[backdated to yesterday]

[doyouloveme]

[Dear patients of St. Edelweiss, you may notice that there is something strange going on with the intercoms tonight. Static, crackling noises, dull light and faint short-lived apparitions, complete silence: these are some of the things you're being treated to

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[doyouloveme]

[You say that as if he's neither of those, roommate. He does prefer your politeness over whatever the alternative might be, however.]

Checking the current extent of my Clover. I can still alter signals and receiving capacity, but there are nearly no signals to pick up. Altering and switching off the current works, but it won't short-circuit. Holograms are up. Physical control over conductive materials has been limited in range. I can't manifest without using this as a source. I can create a transport module of severely limited size and range, but it will collapse in minutes. A weapons module will quickly fail even if it's kept connected; maybe the abysmal quality of this technology is affecting it. It'd be difficult to create and upkeep a Faraday cage.

That man in Nunnally's cell is amusing.

[Pause. His hands that had been resting flat against the intercom tense, as though he'd like to grasp onto it and pull it toward him. A continues in a heavy tone:]

C may as well not exist.

[doyouloveme]

[Turning off the intercom for now kk]

It won't reach far enough. If I could access it completely? Then definitely.

[ This exclamation plays in their room. Don't be startled, it's just a voice clip.]

[...He tilts the small distance it takes for his head to completely lean against the wall.]

It should be like he's here, right here. No matter how far apart we are. He can't be gone unless he's dead. I can do all this and he's nowhere at all so he must be...

[doyouloveme]

Only the Wizards have the power to do that, and it takes all of them. But they're supposedly not here.

No one's succeeded at time travel.

[Although the whole "people from other worlds" suggestion is making that seem more plausible. Speaking of which...]

Are there real trees where you're from?

[doyouloveme]

[His eyes narrow and lips press together narrowly at the suggestion of how powerful the people running Edelweiss might be, but he doesn't seem to have a response.

However, the eventual existence of time travel and its possible use here is clearly a relief - the tension goes out of him, although it leaves him trembling slightly and he's still using the wall for support.]

They're very rare. At least as rare as real cats or birds. I've never seen any of those. [That last sentence? Bitter as day-old coffee.]

[doyouloveme]

That's because it isn't. The only good thing about it is that C is there.

[doyouloveme]

C is my brother.

[This is the first genuine smile you've seen from him.]

[doyouloveme]

Yes. We can't see each other anymore, but we still have the connection and I can watch over him.

Well, we did.

[doyouloveme]

Yes... it is nice, but without having it here I can't protect him or make sure he's keeping his promises.