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[hisbabygirl]

[She's been a little quiet as of late, but try as she might to ignore it, this is something that she needs to say. Sarah takes a deep breath and asks her question, in a somewhat small and shaky voice.]

Has... anyone seen my Dad? He's um. His name is Joel. He's an older man, dark hair and a beard. Wears flannel and a broken watch.

[This is harder than she thought it would be. Sarah pauses to take another steady breath and calm herself down.]

Ellie too. And Tess. I can't find any of 'em.

[She fidgets, eyes downcast.]

Julie's quiet too. And Bro and...

[She's just going to cut the feed there. There's way too many people she cares about gone.]

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[akito]

[ oh. oh. he can't help but feel incredibly sad for her. ;; ]

Do you want to come over?

[hisbabygirl]

Gazelle, hey.

[God, she doesn't know what she wants to do. Right now Sarah just feels lost.]

Um... I dunno. I should prob go look around some more or...

[akito]

I can go search with you! And if we can't find anyone by tonight, we can have a sleepover, ne?

[hisbabygirl]

[Company would definitely be good right now. Sarah nods.]

Okay, but... maybe you can sleepover at my place? Just in case someone comes to find me. Then I can't miss them.

[unetrustworthy]

[More people leaving. A lot of people leaving. Somehow, knowing that only made things worse...because Midii knew the pain all too well.]

Damian, too.

[hisbabygirl]

[There's a long pause from Sarah in response.]

That's... too many people. Midii, is it always this many?

[unetrustworthy]

I don't know.

[It wasn't that she never paid attention. It's that the disappearances had never impacted her so strongly as the day she saw the kedan emptying his suite. The air had been drawn from her lungs, and she had momentarily gone pale.]

People were commenting that there's been more than usual the last few months. And Damian...he'd been here a long time. Longer than me. Longer than Ellie, even.

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[wintershepherd]

Sarah... I'm coming over, okay? I'll be there in a few minutes.

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[hisbabygirl]

[She takes another deep breath, and nods her head.]

Okay. I'll be waitin'.

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack doesn't waste further time with the consoles, zipping out the window to cover the distance between his new building and the one he'd spoken to Sarah about during the moving. He doesn't arrive as quickly as he wants (though it's still no more than a few minutes) because the North Wind isn't nearly as strong in June as it is during the cooler months, and is less able to carry him so directly.

He lands on her windowsill and raps on it with his knuckles. ]

Sarah?

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[sophos]

[Annabeth knows what that means - that tone of Sarah's voice, the look in her face. She's been subject to the same feeling far too many times.]

[Rather than dwell on it though, she decides to make an offer, hoping Sarah won't take it as being callous or too badly off topic.]

Have you ever gone riding on a dog bigger than a rhino?

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[hisbabygirl]

[The question does catch her well of guard. Sarah looks a little confused, and then shakes her head.]

Nope. Wait, do you mean Naga?

[She met Korra's polar bear dog just recently, but she's not sure if they're talking about the same creature.]

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[sophos]

No, not Naga, but probably about the same size. Her name is Mrs. O'Leary.

[She pauses for a second.] She's really fast, if you want to look around for them a little more that way. Or there's always a flying option?

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[iwannabeadragon]

[That is all kinds of not good.]

Need any help?

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[hisbabygirl]

Please?

[By this point, she knows they're gone, but admitting it just isn't something she wants to do. Not yet. Not ever.]

I've been looking for a while now. Days, really. But I dunno anymore. Maybe we can walk around a little bit together?

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[iwannabeadragon]

Sure, I'll bring my hound with me. You can ride him like a horse.

[Notch woofs at his mention.]

Where do you want me to meet you?

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[tactile_telekinesis]

I can help you look for them if need any more help.

[He knows it's not good when you stop hearing from people and seeing them. But it's still sucky no matter what.]

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[hisbabygirl]

More eyes can't hurt, I figure. This place is kinda big so...

[Sarah shrugs. He's a face she doesn't know, but the offer seems genuine enough.]

Um, did you know any of them?

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[tactile_telekinesis]

I uh, I didn't but I think I remember people talking over the network?

I'm Kon by the way.

[garou]

Sarah? You okay?

[hisbabygirl]

I'm... really bad at keeping track of people, or somethin'.

[She can only hope that that's the case and they aren't really gone.]

You don't know any of 'em do you? Have you seen them around at all?

[garou]

...I don't, I'm sorry. Do you want help looking?

[ Even though he has an idea of what happened to them... for her sake, he doesn't want it to be true. Losing your family is hard. In someplace like this, it's even harder. ]

[iguanasolution]

There's... a lot of people leaving, lately. I'm sorry you've lost so many, it happened to me a few weeks ago.

But at least there's still people here?

[hisbabygirl]

Aw man, I'm sorry to hear it. It... sucks. A lot. I keep hoping that they're doin' something for the emperor guy. Even just a few of them, you know? Then that way it's not everyone.

[He raises a good point though, and Sarah's kind of blown away at how many people have stepped up to help her look around, even if the odds are against them.]

You're right though. There's still people and there's still a lot of good people.

[iguanasolution]

Yeah, it's better to just focus on what we've got. It's not like they have died, so instead of mourning them we can just think they are safe and sound somewhere else?