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[ishisfriend]

[Midnight on the 6th- another warm night. If your journal is open tonight, you might hear this transmission, though your visuals are close to nil. Someone's new and out there in the forest, it seems.]

Is this how...? Right.Good evening. Pardon the interruption, but I must ask: This Guide- is any of it real? It sounds awfully quite a lot like

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[isntyourfriend]

[It's really nice and all that it's warm outside, but that doesn't matter when you're missing your shirt. ...or your sword. Your beloved sword that you keep beside your bed when you fall asleep.

Elliot sat up as soon as he started yelling at his servant, and he looks around frantically. It's so dark that he can't quite tell, but Leo seems as... unclothed as he is.]

W-well?!

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[ishisfriend]

[Unclothed, indeed. Except that they're still decent, yes, yes. Leo looks up from the journal after he's done with that question. Man, Elliot, you're noisy.]

I haven't done anything to it.

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[isntyourfriend]

Then where is it? [He's obviously very frustrated about this, but his next question lacks that same frustration.] Where... Where are we?

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[ishisfriend]

"Luceti", so they say. It's a rather fancy name, isn't it?

[Trust Elliot to worry about his sword the first though, though. Not that Leo is much different- he sighs as he runs his hand down his own face- his glasses, notably, are missing. Despite his uppity way of speaking to everyone so far, it's clear that he doesn't appreciate that one fact.

He does know where the sword is, though. Theoretically. But first-]

...have you ever dealt with kidnappers before, Elliot?

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[isntyourfriend]

[...

Kidnappers.

Kidnappers.]

What the hell do you think?

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[ishisfriend]

[Well.]

...I suppose you would've frightened off any kidnapper before this.

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[isntyourfriend]

The hell is that supposed to mean?! [Not impressed with you, Leo. :| But fortunately, kidnapping's a weird enough subject that he doesn't mind dismissing that in favor of this.] Do you think that's what this is...? A kidnapping?

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[ishisfriend]

[But it's the truth! Between his yelling and his sword waving...anyone would've been frightened off. Unless they were really adamant.]

I can't think of why else we'd be here. [He dusts himself off as he stands to offer Elliot a hand up.] Are you okay?

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[isntyourfriend]

Dammit. [He had a point-sure, he'd never been kidnapped before, but it definitely seemed like a kidnapping. And this is annoying. He takes Leo's hand.] I'm okay. My back's a little sore. Are you?

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[ishisfriend]

That's not surprising- you were asleep for so long. [He tilts his head though, considering.] My glasses are missing.

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[isntyourfriend]

Your glasses? [That's almost... kind of funny.] Tch. Why would anyone take those useless things?

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[ishisfriend]

[All the better to see you with.]

Maybe they thought it was important.

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[isntyourfriend]

[Elliot shakes his head.]

I'll make sure you get new ones. But what now?

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[ishisfriend]

[He doesn't look too pleased at the prospect of having to go without his glasses but well, he'd probably have to actually be able to observe the area around him at the moment. Annoying.]

We wait. There's someone who's coming to meet us.

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[isntyourfriend]

Who?

[It was probably too much to hope for someone from Pandora.]

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[ishisfriend]

...

[He looks down at the journal in his hands.]

He didn't leave a name.