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[ultimaverum]

[So… scouring the castle and the grounds and the town and… everywhere hasn’t gotten him any closer to finding where Chiyo’s gone. He’s had his journal open most of the day, but most of what’s going on has faded into a low buzz in his ear compared to the memory of her screaming. He finds himself in the library eventually, knows they need people

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[ectobabble]

........... wait, what?!

[ultimaverum]

I found it... in a book. It sounds like a solution to me.

[ectobabble]

Blindly just throwing lives away before we've found an alternative? No. ... No, it shouldn't have to come to that. I mean ... last ditch option? Maybe. But ...

[he sounds incredibly sad about even CONSIDERING this possibility]

[ultimaverum]

[Just... sounds pretty resolute. Whatever they gotta do, bro. Kids = more important then them]

How long are you willing to wait, then.

[ectobabble]

Waiting usually means you're sitting around not doing anything. That is definitely not what I'm doing.

[ultimaverum]

[Sigh] Work as hard as you want, time is still passing. The day's almost out, so... how long?

[ectobabble]

[anyone ELSE would be getting frustrated by this guy. Ray, however, has an extremely slow fuse, a boundless supply of optimism, and an amazing ability to let things go sailing over his head. with these powers combined, he is Captain Oblivious]

24 hours is the standard for missing persons, so I'll go with that. Besides, have you seen how many people we've got knocking heads on this? It's phenomenal. We're bound to come up with something!

[ultimaverum]

[....oh wow, you are really... optimistic. Stares at his journal for a bit]

I hope so... [But doubts it]