au bout, mais elle n\u2019avait juste pas assez de mati\xe8re premi\xe8re. Elle a bien envisag\xe9 de retourner en chercher, mais son autorisation de sortie ne s\u2019\xe9talait que sur une poign\xe9e d\u2019heures le dimanche, et impossible de l\u2019\xe9tendre ou d\u2019en avoir une autre.","maharal-failure":"D\xe9janire rouvre brusquement les yeux en sentant un contact sur son \xe9paule.\\nRashomon.\\nSon c\u0153ur fig\xe9 de terreur se remet \xe0 battre. Puis se g\xe8le \xe0 nouveau en remarquant l\u2019expression qu\u2019elle arbore.\\n\u2013 Me dis pas que\u2026\\n\u2013 Si. Ils ont eu Maharal.","maharal-success":"\u2013 On la r\xe9veille\xa0?\\n\u2013 Non. Elle n\u2019a pas dormi de la semaine, pr\xe9parant des d\xe9coctions jusqu\u2019au petit matin toutes les nuits. Son organisme a besoin de sommeil.\\n\u2013 Je m\u2019en veux de pas avoir pu l\u2019aider.\\n\u2013 Elle seule avait les connaissances n\xe9cessaires, et les d\xe9lais \xe9taient beaucoup trop courts pour qu\u2019elle
 puisse former quelqu\u2019un pour l\u2019aider en parall\xe8le de la pr\xe9paration.\\n\u2013 Je connais le rationnel derri\xe8re cette d\xe9cision. Mais \xe7a ne change rien \xe0 mes sentiments.\\n\\nSur ces mots, Rashomon laisse \xe9chapper un m\xe9lange entre un soupir, un grognement et un cri de rage, avant de s\u2019avachir sur une pile de cartons. Maharal la regarde d\u2019un air sceptique\xa0:\\n\u2013 Toi aussi tu aurais aussi bien besoin de sommeil.\\n\u2013 \xc7a aussi je le sais. Mais D\xe9j\u2019 n\u2019est pas la seule que la S\xe9curit\xe9 essaye de tuer d\u2019\xe9puisement.\\n\u2013 \xc7a c\u2019est bien pass\xe9 de ton c\xf4t\xe9 d\u2019ailleurs\xa0?\\n\\nRashomon sort un ordinateur portable de sa sacoche, le d\xe9verouille et le pose \xe0 c\xf4t\xe9 d\u2019elle\xa0:\\n\u2013 Si y\u2019a quoi que ce soit, \xe7a devrait pas tarder \xe0 appara\xeetre.\\n\u2013 Alors dors toi aussi. Je surveille.\\n\\nRashomon h\xe9site \xe0 lui r\xe9torquer qu\u2019elle a encore beaucoup trop de travail pour 
\xe7a, mais elle est bien trop \xe9puis\xe9e pour refuser une telle offre, qu\u2019elle le veuille ou non. Poussant un grognement vaguement affirmatif, elle se laisse sombrer dans un \xe9tat de semi-conscience.\\n\\nMaharal elle conserve les yeux riv\xe9s sur l\u2019\xe9cran, pour l\u2019instant encore vierge de toute notification.","rashomon-success":"Lorsque Rashomon se r\xe9veille quelques heures plus tard, son corps lui reproche \xe0 grands cris la courtesse et l\u2019inconfort de ce repos. Ces complaintes physiologiques ne parviennent cependant pas \xe0 entamer la bonne humeur qui s\u2019empare d\u2019elle lorsqu\u2019elle constate n\u2019avoir re\xe7u que des messages administratifs ordinaires.\\n\u2013 C\u2019est bon. Y\u2019a pas eu de probl\xe8me, et donc on aura pas de probl\xe8me. J\u2019ai r\xe9ussi \xe0 n\xe9gocier sec cette semaine, ils vont tenir parole ce coup-ci.\\n\\nMaharal l\u2019observe, dubitative.\\n\u2013 Je suis heureuse d\u2019apprendre que tu as d\xfb faire des pieds et des mains p
our \xe9viter qu\u2019il nous envoie la troupe alors m\xeame qu\u2019il n\u2019y a eu aucun incident.\\n\u2013 Le sarcasme n\u2019a jamais am\xe9lior\xe9 la situation, lui r\xe9torque Rashomon, plus violemment qu\u2019elle ne l\u2019aurait voulu, ses nerfs \xe0 peine apais\xe9s par ce court repos.\\n\u2013 Parce que ce qu\u2019on fait, \xe7a change les choses\xa0? lance une D\xe9janire \xe0 son tour \xe9veill\xe9e par leurs \xe9clats de voix. On doit se battre nuit et jour juste pour maintenir le statu quo. \xc7a n\u2019a pas de sens.\\n\u2013 J\u2019ai pas dit que c\u2019\xe9tait g\xe9nial. Mais on sauve des vies.\\n\\n\u2013 Pour le moment. \xc7a peut pas tenir. On a toujours moins de moyens et plus de restrictions. C\u2019est d\xe9j\xe0 un miracle que les s\xe9rums que j\u2019ai bricol\xe9 avec trois plantes et des restes n\u2019aient tu\xe9 personne.\\n\u2013 Ils cherchent \xe0 nous pousser \xe0 la faute sur tous les fronts, m\xeame les plus minables. J\u2019ai encore d\xfb remplir un pav\xe9 suppl\xe9me
ntaire de paperasse ce matin.\\n\u2013 Qu\u2019est-ce que vous proposez\xa0? Qu\u2019on se batte et que tout le monde se fasse tuer\xa0?","werebeasts":"C\u2019est la pleine lune, et comme \xe0 chaque pleine lune, le couvre-feu est en vigueur. Seuls les agents de la S\xe9curit\xe9 arpentent les rues, \xe0 pied et en voiture.\\n\\nSoudain, l\u2019alerte est donn\xe9e, et voitures et hommes convergent vers un point pr\xe9cis, encerclant compl\xe8tement une ruelle r\xe9sidentielle.\\nEn sous-v\xeatements, rendu blafard par la lumi\xe8re aveuglante des phares crois\xe9s, le garou semble s\u2019\xeatre \xe9chapp\xe9 d\u2019un h\xf4pital. De la bave s\u2019\xe9chappe de sa museli\xe8re mal ajust\xe9e et du sang coule de son bras droit, au niveau de la jonction de la cha\xeene bris\xe9e.\\n\\nUne s\xe9rie de rafales retentit dans la nuit. Puis les hommes de la S\xe9curit\xe9 ouvrent une enqu\xeate pour d\xe9terminer l\u2019identit\xe9 du fauteur de troubles, et donc savoir \xe0 qui envoyer la facture pour le nettoya
ge de la rue.","book-burning":"Dans la biblioth\xe8que, c\u2019est la panique. Les employ\xe9s, et quelques usagers courageusement rest\xe9s, vident fr\xe9n\xe9tiquement les rayons, jetant les livres dans des cartons qu\u2019ils emm\xe8nent ensuite, au pas de course, jusqu\u2019\xe0 leurs v\xe9hicules personnels.\\nD\xe9j\xe0 au coin de la rue les camionnettes de la S\xe9curit\xe9 se profilent. Le tuyau anonyme re\xe7u une demi-heure auparavant \xe9tait bien vrai, m\xeame si trop tardif. Seule une minuscule fraction des ouvrages, pourtant pas si nombreux, a eu le temps d\u2019\xeatre \xe9vacu\xe9e.\\n\\nMaharal abandonne ceux qu\u2019elle tient \xe0 la main et se redresse de toute sa taille.\\n\u2013 Je vais les retenir. Sauvez tout ce qui peut l\u2019\xeatre.\\nQuelques hochements de t\xeate r\xe9pondent \xe0 sa d\xe9claration, mais rien de plus. L\u2019heure est trop grave pour les paroles inutiles.\\n\\nLa biblioth\xe9caire marche d\u2019un pas plus lourd qu\u2019\xe0 l\u2019ordinaire en direction de la p
orte d\u2019entr\xe9e, s\u2019autorisant juste un d\xe9tour pour plonger sa main dans les plantes vertes et absorber jusqu\u2019\xe0 la derni\xe8re poussi\xe8re de terreau. Ce n\u2019est pas de l\u2019argile, mais tout suppl\xe9ment de masse est bon \xe0 prendre pour ce qu\u2019elle compte faire.\\nElle sort, s\u2019avance au milieu de la chauss\xe9e prudemment d\xe9sert\xe9e \xe0 l\u2019approche des v\xe9hicules blind\xe9s. Chacun sait ce qu\u2019il va se passer. Ils vont bloquer la route autour du b\xe2timent, exiger que tous les livres leur soient remis, en raison du danger qu\u2019ils pr\xe9sentent, laissant la biblioth\xe8que exsangue. Encore une fois.\\nLe parking dispose d\u2019une autre issue, dans la rue adjacente, qu\u2019ils ne connaissent normalement pas encore. Reste \xe0 les occuper pour qu\u2019ils se rendent compte de la supercherie le plus tard possible.\\n\\nLa premi\xe8re obstruction est bureaucratique. Exiger de voir leur mandat. Demander des explications suppl\xe9mentaires, le d\xe9tail 
des incidents. Ensuite, mendier, supplier, grappiller des secondes d\u2019h\xe9sitation avant qu\u2019ils ne se d\xe9cident \xe0 passer en force.\\n\\nEt, enfin, quand ils passent, bien trop vite, \xe0 des m\xe9thodes muscl\xe9es et bousculent cette grosse biblioth\xe9caire geignarde qui leur bloque le chemin\u2026 Cogner.\\n\\nMaharal n\u2019est pas une combattante. Mais elle p\xe8se son poids en roches tendres, et ses coups, \xe0 d\xe9faut de faire grand mal aux soldats derri\xe8re leur tenue de protection dernier cri, les repoussent au moins temporairement. Sa nature fait aussi que leurs armes ordinaires de maintien de l\u2019ordre sont peu efficaces.\\nPass\xe9e la surprise, un tir d\u2019artillerie lourde en provenance des camions met cependant vite fin \xe0 sa d\xe9risoire r\xe9sistance.","bad-reports":"La premi\xe8re notification clignote \xe0 l\u2019aube. Puis les rapports s\u2019encha\xeenent sans discontinuer\xa0:\\n\\n<ul>\\n  <li>Une voiture de patrouille a tourn\xe9 au coin d\u2019une rue et per
sonne ne l\u2019a jamais revue.</li>\\n  <li>Un haut grad\xe9 s\u2019est \xe9vapor\xe9 alors qu\u2019il se trouvait dans son appartement ferm\xe9 \xe0 cl\xe9 de l\u2019int\xe9rieur, laissant derri\xe8re lui ses v\xeatements.</li>\\n  <li>Des coups de feu dans la nuit, des agents disparus, sans m\xeame la moindre douille pour comprendre ce qui s\u2019est pass\xe9.</li>\\n</ul>\\n\\n\xc0 partir du milieu de la matin\xe9e, les messages commencent \xe0 parler de repr\xe9sailles, imm\xe9diates, sous forme de rafles contre les personnes fich\xe9es comme spirituellement potentes.\\n\\nEnfin tombe un mail personnellement destin\xe9 \xe0 l\u2019attention de Rashomon.\\n\\nSa convocation.","tekeli":"Les yeux riv\xe9s \xe0 l\u2019\xe9cran, les doigts pos\xe9s sur le clavier fr\xe9quemment agit\xe9s d\u2019une s\xe9rie de battements fr\xe9n\xe9tiques, l\u2019arri\xe8re du cr\xe2ne log\xe9 dans un des pseudopodes de l\u2019interface Migo qui pend au plafond de la vaste pi\xe8ce, les observateurs surveillent les r\xeaves 
du ghetto. Ils sont plus d\u2019une centaine, tous humains ou biologiquement tr\xe8s proches de l\u2019humain.\\n\\nAu tout d\xe9but, les rlyehiens majeurs assuraient eux-m\xeames la surveillance et la neutralisation des personnalit\xe9s de mauvaise moralit\xe9, au cas par cas. Avec l\u2019accroissement du cheptel en leur noble gr\xe2ce, il a fallu passer \xe0 un syst\xe8me moins individualis\xe9, capable de grandir naturellement en parall\xe8le du nombre de suspects.\\n\\nLa main de la justice d\xe9pend dor\xe9navant d\u2019un autre service, et Howard sait parfaitement qu\u2019il n\u2019est pas de bon ton de chercher \xe0 savoir ce qui s\u2019y passe. L\u2019information elle vient d\u2019ici, de ces \xeatres connect\xe9s au r\xe9seau onirique par une alliance technologique d\u2019exception. Dans leurs t\xeates d\xe9filent en continu les r\xeaves des habitants de la portion de quartier qui leur est affect\xe9e. Tout ce qui est suspect est m\xe9ticuleusement not\xe9, et les donn\xe9es ainsi acquises sont trai
t\xe9es en direct \xe0 l\u2019\xe9tage inf\xe9rieur.\\n\\nQui est malheureusement celui dont il a la charge, par opposition \xe0 la merveille qu\u2019il est mont\xe9 contempler. Las, le devoir l\u2019appelant, il doit reprendre l\u2019ascenseur pour y retourner.\\n\\nL\xe0 o\xf9 la salle Morph\xe9e est frappante de modernit\xe9 et d\u2019uniformit\xe9, avec ses postes de travail tous identiques et ses employ\xe9s d\xe9lib\xe9r\xe9ment interchangeables, la salle Ma\xe2t ressemble \xe0 n\u2019importe quel entassement de gratte-papiers tel qu\u2019on en trouvait d\xe9j\xe0 dans la d\xe9cadente administration pr\xe9c\xe9dente. Des personnes d\u2019origines vari\xe9es que la fortune a pouss\xe9 en ces lieux, passant leurs journ\xe9es \xe0 croiser dans d\u2019archa\xefques feuilles de calcul de confuses donn\xe9es oniriques avec celles de fiches administratives et polici\xe8res, de fa\xe7on \xe0 identifier pr\xe9cis\xe9ment les \xe9l\xe9ments ind\xe9sirables.\\n\\nCela d\xe9go\xfbte un peu Howard de devoir chapeau
ter tous ces incivilis\xe9s, et si cela ne tenait qu\u2019\xe0 lui il les remplacerait bien tous par des humains, ou, \xe0 la rigueur, des formians. Ces gens-l\xe0 comprennent l\u2019autorit\xe9 et le respect qui lui est d\xfb au moins. C\u2019est d\u2019ailleurs pour cela qu\u2019ils sont du bon c\xf4t\xe9 du canon, le leur, dans cette guerre entre l\u2019ordre et la pagaille.\\n\\nMais bon, ces sous-\xeatres ne co\xfbtent pas chers, et autant faire des \xe9conomies l\xe0 o\xf9 \xe7a ne se voit pas trop de l\u2019ext\xe9rieur.\\n\\nHoward retourne \xe0 son poste, un ordinateur qui lui permet d\u2019observer ce qui se passe sur les ordinateurs des autres. Il passe distraitement de poste en poste, traquant le moindre signe de farniente.\\n\\nL\u2019une des slimes est en train de plancher sur un cas int\xe9ressant. Des pics nihilistes particuli\xe8rement forts de la part d\u2019individus d\xe9j\xe0 r\xe9pertori\xe9s. Si le cas est confirm\xe9, \xe7a sent bon pour sa prime.\\nZut. Faux positifs engendr\xe9s par
 les parasites psychiques du solstice. Dommage.\\n\\nEt, tandis que son patron continue d\u2019\xeatre un idiot, l\u2019op\xe9ratrice Tekeli n\u2019a de cesse d\u2019inventer de nouvelles excuses cr\xe9dibles aux imprudences oniriques de Rashomon, D\xe9janire et des autres.","endings":{"bad":"\u2013 Il y a eu des incidents. Ce n\u2019est pas ce que nous avions convenu.\\n\\nRashomon acquiesce, mal \xe0 l\u2019aise dans la petite pi\xe8ce, seule sous l\u2019\u0153il des cam\xe9ras face au porte-parole de la S\xe9curit\xe9.\\n\u2013 Nous avons fait l\u2019impossible, et m\xeame plus. Cependant, nos moyens sont limit\xe9s, et les probl\xe8mes nombreux et complexes.\\n\u2013 Je me fiche de vos excuses. Si vous n\u2019\xeates pas capable de tenir vos engagements, notre accord est caduc.\\n\\nRashomon laisse la foudre tomber, le tonnerre tonner, puis elle prend sa plus belle voix conciliante\xa0:\\n\u2013 Je suis certaine qu\u2019il y a encore moyen de s\u2019arranger.\\n\\nSinon nous ne serions pas ici en train d
e discuter, se retient-elle \xe0 grande peine d\u2019ajouter.\\n\\n\u2013 Je ne saurais le dire. Cela d\xe9pend de vous. De ce que vous \xeates pr\xeats \xe0 mettre sur la table pour regagner notre confiance.\\n\\nIl n\u2019\xe9nonce pas tout de suite ses demandes, la laisse mariner un peu dans son jus. Rashomon garde de m\xeame le silence, sachant pertinemment que tout ce qu\u2019elle pourrait proposer ne ferait que s\u2019ajouter \xe0 ce qu\u2019ils d\xe9sirent r\xe9ellement en ce jour.\\n\\nAu bout d\u2019un long moment, l\u2019homme craque et abat ses cartes le premier\xa0:\\n\u2013 En raison d\u2019un contexte d\xe9favorable, une p\xe9nurie de certaines denr\xe9es est \xe0 craindre. Il nous faudrait des personnes motiv\xe9es pour informer la population \xe0 ce sujet, les rassurer, \xe9viter qu\u2019ils ne fassent des b\xeatises.\\n\\nRashomon avale p\xe9niblement cette nouvelle couleuvre.\\n\u2013 Je devrais pouvoir trouver quelques b\xe9n\xe9voles pour cette t\xe2che. J\u2019aimerais juste que cela ne 
passe pas par l\u2019association.\\n\u2013 Je comprends tout \xe0 fait. L\u2019humanitaire doit rester distinct du politique.\\n\\nL\u2019ironie de cette r\xe9plique, jet\xe9e \xe0 sa figure alors qu\u2019elle est l\xe0, justement en train d\u2019accepter de faire le sale boulot au lieu de v\xe9ritablement aider des gens, manque de la faire sortir de ses gonds.\\n\\nPuis son esprit logique se rappelle qu\u2019au moindre mouvement d\u2019humeur de sa part, ce sont des centaines de personnes qui en subiront les cons\xe9quences. Alors elle serre les poings et les dents tr\xe8s fort tandis que son interlocuteur reprend la litanie de ses exigences\xa0:\\n\u2013 Humanitaire justement. Plusieurs cas de fi\xe8vre maligne ont \xe9t\xe9 rep\xe9r\xe9s dans le quartier nord. Il faudrait que quelqu\u2019un s\u2019occupe des soins, voire des vaccins, sinon nous serons contraints de mettre en quarantaine la zone pour \xe9viter une \xe9pid\xe9mie\u2026","respite":"Dans un premier temps, seul un silence pesant lui r\xe9pond.
\\n\\nPuis, D\xe9janire finit par reprendre la parole, d\u2019une voix suppliante\xa0:\\n\u2013 Je suis certaine qu\u2019il y a quelque chose qui nous a \xe9chapp\xe9. Une opportunit\xe9, une possibilit\xe9. On peut pas juste en \xeatre r\xe9duites \xe0 \xe9teindre des incendies un par un alors que tout br\xfble autour de nous.\\n\u2013 On peut \xe9ventuellement esp\xe9rer une aide ext\xe9rieure, lorsque la configuration g\xe9opolitique aura chang\xe9.\\n\u2013 Et en attendant\xa0?\\n\u2013 En attendant, on continue \xe0 faire ce qu\u2019on peut. Pour tenir jusque l\xe0.","hope":"\u2013 Leur force, c\u2019est qu\u2019ils sont alli\xe9s aux rlyehiens.\\n\u2013 \xab\xa0M\xeame dans vos r\xeaves, vous \xeates surveill\xe9s.\xa0\xbb\\n\u2013 Vu que je r\xeave de les \xe9trangler chaque nuit en ce moment, je suis pas s\xfbr que cela marche aussi bien qu\u2019ils le pr\xe9tendent.\\n\u2013 On a sans doute eu du bol jusqu\u2019ici. Mais leurs pouvoirs sont r\xe9els, et ce n\u2019est pas avec un chapeau en aluminium
 qu\u2019on va les arr\xeater.\\n\u2013 Il nous faudrait quelque chose d\u2019au moins aussi costaud \xe0 leur opposer.\\n\\n\u2013 Tu penses aux quelques factions mineures qu\u2019ils ont rejet\xe9es, comme les Masques\xa0? C\u2019est pas vraiment les plus costauds de la bande. Et la plupart des gens les d\xe9testent presque autant, par amalgame.\\n\u2013 Non. Je pense aux autres puissantes familles spirituelles. Celles sur lesquelles on en sait encore moins. Les c\xe9lestes. Les chthoniens. Les revenants.\\n\u2013 Dieu, le Diable, la Mort, et leurs sujets. Ins\xe9rez les pluriels n\xe9cessaires selon votre religion.\\n\\n\u2013 Ils sont toujours rest\xe9s prudemment neutres, sachant que de toute fa\xe7on ils risquaient pas grand-chose. Qu\u2019est-ce qui les ferait changer d\u2019avis aujourd\u2019hui\xa0?\\n\u2013 Ils sont plus proches de nous qu\u2019ils veulent bien l\u2019admettre. On se retrouve souvent \xe0 en croiser lors de nos errements. Beaucoup trop souvent pour que ce soit purement accidentel. 
Je ne pense pas qu\u2019ils soient aussi d\xe9tach\xe9s de tout cela qu\u2019ils ne le pr\xe9tendent.\\n\\nRashamon se l\xe8ve.\\n\u2013 Tu t\u2019en vas\xa0?\\n\u2013 Oui. Je ne veux rien entendre de plus \xe0 ce sujet.\\n\\nDeux regards courrouc\xe9s se posent sur elle.\\n\\n\u2013 Quoi qu\u2019il arrive, je vais devoir continuer \xe0 m\u2019agiter partout pendant encore un certain temps, ne serait-ce que pour donner le change. Alors moins j\u2019en saurais, moins je risque de r\xe9v\xe9ler quelque chose.\\n\\nUne lueur malsaine brille dans ses yeux, celle de mois d\u2019une rage accumul\xe9e et m\xe9ticuleusement refoul\xe9e\xa0:\\n\u2013 Mais quand \xe7a p\xe9tera, croyez bien que je serai en premi\xe8re ligne."}},"forest":{"introduction":{"part-1":"La for\xeat o\xf9 D\xe9janire compte se rendre n\u2019est pas un petit bois de proche banlieue, mais une vaste r\xe9serve naturelle \xe0 plusieurs heures de route.\\n\\nElle y am\xe8ne son petit groupe \xe0 l\u2019aide de son minibus personnel, ais\xe9ment re
connaissable \xe0 son habitacle dimensionn\xe9 pour sa conductrice, tandis que chaque passager profite du trajet pour parcourir la documentation que la pharmacienne leur a pr\xe9par\xe9e\xa0: des carnets, chacun remis dans un panier en osier, dans lesquels ont \xe9t\xe9 d\xe9coup\xe9s et coll\xe9s des impressions d\u2019articles encyclop\xe9diques, les passages importants surlign\xe9s dans des couleurs fluo, avec \xe0 chaque fois en vis-\xe0-vis un exemplaire s\xe9ch\xe9 de la fleur en question.\\n\\nEn compl\xe9ment de ces herbiers faits main sont mises \xe0 disposition quelques brochures touristiques expliquant \xe0 quel point ces bois sont id\xe9aux pour une sortie familiale r\xe9ussie. Les atouts sugg\xe9r\xe9s sont l\u2019authenticit\xe9 et l\u2019historicit\xe9 du lieu, l\u2019endroit h\xe9bergeant des communaut\xe9s f\xe9eriques depuis l\u2019Antiquit\xe9, la beaut\xe9 farouche de certains sous-bois intouch\xe9s par la civilisation (avec un petit commentaire \xab\xa0Pour votre s\xe9curit\xe9, faites-v
ous accompagner d\u2019un guide agr\xe9\xe9.\xa0\xbb) et un parcours de sport flambant de neuf.","part-2":"Pendant que cela lit avec plus ou moins d\u2019attention, le paysage d\xe9file. Il ne faut qu\u2019une demi-heure pour que la ville et les points de contr\xf4le laissent place \xe0 la campagne d\xe9serte. Deux bonnes heures suppl\xe9mentaires sont ensuite n\xe9cessaires pour que la nature domestiqu\xe9e laisse la place \xe0 son pendant sauvage.\\n\\nEnfin, la route se met \xe0 monter brusquement, le soleil dispara\xeet \xe0 la vue derri\xe8re une \xe9paisse rang\xe9e d\u2019arbres, et apr\xe8s un petit moment \xe0 l\u2019ombre le v\xe9hicule s\u2019arr\xeate sur un parking vide au milieu de rien.","part-3":"D\xe9janire s\u2019extrait p\xe9niblement de son si\xe8ge, les jambes ankylos\xe9es, et fait un dernier point avec son petit groupe\xa0:\\n\\n\xab\xa0Tout le monde a bien un GPS r\xe9actif sur son portable\xa0? Tout le monde a du r\xe9seau\xa0? Tout le monde a mon num\xe9ro\xa0?\xa0\xbb\\n\\nAcquiesc
ement de sa minuscule troupe, qui confirme que m\xeame ici, au milieu de rien, cette corde-l\xe0 les relie toujours \xe0 la civilisation.\\n\\n\xab\xa0Bien. Comme le temps nous est compt\xe9, nous allons nous s\xe9parer pour couvrir un maximum de terrain. Rendez-vous ici m\xeame dans quatre heures avec tout ce que vous aurez pu r\xe9cup\xe9rer. Si vous avez le moindre p\xe9pin, appelez-moi imm\xe9diatement. La zone ne devrait pas comporter le moindre danger, mais cela reste un territoire sauvage, restez donc vigilantes.\\n\\nIl y a quatre plantes qui nous int\xe9ressent aujourd\u2019hui\xa0: l\u2019aconit, l\u2019arnica, la belladone et la morelle.\\nElles sont toutes toxiques, avec des virulences et des effets secondaires vari\xe9s, je vous d\xe9conseille donc de les m\xe2chonner. Vous pouvez en revanche les toucher sans risque.\\nAucune de ces plantes n\u2019est menac\xe9e, aussi n\u2019h\xe9sitez pas \xe0 en cueillir autant que vous le pouvez.\xa0\xbb","ceto":"Apr\xe8s avoir compuls\xe9 son propre carnet,
 C\xe9to fait claquer sa langue contre son palais, produisant un son tr\xe8s particulier qui provoque un silence instantan\xe9 dans le v\xe9hicule. Elle laisse le malaise planer pendant de longues secondes avant d\u2019enfin le dissiper en prenant la parole\xa0:\\n\u2013 Du fluo vraiment\xa0?\\n\u2013 Les cahiers datent de l\u2019\xe9poque o\xf9 l\u2019association organisait surtout des activit\xe9s de d\xe9couverte pour la jeunesse, lui r\xe9pond la conductrice, sa voix charg\xe9e des tonalit\xe9s glaciales du \xab\xa0je ne veux pas en parler, alors continue l\xe0-dessus \xe0 tes risques et p\xe9rils\xa0\xbb.\\n\\nFace \xe0 un tel blizzard, C\xe9to d\xe9cide pour une fois de mettre en veilleuse son cinglant cynisme et se reprend piteusement\xa0:\\n\u2013 D\xe9sol\xe9. Je sais que tu tenais \xe0 ces activit\xe9s.\\n\u2013 Ne t\u2019excuse pas. Ce n\u2019est pas de ta faute si on a d\xfb se recentrer sur d\u2019autres priorit\xe9s.\\n\\nC\xe9to grimace. La ranc\u0153ur derri\xe8re les paroles polic\xe9es de D
\xe9janire est intense. Et presque sur le point de d\xe9border. Elle risque de craquer et de faire une b\xeatise tr\xe8s bient\xf4t.\\nEt si m\xeame elle, avec son naturel calme et pos\xe9, n\u2019en peut plus, les autres ne vont pas tenir tr\xe8s longtemps non plus.\\n\\nEt C\xe9to n\u2019arrive \xe0 envisager aucun sc\xe9nario o\xf9 l\u2019histoire finirait bien avec un postulat pareil.\\nPour dissiper la tension qu\u2019elle per\xe7oit maintenant dans l\u2019habitacle, la conductrice finit par ajouter, avec un sourire en coin forc\xe9 qui se refl\xe8te dans le r\xe9troviseur\xa0:\\n\u2013 Et puis, \xe0 titre personnel, j\u2019aime beaucoup le fluo.","camilla":"La voiture est \xe0 peine gar\xe9e que Camilla saute \xe0 terre et se laisse fondre tout enti\xe8re dans l\u2019atmosph\xe8re de ce territoire inconnu, remontant en esprit bruits, odeurs, \xe9motions, jusqu\u2019\xe0 leurs sources lointaines, au-del\xe0 des rideaux d\u2019arbres. Il est primordial pour elle de d\xe9terminer au plus vite les jeux de 
pouvoir de son nouvel environnement, avant d\u2019entreprendre la moindre action susceptible de f\xe2cher un gros poisson.\\nSa prudence se r\xe9v\xe8le cependant superflue. Ni Shub\u2019 ni aucune autre puissance majeure n\u2019ont d\u2019attaches fortes avec cet endroit.\\n\\nCela s\u2019explique sans doute par la pr\xe9sence d\u2019un protectorat Seelie sur la fa\xe7ade orientale. Bien que personnage de second plan au jeu des dominions, Titania a toujours su jouer des rivalit\xe9s et des vassalit\xe9s pour \xeatre tranquille en ses terres.\\nIl ne s\u2019agit toutefois que d\u2019une cour mineure, minimale, un avant-poste de peu d\u2019int\xe9r\xeat. La moiti\xe9 occidentale des bois a d\u2019ailleurs totalement \xe9chapp\xe9 \xe0 leur contr\xf4le pour retomber dans la sauvagerie. Elle pue le grand carnivore en son domaine, sang et urine sans la moindre once de sentience.\\n\\nEn-dehors de ces deux royaumes oppos\xe9s, rien \xe0 signaler. Quelques autres pr\xe9sences clignotent bien \xe0 la limite de ses 
sens, mais, \xe0 cette distance leur aura se d\xe9tache trop peu de leur environnement pour les localiser ou en savoir plus sur eux.","carole":"Carole n\u2019a accord\xe9 qu\u2019une oreille distraite \xe0 l\u2019explication, toute occup\xe9e \xe0 jeter des coups d\u2019\u0153il r\xe9guliers autour d\u2019elle. D\xe9janire ne tarde pas \xe0 remarquer son man\xe8ge\xa0:\\n\u2013 Un probl\xe8me\xa0? demande-t-elle \xe0 voix basse.\\n\u2013 On nous observe.\\n\\nLe visage de D\xe9janire se ferme\xa0:\\n\u2013 Tu es s\xfbre de toi\xa0? On est loin de tout, et j\u2019avais r\xe9ussi \xe0 garder secret le coin exact de la for\xeat o\xf9 on devait se rendre justement pour qu\u2019on puisse \xeatre tranquille deux minutes.\\n\u2013 Certaine. C\u2019est discret, mais si tu regardes bien, tu remarqueras de courts flashs lumineux par l\xe0.\\n\\nD\xe9janire suit, en plissant les yeux, la direction que son acolyte indique de la pointe du menton, perplexe. Elle a la d\xe9sagr\xe9able impression que quelque chose se d\xe9
place tr\xe8s vite juste \xe0 la limite de son champ de vision. Cela pourrait aussi bien \xeatre une personne r\xe9elle qu\u2019une invention de son imagination dor\xe9navant enflamm\xe9e.\\n\u2013 Tu fais ce que tu veux, mais perso il est hors de question que j\u2019aille voir de quoi il en retourne, continue la jeune femme aux cheveux color\xe9s, tous sens en alerte.\\nSon interlocutrice prend sombrement note de sa remarque, et de sa terreur.\\n\\n\xc0 une autre \xe9poque, avant que les armes con\xe7ues pour les blesser ne se retrouvent partout, rien n\u2019aurait pu faire peur \xe0 une cheshire normalement constitu\xe9e, leur nature quantique r\xe9duisant \xe0 une poign\xe9e d\u2019anomalies plus bizarres encore les choses et les \xeatres capables de les affecter physiquement contre leur volont\xe9.\\nCela les rendait parfois d\u2019une suffisance irritante, mais D\xe9janire regrette mille fois leurs sourires hautains d\u2019alors quand elle contemple les traits d\xe9form\xe9s par l\u2019effroi de son ass
istante d\u2019un jour."},"planning":"Les explications termin\xe9es, D\xe9janire se met d\u2019accord avec sa petite troupe sur la direction que chacune va explorer.\\nLa fa\xe7ade nord de la for\xeat semble \xeatre la plus fr\xe9quent\xe9e par les promeneurs, avec un m\xe9lange de chemins d\xe9gag\xe9s et de d\xe9chets sur le bas-c\xf4t\xe9.\\n\xc0 l\u2019ouest, les bois sont plus sauvages, \xe9pais et sombres, avec de grands arbres qui cachent le soleil et des sentiers sur laquelle la flore reprend ses droits.\\n\xc0 l\u2019est, la v\xe9g\xe9tation haute est plus clairsem\xe9e, humide et spongieuse, avec de petites clairi\xe8res qui se changent en mares apr\xe8s la pluie, et rien ne s\u2019apparentant \xe0 un v\xe9ritable chemin.\\nAu sud, la nature a \xe9t\xe9 fortement remodel\xe9e par la civilisation, les sentiers sont bien droits, certains troncs affichent des indications kilom\xe9triques et les d\xe9tails d\u2019un parcours d\u2019obstacles se d\xe9coupent m\xeame nettement.","split":"Maintenant que t
out le monde sait ce qu\u2019il a \xe0 faire, D\xe9janire tape dans ses mains et chacune part alors dans une direction diff\xe9rente.","exploration":{"monster":{"1":{"default":"D\xe8s le premier cri, t\xe9nu, \xe9touff\xe9 par une muraille de v\xe9g\xe9tation, D\xe9janire se met au grand galop, coupant court \xe0 travers les buissons et arbustes sans se soucier des d\xe9g\xe2ts qu\u2019elle occasionne.\\nSon t\xe9l\xe9phone vibre, elle d\xe9croche sans s\u2019arr\xeater."},"2":{"alecto":"La voix est paniqu\xe9e, sur fond de chocs irr\xe9guliers :\\n\u2013 Au secours\xa0! Y\u2019a une bestiole qui tente de me manger\xa0!","camilla":"Au bout du fil, Camilla et son habituelle voix monocorde. Le ton para\xeet cependant plus forc\xe9 qu\u2019\xe0 l\u2019accoutum\xe9\xa0:\\n\u2013 D\xe9janire\xa0? Une cr\xe9ature biologique non-sentiente tente de m\u2019infliger des dommages physiques. Vous serait-il possible de me venir en aide\xa0?","katrina":"\u2013 D\xe9j\u2019\xa0? C\u2019est Kat\u2019. Mon corps est en train
 de se battre avec je sais pas trop quoi. Je peux pas \xeatre plus pr\xe9cise, d\xe9sol\xe9, ma t\xeate a roul\xe9 par terre. Je suis coinc\xe9 \xe0 regarder du mauvais c\xf4t\xe9 pour le moment."},"3":{"default":"La chef d\u2019exp\xe9dition jette un \u0153il au GPS qui lui indique la position de l\u2019appel, corrige sa course, tente d\xe9sesp\xe9r\xe9ment de prodiguer des conseils \xe0 l\u2019utilit\xe9 discutable\xa0:\\n\u2013 J\u2019arrive\xa0! Ne bouge pas\xa0! Tiens-la \xe0 distance\xa0!\\n\\nApr\xe8s ce qui semble plusieurs \xe9ternit\xe9s, D\xe9janire aper\xe7oit enfin sa prot\xe9g\xe9e, \xe0 terre entre deux arbres, au prise avec un b\xe9hir. Le genre de bestioles dangereuses dont on sait que \xe7a existe dans la nature, qu\u2019on a d\xe9j\xe0 vu en photo, en film ou m\xeame dans un zoo, mais qu\u2019on suppose qu\u2019on ne va jamais croiser en vrai. Comme un loup, un ankheg ou un ours.\\n\\nLe serpentin l\xe9zard s\u2019est enroul\xe9 autour de sa proie, la moiti\xe9 de sa douzaine de pattes sol
idement enfonc\xe9es dans le sol, l\u2019autre cherchant \xe0 bloquer le torse et les bras de son repas qui se d\xe9bat avec vigueur.\\nL\u2019instant suivant, un sabot s\u2019\xe9crase sur la t\xeate de la b\xeate. Quelques coups de pied suppl\xe9mentaires lui font desserrer son \xe9treinte, et l\u2019animal se laisse glisser, bredouille, entre deux racines, retournant en sa tani\xe8re souterraine.\\n\\nD\xe9janire reporte aussit\xf4t son attention sur sa victime, se mettant \xe0 genoux pour l\u2019aider \xe0 se relever\xa0:\\n\u2013 \xc7a va\xa0?"},"4":{"alecto":"Alecto hoche la t\xeate, blanche comme un linge :\\n\u2013 \xc7a devrait aller. J\u2019ai r\xe9ussi \xe0 m\u2019envoler \xe0 moiti\xe9 avant qu\u2019il soit totalement sur moi.","camilla":"Un long silence s\u2019installe avant que Camilla ne r\xe9ponde simplement\xa0:\\n\u2013 Oui.\\nD\xe9janire la regarde curieusement. Elle ne remarque effectivement aucune blessure, ni m\xeame d\u2019ailleurs, maintenant qu\u2019elle y fait attention, le moindre 
accroc \xe0 ses v\xeatements.\\nUne prudente politesse l\u2019incite \xe0 ne pas chercher \xe0 en savoir plus.","katrina":"Katrina ramasse sa t\xeate, la pose sur ses \xe9paules, cligne des yeux, fait jouer les articulations de ses bras et jambes.\\n\u2013 \xc7a a l\u2019air. Plus de peur que de mal."},"5":{"default":"D\xe9janire acquiese et plisse les genoux arri\xe8res, amenant sa croupe au niveau du sol :\\n\u2013 D\u2019accord. Grimpe sur mon dos, je te ram\xe8ne.\\nUne fois sa charge cal\xe9e, elle saisit \xe0 nouveau son t\xe9l\xe9phone pour ordonner \xe0 tout le monde de retourner \xe0 la voiture, puis le duo repart au trot l\xe9ger.\\n\u2013 Je suis vraiment d\xe9sol\xe9e, s\u2019excuse-t-elle d\u2019une voix p\xe2teuse. J\u2019\xe9tais persuad\xe9 que le coin \xe9tait sans danger. On n\u2019a jamais eu aucun probl\xe8me avec les filles les fois d\u2019avant."},"6":{"alecto":"\u2013 Ce n\u2019est rien. Les impr\xe9vus\u2026 arrivent.\\nD\xe9janire se retient de grimacer. Elle est \xe0 peu pr\xe8s cer
taine que cette g\xe9n\xe9reuse donatrice potentielle ne reviendra plus jamais apr\xe8s un coup pareil. Encore une occasion de perdue. Elle aurait d\xfb insister pour l\u2019assigner \xe0 une t\xe2che sans danger.\\nMais est-ce que cela existe encore d\xe9sormais\xa0?","camilla":"\u2013 La faute est mienne. J\u2019avais senti la b\xeate, mais avais estim\xe9 \xe0 tort qu\u2019elle ne pr\xe9sentait pas un danger pour mon int\xe9grit\xe9.\\nSentant la perplexit\xe9 de D\xe9janire face \xe0 ce qu\u2019elle raconte, elle ajoute\xa0:\\n\u2013 Les r\xe8gles qui nous r\xe9gissent sont complexes, m\xeame pour nous. Des erreurs d\u2019interpr\xe9tation surviennent parfois.","katrina":"\u2013 On organisait des sorties dans le coin dans le temps\xa0?\\n\u2013 Pas ici. Mais je suis venue plusieurs fois avec Maharal et C\xe9to depuis la r\xe9org\u2019.\\n\u2013 D\xe9sol\xe9 de te dire \xe7a, mais y\u2019a un biais dans la composition de ton \xe9quipe de reconnaissance. Vu votre gabarit \xe0 toutes les trois, mis \xe0 par
t un T. rex, je vois pas ce qui prendrait le risque de vous attaquer.\\n\u2013 Tu as sans doute raison. On a beaucoup la t\xeate dans le guidon en ce moment, on s\u2019aper\xe7oit des \xe9vidences que trop tard.\\n\u2013 Je sais. Pas trop le choix. Pas ta faute. On fait avec."}},"alecto":{"default":"Alecto s\u2019\xe9tait dit qu\u2019aller cueillir des fleurs serait toujours plus enrichissant que de ranger des bouquins ou de nettoyer des antiquit\xe9s. Maintenant qu\u2019elle se trouve dans cette for\xeat dense, aux branches trop basses et nombreuses pour y voler correctement, et au sol trop tra\xeetre pour quelqu\u2019un \xe0 la bip\xe9die acquise et non instinctive, elle regrette fortement son choix.\\nProgressant \xe0 pas lents entre les racines et les cailloux, elle n\u2019a qu\u2019une envie\xa0: que les minutes s\u2019\xe9coulent plus vite et que le calvaire prenne fin."},"camilla":{"default":"Camilla consid\xe8re, perplexe, la s\xe9rie de choix qui l\u2019ont amen\xe9e \xe0 ramasser des fleurs en soli
taire alors qu\u2019elle recherchait une exp\xe9rience communautaire et sociale.\\nElle attendait beaucoup des r\xe9actions des autres \xe0 une \xe9preuve, m\xeame mod\xe9r\xe9e, en dehors de leur milieu habituel. Cette s\xe9paration du groupe l\u2019emp\xeache malheureusement de go\xfbter leurs \xe9motions avec l\u2019intensit\xe9 qu\u2019elle d\xe9sirerait.\\nN\xe9anmoins, \xe9tant, de par ses origines, presque incapable de discuter les consignes, et encore moins d\u2019y d\xe9sob\xe9ir, elle se plie \xe0 l\u2019exercice avec application \xe0 d\xe9faut d\u2019int\xe9r\xeat.","south":"\xab\xa0Je suis la porte, je suis la cl\xe9, je ramasse des fleurs.\xa0\xbb\\n\\nCamilla tourne, sans se presser, son visage \xe9ternellement inexpressif vers celle qui vient de parler. L\u2019une des pr\xe9sences parasites qu\u2019elle n\u2019avait pas su identifier a donc d\xe9cid\xe9 de se manifester.\\n\\nSi elle en croit ses sens principaux, il s\u2019agit d\u2019une pulsante boule de foudre anim\xe9e d\u2019une volont\xe
9 propre. Si elle se force \xe0 employer la vue, c\u2019est une anthropomorphe en surv\xeatement aux longs poils  h\xe9riss\xe9s par l\u2019\xe9lectricit\xe9 qui l\u2019aur\xe9ole.\\n\\nRaiju. Au grand jeu, ce sont \xe0 peine des pions.\\n\\n\u2013 Nous connaissons-nous\xa0?\\n\u2013 Pas personnellement, mais j\u2019ai des amies dans la Yog-Sothotherie. Et de fa\xe7on g\xe9n\xe9rale, je m\u2019inqui\xe8te quand il leur prend l\u2019envie de tra\xeener dans les bois. Qu\u2019est-ce tu fabriques ici\xa0?\\n\u2013 Je ramasse des fleurs.\\n\\nLa nouvelle venue soupire, amorce un pas en avant, et se retrouve en un \xe9clair presque nez \xe0 nez avec son interlocutrice.\\n\u2013 On va \xe9viter le petit jeu des questions \xe9quivoques et des r\xe9ponses imp\xe9n\xe9trables, d\u2019accord\xa0? Je veux juste savoir si je peux finir mon jogging en paix, ou si le coin va partir en sucette tr\xe8s bient\xf4t, avec implication des gros bonnets et tout le tintouin.\\n\\nL\u2019atmosph\xe8re devient litt\xe9ralement \xe9l
ectrique en r\xe9ponse au mouvement d\u2019humeur de l\u2019inconnue, et toute la for\xeat autour d\u2019elle r\xe9agit en cons\xe9quence. L\u2019herbe et les feuilles se plient, pouss\xe9es par un vent magn\xe9tique, les insectes s\u2019enfuient.\\n\\nCamilla, elle, reste parfaitement impassible. Et explique dans le d\xe9tail, de son habituelle voix monocorde, les raisons de sa pr\xe9sence, reprenant presque mot pour mot les discours de Rashomon et D\xe9janire.\\n\\nSa r\xe9ponse lui vaut une moue dubitative, suivie d\u2019un haussement d\u2019\xe9paules.\\n\u2013 Je suis pas s\xfbre de comprendre le grand dessein cosmique derri\xe8re tout cela, mais okay, \xe7a a effectivement l\u2019air sans danger. Bon amusement.\\n\\nUn flash, un mouvement presque aussi rapide que la lumi\xe8re, et en un instant, la sportive est\u2026 toujours au m\xeame endroit, la main de Camilla n\xe9gligemment pos\xe9e sur son \xe9paule\xa0:\\n\u2013 Du temps a \xe9t\xe9 perdu. Du temps doit \xeatre rendu.\\n\\nToute sa superbe envo
l\xe9e, la raiju acquiesce la gorge s\xe8che\xa0:\\n\u2013 Je t\u2019aide \xe0 ramasser tes fleurs, et tu effaces mon addition\xa0?\\n\u2013 Ces conditions sont acceptables."},"carole":{"default":"Carole cueille distraitement quelques fleurs, l\u2019esprit ailleurs.\\n\\nComme titre pour sa vid\xe9o, pourquoi pas \xab\xa0Dans la for\xeat\xa0: Moi contre les garous\xa0!\xa0\xbb\xa0?\\nUn peu hyperbolique, mais elle a fait bien pire. Introduction dynamique avec des images grandiloquentes de cosmologie et d\u2019autres \xe0 la limite du gore de bestioles poilues pas tr\xe8s gentilles.\\n\\nPuis, \xe9videmment, parler de soi, beaucoup, expliquer en long, en large, et en travers pourquoi ce qu\u2019elle, elle, a fait est important.\\nProbablement exag\xe9rer ce qu\u2019il faut le danger de se balader seule dans les bois. \xc7a la mettra en valeur et \xe7a distraira son audience des dangers r\xe9els de son quotidien.\\n\\nElle aura pas besoin de se forcer beaucoup en plus, elle a pas mal les nerfs \xe0 vif pour de
 vrai en d\xe9pit de sa nature quantique \u2013 non les ronces, pas la peine d\u2019insister, je vais pas opter pour l\u2019une des versions de moi qui vous a march\xe9 dedans \u2013 en songeant \xe0 ce qui pourrait se terrer ici.\\n\\nVa peut-\xeatre m\xeame falloir minimiser en fait, et rajouter une blague nulle ou deux pour rel\xe2cher la tension. Son public veut de l\u2019\xe9motion, mais il ne veut pas surtout r\xe9ellement ressentir son malaise. On doit rester dans de la fausse terreur pour enfants.\\nEt va peut-\xeatre aussi falloir penser \xe0 ramasser un peu plus de fleurs que \xe7a quand m\xeame, histoire d\u2019\xe9viter un bouche-\xe0-oreille d\xe9sagr\xe9able de plus.","east":"Dans la clairi\xe8re, au c\u0153ur d\u2019un rond de sorci\xe8re, les f\xe9es dansent, invisibles aux yeux des cr\xe9atures physiques.\\n\u2013 Bonjour le monde\xa0! Comment \xe7a va\xa0?\\n\\n\\nEnfin, <em>de la plupart</em> des cr\xe9atures physiques. Une f\xe9e se d\xe9tache de la farandole pour s\u2019\xe9lever vers la
 bruyante intruse pench\xe9e au-dessus d\u2019elles.\\n\u2013 Bienvenue \xe9trang\xe8re, en notre modeste clairi\xe8re. Quel bon vent t\u2019am\xe8ne en ces lieux\xa0?\\n\u2013 Ah bah c\u2019est compl\xe8tement un coup de bol en fait.\\nCarole commence \xe0 raconter son histoire en soulignant son propos de mouvements de mains et de mimiques compl\xe8tement exag\xe9r\xe9s, posant pour une cam\xe9ra imaginaire\xa0:\\n\\n\\n\xab\xa0Tout a commenc\xe9 alors que j\u2019\xe9tais en train de gal\xe9rer dans les buissons.\\nJ\u2019\xe9tais \xe0 quatre pattes, crott\xe9e de boue jusqu\u2019aux coudes \xe0 essayer d\u2019arracher une plante r\xe9calcitrante quand soudain bam\xa0!\\nJe me mange de plein fouet une barri\xe8re de confusion en pleine figure.\\n\\n\\nBon, \xe7a a pas grand effet sur moi, rapport au fait que la confusion c\u2019est un peu mon \xe9l\xe9ment naturel, mais c\u2019est quand m\xeame pas agr\xe9able quand \xe7a te prend par surprise.\\nJe r\xe2le un peu, et puis l\xe0, je r\xe9alise que y\u2019a 
un myst\xe8re \xe0 r\xe9soudre derri\xe8re un truc aussi d\xe9pass\xe9 encore en \xe9tat de marche, qui plus est au milieu de nulle part.\\nEt un myst\xe8re du genre pas trop dangereux en plus, donc parfait pour une petite vid\xe9o.\\nAlors j\u2019ai un peu jou\xe9 des coudes pour passer, et puis, pof, voil\xe0, je me suis retrouv\xe9e ici.\xa0\xbb\\n\\n\\nSon interlocutrice reste froide \xe0 l\u2019emphase de son explication\xa0:\\n\u2013 Les r\xe8gles de l\u2019\xe9tiquette voudraient qu\u2019en une telle situation, on passe son chemin ou on informe de sa pr\xe9sence pour que quelqu\u2019un vous ouvre, non qu\u2019on ab\xeeme un v\xe9n\xe9rable sortil\xe8ge d\u2019\xe9garement.\\n\u2013 \xc7a va, \xe7a va, comment j\u2019\xe9tais cens\xe9e savoir qu\u2019un machin aussi antique \xe9tait plus qu\u2019une d\xe9couverte arch\xe9ologique\xa0? Plus personne utilise \xe7a de nos jours.\\n\u2013 Il n\u2019en conserve pas moins une certaine symbolique aupr\xe8s des personnes bien n\xe9es.\\n\u2013 T\u2019es un peu
 p\xe8te-sec tu le sais\xa0?\\n\\n\\n\u2013 Intransigeance est n\xe9cessit\xe9 quand l\u2019ind\xe9pendance de notre communaut\xe9 repose sur le respect d\u2019accords courtois entre la cour du R\xeaveur et la n\xf4tre.\\n\u2013 H\xe9, je suis pas une rlyehienne.\\n\u2013 Suffisamment proche pour que je me doive d\u2019op\xe9rer un rappel \xe0 l\u2019ordre au risque de g\xe9n\xe9rer un dangereux pr\xe9c\xe9dent.\\n\\n\\nCarole cesse son petit num\xe9ro, se rendant bien compte qu\u2019elle vient d\u2019entrer dans une zone min\xe9e\xa0:\\n\u2013 Okay, okay, t\u2019emballe pas, je m\u2019excuse. Je veux pas que vous ayez d\u2019ennuis avec des gens-l\xe0.\\n\u2013 Bien que malhabiles, tes excuses me semblent sinc\xe8res et sont donc accept\xe9es. Maintenant, y a-t-il quoi que ce soit que je puisse faire pour toi\xa0?\\n\\n\\n\u2013 Alors oui en fait.\\n\u2013 Il s\u2019agissait plus d\u2019une question de pure courtoisie.\\n\u2013 Oui, mais non en fait, j\u2019ai vraiment besoin d\u2019un coup de main. Et en p
lus pour une fois c\u2019est pas que pour ma pomme. Laisse-moi d\u2019expliquer le probl\xe8me\u2026"},"ceto":{"default":"C\xe9to n\u2019est pas du genre \xe0 laisser son environnement lui dicter ce qu\u2019elle doit faire, et c\u2019est \xe9galement vrai quand il s\u2019agit de tracer son chemin \xe0 travers bois.\\n\\nL\xe0 o\xf9 quelqu\u2019un de moins imposant, ou n\u2019ayant pas ses facilit\xe9 \xe0 conserver son \xe9quilibre, ou pourvu d\u2019une peau plus fragile, aurait choisi de contourner ce buisson de ronces, ce rocher moussu, ce foss\xe9 abrupt, elle continue tout droit, laissant derri\xe8re elle une large trace sinueuse caract\xe9ristique.\\n\\nN\u2019ayant pas \xe0 se soucier du terrain, ni d\u2019ailleurs de la faune qui se carapate \xe0 son approche, elle peut consacrer toute son attention \xe0 chercher les plantes demand\xe9es."},"dejanire":{"default":"D\xe9jarine explore les bois au petit trot, toujours aussi nerveuse, s\u2019effor\xe7ant de se concentrer exclusivement sur sa t\xe2che. Pei
ne perdue tant les soucis se bousculent dans sa t\xeate.\\n\\nToutefois, ce n\u2019est pas la premi\xe8re fois qu\u2019elle vient en ces lieux chercher des plantes, et l\u2019exp\xe9rience et les r\xe9flexes acquis compensent son manque d\u2019attention.","south":"D\xe9janire est d\xe9j\xe0 venue dans ces bois plusieurs fois. C\u2019est \xe9galement une grande nerveuse, perp\xe9tuellement \xe0 l\u2019aff\xfbt du moindre d\xe9tail allant de travers.\\n\\nAussi a-t-elle vite compris que quelque chose n\u2019allait pas. Des brindilles cram\xe9es en surface. Une l\xe9g\xe8re odeur d\u2019ozone. De courts flashs lumineux lumineux \xe0 la limite de son champ de vision. Quelque chose ou quelqu\u2019un de fulgurant se balade dans le coin.\\n\\nImpossible de savoir si cela n\u2019a aucun rapport avec elle, si c\u2019est l\xe0 pour la surveiller, ou m\xeame pour faire du mal \xe0 elle ou \xe0 une de ses prot\xe9g\xe9es. Dans tous les cas, c\u2019est l\xe0, et son esprit obs\xe9d\xe9 par ce fait ne se concentre qu\u201
9\xe0 grand peine sur la cueillette initialement pr\xe9vue."},"katrina":{"default":"Katrina n\u2019arrive m\xeame plus \xe0 se souvenir quand pour la derni\xe8re fois l\u2019association a r\xe9alis\xe9 une activit\xe9 en-dehors de la ville. En fait, elle a m\xeame un doute sur depuis combien de temps elle-m\xeame n\u2019\xe9tait pas sortie de la cit\xe9. Trop longtemps.\\n\\nAussi, appr\xe9cie-t-elle particuli\xe8rement cette balade en solitaire dans les bois, loin du b\xe9ton et des cam\xe9ras, et qui plus est pour la bonne cause.","east":"Katrina met un peu de temps \xe0 comprendre d\u2019o\xf9 vient la sensation de malaise qui l\u2019habite depuis maintenant plusieurs minutes.\\nEt puis soudain, l\u2019illumination\xa0: elle marche actuellement \xe0 la limite d\u2019un territoire seelie, reconnaissable \xe0 un tas de petits d\xe9tails, de bizarreries faussement naturelles et d\u2019incoh\xe9rences visuelles et auditives.\\n\\n\\nNi son ascendance humaine ni sa nature unseelie ne go\xfbtent les enchantemen
ts \xe0 l\u2019\u0153uvre ici, et le m\xe9lange de toutes ses influences lui fait tourner la t\xeate.\\nElle h\xe9site \xe0 simplement se d\xe9tourner de cette d\xe9couverte. Mais dans les circonstances actuelles, elles ne peuvent se permettre de d\xe9daigner aucune opportunit\xe9.\\n\\n\\nKatrina se force donc \xe0 faire face \xe0 la barri\xe8re pas totalement invisible et \xe0 \xe9noncer d\u2019une voix \xe9gale\xa0:\\n\xab\xa0Moi, Katrina Irving, qu\xe9mande une audience avec la cour.\xa0\xbb\\n\\n\\nEn r\xe9ponse \xe0 sa demande l\u2019air devant elle se trouble, prenant une teinte laiteuse et se condensant jusqu\u2019\xe0 dessiner une fragile silhouette \xe9th\xe9r\xe9e.\\n\u2013 La cour ne peut r\xe9pondre positivement \xe0 votre demande en raison des accords qu\u2019elle a pass\xe9s avec Yog-Sothoth et les siens. Vous \xeates toutefois autoris\xe9e \xe0 discuter avec un \xe9missaire en ma personne.\\n\\n\\n\u2013 Une aide de votre part est-elle envisageable\xa0?\\n\u2013 Uniquement \xe0 titre courtois
 et dans des limites tr\xe8s raisonnables.\\n\\n\\n\u2013 C\u2019est-\xe0-dire\xa0?\\n\u2013 Je peux vous offrir le th\xe9 et r\xe9pondre \xe0 vos questions \xe0 propos de cette for\xeat, par exemple sur le meilleur chemin \xe0 prendre. Rien de plus.\\n\u2013 C\u2019est peu, mais dans les circonstances actuelles, c\u2019est d\xe9j\xe0 pas si mal. Je vais manquer de temps pour votre premier pr\xe9sent, m\xeame si cela aurait \xe9t\xe9 avec joie. Quant au second, j\u2019aurais effectivement quelques questions \xe0 propos de cette for\xeat, et en particulier de certaines plantes qui s\u2019y trouvent\u2026"},"tekeli":{"default":"Sit\xf4t \xe0 l\u2019\xe9cart du groupe, Tekeli \xe9tend un pseudopode et engloutit tour \xe0 tour chacun des \xe9chantillons de son herbier. Les fleurs s\xe9ch\xe9es sont aval\xe9es dans la masse liquide, soigneusement go\xfbt\xe9es, puis recrach\xe9es entre les pages.\\nElle abandonne ensuite \xe0 moiti\xe9 son apparence humano\xefde, ses jambes se fondant en une masse informe couvert
e de centaines de petites protub\xe9rances, lui donnant des airs de cr\xe9ature mi-humaine mi-limace.\\n\\nElle commence alors \xe0 se d\xe9placer dans le bois, lentement mais s\xfbrement, en contractant sa partie inf\xe9rieure, sentant la terre et la v\xe9g\xe9tation dans ses moindres d\xe9tails \xe0 travers sa poreuse membrane \xe0 nue, s\u2019arr\xeatant pour la cueillette d\xe8s qu\u2019elle rep\xe8re une saveur similaire \xe0 celles recherch\xe9es.\\nCertains d\xe9bris s\u2019enfoncent parfois plus loin qu\u2019ils ne devraient, mais ils sont aussit\xf4t rejet\xe9s par la fonction biologique idoine de son organisme.\\n\\nDe fait, c\u2019est de garder sa moiti\xe9 sup\xe9rieure sous forme humano\xefde qui lui demande un effort. Si elle s\u2019\xe9coutait, elle se laisserait couler paisiblement sous l\u2019aspect d\u2019un gros blob. Mais elle a besoin de conserver des mains avec des doigts gant\xe9s pour cueillir proprement les fleurs sans les ab\xeemer ou les noyer.","west":"Tekeli revient \xe0 l\u2019h
eure dite, g\xean\xe9e, sans son panier, une poign\xe9e de fleurs \xe0 la main.\\n\u2013 D\xe9sol\xe9e, j\u2019ai eu un accident.\\n\\n\u2013 Que s\u2019est-il pass\xe9\xa0? s\u2019enqui\xe8re D\xe9janire, inqui\xe8te.\\n\u2013 Oh, un gros serpent-l\xe9zard m\u2019a attaqu\xe9, je me suis gliss\xe9e entre ses anneaux, mais j\u2019ai perdu toute ma r\xe9colte au passage. Je suis vraiment d\xe9sol\xe9e, j\u2019aurais d\xfb faire plus attention.\\n\u2013 Tu n\u2019as vraiment pas \xe0 t\u2019excuser pour \xe7a. Maintenant, raconte-moi lentement cette histoire de serpent."}}},"library":{"introduction":{"maharal":"La biblioth\xe8que est un b\xe2timent moderne de b\xe9ton et de verre, avec des \xe9tag\xe8res en plastique et des livres de toutes tailles et couleurs. Les rayonnages sont a\xe9r\xe9s, espac\xe9s et pr\xe9sentent un contenu vari\xe9, h\xe9t\xe9roclite. La r\xe9serve est \xe0 l\u2019avenant, et tient plus de l\u2019entrep\xf4t bien rang\xe9 et bien \xe9clair\xe9 que de la caverne myst\xe9rieuse.\\nPlusi
eurs cartons attendent \xe0 l\u2019\xe9cart. Maharal les transporte au centre de la pi\xe8ce et les ouvre. Chacun contient une poign\xe9e d\u2019ouvrages pas tout neufs, aux couvertures parfois d\xe9faillantes, les feuillets n\u2019\xe9tant plus retenus ensemble que par l\u2019ajout d\u2019\xe9lastiques.\\n\\n\u2013 La proc\xe9dure de tri n\u2019a rien de bien compliqu\xe9. Prenez un livre, feuilletez-le, lisez quelques passages en diagonale, et remplissez la fiche. Dans l\u2019absolu, je pourrais sans doute tout faire moi-m\xeame, mais ma nature particuli\xe8re et la force de l\u2019habitude font que je risquerai de manquer des d\xe9tails importants qui n\u2019\xe9chapperont pas \xe0 un regard neuf.\\n\\nElle illustre son propos d\u2019une anecdote pince-sans-rire qu\u2019elle esp\xe8re prompte \xe0 d\xe9tendre l\u2019atmosph\xe8re, \xe0 propos d\u2019un livre satur\xe9 de spores microscopiques qui provoquait des quintes de toux chez tous les lecteurs sauf elle, puisque d\xe9pourvue de syst\xe8me respiratoi
re.\\n\\nElle leur tend ensuite une \xe9paisse liasse de papiers fra\xeechement imprim\xe9s. Chaque ensemble d\u2019une dizaine de feuilles recto-verso, en police patte de mouche, est un unique formulaire, et il faut en remplir un par livre.\\nLa plupart des questions sont tr\xe8s classiques, \xab\xa0Genre\xa0\xbb, \xab\xa0\xc2ge conseill\xe9\xa0\xbb, \xab\xa0Ann\xe9e de publication\xa0\xbb, mais certaines, notamment sur le contexte historique de l\u2019\u0153uvre (Qui l\u2019a \xe9crite\xa0? \xc0 quelle occasion\xa0? Dans quel but\xa0?), s\u2019enfoncent dans des abysses de d\xe9tails qu\u2019il va falloir patiemment expliciter.\\n\\nMaharal ram\xe8ne \xe9galement une caisse pleine de mat\xe9riel utilitaire. Il y a de quoi r\xe9parer une reliure, cartonner une couverture, encha\xeener un ouvrage r\xe9calcitrant et quelques instruments \xe0 l\u2019usage peu \xe9vident pour le non-initi\xe9.\\n\u2013 Mieux vaut \xeatre par\xe9 \xe0 toutes les \xe9ventualit\xe9s. Pr\xe9venez-moi imm\xe9diatement si vous consta
tez qu\u2019un livre bouge de lui-m\xeame, est constitu\xe9 d\u2019autre chose que de papier, communique avec vous autrement que via d\u2019immuables mots imprim\xe9s, ou quoi ce soit d\u2019autre d\u2019inhabituel.\\n\\n\xc0 la r\xe9flexion, elle retourne chercher quelques outils suppl\xe9mentaires, qui ont d\xfb \xeatre \xe0 la pointe de la technologie quelques d\xe9cennies auparavant\xa0:\\n\u2013 Nous en aurons besoin si un de ces livres se r\xe9v\xe8le \xeatre en r\xe9sonance avec un autre plan d\u2019existence. C\u2019est peu probable pour des ouvrages modernes, non manuscrits et non rattach\xe9s \xe0 un culte, mais pas totalement impossible. Restez donc \xe0 l\u2019aff\xfbt de toute manifestation spectrale, infernale ou c\xe9leste.\\n\\nCe prudent pr\xe9ambule termin\xe9, tout le monde s\u2019installe et la studieuse s\xe9ance de lecture commence.","ceto":"C\xe9to secoue la t\xeate de lassitude. La biblioth\xe8que ne peut pas se permettre de refuser un arrivage en ce moment, mais tout de m\xeame, au f
ond de quelle poubelle tout cela a-t-il \xe9t\xe9 ramass\xe9\xa0? Ce ne sont pas tant des vieux livres, au sens d\u2019antiquit\xe9s pr\xe9cieuses, que des livres communs que les ann\xe9es n\u2019ont pas \xe9pargn\xe9s.\\n\\nElles les feuillette tous un coup vite fait durant les pr\xe9parations et explications de Maharal, avec l\u2019espoir que sa tr\xe8s n\xe9gative premi\xe8re impression soit infond\xe9e.\\n\\nLe livre d\u2019images pour vains adultes ne pr\xe9sente aucun int\xe9r\xeat. L\u2019exemple-m\xeame du livre-cadeau sans profondeur.\\n\\nLe fascicule scientifique semble d\xe9pass\xe9, mais il lui faudrait creuser pour se rendre compte \xe0 quel point exactement.\\n\\nLe roman \xe0 l\u2019eau de rose est vraiment vieux. Et fragile. Et ab\xeem\xe9. Peut-\xeatre la seule v\xe9ritable pi\xe8ce de collection de ce vrac.\\n\\nLes autres fictions sont des poches miteux, du genre qui pourrissent sur les \xe9taux dans les brocantes.\\n\\nAucun n\u2019a l\u2019air d\u2019un vieux grimoire mal\xe9fique capab
le de s\u2019en prendre physiquement \xe0 ceux qui le manipulent sans autorisation. Les livres \xe0 m\xeame d\u2019irriter la nouvelle administration n\u2019ont cependant pas besoin d\u2019\xeatre r\xe9ellement dangereux, juste hors-normes.\\nC\xe9to se souvient par exemple du cas d\u2019un livre dont il \xe9tait impossible d\u2019atteindre la fin, de nouvelles pages in\xe9dites semblant en permanence s\u2019y adjoindre. Un post-it pr\xe9cisant cette frustrante particularit\xe9 avait d\u2019ailleurs \xe9t\xe9 ajout\xe9 sur la couverture. Et bien, il a fini au pilon, en compagnie de tous ceux du m\xeame auteur, pour faire bonne mesure.","katrina":"Si Katrina d\xe9teste qu\u2019on la r\xe9sume \xe0 ses capacit\xe9s sensorielles, elle ne va pas non plus se refuser \xe0 les utiliser simplement pour donner tort au clich\xe9.\\n\\nLe roman policier et la seconde \xe9pop\xe9e fantastique sont clairement habit\xe9s par la vie. Cela pourrait simplement vouloir dire qu\u2019ils sont mang\xe9s par les champignons, mais
 elle en doute fort.\\n\\n\xc0 ces deux \xe9vidences s\u2019ajoute une troisi\xe8me pr\xe9sence, plus ambig\xfce, une volont\xe9 fugace qu\u2019elle ne parvient pas \xe0 situer exactement. Un \xe9cho, un souvenir, qui impr\xe8gne son environnement.\\n\\nEt maintenant, il va lui falloir expliquer tout cela \xe0 son entourage actuel, ce qui revient \xe0 d\xe9crire des couleurs \xe0 un aveugle de naissance.\\nPlut\xf4t que de perdre son temps dans un d\xe9luge d\u2019explications absconses pour des afata, elle d\xe9cide de se rabattre directement sur des m\xe9taphores bas\xe9es sur les autres sens, totalement fausses mais compr\xe9hensibles par ses interlocutrices.\\n\\nAinsi raconte-elle que \xe7a se voit comme le nez au milieu de la figure que deux des bouquins sont pas clairs, et qu\u2019il y a quelque chose qui pue dans le tas, sans qu\u2019elle sache d\u2019o\xf9 vient l\u2019odeur exactement.\\nMaharal accueille ses explications avec son habituelle impassibilit\xe9 polie. Difficile de dire comment elle co
mpte en tenir compte."},"planning":"Une fiction polici\xe8re presque aussi vieille que le genre, aux pages jaunies et la couverture fatigu\xe9e d\u2019\xeatre pass\xe9e entre d\u2019innombrables mains.\\nUn roman fleuve de fantasy, \xe9pais, lourd, et \xe9crit petit sur du papier m\xe9diocre. \xc9tat proche du neuf \xe0 la reliure craquel\xe9e pr\xe8s.\\nLa suite du pr\xe9c\xe9dent, excessivement similaire au premier volume, de l\u2019illustration au r\xe9sum\xe9 au dos, au point d\u2019en reprendre m\xeame le titre en lui accolant un simple \xab\xa0Retour \xe0\xa0\xbb devant.\\nUne \xe9dition luxueuse d\u2019un \xe9crit romantique dans lequel tous les personnages portent un nom \xe0 particule et s\u2019expriment en vers. A connu une rencontre malheureuse avec l\u2019\xe9l\xe9ment liquide, laissant de nombreuses pages fragiles et craquel\xe9es.\\nUn beau livre, haut, large, \xe0 la couverture glac\xe9e et riche en illustrations, avec une l\xe9g\xe8re volont\xe9 encyclop\xe9dique. Plus destin\xe9 \xe0 \xeatre
 feuillet\xe9 que lu de bout en bout. La th\xe9matique principale semble \xeatre les monuments antiques perdus dans le d\xe9sert.\\nUn manuel de l\u2019\xe9poque o\xf9 les couvertures se contentaient d\u2019un titre en latin centr\xe9 en noir sur fond blanc. Semble \xeatre un trait\xe9 sur les cr\xe9atures non-euclidiennes, bien que les d\xe9signant sous des appellations obsol\xe8tes.","books":{"mystery":"L\u2019une des feuilles du manuscrit est bizarre. Elle ne semble pas \xe0 sa place dans le livre qui l\u2019h\xe9berge, l\xe9g\xe8rement diff\xe9rente en texture, couleur et police.\\n\\nCela pourrait \xeatre un simple addendum tardif \xe0 l\u2019ouvrage. Une lecture attentive r\xe9v\xe8le toutefois que le texte lui-m\xeame n\u2019a aucun sens. Le vocabulaire est similaire \xe0 celui employ\xe9 dans le livre, mais les mots sont attach\xe9s ensemble en d\xe9pit de toute logique, comme si quelqu\u2019un essayait de composer des phrases par copier-coller sans conna\xeetre la structure grammaticale de la langue
, ni m\xeame le sens de certains termes.\\n\\nEt puis soudain, la page anormale fr\xe9mit sous les doigts de la lectrice, les lettres se r\xe9arrangent pour composer un po\xe8me \xe9crit \xe0 l\u2019envers qui lui-m\xeame dessine une silhouette draconique en un surprenant calligramme.\\n\\nCette premi\xe8re m\xe9tamorphose \xe0 peine termin\xe9e, le papier se plie et se replie jusqu\u2019\xe0 prendre l\u2019apparence d\u2019un dragon en trois dimensions, et se d\xe9tache du recueil pour voler \xe0 travers la pi\xe8ce.\\n\\nLa surprise pass\xe9e, Maharal sort un livre int\xe9gralement m\xe9tallique de sa caisse \xe0 outils, l\u2019ouvre, et le referme brutalement autour de la cr\xe9ature, comme on \xe9craserait une mouche. Quand elle le rouvre, au lieu d\u2019un cadavre de papier, elle r\xe9v\xe8le une feuille d\u2019acier vierge maintenant grav\xe9e de po\xe9sie invers\xe9e.\\n\xab\xa0Un dragon de po\xe9sie. Une esp\xe8ce parasitaire presque \xe9teinte, mais qu\u2019on croise encore parfois dans les vieux ou
vrages. Pas r\xe9ellement dangereux, mais peut facilement faire peur aux gens.\xa0\xbb","fantasy":{"default":"Dans un univers dont tous les lieux et personnages portent un patronyme celtique, avec une pr\xe9f\xe9rence marqu\xe9e pour ceux commen\xe7ant par \xab\xa0Gw\xa0\xbb, un petit groupe de h\xe9ros \xe0 la personnalit\xe9 se r\xe9sumant \xe0 leur fonction narrative doit traverser des r\xe9gions hostiles ais\xe9ment descriptibles en un seul mot (la ville, la for\xeat, le d\xe9sert, la montagne, la forteresse) jusqu\u2019\xe0 retrouver et passer au fil de l\u2019\xe9p\xe9e un dragon sorcier qui menace de conqu\xe9rir le monde.\\n\\nVoil\xe0 dans les grandes lignes ce qui ressort d\u2019un survol \xe9clair de l\u2019ouvrage. Il y a peut-\xeatre des id\xe9es originales cach\xe9es dans cette m\xe9lasse de clich\xe9s, mais elles ne ressortent certainement pas au premier coup d\u2019\u0153il.","good":"Si on avait demand\xe9 \xe0 une machine d\u2019aligner dans un ordre al\xe9atoire tous les poncifs les plus \x
e9cul\xe9s de la fantasy, cela aurait sans doute donn\xe9 cet ouvrage. Le m\xe9lange serait presque touchant de na\xefvet\xe9 s\u2019il ne s\u2019appuyait pas autant sur certains sch\xe9mas narratifs d\xe9j\xe0 pas tr\xe8s frais au demi-si\xe8cle pr\xe9c\xe9dent, et carr\xe9ment naus\xe9abonds aujourd\u2019hui.\\n\\nApr\xe8s quelques recherches, il s\u2019av\xe8re qu\u2019il s\u2019agit de l\u2019unique livre d\u2019un membre de la famille de l\u2019\xe9diteur, publi\xe9 \xe0 l\u2019occasion d\u2019une bulle du genre elle-m\xeame occasionn\xe9e par la sortie d\u2019un film. De l\xe0 \xe0 supposer que, pour surfer sur la vague, absolument tout ce qui cochait les bonnes cases a \xe9t\xe9 mis sous presse, qu\u2019importe la qualit\xe9, il n\u2019y a qu\u2019un trait d\u2019encre sur un formulaire, qui est all\xe9grement calligraphi\xe9 en l\u2019enrobant d\u2019un conditionnel.\\n\\nEn-dehors de cette anecdote de peu d\u2019originalit\xe9, cette \u0153uvre est tellement creuse qu\u2019il sera bien difficile de 
faire du z\xe8le dans sa description administrative."},"mimic":{"default":"Maharal remarque que sa compagne de lecture dodeline fortement de la t\xeate. Elle pose sa main sur son \xe9paule\xa0:\\n\u2013 N\u2019h\xe9site pas \xe0 faire une pause. Ton organisme semble en avoir besoin.\\nLa b\xe9n\xe9vole ne r\xe9pond pas.\\n\\nMaharal h\xe9site, puis se rapproche et se plie en deux pour l\u2019examiner de plus pr\xe8s. Pupilles dilat\xe9es. Souffle irr\xe9gulier.\\nElle baisse le regard vers le livre qu\u2019elle tient.\\n\\nPuis lui arrache brusquement des mains. Le livre se met alors \xe0 se d\xe9battre entre les puissantes mains d\u2019argile, mais il est prestement neutralis\xe9 sous deux longueurs de cha\xeene.\\n\\nMaharal va chercher un verre d\u2019eau pour sa victime qui se r\xe9veille lentement, p\xe2teuse.\\n\u2013 Qu\u2019est-ce que\u2026\\n\u2013 Une mimique. Une vari\xe9t\xe9 sp\xe9cialis\xe9e dans l\u2019imitation de petits objets, qui anesth\xe9sie la personne qui la tient et lui suce le sang. 
Tu dois avoir une trace de piq\xfbre \xe0 la main, comme un gros moustique.\\n\\nElle l\xe8ve lentement le bras au niveau de ses yeux. Effectivement, c\u2019est le cas. Maharal lui tend le verre, et elle boit un peu.\\n\u2013 Leur poison agit vite mais ne dure pas dans le temps. Fais une petite sieste et tu seras \xe0 nouveau en pleine forme au r\xe9veil.\\nElle hoche la t\xeate, et se laisse couler le long d\u2019une pile de carton pour dormir tout son so\xfbl.","tekeli":"Tekeli repose l\u2019ouvrage qu\u2019elle tient et l\xe8ve une main timide. Maharal, plong\xe9e dans la r\xe9daction de ses propres fiches, ne la remarque pas de suite. La situation reste ainsi fig\xe9e pendant plusieurs inconfortables minutes.\\n\\nFinalement, Tekeli se saisit de son courage et brise le silence\xa0:\\n\u2013 Madame\xa0?\\n\u2013 Oui\xa0?\\n\u2013 Je crois que ce livre contient des substances potentiellement toxiques pour certaines personnes.\\n\\nMaharal hoche la t\xeate, se l\xe8ve et s\u2019approche\xa0:\\n\u2013 \xc0 q
uoi tu vois \xe7a\xa0?\\nTekeli \xf4te un de ses gants et tend une main dans lequel flotte une bulle color\xe9e.\\n\u2013 Tes d\xe9fenses immunitaires bien s\xfbr. Potentiellement un produit toxique dans la coloration de la couverture. Mais comment est-ce que cela aurait pu passer en telle quantit\xe9 \xe0 travers tes gants\xa0? Laisse-moi regarder de plus pr\xe8s.\\n\\nElle saisit le gant et l\u2019\xe9l\xe8ve \xe0 la lumi\xe8re. Celle-ci r\xe9v\xe8le un trou minuscule caract\xe9ristique au niveau de la paume.\\n\\nUne immense main d\u2019argile s\u2019abat alors aussit\xf4t avec violence sur le livre, le plaquant fermement contre la table. L\u2019ouvrage se met alors \xe0 se d\xe9battre, et continue de s\u2019agiter jusqu\u2019\xe0 ce Maharal l\u2019emprisonne sous deux longueurs de cha\xeenes.\\n\\n\u2013 Une mimique. Une vari\xe9t\xe9 sp\xe9cialis\xe9e dans l\u2019imitation de petits objets, qui anesth\xe9sie la personne qui la tient et lui suce le sang. Beau travail. Je n\u2019aurais rien senti, et quel
qu\u2019un d\u2019autre aurait \xe9t\xe9 affect\xe9 par son venin.\\nTekeli acquiesce silencieusement, se disant que ce compliment est plus destin\xe9 \xe0 la d\xe9esse chance qu\u2019\xe0 elle m\xeame, qui n\u2019a fait qu\u2019\xeatre au bon endroit au bon moment."},"romance":{"ceto":"C\xe9to a un doute. Ces t\xe2ches presque effac\xe9es en bord de feuille pourraient \xeatre du sang. Le nom du propri\xe9taire, sur la page de garde, pourrait \xeatre, apr\xe8s v\xe9rification rapide, celui du p\xe8re d\u2019une noble assassin\xe9e voil\xe0 quelques si\xe8cles. Bref, ce livre pourrait avoir \xe9t\xe9 t\xe9moin d\u2019\xe9v\xe9nements funestes. Et donc potentiellement contenir un quelconque esprit tourment\xe9.\\n\\nDe simples suppositions. Mais pourquoi prendre des risques\xa0? C\xe9to note que le livre aura besoin, avant toute mise en rayon, d\u2019un examen ult\xe9rieur, par une personne spirituellement capable. Mieux vaut para\xeetre timor\xe9e qu\u2019\xeatre inconsciente.","katrina":"Katrina parcourt tra
nquillement le livre, un roman \xe0 l\u2019eau de rose dans un style ampoul\xe9 pas bien int\xe9ressant ni bien m\xe9chant, r\xe9pondant patiemment \xe0 l\u2019interminable questionnaire.\\nLa t\xe2che est ais\xe9e si peu passionnante.\\n\\nToutefois, au-del\xe0 de l\u2019ennui, c\u2019est une l\xe9g\xe8re sensation de malaise qui se diffuse en elle au fur et \xe0 mesure de son exploration de l\u2019ouvrage.\\n\\nAu d\xe9but, elle met cela sur le compte de certains choix de vocabulaire douteux, dont quelques m\xe9taphores bien trop fil\xe9es. Au bout d\u2019un moment, cette explication ne la satisfait plus, et elle d\xe9cide de prendre des mesures pour v\xe9rifier ses doutes.\\n\\nElle saisit alors le livre entre le pouce et l\u2019index, et le plonge dans l\u2019orifice vide de son cou. Quand elle le ressort quelques instants plus tard, il est couvert d\u2019une fine couche de glace, et d\xe9gage une fum\xe9e blanch\xe2tre qui se condense peu \xe0 peu jusqu\u2019\xe0 former une diaphane silhouette \xe0 huit
 pattes et deux bras, v\xeatue comme une dame de la haute soci\xe9t\xe9 d\u2019un lointain pass\xe9.\\n\\nKatrina coche la case \xab\xa0Hant\xe9\xa0\xbb du formulaire, puis lit \xe0 haute voix les questions suivantes\xa0:\\n\u2013 Circonstances de fin de vie physique et raison de la possession\xa0?\\nLa fant\xf4me sort un \xe9ventail de sa manche et s\u2019en sert pour se donner une contenance.\\n\u2013 Assassinat. Vengeance.\\n\u2013 Le meurtre n\u2019est plus vraiment autoris\xe9 de nos jours, m\xeame pour r\xe9gler des querelles d\u2019honneur. Je vais devoir vous demander de renoncer \xe0 votre vengeance.\\n\\nLe spectre se laisse aller \xe0 un petit rire de diva.\\n\u2013 Il m\u2019avait sembl\xe9 que la soci\xe9t\xe9 \xe9tait devenue bien morne depuis mon d\xe9c\xe8s, mais d\u2019entendre une dullahan me demander d\u2019\xeatre raisonnable, c\u2019est que les choses sont pires que je ne le pensais.\\n\u2013 Une longue explication risque en effet d\u2019\xeatre n\xe9cessaire.\\n\\nEt Katrina lui fait un
 r\xe9cit plut\xf4t rapide et complet des \xe9v\xe9nements r\xe9cents, habitu\xe9e qu\u2019elle est \xe0 c\xf4toyer des revenants d\xe9boussol\xe9s. La femme \xe9coute, attentive, sans toutefois se d\xe9partir de sa morgue.\\n\u2013 Je vois. Certaines des \xe9volutions sont appr\xe9ciables. D\u2019autres moins. Et je comprends mieux mon int\xe9r\xeat \xe0 collaborer, au moins pour un temps.\\n\u2013 Vous m\u2019en voyez ravie car il y a justement une t\xe2che o\xf9 nous aurions besoin d\u2019une personne de votre qualit\xe9."},"coffee":{"default":"Ce livre est p\xe9nible car il s\u2019agit d\u2019un travail collectif, avec des textes et des photos de diff\xe9rentes personnes.\\nEn cons\xe9quence, remplir sa fiche en suivant strictement les consignes prend un temps fou.\\n\\nPour beaucoup de vent au final, car aussi bien l\u2019\xe9crit que l\u2019image ont \xe9t\xe9 travaill\xe9s pour \xeatre les plus lisses possibles, ne laissant qu\u2019une vaste impression de vacuit\xe9 sur leur passage.","good":"Pour qui
 conna\xeet un peu les sujets abord\xe9s, ce livre n\u2019est pas seulement inint\xe9ressant, il est mensonger, pr\xe9f\xe9rant \xe0 la v\xe9rit\xe9 les belles images, au sens propre comme au figur\xe9. De nombreuses anecdotes sont ainsi fort embellies, des l\xe9gendes urbaines y sont pr\xe9sent\xe9es comme des faits historiques, certaines photographies ont \xe9t\xe9 peu subtilement retouch\xe9es pour en \xf4ter toute trace de d\xe9gradations, anciennes ou modernes.\\n\\nEn cons\xe9quence, il est bien difficile de le d\xe9crire en d\xe9tails tout en \xe9vitant de lancer des piques qui pourraient \xeatre mal accueillies par ceux qui reliront ces fiches. Une prudente m\xe9diocrit\xe9 de l\u2019analyse prend donc le pas."},"science":{"camilla":"Il n\u2019est pas vraiment possible de lire une \xe9motion sur le visage de Camilla, pas plus que dans sa gestuelle. Et pourtant, pourtant, les autres occupantes de la pi\xe8ce sont bien conscientes qu\u2019elle fulmine, \xe0 sa mani\xe8re. Sa lecture l\u2019a vraiment m
ise en rogne, \xe0 un niveau tel que cette \xe9motion a r\xe9ussi \xe0 percer les barri\xe8res dont elle s\u2019entoure d\u2019habitude si bien.\\n\\nC\u2019est si inhabituelle que Maharal commence \xe0 \xe9chafauder des th\xe9ories compliqu\xe9es sur cette b\xe9n\xe9vole dont elle ne conna\xeet pour ainsi dire que le pr\xe9nom.","default":"Le livre est un antique trait\xe9 consacr\xe9 aux peuples que la science moderne regroupe sous l\u2019appellation de rlyehiens. C\u2019est sans doute un t\xe9moin pr\xe9cieux de la vision qu\u2019en avait \xe0 l\u2019\xe9poque une certaine communaut\xe9. Aujourd\u2019hui cependant, il est difficile de l\u2019appr\xe9hender autrement que comme un ramassis de clich\xe9s et de superstitions bien racistes comme il faut.\\n\\nLa b\xe9n\xe9vole coche les cases correspondantes du formulaire, condamnant l\u2019ouvrage \xe0 finir aux archives, uniquement consultables sur demande par des historiens et autres universitaires.","good":"Il faut beaucoup d\u2019abn\xe9gation pour explor
er en d\xe9tails cet ouvrage. Au style lourd, ou plut\xf4t \xab\xa0cyclop\xe9en\xa0\xbb, s\u2019ajoutent des \xe9lucubrations qui \xe9taient peut-\xeatre normales au moment de sa publication, mais qui sentent fortement le rance aujourd\u2019hui.\\nLe livre se veut un trait\xe9 sur les peuples aujourd\u2019hui qualifi\xe9s de rlyehiens. Il s\u2019av\xe8re surtout un formidable t\xe9moin de son \xe9poque, en d\xe9crivant indirectement les peurs et les fascinations par les l\xe9gendes et on-dits qu\u2019il met en avant.\\n\\nEt puis, presque par accident, au milieu d\u2019un ensemble de b\xeatises, il d\xe9voile ce qui semble \xeatre un v\xe9ritable t\xe9moignage de premi\xe8re main d\u2019un reptachaotique contemporain de son \xe9criture, le changeant soudain en une pi\xe8ce arch\xe9ologique inestimable.\\nEt/ou une int\xe9ressante monnaie d\u2019\xe9change aupr\xe8s d\u2019un groupe qui a une relation ambig\xfce \xe0 son pass\xe9."},"rest":"{{name}} se r\xe9veille, encore peu groggy, et se remet au travail."}
,"camilla":"Camilla et Maharal s\u2019observent mutuellement, leurs expressions respectives comme \xe0 l\u2019accoutum\xe9e ind\xe9chiffrables.\\n\\nLa premi\xe8re est perturb\xe9e par l\u2019\xe9trange consonance rituelle de tout ceci. Une cr\xe9ation collective de boucliers de papier destin\xe9s \xe0 repousser la destruction d\u2019un endroit exclusivement au service du groupe. Et plus encore par l\u2019implication d\u2019un \xeatre au c\u0153ur de textes comme ma\xeetresse de c\xe9r\xe9monie.\\n\\nLa seconde s\u2019interroge au sujet du malaise \xe9vident de la volontaire aux contacts des livres, d\xe9rivant peu \xe0 peu vers des explications sombres pouvant expliquer cet inconfort.\\n\\nDe ressentir de la compassion envers sa personne de la part d\u2019un de ses sujets d\u2019\xe9tudes ach\xe8ve de d\xe9stabiliser Camilla, qui prend alors la parole pour rompre ce d\xe9rangeant sortil\xe8ge\xa0:\\n\u2013 Pourquoi\xa0?\\n\\nLe visage de Maharal reste imp\xe9n\xe9trable. Une pointe d\u2019amusement transpar
a\xeet dans son aura.\\n\u2013 Pourquoi quoi\xa0?\\n\u2013 Pourquoi s\u2019investir autant dans la survie de ce temple\xa0? Les deux autres, je peux les comprendre. Elles luttent contre des menaces physiques, directes et indirectes, envers les leurs. Toi, tu te bats pour \xe9viter qu\u2019une poign\xe9e de bouquins ne finissent en cendres ou \xe0 pourrir au fond d\u2019une cave.\\n\\nLa d\xe9termination froide et tranchante comme l\u2019acier qui envahit alors son interlocutrice frappe Camilla avec la m\xeame intensit\xe9 que si elle \xe9tait une biologique soudainement plong\xe9e dans l\u2019eau glac\xe9e. La voix de la biblioth\xe9caire reste cependant toujours aussi \xe9gale et neutre\xa0:\\n\u2013 Quel est ton rapport personnel \xe0 l\u2019\xe9crit\xa0?\\n\\nLa questionneuse devenue questionn\xe9e laisse un instant \xe0 ses sens pour s\u2019habituer \xe0 un niveau \xe9motionnel ambiant plus \xe9lev\xe9 qu\u2019elle ne s\u2019y attendait, puis r\xe9pond avec un d\xe9tachement pour une fois feint\xa0:\\n\u
2013 Mauvais. Nous sommes un peuple du changement, de la tradition orale. La pi\xe8ce doit \xeatre improvis\xe9e, pas r\xe9cit\xe9e. \xc9crire, c\u2019est emprisonner l\u2019instant dans l\u2019encre, figer le mouvement sur le papier.\\nCamilla se surprend \xe0 avoir peur. Dans les l\xe9gendes, bien \xe9videmment ethnocentr\xe9es, des siens, produire un \xe9crit non purement utilitaire, c\u2019est non seulement se d\xe9truire soi-m\xeame, mais aussi imposer une \xe9ternelle mal\xe9diction \xe0 toute la communaut\xe9. La chute des Masques au rang de maison mineure s\u2019expliquerait ainsi par la cr\xe9ation malencontreuse d\u2019une poign\xe9e de nouvelles romantiques par un imb\xe9cile \xe9namour\xe9.\\n\\nMaharal la sort de sa torpeur, m\xealant piti\xe9 et passion derri\xe8re sa fa\xe7ade d\u2019argile\xa0:\\n\u2013 Je pourrais \xe9piloguer longuement sur le pouvoir des livres et donc la n\xe9cessit\xe9 de les prot\xe9ger m\xeame, voire surtout, en des circonstances difficiles. Mais je vois bien que tu le
 ressens jusque dans tes os en ce moment-m\xeame.\\n\\nElle pose une main pleine de compassion sur son \xe9paule\xa0:\\n\u2013 Les livres n\u2019ont pas besoin d\u2019\xeatre une menace pour toi. Ton \xe9ducation t\u2019en a enseign\xe9 la crainte, et pourtant tu es ici.\\n\\nPuis la haine la plus pure et un murmure\xa0:\\n\u2013 Mais crois-moi que le grand Cthulhu n\u2019a pas fini de cauchemarder \xe0 propos des mots qui restent."},"meeting":{"introduction":"\xab\u202fBonjour, et merci \xe0 vous d\u2019\xeatre venues aussi nombreuses \xe0 cette permanence de l\u2019association <em>Fanfare</em>.\u202f\xbb\\nRashomon laisse s\u2019\xe9couler un instant pour que le silence se fasse dans un public bien plus clairsem\xe9 que son discours poli et pr\xe9par\xe9 \xe0 l\u2019avance ne le laisse sugg\xe9rer.\\n\xab\u202fAujourd\u2019hui, ce ne sont pas moins de trois projets qui ont besoin de votre aide.\u202f\xbb\\n\\n\xab\u202fTout d\u2019abord, en raison d\u2019une ann\xe9e \xe0 13 pleines lunes, les r\xe9serves 
de tue-loup, que l\u2019association met gratuitement \xe0 la disposition des zoomorphes, sont au plus bas. D\xe9janire propose donc d\u2019organiser une sortie en for\xeat pour r\xe9colter les ingr\xe9dients n\xe9cessaires \xe0 en produire une nouvelle fourn\xe9e.\u202f\xbb\\n\xc0 l\u2019annonce de son nom, l\u2019int\xe9ress\xe9e, debout dans un coin oppos\xe9 de la salle, agite la main et sourit nerveusement \xe0 l\u2019assembl\xe9e.\\n\\n\xab\u202fEnsuite, la biblioth\xe8que municipale a r\xe9cemment re\xe7u une g\xe9n\xe9reuse donation d\u2019ouvrages rares, mais leur mise en rayon a \xe9t\xe9 retard\xe9e car on soup\xe7onne la pr\xe9sence de livres dangereux dans ce lot.\\nMaharal demande notre aide pour inventorier ces opuscules sans plus tarder et ainsi d\xe9bloquer la situation.\u202f\xbb\\nLa d\xe9nomm\xe9e Maharal, adoss\xe9e \xe0 un autre coin, se contente d\u2019un hochement de t\xeate.\\n\\n\xab\u202fEnfin, \xe0 l\u2019approche du solstice, les diff\xe9rents charmes protecteurs de la ville ont b
ien besoin d\u2019un peu d\u2019entretien, voire de r\xe9parations plus pouss\xe9es, pour \xe9viter que des esprits malicieux ne s\u2019invitent aux festivit\xe9s. Je serai en charge de cette activit\xe9.\u202f\xbb\\n\\nRashomon marque sa derni\xe8re d\xe9claration d\u2019une courte pause avant d\u2019achever sa pr\xe9sentation :\\n\xab\u202fVoil\xe0 pour l\u2019id\xe9e g\xe9n\xe9rale. Si vous souhaitez participer \xe0 l\u2019une de ces initiatives ou que vous avez des questions, je vous invite \xe0 aller voir la personne responsable pour en discuter plus avant. Nous resterons ici \xe0 votre disposition jusqu\u2019\xe0 10 heures environ.\u202f\xbb\\n\\nUn inconfortable silence r\xe9pond \xe0 cette conclusion. Aucun applaudissement, aucune question, aucune r\xe9action du public quelle qu\u2019elle soit. Chaque fraction de l\u2019assembl\xe9e observe soigneusement les autres, incertaine, suspicieuse, blas\xe9e, attendant d\u2019une autre qu\u2019elle se d\xe9marque en premier de cette maigre foule anonyme.","c
eto":"C\xe9to observe les trois organisatrices avec un amusement cynique teint\xe9 de jalousie.\\n\\nLa pr\xe9sentation de Rashomon \xe9tait tout juste convenable, scolaire, artificielle. Du travail, des efforts, desservis par un manque certain de spontan\xe9it\xe9, d\u2019un lyrisme propre \xe0 enflammer les autres b\xe9n\xe9voles. La d\xe9l\xe9gu\xe9e de classe qui s\u2019efforce de para\xeetre s\xe9rieuse devant ses camarades, mais que personne n\u2019\xe9coute vraiment attentivement.\\n\\nD\xe9janire tient elle plus de la grande pataude timide qui essaye de se faire toute petite. Celle avec qui on essaye d\u2019\xeatre gentil tout en soupirant int\xe9rieurement de sa gaucherie.\\n\\nQuant \xe0 Maharal, c\u2019est la gamine bizarre que personne n\u2019arrive vraiment \xe0 cerner.\\n\\nEn son for int\xe9rieur, C\xe9to ne doute pas qu\u2019elle aurait pu faire meilleure impression que n\u2019importe laquelle de ces trois-l\xe0 si elle s\u2019en \xe9tait donn\xe9e la peine.\\nToutefois, les circonstances du 
moment font qu\u2019il vaut mieux, surtout quand on est une ophidienne venimeuse et p\xe9trificatrice, \xe9viter de s\u2019exposer en premi\xe8re ligne. En cons\xe9quence, C\xe9to a accept\xe9 de n\u2019avoir qu\u2019un r\xf4le subalterne dans une association qu\u2019elle a pourtant contribu\xe9 \xe0 refonder apr\xe8s la r\xe9organisation du quartier.\\n\\nElle n\u2019en pense cependant pas moins.\\n\\nEt pour couronner le tout, le reste de l\u2019assistante n\u2019\xe9tant constitu\xe9e que de nouvelles d\xe9sempar\xe9es, ou d\u2019irr\xe9guli\xe8res gu\xe8re plus d\xe9brouillardes, elle va devoir donner l\u2019exemple ou on va y passer la matin\xe9e.\\nAussi coupe-t-elle aux h\xe9sitations de son entourage en se redressant brusquement sur son s\xe9ant, d\xe9roulant \xe0 la verticale plusieurs m\xe8tres de ses anneaux jusqu\u2019\xe0 ce que sa t\xeate fr\xf4le le plafond et qu\u2019elle jette une ombre sur toute l\u2019assembl\xe9e. Puis, ayant attir\xe9 l\u2019attention de toutes, elle se rabat \xe0 une di
mension plus convenable et repte en direction d\u2019une des trois pas dou\xe9es.\\n\\nLa t\xe2che qui l\u2019attire le plus est sans doute d\u2019aller se poser dans une biblioth\xe8que pour lire tranquillement, mais elle a \xe9galement toutes les comp\xe9tences requises pour les deux autres, et s\u2019y d\xe9brouillera certainement mieux que toutes ces bleusailles.\\nEt, sachant qu\u2019elle n\u2019est pas exactement l\xe0 pour s\u2019amuser, peut-\xeatre devrait-elle s\u2019engager dans l\u2019activit\xe9 o\xf9 elle pense qu\u2019il y aura le plus besoin d\u2019aide plut\xf4t que selon son humeur.","alecto":"Alecto a bien du mal \xe0 s\u2019emp\xeacher de triturer le col de sa chemise sur-mesure. Elle n\u2019est d\xe9finitivement pas \xe0 sa place ici, au milieu de ce groupe tr\xe8s terrestre. Outre les quatre mastodontes qui lui font froid dans le dos, en particulier cette gorgone th\xe9\xe2trale mal fagot\xe9e et cette oni en costume avec un physique de videur, elle a rep\xe9r\xe9 une cheshire qui doit 
avoir la trentaine et s\u2019habille comme une ado friqu\xe9e en pleine r\xe9bellion contre l\u2019autorit\xe9, une slime \xe0 peine capable de maintenir une apparence humano\xefde, et m\xeame une masque.\\n\\nDu calme. Elle n\u2019est pas l\xe0 pour juger. Elle est l\xe0 pour\u2026 Pour \xe9chapper \xe0 la culpabilit\xe9 diffuse qui la ronge depuis maintenant des mois. Mais elle ne retrouvera pas le courage de se regarder dans la glace en se contentant d\u2019une simple apparition symbolique.\\n\\nElle prend encore quelques instants pour rassembler son courage, lisse machinalement ses plumes aux ondulations d\xe9j\xe0 parfaites, puis s\u2019\xe9lance dans l\u2019ar\xe8ne, marchant du pas assur\xe9 de celle qui vit depuis toute petite dans une ville aux plafonds d\xe9sesp\xe9r\xe9ment bas, au point d\u2019\xeatre aussi \xe0 l\u2019aise sur ses jambes que dans les airs.\\n\\nElle n\u2019est point un oiseau des champs, aussi la for\xeat ne l\u2019attire pas plus que cela, mais la t\xe2che para\xeet d\u2019impo
rtance. Un garou qui n\u2019a pas eu sa potion n\u2019est pas un spectacle beau \xe0 voir.\\nLes deux autres activit\xe9s semblent plus anecdotiques, mais au moins sera-t-elle dans son \xe9l\xe9ment, et donc moins susceptible de commettre des impairs.","carole":"Carole va pas se mentir, elle sent bien qu\u2019elle va pas passer la journ\xe9e la plus passionnante de sa vie.\\nSi elle ne devait pas se racheter une r\xe9putation apr\xe8s les imprudences de ses derni\xe8res vid\xe9os, elle partirait m\xeame bien de suite.\\n\\nAu moins semble-t-elle avoir bien calcul\xe9 son coup. \xc0 l\u2019exception de la d\xe9g\xe9n\xe9r\xe9e sans visage (elle devrait sans doute s\u2019efforcer de l\u2019appeler \xab\xa0rlyehienne\xa0\xbb ou \xab\xa0masque\xa0\xbb m\xeame quand elle converse avec elle-m\xeame au fond de sa caboche, parce que para\xeetrait que ces trucs sont t\xe9l\xe9pathes), les paum\xe9es qui l\u2019entourent sont le portrait crach\xe9 des parents de ses fans les plus jeunes qu\u2019elle peut voir en conve
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e semblant \xe0 peine se rendre compte qu\u2019elle existe. Elle ne sait cependant que trop bien que ces deux-l\xe0 ne sont pas coupables, que cette d\xe9liquescence d\xe9pend avant tout de circonstances ext\xe9rieures. Tout est plus compliqu\xe9 pour tout le monde en ce moment.\\nEt cela ne risque pas d\u2019aller en s\u2019arrangeant. Rashomon et D\xe9janire font de leur mieux pour rameuter de nouvelles t\xeates, mais elles sont ext\xe9nu\xe9es, et Maharal, C\xe9to, elle-m\xeame, font de bien m\xe9diocres recruteuses, chacune nulle en la mati\xe8re \xe0 sa mani\xe8re\xa0: l\u2019une en raison de son flegmatisme, l\u2019autre de sa langue ac\xe9r\xe9e et elle-m\xeame par son incapacit\xe9 notoire \xe0 se faire remarquer, m\xeame quand elle hausse le ton.\\n\\nUne bonne nouvelle cependant\xa0: les nouveaux membres, dont la plupart ne reviendront sans doute jamais, semblent issus d\u2019horizons plus vari\xe9s qu\u2019\xe0 l\u2019accoutum\xe9e, ce qui laisse \xe0 sugg\xe9rer qu\u2019elles commencent \xe0 fair
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