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[Lloyd's face is pale, panicked, when the video feed turns on.]

Guys, we have a problem. Cruxis is here.

[He swallows.]

And so is Kratos. He's taken over. It isn't Yggdrasill anymore, it's him. He's-

[His eyes abruptly widen, no longer looking at the Dreamberry but something off screen.]

Damn it, they're back!

[There's a flash of steel as he ( Read more... )

[There is so much anxiety in Lloyd's face and voice when he makes the call to his friend. He needs to see Mithos, no matter what Zelos said.]

Mithos? Mithos, please pick up. It's Lloyd. Please... Just tell me you're all right.

[ooc: Backdated to 9-28.]

( Little Lloyd in Somarium again. )

[A letter. That's what Lloyd had come home to. A letter. A letter and a suddenly empty apartment, all of Zelos's things just... gone. Lloyd stands there, still numbly holding the letter. Things had been strained between them ever since he'd found out. Found out that Zelos was dead. And how. Why. But he hadn't seen this coming ( Read more... )

( Kratos wasn't there. )

Aw damn it! [Lloyd's voice is frustrated, but with a definite tone of dismay.] Why won't it come out?! Zelos is going to- [He cuts himself off. Something rustles and water sloshes, the sounds somehow almost desperate. After a few seconds, though, Lloyd groans again. Thunk! That, my friends, is the sound of a head hitting a wall.]Damn it! Does ( Read more... )