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[token_vengeance]

[Erik isn't in talking to any of you. Not verbally, at least. So he resorts to text, at one of the terminals.

Normally, he wouldn't contact anyone, at all.

But he's noticed that the population of the Tower has suddenly gone down--people missing. Things gone.

This includes one Charles Xavier.]

I assume most of you are astute to notice some people are gone.

Does anyone know exactly when they disappeared?

Or if anyone saw them leave.

[He's attempting to gather information. He needs to know that they are actually back home, and not taken out for some other sort of experiment. He wouldn't be surprised if it's the latter, though for Charles's sake, he hopes it's the former.]

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[guiltapalooza]

I think we must be from different worlds. Most humans don't even know vampires are real, and they're way more common than people with supernatural abilities. When I say they were murderous I mean we tried to speak to them, and they were more interested in the killing.

Wow, that's pretty far back. It was 2003 for me.

We don't have to do anything fancy, but I think observance is important. If you want to do something simple together I wouldn't mind.

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[token_vengeance]

I wouldn't be surprised. I've never met a vampire in my time.

...

I'd like that, a great deal.

[He's debating on telling her. Truly. It's...something so far removed from her, being from 2003. He decides against it. That's a conversation for in person, if at all.]

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[guiltapalooza]

You're not really missing anything. If you do meet one, wood to the heart, decapitation, fire, or sunlight. Almost all of them are soulless (literally) and would probably think of you as a novelty snack.

Great. Let's get your friend back, and then we'll have something to celebrate. I have some candles we can use.

[Willow's not going press. She's a smart girl and can put two and two together on the time frame, and anyway, she just met him. She's just happy to find more people to spend time with; she gets lonely easily.]

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[token_vengeance]

I'll take note.

If they truly have gone back home, getting him back here isn't necessarily something to celebrate.

[Erik doesn't do well around people, most of the time. Not overly adjusted to social situations. But Willow seems pleasant enough.]

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[guiltapalooza]

But that doesn't line up. They obviously want to keep us here - that's why they told us our worlds were destroyed, so we wouldn't try to find a way home. They're ruining their own story by saying they sent people back.

I know I'm new, but that seems pretty fishy to me.

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[token_vengeance]

You haven't been here long enough--but that strange voice--I don't think it's the other two who have spoken to us.

There seems to be more than just one force at work, here.

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[guiltapalooza]

Dissent within the enemy ranks? Huh.

Might be easier if we could speak to them consistently. Someone mentioned there was someone stuck in the computer network or something?

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[token_vengeance]

I have no idea. Charles spoke with them once, but that's the extent of my knowledge.

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[guiltapalooza]

That's your friend that's missing? I'll have to ask him when he shows up again.

Have people disappeared before?

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[token_vengeance]

Right.

...not that I've noticed.

But I've been distracted.

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[guiltapalooza]

It happens.

Let me know if you need me for anything? I'll tell you if I find something.

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[token_vengeance]

Of course.

And it goes the same way. We need to stick together.

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[guiltapalooza]

Exactly. I'll be happy to work with you, Erik.