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[arisenaradia]

[ She's standing right in front of the mansion, clad in simple and practical clothes reminiscent to those she wore in Alternia. She waves at the recording device for a moment before turning it away from her and forward.]

Let's see what's inside, then...

[ When she steps in, there's a short pause. Aradia is quiet, broadcasting her surroundings but

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[scalethetower]

...Aradia?

[Naoki tilts his head at the feed.] What is it? Is there something in there--?

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[arisenaradia]

[ With the way the device fell, Aradia is only visible from an odd angle at the very corner of the feed. Naoki's voice doesn't go by unnoticed, but she doesn't pick up the device right away. She does respond, though: ]

Naoki! It's Sollux. He's here but he--

[ A voice across from her interrupts her right then. It sounds tired, upset.

Why didn't you help uth? ]

What? No- no, I did...!

[ Aradia herself sounds outright confused, more so than scared. In fact she looks confused when kneels down to pick up the device, looking from the figure to Naoki and back at the figure. ]

Naoki, I think something is wrong.

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[scalethetower]

[Naoki frowns as he hears that voice. Sollux? A friend of hers?

He looks at Aradia when she gets the communicator in hand, frowning all the more deeply. More than a little worriedly.]

Something?

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[arisenaradia]

Yes, I--

[ The voice cutes her off again -- AA aren't you paying attention? Why won't you help uth? -- and she looks over her shoulder briefly. ]

He isn't... He's dead. But that can't be... [ Deep breaths, Aradia, or you'll be more confused. ] I'm in this old mansion, but I'm not sure where to turn now.