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[careersinsuperscience]

If you happen to be in Colchester and meet a young man named Fortune Seabrooke, do try to find out how his proposal went with his girlfriend. He seems so beautifully in love.

[ERNEST WATERS MYSTERY CLUB]

Which flowers do you think say "I'm terribly sorry I was snooping in the office of your family's bed and breakfast, but as a member of the local governmental body tasked with keeping the area safe I do feel it is my duty to look through your missing family member's secret journal"?

Either way, Rory and I did make a small impression on the local small business owners, and we come bearing reports.

Their guestbook does not extend beyond 2020, and I was unable to locate an older one. I suppose we don't need to know how often Director Riddle and her wife visit the local romantic getaway, or what the illustrious Cairo Montana was doing there alone, or if Sam Glass is any relation to our own glass, but as that's the information I was able to gather from that particular avenue then I would be remiss if I didn't share it. I even have a few pictures, should you not trust my impeccable judgment on what was worthy of sharing.

Now onto my indecorous crime, I did find a journal of sorts filled with little notes and shorthand. Hard to say what exactly it means without solving the cypher first, but I am happy to recreate the journal pages to the best of my ability for anyone who wants to crack into it. Quite unfortunately, my absorption of information was disrupted by the elder Mrs. Waters, who caught me in the act of snooping, and wouldn't even listen to my very clever excuse that I was just trying to find something to read. I fear this will go on my permanent record.

Comments

[coulee]

we should be like [...] love [...] consultants

[careersinsuperscience]

In that case we need a terribly clever name for our business. How can we best smash our names together?

[coulee]

[...] r[...]ug

EWMC

[imaginist]

Hm. Thank you for trying. Would you say you're banned from the bed & breakfast?

EWMC

[careersinsuperscience]

I was referred to as the rudest guest Mrs. Waters has ever met, but there was no mention of my never returning again. Business is a little lean these days, and she can't go alienating all the snoops.

Do we know of any local Liminals with the ability to detect Rifts, by the way?

EWMC

[imaginist]

Good point. Although if you ever go to the Colchester library, I would probably not tell them you work for Enodia.

No. That's fascinating. I only know of the librarian with suggestion powers and the locksmith who can fly.

EWMC

[rainbowfish]

We should stop going to the bed and breakfast. [...] Or at the very least we should start using our real names when we do.

EWMC

[imaginist]

Ernestine likely knows every Enodia employee by name, face and Liminal powers by now. If she's returning home soon, it'll be incredibly difficult to fool anyone at the Pond Lily.

EWMC

[coulee]

seabrooke n i had a gab session when my husband was off playin sherlock. says he used to have a buddy who could like [...] feel the rift's vibes or something?? he was vague about it, but he's a family friend so the buddy could've been ernest i guess or like ernest and IRIS did the cause he didn't seem to know many folks like us.

Re: EWMC

[careersinsuperscience]

I do see how detecting Rifts might grab IRIS' attention, if that was a fear of Mr. Seabrooke's friend. Especially if they didn't quite believe the organization had reformed from its early goals.

EWMC

[beautyfull]

ernest didn't like iris n he could sense if someone was like liminal god i wonder if his power was more expansive and like [...] he could tell what the rifts were doing n how they affected everything

that would be cool

[chillpills]

I would expect no less from someone named Fortune Seabrooke.

[careersinsuperscience]

A truly whimsical name, isn't it? Next time I see him I should ask if he knows the story behind it, or if his parents simply hoped to inspire him to greater heights.

[chillpills]

Such a name is an audacious wish to the universe. I wonder what his middle is.

EWMC

[rainbowfish]

Maybe we should stop antagonizing the locals who hate liminals.

EWMC

[careersinsuperscience]

But then how will they learn to love?

EWMC

[beautyfull]

they don't all hate us bc we're liminals

some are one of us but also hate us

EWMC

[coulee]

[...] antagonizin wasn't our intent. it just kinda happened.

[unperceive]

Aw! Adorable. Did he have a big spectacle planned?

[careersinsuperscience]

Last I heard he was planning an origami scavenger hunt just for her, so perhaps a medium spectacle.

[philomathean]

If it was a paper crafts centric proposal, I'm sure it went 👌 Very effective proposal method, imo.

[Ernest Waters Mystery Club]
A CYPHER, you say? This sounds like a job for the Philomathean Society.

What else did you learn about Dorothy Waters? Do you think she'd be charmed by a handsome doctor? Or should we listen to Raine... ?

EWMC

[rainbowfish]

You should listen to me? Obviously?

[coulee]

when they met she was makin lil paper cranes at the park so it's like a "check out what i learned from you, ain't we better together" kind of deal and tbh??? 👌 plannin that out with him's maybe some of my best work.

EWMC

[crawlwaller]

[...] [...] [...] Orchids?

EWMC

[careersinsuperscience]

Orchids! Beautiful, elegant, a statement piece but not one that dominates the room. A very good suggestion, thank you!