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WHO: Nikos, Caspar, Nell, Carla, Max, Kitty, Marisol, and the letters of Ilias Fabria
WHAT: the assassination of Grand Cleric Agathe of Cumberland
WHEN: mid Cloudreach
WHERE: Kirkwall, Antiva, and the long and lonely road to Val Royeaux
NOTES: part of the mod plot

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The paper rustles, and the monkey's ears prick, and it swings its head around to look--first at Kitty's hand, and then up into her face.

And then it screams.

It's really more of a scream than a screech, which helps to make it off-putting. A screech might be expected. A scream, almost human, and it pulls back sharply on the page, ripping it out of Kitty's grasp. Angry, it screams again, shaking the page at her, giving her a good scolding. The shaking does put it back in her range again, though she'll need to be quick to get at it.

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Kitty gives a little yelp of her own. That noise sounds so - human - and for a moment, she's reminded of that green monkey, coming after her and Jakob - which is a stupid thing to think and a stupid thing to be afraid of because that thing was a demon the size of a man and this is just a stupid little animal. But it still throws her off enough that her reflexes are just a little too slow. She just misses her chance to grab at it.

"Wait - " she cries as the monkey starts moving, like it's going to listen to her pleas.

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There's no waiting.

The monkey, spooked and possessive, screams again and darts past Kitty. Not out the window, which might, perhaps, come as some surprise. That was the easiest escape route, after all. The monkey takes the dash at a lope, because the page is still clutched close to its chest, which leaves it with just one hand and two feet, and the tail for balance.

As it leaps off of the window ledge, the force of its kick-off jostles the stack that is the rest of the letters. In almost a solid block, they begin to tip over the window ledge.

The monkey, meanwhile, is on the carved back of the sofa, chattering angrily like Kitty needs scolding.