Strings of Fate
156–Information and introductions
The files that Joshua sent me are actually fairly straight forward, mostly because there isn’t all that
much to them. Kiara’s file just includes her name, Kiara Anne Brooks, her age, nine, a picture of her
mark and abel which says ‘Sister of fates. One of three.‘ Leave it to the MRO to make something
unique and interesting sound like it’s being checked off a list. Her race is nked out since I wasn’t
approved for that information. It also lists her parents as her next of kin and their contact information.
This is clearly going to need updating.
“We should find out if Kiara has any other family. We’re going to need to contact them when we find
her.” I dere firmly. Bemy nods.
“I’ll get Alex to look into it. If anyone can find that information it’s him.” He promises.
“Thanks.”
“You know, for a minute there on that phone call I thought you might be one of these sisters of fate. But
if there are already three I guess not, huh?” Bemyments. I sigh.
“Yeah, I had the same thought. But nope. If it were that easy I probably would have figured it
out years ago. Besides, their marks all match apparently and while my powers and mark both seem
fairly simr, they aren’t quite the same.” I remind him.
“Yes. It doesn’t say much about what these sisters of fate’s magic actually is.” I point out.
“Well the easiest way to learn more is probably to ask the sisters of fate themselves.” Bemy says,
swapping over the documents.
“Oh, well for starters, I suppose ‘sisters‘ is just abel, because one of these is a guy.” I note.
“Yes. Also they are both different races and as a result it is rather unusual but they have two marks.
They each have a ‘sister of fate‘ mark and a race mark. Their races are no secret. A. Banshee and a
Witch.” Bemy adds. The files don’t say much else. The Banshee is a man named Colin Demy and
the Witch is of course a woman and her name is Adeline Landry. It lists an email and phone number
contact for each of them and… that’s about it. I suppose I don’t really need more information than that
to contact them.
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In the end, Bemy is the one who calls them on my behalf. Mostly because when I dial the first
number and Colin Demy answers the phone, I get so nervous and tongue tied that nothinges out
and I spend thirty seconds listening to him repeatedly ask if someone is actually there. Bemy rescues
me by taking over. He briefly exins that we are seeking information about his particr type of magic
and would love a chance to meet at his earliest convenience. The man lives out of town and Bemy
offers to pay for flights and amodation if he woulde visit. The man declines saying that he
has responsibilities at home. Disappointed but not dissuaded, Bemy suggests a video call so that we
can talk properly and the man agrees. We schedule a call for two o’clock tomorrow when Colin is
avable to chat longer. Bemy takes one look at my pale, anxious face and calls Adeline Landry
himself, putting the phone on speakerphone so that I can hear.
“Hello?” A cheerful sounding woman answers.
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“Good afternoon. My name is Bemy Kane and I am here with Ryann Gale. We are calling as we are
in the process of investigating your particr type of magic and how it connects to Ryann’s own magic
as well as the magic of a young girl who is currently missing.” He exins. He continues to answer her
questions about what it is we’re after until Adeline turns
her attention to me.
“Ryann was it? You’re awfully quiet dear.” Shements..
“Oh… sorry. I guess I’m just nervous. I’ve been looking for information about my magic my whole life.
This is the closest thing I’ve found so far.” I exin.
“Oh, well I’ll be happy to help however I can. But despite your gentleman friend’s generous offers, I
have a job to see to and I just can’t take ast minute trip.” She sounds apologetic.
to join on
“I understand. Would… would you be avable tomorrow at two to join on a video call with us and
someone else who has the same mark as you? I’m hoping we can figure out SOMETHING.” I ask. She
agrees, readily telling me that she will have her son figure it out since she has very little knowledge of
computers.
Once we are done with the phone calls Bemy watches me pace the office anxiously. After about two
minutes of this he jumps from his seat and grabs me by the shoulders.
“No. No way, you have until two pm tomorrow to stress about this and if you spend that
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whole time pacing there are going to be holes in the carpet and you’ll be so on edge you’ll probably bite
someone’s head off and since I’m the closest person I would rather avoid that. Sweetheart, what can I
do to help you calm down?” Bemy demands.
“I… I don’t know. Give me something to do, something that will keep my mind upied at least for a
while.” I request. Bemy nods.
“I have just the thing. You wanted work. I have an inbox full of emails just waiting to be answered.”
Bemy spins his chair around and guides me into it.
“Have at it.” He turns me towards the desk and leaves the room.
“But I-” I start to speak, but he’s already walked off. Probably to stop me from arguing. I know I agreed
to this, but I didn’t expect him to just leave me alone right away. Then again, I guess he is still in the
house. I can go find him if I need help, or ask Megan. In fact there are plenty of people I could ask for
advice. So maybe this won’t be as hard as I worry it might be.
Alright, first problem. Bemy’s emails are a MESS. All kinds of emails are all mixed together and
almost every single one is marked as urgent. I start by making different mail boxes so I can sort the
emails. I mark one formunications with the Alphas, one for personalmunications, one for
Shifters asking for advice or judgement and then one for all other officialmunications. I now have
the suitably distracting task of sorting the emails into the appropriate folders. Communications from the
Alphas are easy enough, I just do a search. for their names and then move any emails from them into
the right folder. The rest of the emails are far more difficult. Bemy has literally hundreds of unopened
emails. How is he so far behind? I’m horrified when I notice the oldest email is only a few days old.
How many emails does he GET? I get to it. Opening each email one at a time and sorting them. When I
come across emails from Shifters asking for guidance or judgement I open them briefly to ch*ck if
they’re urgent. Most of them don’t seem to be too time sensitive. When I find ones that are, I stop and
do my best to write answers. Bemy returns an hourter with food and I have a collection of three
emails that I have written but not sent. I think my answers are good, but to send them under Bemy’s
name… I just want him to ch*ck them first. Bemy encourages me to take a break and have
something to eat while he looks over them for me.