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[stargathering]

I wonder if the City was modelled after an actual world yesterday. Out of all the changes this places takes on, that was one of the harder ones to believe. A world where gamblers are treated like royalty... If Tai Ho were here...

[ He trails off. While his tone had been mostly relaxed and casual before, he sighs a moment later and takes on a more

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[binarysky]

I used to know a guy who'd fit in really well the way the City was.

[stargathering]

Yeah? [ So he's not really forgetting that much. As happy as Tyr is about that, he doesn't mention it. ] What was he like? A high-stakes gambler?

[binarysky]

I don't know about the high-stakes part...he never took munny from me. But yeah, he played cards and stuff just about all the time.

[stargathering]

Ah...

Maybe he would have liked it anyway, then. It was really a great place to play cards.

[drizzlinginside]

I would have never liked a world like that. [If she wasn't cursed, that is.] Gamblers shouldn't be treated like... like royalty.

[stargathering]

[ Oh, Katara... He still has a smile on. ] Is that the only part you didn't like?

[drizzlinginside]

That. And I was made to wear... [She blushes as she remembers her clothes at that time.] Some clothes that are...

[stargathering]

[ He keeps smiling (even though this is still voice) since he remembers. ] You looked fine in them.

[notflynn]

That makes two of us.

[stargathering]

[ OH YURI Tyr was getting worried. Or already was actually. He switches on the video in hopes Yuri follows suit. ]

... I really hoped he would have spoken to you at least...

[notflynn]

[He lets the video happen. He's not doing anything but sitting outside, anyway.]

Considering I was the last to see him go, there wasn't much of a need for that.

[stargathering]

[ Tyr is inside, in his room as usual. ]

But if he didn't just disappear... He would speak to you first, wouldn't he?

[startraveling]

[He knows Flynn from Yuri and he knows the two are best friends. He can't imagine getting separated from your best friend.]

He was missing? --Wait, Tyr, I haven't seen Riou today either.

[stargathering]

[ Assuming this is after the other threads- ]

Yeah. They've both left the City...

[startraveling]

What? But- [Ted blinks in apparent shock.] So you've checked the Hall, right? They're really gone for good?

[stargathering]

Yeah. When I looked for Flynn and Yuri, I saw Riou, too...

It's not...how it usually goes. I don't know what the chances are that they'd both be whisked away in the same curse.

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[chosenfake]

I haven't seen him since before everything went back to normal. Same with Riou...

You don't think they're... I mean, there's no way they could just disappear like that, right?

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[stargathering]

I don't think so... I never heard of it happening at the end of a curse like that, anyway.

...Apparently someone saw Flynn disappear, though, so... [ He just gives a slight shrug. ]

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[chosenfake]

... That's weird. [He looks concerned, but what can they do?] You're right, that sort of thing just doesn't happen.

What if it wasn't the deities? Is there a way to tell?

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[stargathering]

[ Luke is making Tyr more worried than he was before. He slowly shakes his head. ]

No... There's no way to tell the reason. It's not normal for someone to just completely leave the City as a curse ends.