1st Rune (Video) -- Forward-dated to evening

[runebladeknight]

[The feed opens on a young blonde woman who looks a bit ragged and tired, and she has a bandage wrapped around her forehead. Her eyebrows are mildly furrowed as she tries to work out how to properly operate the device. She muses aloud to herself without realizing that she's successfully enabled the video function.] A mass communications network?

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[hisoldgirl]

Hello!

I'm curious. Does one go about losing people? Is it like losing a wallet? Did you leave them behind the sofa by accident? Or were they pulled into a pocket universe? It's dreadful when that happens, really.

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[runebladeknight]

[She just . . . stares blankly for a moment. What nonsense is all this?]

... Does something like that happen often?

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[hisoldgirl]

[sadly, she's very good at sounding nonsensical]

Well, often is a tricky term, really. I suppose one could say it happens often, though rarely to one single person. The universe is full of "oftens" that aren't very often at all, honestly.

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[runebladeknight]

[Well, that's okay. Making Celes wrack her brain lets her forget about being depressed or angry about not knowing what's happened to her friends.]

[... Right. Okay.] In any event, it seems that I'm the one who's been displaced. I don't know about any of the others.

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[hisoldgirl]

It's probably best not to worry, since I doubt you'll be seeing them again any time soon. Unless they come here, too, which is possible.

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[runebladeknight]

[Now, see . . . that? Unfortunately does not help. Until recently, she'd never even had friends before. She doesn't want to lose them now that she's got them.

[She wilts, but just a little. She's still a soldier, damn it.] Is it common? For people from the same world to be drawn here in clusters? [Damned if that doesn't sound strange coming out of her mouth. Different worlds? That'll take some getting used to.]

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[hisoldgirl]

Oh. Well. I don't know. I arrived shortly after my Doctor and the orange one, so I suppose they might? But I've never taken a tally. That might be worth looking into.

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[runebladeknight]

[Okay, she has to ask.] The "orange one"?

[But she'll totally be investigating this possibility once she's out of the hospital.]

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[hisoldgirl]

Amy Pond. She's one of his companions.

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[runebladeknight]

[Ah. Must mean that this Amy is a redhead.] I see. I'll certainly keep an eye out for anyone that I know. [Because she needs some sort of confirmation that they're okay. The assurances of strangers mean nothing on that subject.]

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[hisoldgirl]

If they do show up, they'll come here. Well, assuming they don't leave before talking to anyone. Or if they aren't here all ready.

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[runebladeknight]

If any of them are here, I would hope that they see this and contact me.

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[hisoldgirl]

Oh, well. I suppose that works, too.

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[runebladeknight]

You're fortunate to have others from your home with you. It must make things easier. [Not that Celes is having trouble, nope. She's just in a hospital and has no way of knowing whether any of the people she cares about are alive or dead. She's totally fine. Really.]

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[hisoldgirl]

[the thought of being alone in this place, stuck in this body, is rather terrifying and the TARDIS shakes her head] I'm not supposed to be alone. It's always been me and my thief, ever since he stole me. If he weren't here, I'm not sure I'd stay sane.

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[runebladeknight]

Your thief? [That actually gets a smile out of her, if a sad one. The phrasing makes her think of Locke, though he would protest the label of "thief" quite mightily.]