[@Lady Amalthea] Sigil and I are collabing Mary and Virginia. 

[@mnkee] I've actually been considering having her approach the Talinks in regards to Rutherford. But at the same time, I can see her wanting to handle Rutherford by herself. She and Mosi already wanted to murder him, now with Mosi gone, I think she'd see it as her duty to Mosi to see it through. 

However, I do think it's likely that when she confides in Alfred, he'd likely contact the Talinks to have them meet with her. But that would likely be something that we'd have to set up for day 2. 

[s]As for recognizing each other - didn't Thalken already see Virginia and not recognize her? So I don't really know if we could go that way, without me feeling like it's a near metagame. [/s] Ah, misread. It'd depend on how recent the last Crypt family hit was. Since before her parents vanished, Thalken's father would have met with Virginia's father. 

I do have another idea, though, that could suffice. I believe [@Sigil] mentioned earlier either in the chat or in the OOC how marriage would solve a lot of Crypt family problems. And while Virginia isn't considering courtship, the Crypt family is fairly wealthy, has an earldom, connections, and so forth. Assuming her father is dead, the earldom should go to her five year old brother. But with life expectancy and Crypt family habits/hobbies, there's still a good chance that James might die before being able to possess the title, meaning it would go to Virginia - so from an outsider perspective, marrying off a son into the Crypt family could be incredibly beneficial. Especially since the Talink family sees them as more criminal. 

We can PM and plot to get them to meet each other if you'd like, of course, but I think there's still a fair chance they'll run into each other before the day closes out. After all, she'll be the pale girl with corpses and axes. Definitely draws attention. 

Another idea - if Virginia does send James off to train, she'll likely hold some sort of event to celebrate him leaving. The Talinks may be invited to that. It'd involve a good old mamushka, of course (though the British Crypts tend to use axes instead of knives, since most of them trained in the Colonies). 

Sorry, this is getting scatterbrained lol.