Prayer I (Accidental Video)

[sancta_sedes]

[The video suddenly turned on. All that can be seen is darkness.]

AHHHHH!

[There is the cry of what sounds like a boy in distress. Shortly followed there is a crash, and the sense of movement. There is the sound of rustling and falling. The communicator is now on its side, yet still doesn't show much. If one were to look very closely they would

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[betrayedblade]

[He cannot abide that crying and not DO something about it. It breaks his heart.]

Tranquilla, un piccolo. Essere in pace. [Quiet, little one. Be at peace.] All will be well. Tell me where you are; what you see around you.

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[sancta_sedes]

[The boy starts at the sound of a voice. He slowly lifts his head to look around, his eyes wide with fear.]

Wh-who s-s-said that...?

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[betrayedblade]

There is a device nearby... My voice comes from that. I could not explain yet it is true.

I would help you if you will have me.

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[sancta_sedes]

[He looks around slowly, it takes him a while but he finally locates the comm.]

What's... what's g-g-g-going on?

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[betrayedblade]

[Giovanni stands before his own recording device with the hood of his white cloak down, a soft look to his features and especially in his eyes as he sees the boy more clearly for the device being moved closer.]

...It saddens me to tell you this, but you have been taken from your home and placed into this place of wilds and ruins. It is not safe.

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[sancta_sedes]

[Alessandro had to think about this a moment, he had already been kidnapped, so... had he been kidnapped again?]

So... th-th-this isn't B-B-Brno? If... if it's the Empire....

[At that thought he bit his lip.]

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[betrayedblade]

No, it is not. Nor the other though I do not know which 'Empire' you mean. I have been told this place is called Discedo... of a land known as Fortuna.

Our would-be captors do not make appearances either. So...

[He shrugs, unfortunately not knowing or understanding much more than that himself at the time.]

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[sancta_sedes]

[Alessandro has no idea what to say to that, instead he just stares down at the communicator, he looks pale, and seems he might start crying again.]

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[betrayedblade]

Si prega di non piangere, piccolo. [Please don't cry, little one.] It will be all right.

Are you well? Are you inside somewhere?

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[sancta_sedes]

I... [Sniff.] I-I think I'm in a building....

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[betrayedblade]

That is good. It is safer inside... though I do not know about some of the abandoned buildings... There are...creatures...here that you must be cautious of.

I do not mean to frighten you, but I wish for your safety so I must warn you even if it seems I am without tenderness in it.

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[sancta_sedes]

There was a b-b-b-barrel that moved....

Where... where is it s-s-safe?

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[betrayedblade]

There are occupied buildings where the mismatched people of this city have made homes for themselves while held here. It is safe in one of those, from the monsters. Would you like it if I showed you to one of them?

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[sancta_sedes]

[He thinks about that for a time, hen nods slowly.]

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[betrayedblade]

[Good. He would not have any young boy wandering on his own in a place such as this. But there is still one matter...]

I do need to know where you are. Can you describe the building, inside or out? Preferably the outside if you can somehow see.

[But technically he is already on his way if the sway of the camera at the end of this post is anything to say about it.]

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[sancta_sedes]

Um... let me f-f-find a window....

[There's some shuffling and the camera shakes a bit. After a little bit it's pressed against glass.]

This is wh-wh-what I can s-s-see....