[Persons on or passing by Deck 12 might notice the Valei woman standing outside her room, the door wide open and a troubled look on her face. She paces back and forth, evidently bothered and continues to look from inside the room to the hallway outside. After a pause, she vanishes inside, moving carefully and when she returns, it's with a leap
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[Sorry if she sounds distracted, Sean. Vie's currently plotting how to get to her desk that she might retrieve a few of her books and pages.]
I am, yes.
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[Ssssmmmmoooooooooke.
.... exhale.]
Think I could fit a bunk bed in here?
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Hmm, getting that through the door might be a little difficult...
[She sighs, a little exaggerated.]
I guess I'll have to sleep in the hallway.
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... You need more than half of a bed?
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Were it cut long ways, perhaps not. But the entire bottom half is gone and I'm not entirely fond of the empty space that's taken it's place.
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[Another pause.]
And so is the sofa.
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[There's a pause on her side of the call while Vie takes a running leap back into her room. She wants her stuff back dammit.]
I'm currently negotiating a place to sleep with a friend. If that falls through, might I borrow your sofa?
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Are you alright? You're not harmed at all, are you?
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Don't worry Vie, I be fine, just covuh'd in some filth. D'ough I t'ink I may have some fault fuh what be happenin' here.
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I am glad to hear it, that you're alright, that is. Why would you think yourself a part of this?
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M-My room's f--fine, but, um-- p-part of deck eight, a-and-- deck nine too, th-they're... gone!
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Decks eight and nine as well? ...What do you mean gone?
[She can see from the state of her room what 'gone' must mean, but it doesn't stop her from asking. Half a room missing is not quite on the same level as two decks.]
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E-Eight, is, uh, just... j-just p--part is gone, not-- not the whole th-thing like... nine.
I--I haven't a-actually b-been down there, but-- th-there've been s-some posts, and... I-I don't... think i-it's th--there anymore.
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[Xanth. That news just broke her heart. Vie hugs one of the books she's retrieved from what's left of her room.]
Then the library...
[She is not going to let herself cry. Nope. There are so many more important things that she should be focusing on.]
Are you alright, Xanth?
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How are you? You're not hurt or anything are you?
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*Physically, at least, now that the nausea has passed.*
I have something for you, actually.
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...For me? What is it?
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