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[relinquishing]

So we're letting creeps into the library now, huh. Nice.

I wouldn't think that setting these terminals up as some sort of monster-laden booby trap was really a clever idea. Blame the weird technical earlier on the mass of construction, sure. Bait them to have something crawl out of the shadows when you have your back turned to read a message? Not so much.

But hey, joke successful, I guess. I'm surprised. [And splattered with the blood of god-knows-what-that-was in an effort to rip himself out of the library, down the stairs and into the elevator. Details weren't exactly important right now.]

So, does this kind of trick happen a lot around here? Monsters braething down your neck, I mean.

[There's a slight pause before a second message is written up, a filter hastily applied.]

FILTER -- Jade Curtiss; Luke fon Fabre; Asch the Bloody; Tear Grants (F A I L E D) -- FILTER

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Has anyone seen Tear? I'm getting worried about her.

((OOC: MASSIVE EDIT because the mun apparently can't read dates, oops.))

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FILTER

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Not since I woke up, unfortunately.

Filter

[sacred_flamer]

[Oops, Luke flinched when he read that.]

my bad. forgot to menshion the monstrs

FILTER

[relinquishing]

It's not like her to be this quiet. Do you think she could have been carted off somewhere?

Re: FILTER

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Entirely possible. Her Yulian heritage might have caught someone's eye.

Text - hooray for non-anon - same filter

[bloodyashes]

No, I haven't seen her since the... Incident last month.

FILTER

[relinquishing]

Her fonic hymns, right. But why would anyone who wasn't from Auldrant be interested in something like that?

Filter

[relinquishing]

[Luke, that spelling is hideous.]

No kidding.

So I get to look forward to this game of tag more than once? Great.

Re: FILTER

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

I'm sure the ability to instantly heal people after doing some kind of torture might be useful. If not that, they might see more potential for her more devastating hymns, or another use for her abilities in general.]

Filter - Asch being social without being a creep, oh no the world must be ending

[relinquishing]

Neither have I. I tried getting a hold of her, but it bounced right back. She isn't in her room, either.

I don't like this.

FILTER

[relinquishing]

So kidnapping for curiosity's sake, then. I guess it makes sense.

...

If that's the case, is there anything we can do?

Re: FILTER

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Confront the admins and have our rears summarily handed to us.

FILTER

[relinquishing]

[Smart alec.]

Thanks, but no thanks. I'm not up for a death wish if it can be avoided. That won't do Tear any good, anyways.

Re: FILTER

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Certainly not, but I don't hear any ideas from you.

filter - obviously you haven't seen him around Sheba, Guy

[bloodyashes]

Well, people do disappear at times.

[After the aforementioned incident, he knows that better than any of them.]

All we can do is keep going.

FILTER 1/2

[relinquishing]

Whoa, hey, I'm still figuring things out. When I think of something that won't get us all killed, don't worry. You'll know.

FILTER

[relinquishing]

...

Not gonna lie, though. It's hard to plan anything when you're at the obvious disadvantage in every aspect.

Filter - nope, otherwise there would be a lot more girlfriend jokes

[relinquishing]

Disappear?

You mean they get taken away, or...?

filter - hey that's platonic, alright? he's got only one blond in his lovelife and Nat's not here

[bloodyashes]

I don't know. They're just... Gone.

That's what happened to Luke in my other self's memories.

[Glad for the filters, it's this guy.]

Re: FILTER

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Exactly.

However, I have heard that people leave the Tower sometimes. That's also a possibility.

Filter

[sacred_flamer]

srry man told you this place sucks

[The next part comes after a long pause.]

ill check th gravyrd later

FILTER

[relinquishing]

Leave?

You mean going back to their homes? That's possible?

Filter

[relinquishing]

Huh? Okay, but why check there?

Filter - Be glad Nat's not here, Asch. Drama would be +1000

[relinquishing]

[You're welcome, Asch.]

You mean the one from four years in the future. Okay.

Has anyone ever asked the Administrators about these disappearances?

Filter

[bloodyashes]

Yes, that one.

[As though there's any other, come on Guy.]

I'd assume they have, but I doubt they got a worthwhile answer. I do know the names of the disappeared show up on the gravestones on the 48th floor.

[Three guesses why he was there when you ran into each other, but only the first counts.]

Filter

[relinquishing]

...Mmm. So they snatch people away and make everyone think that they've been killed for good, huh?

[Not that this was what actually happened here. But he'd like to be optimistic.]