Professor Randolph Lyall (
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Third Howl [Private Messages, late Friday night]
A series of private audio messages:
[To Eliot, left on his phone:]
Eliot, this is-- Professor Lyall.
[Yes, there's a brief hesitation there. He's still not entirely sure he oughtn't go with his first name, since Eliot insisted he use his.]
I have found a scent trail for the Oracle. If you would like to help me investigate, I would be glad of your company.
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[To Kaidan, who has now graduated from title status into last name status:]
Alenko, this is Lyall. I seem to have found the Oracle, or at least some sign of her. I would like to speak with you in person about it, if possible.
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[To Tony, since he was so... helpful last time, and proving he did indeed learn how to make a private call:]
Mister Stark. I thought you might like to know I have found some sign of the Oracle, though not her, herself. I will keep you updated, if you like.
[To Eliot, left on his phone:]
Eliot, this is-- Professor Lyall.
[Yes, there's a brief hesitation there. He's still not entirely sure he oughtn't go with his first name, since Eliot insisted he use his.]
I have found a scent trail for the Oracle. If you would like to help me investigate, I would be glad of your company.
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[To Kaidan, who has now graduated from title status into last name status:]
Alenko, this is Lyall. I seem to have found the Oracle, or at least some sign of her. I would like to speak with you in person about it, if possible.
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[To Tony, since he was so... helpful last time, and proving he did indeed learn how to make a private call:]
Mister Stark. I thought you might like to know I have found some sign of the Oracle, though not her, herself. I will keep you updated, if you like.
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Only one way to find out.
[ He gave Lyall a look and indicated for the werewolf to take the lead if he wished. After all, he was the one who had been here before. ]
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[Still, Lyall takes the lead as intimated, and starts confidently enough down the hall. The Oracle, he's sure, is behind that door. It only takes a couple turns down the tunnel to reach it, but it's still just as inaccessible-seeming to him as before.]
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Unless he comes back often, but we'd have noticed.
[ They stopped before the door and Eliot stared at it. ] I take it this stopped you last time?
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[Lyall put a hand on the door, smelling cold metal and electricity.]
It appears to be locked, as far as I can tell, and I cannot budge it. I was hoping you might have some insight into the problem, or at least a second pair of werewolf arms to put to bear on it.
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We can try, but it didn't budge even a tiny bit. Way door is built, pushin' in will make it twice as hard to open.
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[It didn't look like that sort of door, but Lyall supposed he could be wrong. He had been before, and fairly recently, after all.]
Or would pushing warp the locking mechanism?
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You can, it's how it's built, but not with nothin' to get a solid grip. This door ain't meant to be broken into from this side, man...
[ Eliot gave Lyall a look. ] Way this is built, it's to keep people on this side out.
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How interesting. I may have misjudged Nem's intentions, if that is the case. So there is likely no way for us to get through now, with the methods at our disposal.
[Less a question than a statement, there.]
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[ Eliot knocked on the metallic structure then shook his head. ]
If it's really to protect rather than imprison, if we knock this down, it's gonna destroy whatever protection inside has.
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[Because Lyall didn't want to destroy something potentially useful and, it seemed, possibly in the Oracle's best interest. Now all he could do was wonder at the reasoning, and consider whether he could-- or should-- bring someone with a different skillset out this way.]
I'm sorry to have dragged you out here for naught.
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Don't worry 'bout it. Not gettin' in doesn't mean we didn't learn anythin'.
[ He tilted his head back to the entrance. ] Let's go before we're caught here.
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[Lyall clapped a hand lightly to Eliot's shoulder as they turned back to the tunnel entrance.]
Thank you for coming, my friend.