open / and I've been putting out the fire with gasoline

[brushoff]

Who: Dorian Gray & others!
What: body horror, creepy portraits, murder???
When: early May & onwards
Where: Milton, Lakeside

Content Warnings: NPC murder, will edit as needed

( open & closed starters in the comments! )

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[lieutenantsteward]

Thomas isn't surprised by that. The others here can't keep their mouths shut.

He rolls his eyes.

"What have you heard?"

[brushoff]

"Honestly, the moment I heard the phrase 'HMS Terror,' that told me all I need to know," Dorian shrugs. "No details needed—your story is a bit infamous in my time. And because it's a bit infamous, I also know it's not the sort of thing one brings up to practical strangers."

How the fuck do you loop that into casual conversation? Hello, don't mind me, just want a little chit-chat, terribly sorry about that starving and dying and possible lead poisoning of it all.