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[winged_rogue]

[Anyone passing by house #21 will find Vyse camping out on the front lawn. Well, it's not as elaborate as camping, but he's stocked up on some food and has made himself quite comfortable on the grass.

Vyse is a man of his word and, as a follow-up of this conversation, he is waiting outside Fina's house until Ramirez lets him in. While he's here,

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[ratatosk_knight]

[It's rather hard to miss his buddy just sitting out there on his neighbor's lawn like that. Okay, so Vyse is being weird, that's nothing new. But when he looks out a couple of hours later and Vyse is STILL there, it's time to go see what's going on.]

Are you waiting for someone to let you in?

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[winged_rogue]

[He looks up when Emil approaches, a helpless smile tugging at his lips.]

Something like that, yeah.

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[ratatosk_knight]

Here, I can go get my journal and call for Minato...

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[winged_rogue]

No, it's fine. I'm waiting for Ramirez. [He casts a quick glance at the house, where the Silvite boy is obviously still hiding away, before looking up at Emil again.] But thanks anyway.

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[ratatosk_knight]

If you're waiting, why don't you come inside my house for a little while? I could make you some tea or something.

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[winged_rogue]

I can't. I said I'd wait for him to let me see Fina right here.

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[ratatosk_knight]

I don't think he'd mind if you wanted to take a break-- I mean, you have to eat sometime, right?

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[winged_rogue]

I've got some food right here. But if I run out, you can run to the store for me. The only time I take a break is to use the bathroom. [He pauses for a second, mulling things over.] Well, either that or a village-wide catastrophy, but I'm pretty hopeful that won't happen.

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[ratatosk_knight]

Do you know when he's going to be back? There's no point in sitting out here if you don't even know what time he's coming back. You could come have something to eat and he would never even have to know about it.

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[winged_rogue]

[...] He's... inside the house, actually. He's looking after Fina and refuses to let anyone visit her.

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[ratatosk_knight]

Huh? Why not? Is she really that sick?

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[winged_rogue]

[He casts another glance at the house. He hasn't seen Fina at all since her return and he's worried about her. She's got her own personal bodyguard who won't let Vyse catch even a glimpse of her.] I don't know. Ramirez might be overreacting. He's really protective of her. ... And anyway, she'll be fine. She's really strong.

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[ratatosk_knight]

[He's quiet for a moment before something occurs to him.]

... do you know what that strange glow was? When we first found Fina, she was glowing with this weird light-- I'd never seen anything like it before. But it seemed like she was in pain, too...

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[winged_rogue]

[He runs a hand through his hair, sighing lightly. If he'd been there and seen it with his own eyes, he could've been sure, but a "weird light" could be anything.] I might know what it was. But I hope I'm wrong.

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[ratatosk_knight]

What do you think it was?

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[winged_rogue]

I'm not sure if Fina's comfortable with me telling you about it. Sorry, Emil.