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[gevurah]

[ stephanie brown ]

[ Just as expected, she dwells on this for some time. They haven't spoken in months and had things not ended up this way, she would have kept ceased communications. There isn't much anger she holds toward the other woman anymore, but there is a severe lack of trust. For Kate, if she could not trust someone or they didn't fit her standards as reliable, she dropped them, no matter how guilty or guiltless she felt about it.

But to not say anything would be cruel and nobody deserves that. While she doesn't consider her a friend anymore, she's still an ally. ]

Come to the clinic.


[ kidnapped filter ]

[ Kate abhors using those words for this filter. Time to check in on everyone, though. ]

How are you all doing?

[ If you're in the clinic, holla. ]


[ And it should not come as too much of a surprise, but Kate leaves out a filter to her own friends. At least for now. She's tired and has to deal with Stephanie soon, so she wants to be completely prepared for whatever is to come. She doesn't mean to make anyone worry.

With some effort, she manages to sit up on her bed. She's currently in the clinic, much to her chagrin. Never has she liked being stuck on bed rest and being made to feel so helpless, frustrated and tired. It makes her feel like a victim, something she's always hated since the time she was a child. Even knowing the clinic staff were just doing their job, it makes her feel petty.

Now? She feels restless. She pours through the journal for details on what's happened in the castle during the days she was stuck elsewhere, yet there's nothing that really explains what exactly happened. As usual, there's no reason. There's never a reason.

She shouldn't waste any energy feeling so angry about this. ]


[ ooc; open in the clinic to whoever! ]

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[gevurah]

Well, I'm glad to hear it.

[ She hates to think it, but the number of casualties could have been far greater. ]

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[fistfullofmagic]

...How long do you think it will take them to return?

[He would elaborate, but he hadn't really caught the names of the casualties. ...Or any of the other kidnappees for that matter.]

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[gevurah]

Two weeks, but given the nature of this place... we can never be too sure.

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[fistfullofmagic]

That our fates are so tightly bound to the whims of this place... It unsettles me.

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[gevurah]

[ She doesn't want to believe that. ]

How long have you been here?

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[fistfullofmagic]

It was the day the... [He pauses, making a face.] ...The day that the giant lobsters danced. I don't know the exact date as I was...in a state where I would not have lasted more than a few minutes had there not been a healer on hand.

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[gevurah]

Sometimes, Paradisa does strange stuff like that. Right before those dancing lobsters there was some kind of alien one attacking people.

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[fistfullofmagic]

[There's a moment of uncomfortable silence. It bothers him that those words had probably been used to describe him before.]

...I see.

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[gevurah]

Wherever we were... things like that happen, too.

We don't get many answers, though.

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[fistfullofmagic]

.....Perhaps pooling our knowledge would help counteract this lack of answers. I am sure that between all who were with us, we have more information than we think. ...Perhaps it will be enough of a basis to begin devising a way to prevent this from happening again.

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[gevurah]

It's better than nothing. [ He can't see it, but she nods on her end. ] We don't even know where we were. That's what I'd like to find out first.

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[fistfullofmagic]

As would I. [He sighs.] That place...it behaved almost as if it were some great and terrible dream...

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[gevurah]

It was like being in a painting...