"You have been randomly selected for a full cavity search."

Fuck me, ew no phrasing.

But that is technically allowed.

This shit is part of why I go out of my way to be so friendly, but.

"Of course, I will comply."

Go go gadget martyrdom complex.

I held out through subjective months of being tortured by the literal devil.

And after I did give in I became a symbol of fear and terror among thousands.

Even once I was free of him and could have stopped without risking the freedom of my friends I decided I must just be a monster, and threw in with family becoming the Lilu's best assassin and one of our top interrogators so Chase could impress Grunkle and I didn't have to get a real job.

But, I was getting away with it, all of us were getting away with it and would have kept getting away with it if we let ourselves.

We're greater Mythos. But a few decades away from Trismegistus and a vivid reminder of the possibility of change later.

And now I'll drag myself through the punishment I deserve as long as it is all helping others and just happens to suck for me.

"You're clear sir."

SIR! AFTER FONDLING MY FUCKIN TITS!

I've tortured men for less.

And this is why it is called being a penitent. It's because I used to be incredibly Evil and now I am Good except for when Law or my need to take on the sins of others means I have to do something Pharasma my mental model of a fake deity that is not part of our pantheon and unlike Aroden I wouldn't want anyway... Uh lost my train of thought.

Note to self; get my Leareth fictive working again he's cool.

Hurry up and wait time. 

This is supposed to be friendlyish territory. I haven't been to this specific prison before, so maybe that one guard is just a bigot. But jurisdiction mashups, and the use of conscript labour means the locals in this corner of the Park Penumbra are typically happy to have the blood off their hands rather than wanting MoreSadism. Or just throwing a fit about taking jobs. Which like a lot to unpack there, but like I get it I really try to avoid disrupting the umbral economy.

I may have rich relatives, residency on an Earth where magic is secret enough for people not to freak out at purple hair, and enough raw mystic mojo to walk into any mercenary company that does black ops and get a job same day.

But I know how some places treat people with just enough magic for it to get clocked as an umbral affinity.

Ellen, you're in the waiting room right?

Yup, is this the point where proximity to the event is causing it to become clearer in Prophecy? And/or when all of the, endorsed to be clear, stage managing of my emotions as a source of operational constraints clear up enough that we talk about how this job is fi- suspicious?

Fishy is not actually racist against merpeople unless you make it. And mostly, but I will have to be weirdly cryptic about bits for reasons.

#justprophetthings

Awesome, I know I'm almost certainly about to feel like I just reread that one thread that I'm forgetting the name of with the helm of opposite alignment or maybe like the first time I got killed irl before I realized it wouldn't stick but let me savor the youness while I can. 

#heryouness

Would it be #myherness?

#youryouness

#mymeness but she's the one wot has to say it.

Sorry, timing is pretty percise here.

First off all of this should be pretty obvious if you understand decision theory and pseudo-timeless Mythos crafting.

And next you're going to say as you know.

As you know we have clear pre-worked guidelines on the exact duties we have re:entities ordering executions, and the necessity to not be lax versus not enabling certain types of behavior over what counterfactual replacements would provide. And a split between actual order members like yourself and lay practitioners doing a penitence such as myself.

And that while you are in the top percentile relative to humans in certain lawfullness skills there are still as many as several reasons to not let you know everything seemingly relevant I know.

yeahyeahyeah

"We're ready to take you through now. We will need you to reconfirm your identity and papers first M'lady."

"Of course, I will comply.

I am Bat Qayin Kryptos Violet of Trismegistus Lesbiakos — lajchaʼ bʼaktuun, waxaklajuun kʼatuun, oxlajuun tuun, wuk winaal, kanlajuun kʼiin; wak Ix, wuk Yax — ór fyrirsát Skarð. Prōtos additionally a penitent of the Nestmates of Swift Mercy. 

I will now withdraw the warrant and supplementary papers from my vestments."

Do I actually need to say that, probably not. Do I want them think I'm going for Peacemaker, definitely not.