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=Chapter 2=
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{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}} - {{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}
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== 2a - Party Planning ==
<small>Follows from [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#Chapter 1: The Oathkeeper Problem|Chapter 1]] if "Try To Understand Wards Better" was picked.</small>

''Lady Geist visits Dynamo during one of his lectures at Columbia University.''

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' ... And that concludes today's lecture on ley lines... Don't forget to review your notes on Astral Gates tonight, there will be a pop quiz tomorrow. Please act surprised.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Hello, professor. I believe Johann told you to expect me.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' Uh, he said his grandmother would like to have a chat, but you don't...

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I moisturize.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' Ah, yes... You're the one with the, uh... "Condition".

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Indeed.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' The intersection between magic, medicine and science is a fascinating one, isn't it?

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Riveting.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' It's so exciting to find a kindred spirit! Have you been going to Brown's recent lecture series? If not, you absolutely must-

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' My time is at a premium, professor. The longer we chit-chat, the more likely your course is the only one at Columbia with a body count.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' Alright, then... How can I help?

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' My ward is failing.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' A dire situation, to be sure... but I'm afraid my knowledge of binding wards is journeyman at best.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Yes, but your connections with science and academia are vast.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' "Vast", that's, uh... That's very generous of you.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I want to host a bit of a... symposium on my... condition, as you called it. More of a gala, really. It's pivotal that the right people are in attendance. The brightest minds.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' Oh, I imagine I can drum up some interest. Uh, when next year are you thinking?

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Oh, it's in two weeks.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' Ah-uh-that's simply impossible. The sort of folks you want to speak with are taking sabbaticals, or doing field research... And as we both know, no one's leaving the [[Black Château|Black Chateau]] to come to your event.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' For every expert you bring, I will donate a quarter-million dollars to your department.

'''{{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}:''' Annnd what a gala it will be! I'll get you a list of names soon.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Thank you, professor.<center>'''Followed by:'''
''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#3a - The Gala|"The Gala"]]''
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== 2b - Understanding Oathkeeper ==
<small>Follows from [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#Chapter 1: The Oathkeeper Problem|Chapter 1]] if "Try To Understand Oathkeeper Better" was picked.</small>

''Lady Geist and Johann Jr. meet up in a café.''

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Tell me you have good news.

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' I have news. How ''good'' is relative.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' You're very glib today.

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Well, we're in a public place, so I figured I'd live on the edge.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' What did you learn about Oathkeeper?

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' The notes dad kept on him were meticulous... I still haven't fully digested everything, but there's a promising option emerging.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Go on.

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Oathkeeper wasn't named ironically: that thing is like the Patron Saint of Faustian bargains. So, while I'm sure he's pissed that you trapped him for 50 years, there's probably a part of him that's impressed.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' So what's the promising option?

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' I just told you.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' ... I want to make sure I understand: the ward is failing?

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Yes.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' And there is nothing that you, me, or a minor act of god can do to change that?

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Correct.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' But I should be encouraged by the fact that I tricked Oathkeeper into bondage?

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Exactly!

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Out of respect for your father, I'll let you finish that horrid cup of coffee before I kill you.

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' I don't think you're seeing the big picture.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' As soon as the ward fails, I'm as good as dead!

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Possibly.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' "Possibly"?! For 5 decades, Oathkeeper's had nothing to do but stew on what it can do to me when he's free. Do you ''know'' what 50 years of revenge looks like?

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' I don't, and that's why you have a chance... Oma, you are a uniquely cruel woman, and Oathkeeper has to respect that on some level. That thing ''lives'' to make deals, so make it another one.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I have no leverage, why would he... oh my god. Of course... he doesn't know how close he is to breaking free, does he?

'''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' I don't think so.

'''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Well then... that ''changes'' things, doesn't it?

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'''Choice between:'''

''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#3b - Hunger Strike|Bluff Oathkeeper Into Finding A New Host]]'' - ''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#3c - A New Deal|Bluff Oathkeeper Into Making A New Deal]]''
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