[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=a0522d]Gilbert Summers[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/7ce4ca94-0d5e-43f5-8071-e86d5da5d2c1.png[/img][hr][b][color=sienna]Location:[/color][/b] Plains Between River & Cave
[b][color=a0522d]Skills:[/color][/b] History [hr][/center]

	There was a pause from the tall Emendator as Ludwig rambled off whatever it was he likely intended as passing along information, and/or making observations of the world around him. It was funny, Gilbert probably fluently spoke more languages, modern and ancient, than any single entity that had existed (to the breadth of his experience), yet when this man opened his mouth, complete gibberish seemed to pour forth like a syllabic gargoyle throwing rainwater away from the roof of a cathedral. At least he seemed to know what he was talking about, if no one else did. Probably how his people kept lore safe. There was no better cipher than confusion. 

	The lady in the Londoner attire, though he did not quite place the exact decade, seemed to know him intimately. Or at least personally, and surprised enough at his presence for them to not have arrived in this place together. Then, at length of the first round of introductory conversation, she introduced herself. [color=a0522d]"Your name is Crypt? I know of your bloodline well."[/color] He turned to Andromeda, who had likewise just finished introducing herself in response. [color=a0522d]"Recall, please, the stately woman who shared a drink with me. Pale, garbed in black, assisted in your training. The [i]first[/i], Belladonna. She is the progenitor of the Crypt line. This is her descendant."[/color] He returned his gaze to young Virginia, [color=a0522d]"It is a pleasure. I am called Gilbert Summers, The Hat. [i]You[/i] might know of me in London as Gray Hawkins, a professor of history and philosophy. I have been called many other interesting things, though I was born to the name Gilgamesh."[/color] He scanned the area around him, then looked in the direction he felt Nancy's pull just earlier. [color=a0522d]"It has been an interesting day."[/color] 

	Faith's summary wasn't, in an odd twist of irony, something that gave him a lot of faith. Though it did point out that Evelina, the one that they knew and not a maybe far altered-by-time version of her was sighted and present up until very recently. It seemed that the explanation was going to be highly abbreviated, so Gilbert decided to open himself up to one of he most useful skills he possessed by pure qualification of being an Emendator to try for more direct and fulfilling answers: His ability to compress and experience human history. He shut his eyes for a moment, as if there were a mental barrier that prevented his instant ease of access, then soon opened them, a look of contemplative clarity beaming across his face. [color=a0522d]"That... explains so much. And yet does not..."[/color] he mused aloud. A single chuckle emanated from The Hat, and he looked to Faith with wonder and amusement. [color=a0522d]"It is amazing what can be realized with a change in perspective, Faith. You need to consider those words very carefully. For right now, listen to me. I do not know how much time we will have together."[/color] 

	[color=a0522d]"I looked into the history of this place, and saw [i]nothing[/i]. Not blankness, not garbled impressions. Literally nothing. I saw no past, and I saw no chance at a future timeline that had already come to be. My ability to do so has not been compromised; I can still feel the edges of human history as I open myself up to the lines. This place is beyond it all. History is made by those who live and struggle and experience. [i]This[/i] is a place where living souls go after they are done experiencing life. We stand, almost all of us, as Paradoxes inside of a Paradox. This is an afterlife, yet we are not dead, you and I."[/color] 

	He removed his hat and motioned toward Faith, continuing, [color=a0522d]"Evelina left you here. We took her place, is this correct? My arrival, and as such my departure from where I stood last was not voluntary. I would guess the same was true of her. Faith, I believe that there is so much that can be determined in this place. Please, walk me through everything you can remember about your time with The Dice. Exact words she used. Where she went. How she looked. What she did."[/color] His words were imperative but kindly, as a teacher might use with a pupil who was on the verge of understanding. 

	Gilbert turned his head suddenly to look at Ludwig. What he was saying seemed to crystallize in Gil's brain, between his words and what was discerned in the attempt to embrace history here. [color=a0522d]"And [i]you[/i]... know things, do you not?"[/color] He seemed to be right about something, and self assured. While waiting on a fuller recap from Faith, Gilbert opened himself up to another Emendator ability in hopes of gathering more direct knowledge for himself. It seemed that this jump might prove very fruitful indeed. 

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Location: [i]Plains Between River & Cave[/i]
Attempted Actions: [i]Find Evelina[/i]
Skills: [i]Locate (Emendator)[/i]
Reasons for Skills: [i]Specifically, to focus this ability on Evelina[/i]
End Location: [i]N/A[/i]
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