Spell 2 [video]

[pinnd_buttrfly]

[The feed shows one of the recent newcomers to Anatole. A slim man with long, blond hair and round glasses. It's obvious that something is off with him: his eyes are unfocused, and his skin is the color of oatmeal. The camera shifts as the man moves, and a glimpse of his neck can be seen: there are bandages coiling around it, and they are soaked in

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[halcyonthird]

[Oh, for fuck's sake, doesn't anyone read that thing?]

Stay where you are.

[pinnd_buttrfly]

[His eyes focus for just a moment on the Forge before wandering again.]

Have you seen Ritsuka? He was here just a moment ago. He's small, with black hair, and he still has his ears.

[halcyonthird]

I have not.

[Still has?]

Did you see him wander into the mist?

[pinnd_buttrfly]

I met him a few minutes' walk into it. He was walking back with me until a moment ago.

[femininehermes]

Don't go in there! [Hermione frowns at the amount of blood on his bandages.] It's not safe. Whoever you're looking for isn't there.

[pinnd_buttrfly]

[He stops moving for a moment, working to focus his eyes on the Forge. But then his eyes slide back out of focus and he is moving again, albeit slowly.]

He's here. I just saw him a moment ago.

[femininehermes]

You're mistaken. [She is on the move.] If he is here, he wouldn't be out there. The Mist can play tricks on you.

[pinnd_buttrfly]

It's not the Mist, I assure you. I'd been in it only a few minutes when he arrived.

[No, he has not yet noticed that his "few minutes" in the Mist were in actuality nearly twenty four hours.]

Voice

[onequarter]

Don't go that way!

Re: Voice

[pinnd_buttrfly]

[He stops walking for a moment.]

So everyone has been advising me. I'll leave when I find Ritsuka.

Voice

[onequarter]

Everyone who arrives from other worlds is given a Forge. You do not need to "search".

Re: Voice

[pinnd_buttrfly]

He isn't communicating on it. But that doesn't concern you, does it?

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[everything_rots]

[ Oh. That looks pretty bad. ]

Who is Ritsuka?

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[pinnd_buttrfly]

[Why is everyone but Ritsuka contacting him? How tiresome.]

My master. He's small, with black hair, and he still has his ears. He looks to be between ten and twelve years old. He would have just emerged from the Mist. Have you seen him?

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[everything_rots]

[ Maaaybe because he's not here? But Hades will digress: ]

Why would he not have his ears?

[ Will ignore Soubi's question for the moment. ]

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[pinnd_buttrfly]

[His eyes focus for a moment on the screen at the strange figure. Are those - horns? Well, the file given to him did say that people sometimes acquired strange powers here. He raises an eyebrow.]

Because he is a child. Have you not seen him, then?

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[sandrocker]

[hey, he might recognize this voice!]

You're hurt. You should let the others help you.

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[pinnd_buttrfly]

[Oh. You again.]

There's no need.

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[sandrocker]

[well, he can't let soubi die...]

You could pass out at any moment!

Re: video;

[pinnd_buttrfly]

[Soubi's face may look sick, and his movement is certainly slower than usual, but his voice is much the same as it had been the last time they talked. It is still deep and slow, but neither slurred nor halting. Soubi's ability to communicate is the very last thing that goes when he is hurt: he wouldn't have lived this long otherwise.]

I'm not about to pass out.

[His eyes focus just for a moment on the screen to look at Quatre. A child, no more than thirteen at a guess... and without his ears. Disgusting, whatever happened to him. But there's no time to think about that now. He moves ahead, back deeper into the Ruins.]