Chapter 5: The Invisible Hand

[Jumala Keitoleinen]

"We can dye the hair so that they are not mistaken for Creditor androids. I would hate to have someone think you have enslaved the Creditors. It would give false hope to the miners." Keitoleinen replies. Then, he calls Eun and leaves her a message that she should come over at once with Linnea for something very important.

"Now, what is this?" He asks. He shows Calithin a picture of a smiling pinneaple cartoon character that he just drew on the scrap paper.

[Calithin Crest]

"It's... Um... Hemingway?"

He is not a very good artist. I happen to be amazing at pictionary and cannot be expected to work under these conditions. I squint a little and lean closer to the picture.

"Or... Maybe... A scooter? Is it a scooter? I bet it is."

[Jumala Keitoleinen]

"The girls will be arriving soon to play this little game with us." Keitoleinen says. He adds more detail to the pineapple picture.

"Bah, it is this infernal pen with its redish brown ink. That is the problem." He states. He sets his special pen aside and opts for a normal black ink pen. He takes care to draw the texture on the surface of the pinneaple.

"One word clue...Aloha." He says as he adds a little more detail.

[Calithin Crest]

"... Aloha... What?"

Now I'm getting a little frustrated. I snatch the slip of paper away from him and stare at the drawing.

"It's really not Hemingway, huh?"

I turn the paper a little bit and frown.

"This is crazy... Um... Is it... A Volkswagen van? Or... Uh... An aborigine? Hmm..."

I crumple the piece of paper and toss it aside.

"I give up. You're a bad artist."

[Jumala Keitoleinen]

"Yes, there you go. It was an aborigine. I am a wonderful artist..you are just a terrible guesser. Now, your turn." Keitoleinen states before passing the paper over to Calithin. He hands him the regular black ink pen.



(If you want to post to us Linnea, you can. You can probably move Eun's chari so you aren't in post limbo.)

[Calithin Crest]

"Huzzah!"

I take up the pen eagerly and quickly begin to sketch out a castle. It is pretty fantastic looking, if I do say so myself. I draw the basic structure with the pointy tops, and even add little flags and a protective mote... When I finish I slide the paper over to him and smile.

"There. What is it?"

[Linnea Korpela]

the both of them walk to Linnea's house, she takes a shower and puts some clean clothes on. She dresses some of the wounds that she had gotten from being beaten. Eun and Linnea talk for a bit before Linnea decides that she should stop by the office and see how much work she had to do the next day, maybe she could bring the pill home and work on it.
She sees that even though its later in the day the lights are still on, so she creeps into the office and tries to not disturb anyone and prays that Jumula isn't there.

[Jumala Keitoleinen]

"It is one of those walls that you hang dead bodies on to scare the populace." Keitoleinen suggests. But then he hears Linnea's office door creak open. He quickly uses the intercom system to call down to her office.

"Linnea, if that is you, you must report to my office at once!" He orders in a harsh tone.

[Calithin Crest]

"Stop being crazy! It's a castle! And obviously so... Jerk. I bet Linnea will know what it is. Then you'll see. Friggin blind over here."

I pick up the piece of paper and look at my castle. It's a perfectly nice castle. I can't even believe this.

[Linnea Korpela]

Linnea froze, and cringed, he said if. Linnea if that is you. She could pretend that it wasn't her, in fact she did exactly that. She started to gather some papers and place them in her bag. She planned on being a minute longer and then sneaking out.
"Let's see how this goes," she whispers nearly silently.

[Jumala Keitoleinen]

When no one answers, Keitoleinen becomes upset. He loses interest in the game and turns to Calithin. "Calithin, I know it's her. She's going to escape. Go after her and tell her it is safe to come up and play the game. She won't be afraid of you." Keitoleinen orders Calithin.

He knows Calithin is not apt to comply.

"Do it, and...I will have her bake you some cookies. She is a wonderful cookie maker."

[Calithin Crest]

"... I am forever getting conned into stuff."

I sigh, but alas, cannot refuse a good batch of cookies... So, I go down to the main area and look around a little until I come across Linnea being sneaky.

"Hey! Uh... You don't know me. I'm Calithin. I'm super cool. Um... It would be great if you could come up to the office with me. I need some help... With... Typing things. That's part of your job, right? Typing.... Yeah. Please? How 'bout it?"

I smile and try to look un-suspicious.

[Linnea Korpela]

Linnea was startled, she was expecting that Jumula would come barreling down and make a big fuss.
"Oh hi Calithin, I'm Linnea," she fades off thinking about his story. Why did her job suck so much? This is what people assumed all the time.
"I um..." she sighed and shut a drawer before hanging her head. "I know who is upstairs."
That was the only thing she could manage. "I know you don't need help."
She tried to be nice about it but she was tired of always being cornered.

[Calithin Crest]

"Well, not typing things, no... I don't need that kind of help. Some psychological help-- probably. But not help typing. I'm sorry I lied. I want some cookies. We're playing pictionary. I WILL protect you. Come along, skippy."

I grab her hand and walk us both up to Keito's office, where out of something closely related to guilt, I offer my chair to Linnea.

"Game!"

[Jumala Keitoleinen]

"Linnea is an artist, so I imagine she will excell at this little game. Now Linnea, what is that a drawing of?" Keitoleinen asks, showing her the castle drawing that Calithin did.

"After we are done, you can come home with me and bake us cookies. I did pay quite a lot of money to have you released from that Manalist prison, so, it is really a very small thing in comparisson."