15. [Video]

[internecineowl]

[At first you see nothing but mist, and hear nothing but the snap of shoes against the rocks. It's the ruins - obviously, and someone has hit the video button on their Forge by accident

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[neckcracker]

[There are no words.]

[Voice]

[sucker_punches]

Nagi...?

Nagi, what are you doing out there!

[ Video]

[internecineowl]

[Cue the sound of Nagi and his nonexistent wife having a conversation in Japanese, not so far away.]

[Voice]

[sucker_punches]

Nagi!

You shouldn't be that far into the mist! Damn it...

[Voice]

[righttocarry]

Woah...

Hey uh, buddy? Can you hear me? Um, nice poem and all but trust me, that's not a place you wanna be.

[Video]

[internecineowl]

[You can see a woman's feet walk by the Forge!]

[lonestray]

[He'd been fiddling with the Forge out of lack of anything else to do near the end of the party. Nagi posted to the network pretty regularly, and he may not have paid it any mind if it hadn't been for the part at the end.

Because, shit. Shit, he knows what's going on because the same happened to him when he first arrived here and (foolishly, so foolishly) went into the mist by himself.]

It isn't. Whoever you think that is is a fake.

Video

[internecineowl]

[All you see is stones, and mist, and grass. But far away, you can hear a woman singing.]

Video

[lonestray]

[No answer. That's a bad sign. With a light growl, the Forge clicks off. Someone's going owl-searching.]

[chainbell]

Owl...

[chainbell]

Come back, it's not safe.

[video]

[internecineowl]

[All you see is grass, but you can hear them talking. Quietly - too quietly to be made out clearly.]

[Voice | Private]

[sucker_punches]

He's not answering anyone. I'm going to look for him. I could use an extra set of eyes.