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[puppy_lancer]

[The Cu Chulainn that appears in the feed is a far cry from his normal, cheerful self. His hair looks even more disheveled than it usually is. His eyes have narrowed into slits and vein are popping all over his face. And his spear is out for all to see.]

WHERE IS SHE?

[He screams into the monitor, slamming his fist down on the keyboard and shaking the entire terminal.]

WHERE IS AYAKA SAJYOU? WHICH ONE OF YOU BASTARDS TOOK HER? WHICH ONE OF YOU TOOK MY MASTER?

[He takes a deep breath before he screams again.]

AND WHICH ONE OF YOU FUCKERS ERASED HER NAME ON HER DOOR AND MADE HER A GRAVE? GET THE FUCK OVER HERE AND I MIGHT LIMIT MYSELF TO BREAKING YOU IN HALF!

[He knows. He knows that these are usually indicators that people had left the Tower for good. But he doesn't want to admit it. If he does, it means he's failed his Master again...]

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[clumsyjesus]

H-huh?! What.....happened?! [If you dare think that Colette would so that sort of thing, you are a horrible, horrible being, Lancer.]

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[puppy_lancer]

[He calms down just slightly as the girl's face appears on the monitor.]

My Master is gone. I want to know where she is...and which fucking smartass decided to give her a grave.

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[oathshackledbird]

[He can hear the yelling all the way down the hallway and what he hears causes a cold knot to form in his stomach. For a moment, all Diarmuid can do is stand there, hand braced against his forehead trying to force his brain to start working again.

After all that's happened, surely the tower couldn't be so cruel as to take Ayaka away from his roommate. Surely...

...but it had. If he had checked her room... If he had found her grave...

Diarmuid breaks into a run and it only takes him seconds to make it to the other end of the hall.

Only it's not always a good thing to be so fast, because even though he's there, he really doesn't know what to say in the face of such anger and sadness. All he can do is hold out his hands in what he hopes is a comforting gesture.]

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[puppy_lancer]

[Lancer stops in the middle of his ranting to stare at Diarmuid. Even with his mind clouded by anger, he can tell the familiar shape and familiar scent.]

[Diarmuid is trustworthy. Diarmuid is the only one who probably wouldn't have pulled such a cruel joke.]

...You heard that, didn't you?

[His voice is strained and veins are still popping all over his face.]

Do you have any idea where Ayaka is?

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[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid can only shake his head. Despite the evidence that his roommate has already mentioned seeing, he still seems to believe she must be here.

When she can't be. They all know what those signs mean. They are the only way to know with certainty that someone really is gone.]

I'm sorry, I don't. Please, calm yourself. If she sees you like this you will only upset her.

[How does Diarmuid make him realize the truth, when the truth is so very cruel and they have suffered so much already?]

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[eighteen_winters]

Lancer... Are you going to be ok?

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[puppy_lancer]

[He has to take a couple of deep breaths so he wouldn't lash out at the child.]

Yeah...I'll be fine. Just worried about my Master.

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[eighteen_winters]

Oh...

[Even though Illya could imagine that his master had been spirited away, just as her precious older brother had, it did no good to either of them to blurt that truth now.]

Do you need any help looking for her?

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[prayed]

Oh, just shut the Hell up. Who do you think is seriously gonna waste their time on something as stupid as making a fake grave? And to do what, piss you off? Pretty sure they've got more important things to worry about than that. Those things mean that she's gone, you numbskull. Just like the rest of 'em.

[She scoffs, looking positively disgusted.]

Or what, would you seriously rather somebody sit there and hold your hand and feed you lines about how she's still here and everything's gonna be fine?

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[puppy_lancer]

SHUT THE FUCK UP!

[Perhaps what hurts most about her words is the high likelihood that they are true. That Ayaka is really gone. But that's the last thing that he wants to believe.]

[warriorscribe]

Ah...

*It's soft, hesitant. What can he say, really? It hurts, knowing someone's gone back. To nothing, to no one, with no escape.*

...I'm sorry. I know how it feels.

[puppy_lancer]

[His first instinct is to lash out at Enoch, but he knows that the other man probably doesn't know better. And Enoch is nice like Diarmuid is. He shouldn't have to deal with Lancer's rage.]

[When he speaks, his voice is quiet, but very bitter.]

...Do you? Do you know what it feels like to know you just lost the one thing that gave your life meaning? The person you've sworn to protect and die for? The person who is the very basis of your existence?

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch closes his eyes and shakes his head.* No. Not that, not exactly. But the first seven months I spent here were without the two people for whom I would choose eternity over death. I know what it is, to have your motivation for the future stolen.

...But can you understand, too, that sympathy doesn't always need experience? Pain is pain. Even should my life have been ordinary...I would still understand what it means to lose.

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[frilliance]

[Hoooooly......Edgeworth has always been a tad indifferent to Lancer. Okay, he finds the guy lazy and pretty annoying. Still, this is the first time that the lawyer has seen his room mate act like that.

Now that Edgeworth thinks about it, there was that floor with the graves of people who apparently have disappeared......

Maybe....

Okay, the first thing to do, is to try and stop Lancer from doing anything stupid.] All right, Lancer. Calm down and tell me what has happened. Where are you?

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[puppy_lancer]

DOES IT MATTER?

[Then, in a slightly quieter tone of voice:]

It's Ayaka who's in danger, not me!

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[frilliance]

I said 'Calm down'! Do you want to provoke the ones in charge of this place?!

Now, tell me where you are so I can come and find you. [Guess who's a wee bit more cautious about using the network after that IC wank he unintentionally helped start up?]

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[chainsawn]

[ Despite the completely obvious rage that Lancer has going on, Urotsuki seems as calm and blank as ever. Although she does seem to understand the message aside from the emotion behind it. ]

Do you need help looking..?

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[puppy_lancer]

[Another familiar face. Another person Lancer doesn't want to lash out against. So he just shakes his head.]

Thanks, but no thanks. I've already looked through everywhere that she could've gone by her own free will.

[chainsawn]

.. You're sure? Maybe we should look then where she can't have gone by her own free will..

[ It's the logical conclusion theoretically speaking, but.. yeah, not like that's something you can actually do in practice. ]

[Video] so late v_v;;;

[yourhandplease]

[Theodore knows what he must feel like at this moment. However, compared to him he had known what kind of fate had awaited the guest he watched over at home AND got to know what it felt like to suddenly lose this dear guest of his.]

Lancer, calm down. Would your Master want you to act like this?

It's okay ^_^

[puppy_lancer]

If she doesn't like it, she can come scold me! Otherwise, she can't get angry at me for thinking of her safety!

[yourhandplease]

That may be the case, but throwing a tantrum won't solve the problem at hand, nor will it make you feel better.

[He sighs, looking visibly upset.]

If you wish to or need to talk to someone, then we can meet.

[chevalier_mal_fet]

Cu Chulainn.

[Lancelot's command of the terminal is fairly new, but the tide of emotion coming from Cu Chulainn has a disturbingly familiar tone.]

I hear your pain, and feel it as well. But I have not taken your Master.
[Indeed, such a thing is unimaginable.]

I will aid you how I may-- in either finding or avenging her.

[puppy_lancer]

I know you didn't!

[He tries to force himself to calm down.]

Thanks for the offer. But I'm pretty sure I only need the "find" part.

[chevalier_mal_fet]

I will search then, to see if she may be found.

Where did you last see your Master, Cu Chulainn?
[Lancelot has his doubts the she will be found, given what he's learned of the Nature of the Tower, but he will search nonetheless.]

Tell me how I may know her, and I will go.