mollymocked | IC CONTACT (IN THE NIGHT)

[ On the morning of the 25th, Molly might find a parcel on his front door that is neatly wrapped in plain paper which reads "To Molly, From Aziraphale." On the inside is a light silky scarf that appears to be hand-dyed in a variety of jewel tones. Flecks of gold have been sewn in. ]

[Attached is a picture taken just outside the church. It's a small army of tiny snowmen (no taller than 5-10 inches) or perhaps more accurately snow sigillaria. If you look, each snowman has an initial on its belly to correspond to the people Jason considers himself close to. Written in the snow are the words: Happy Saturnalia & Merry Christmas.

He couldn't find enough gifts for everyone he wanted to, so he sculpted these an sent out a sort of Christmas card instead. Of course, the snowmen are still there in person for the foreseeable future.]

A ridiculously sealed note is left at Molly's place. When he manages to finally open it - why? so much tape?? - he'll see the following message written in a surprisingly neat cursive script:

Hi Molly!

I wanted to let you and the other people who fell asleep during the events and dreamt know the following: You can write to Dr. Solis and tell her what you dreamt.

You can do so at the Post Office. Postmaster General will send your letter to her.

And this isn't fair, I know, but I really hope you will write to her and describe what went down in your vision. I'm not sure who else was with you when you dreamt of the mines and the logbook doesn't describe anything about your area. So, right now, you're the only source I can turn to for this because the mines sound super promising.

Thanks,
Daylight.

[The next time Molly makes his way to the post office, the Postmaster General will excitedly hand him a letter! It's addressed to him! How exciting! There's even a small package attached!!!]

Dear Mr. Tealeaf,

Thank you for writing to me. What you've described is troubling, to say the least, and I'm deeply sorry that you underwent this ordeal. Beacon's mines have always been cursed places.

As of yet, I cannot be sure if all of these visions were accurate to life, but no false detail has yet been relayed to me. Your experience is plausibly rooted in fact, as no piece of it sounds far-fetched given what I know of the mines.

I will be in touch soon, hopefully with more answers than questions. In the meantime, I hope you can make some use of this. Stay safe.

Best,

Dr. Maridel Solis

[Inside of the package, Molly will find a glowing blue rock that fits nicely into the palm of his hand. The attached instructions explain that this is called a hearthstone, and if rubbed between his hands, it will teleport Molly (and only Molly) to his place of residence from anywhere in Beacon! Cool!

But there's a catch: the stone can only be used once before the charge runs out and it stops glowing. It can be recharged, the instructions say, but it doesn't say how.]

[ whenever molly leaves the invincible, he'll notice a spirit is watching him from high up in the trees. clearly peering at him since their mask always follows his movements.

attempting to interact with the spirit causes it to panic and will begin to throw dirt and leaves and sticks at molly so the spirit has time to make a quick getaway. at one point, if molly can brave the foliage hitting his face, he may notice the spirit holding... a dirty notepad in its clawed hand?

huh. ]

[what is this life.

after ducking the foliage and seeing the notepad, Molly just looks around.]

Is anyone else seeing this?

[Probably not. Maybe you're going crazy Molly.]

Hey Molly-

Remember how I said I'll reach out to you soon if something happens?

I know that meant the spirit language project at the time but this 'something', right now, is related to the mines. Can you text or call me back soon as you can?

She wrote me back and gave me a rock, so that was interesting. And she implied a few things, but none of it was very detailed.

What did you learn?

Remember the play about the Fire Snatchers? The ones the spirit hosted a while back? They're apparently down in the mines if I can trust what the Hint Machine's answer.

Could we meet somewhere private? It'll be faster to talk face to face. Especially since the spirits near the cabin Coraline and I live in are being, like, super weird. [ seriously. why are they digging a hole under his window...? ]

They definitely did a lot of snatching, but not necessarily fire, but yes. Absolutely. We can meet somewhere.

Wait. They're being weird to you too? I had one throw sticks at me.

They threw what at you?? Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I'll talk to this spirit if you can describe them to me and I can track them down.

Where are you right now? I can go to you if you want; I'm just finishing some music scripting and scanning my notes and sketches for last-minute details I might be missing about this.

I'll... draw them or something.

I'm at the Invincible. You remember where my room is, right?

Yeah, I do. If you're there, right now, I can swing by and be there in around maybe an hour or more.

I'll be here.

[ it takes some time but being big means covering more ground and getting to places faster.

day politely knocks on the door when he arrives, smiling in gratitude when the door is opened. ]

Hey, Molly. Thanks you taking the time to see me. [ day has his... tablet readied, for some reason. does he have notes to share or does he want to take notes? ]

[Molly is holding a glowing blue stone in his hand and he holds it up the second Day starts talking.]

She sent me this for my information. I wasn't expecting her to be that nice.

Oh! That's really nice of her to do!

[ daylight leans forward, inspecting the cool-looking stone with an excited expression on his face.

remembering the music box that dr. solis had given him, daylight realises that the stone probably had a special quality to it besides looking neat. ] Does it do anything?

The memory it contains doesn't involve anyone that he'd be able to recognize. Interestingly enough, however, it seems that the memory seems to be, at least, about a type of creature he's particularly familiar with.

A young, gray-skinned tiefling is scampering about an alley as he approaches, running his hand along the rough stone. The boy, red-haired, with the beginnings of a set of black horns erupting from his forehead and a long black tail that whips around like a cat's, grins widely, running to meet him. His teeth are big and sharp and uneven.

"Welcome home! I was making for us...um...a bed! Do you like it? Look, look, come see!"

The boy pulls him forward, and Molly will see that "his" hand is the same gray skin tone as the much smaller tiefling. The bed appears to be made out of abandoned, torn clothing and cardboard.

"Nice," Molly says, his voice low and feminine. He's endeared, but tired, and sore from a long day of toil, but isn't about to let the kid down. "We can sit in it together while we eat."

"You found food today? Helen, Helen, Helen! You found food!"

The memory ends as the boy cheers.

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