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[madteos]

So I guess once wasn't enough was it?

[Sigh.]

My other one is missing, so is this journal thing our new communicators?

Zee can you see this? Can you find Jael and stay with her until I find you guys?

[There's a break in the text.]

Hello? Anybody out there? I'll take anyone at this point. Even you, Jinx.

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[Audio]

[stillseecracks]

[Jinx. Xanth knew Jinx. But does this man mean the same Jinx...?]

W--Wait--

Were... w-were you on... a-a ship? The-- th-the-- E-Elegante?

[Audio]

[madteos]

[Oh hey it talks! Give him a second while he figures this thing out...]

Yeah. But there wasn't much boat left when I came here.

[Pause]

Can you hear me?

[Audio]

[stillseecracks]

Y-- Yeah, I, I-I can. The-- the book's a-a little, um, weird-- but-- i-it works m-mostly the s-same way.

So-- um.

[Not much of the boat left...]

Does-- d-does that mean you... y-you were there a-at-- the E-End?

[Audio]

[madteos]

Yeah. Which is why I'm little surprised to be here. I thought everything was gone. Everything, but the Shore.

[text]

[mutedmother]

[Jael is rather idly looking through the new entries when a familiar name catches her eye. She silently flips out for a moment before she manages to collect herself enough to answer.

When she replies, her handwriting is scrawled and messy instead of her usually neat text.]

MATT?

[Audio]

[madteos]

[He recognizes that writing, messy or not.]

Where are you?

[text]

[mutedmother]

The kitchen. I'm heading back to the barracks now.

[She knows it's a bad idea, but she immediately grabs everything she had brought with her and flees out into the snow. She slips on the unseen ice more than one time on her way back, but Jael doesn't care.

Her Matt is here.]

[Audio]

[madteos]

Jael, wait, I'm not...

[He catches her falling as she nears the barracks.]

Jael! Over here.

[He's happy to see her, not happy to see her falling.]