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[Annabeth's face pops up, curls a mess as usual, but considering the turtle developments, she doesn't look nearly as cross as usual?? There's the sounds of water splashing around somewhere in the suite, but she doesn't appear to care.]
It goes without saying that the turtle's health started improving at last. [Because powers! And it's swimming again!] I know various numbers of us were tasked by Evandau into investigations, and I don't know how all the other situations turned out, but Doctor Soranik Natu, Rogue, Percy Jackson, and myself found something probably worth sharing.
We were assigned with investigating a string of robberies initially, but really, the important part is we discovered a series of incomplete archways in several different homes and attempted to recreate one in its entirety.
The whole "world between Life, Death, and Dreaming" thing everyone gets on arrival? Start taking it literally, if you weren't before. Keeliai as we live in it here is the Life plane. The archway opened up a portal of a kind, and said portal took us to the Death plane.
[A blob of water floats across the screen, blurring Annabeth's face, but it's still possible to see her turn around in a huff, and from somewhere off screen there's an "Oops, sorry!" before the water flies off. She continues unperturbed.]
It was basically a version of Keeliai gone awry and ruined, everything rotting away, and we found markings in the form of some kind of blood magic, directly over where the Emperor's Palace is in this plane. Scans proved it to be kedan blood in origin, some of it fresh, and the pattern was being drawn by - you know, what we're here to fight, in a magical attempt to kill Tu Vishan. We were able to wipe the incomplete blood slate clean and stop this part of his illness before leaving the plane. [By 'we' she mostly means Ocean Jesus did A Water Thing.]
Unfortunately, or fortunately, the way in seems to be gone. The archways all disappeared once we got back, as did that particular methodology in creating them. [Melted pins ahh. A pause.] The Death plane is probably where our infamous threat is hiding. Its domain, so to speak.
Tu Vishan's health is picking up, but this - this situation here, with this thing we're up against? It's definitely not over.
It goes without saying that the turtle's health started improving at last. [Because powers! And it's swimming again!] I know various numbers of us were tasked by Evandau into investigations, and I don't know how all the other situations turned out, but Doctor Soranik Natu, Rogue, Percy Jackson, and myself found something probably worth sharing.
We were assigned with investigating a string of robberies initially, but really, the important part is we discovered a series of incomplete archways in several different homes and attempted to recreate one in its entirety.
The whole "world between Life, Death, and Dreaming" thing everyone gets on arrival? Start taking it literally, if you weren't before. Keeliai as we live in it here is the Life plane. The archway opened up a portal of a kind, and said portal took us to the Death plane.
[A blob of water floats across the screen, blurring Annabeth's face, but it's still possible to see her turn around in a huff, and from somewhere off screen there's an "Oops, sorry!" before the water flies off. She continues unperturbed.]
It was basically a version of Keeliai gone awry and ruined, everything rotting away, and we found markings in the form of some kind of blood magic, directly over where the Emperor's Palace is in this plane. Scans proved it to be kedan blood in origin, some of it fresh, and the pattern was being drawn by - you know, what we're here to fight, in a magical attempt to kill Tu Vishan. We were able to wipe the incomplete blood slate clean and stop this part of his illness before leaving the plane. [By 'we' she mostly means Ocean Jesus did A Water Thing.]
Unfortunately, or fortunately, the way in seems to be gone. The archways all disappeared once we got back, as did that particular methodology in creating them. [Melted pins ahh. A pause.] The Death plane is probably where our infamous threat is hiding. Its domain, so to speak.
Tu Vishan's health is picking up, but this - this situation here, with this thing we're up against? It's definitely not over.
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At first it was but a silver mist, but even in such state it had been able to... [and his adam's apple bobs as he swallows painfully] to kill one of its allies who had made an attempt to persuade us to join their side. Or, rather, cause him to decay at an unusual and alarming rate. It had... it had the scent of death on it.
And then it took form of a human with fur of silk and canines sharp as daggers. It did not appear to be harmed, no matter what the others and I had attempted to do, even with the assistance of the gadgets that had been provided to us. [not that he was as powerful as his other teammates but.]
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[She runs a hand through her hair. It's more confirmation that Malicant is indeed as powerful as everything claims - not that she doubted it, exactly, but it's always nice to have the extra support. Even if it's not the best of news.] How did it leave? Did it turn back into the mist?
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[ a nod! ] Yes. It rots everything that it touches.
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How can one fight that born of death, mademoiselle?
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Maybe with something alive. Something born of Life. [It's a little cliche sounding, but she's not being sarcastic. Death itself could only be stopped in very few ways - immortality of the gods, for one - but the Death plane was touchable and tangible here. That meant Malicant must be, too. And maybe it's some of Percy's influence and optimism that she adds:] Nothing is unbeatable.
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to dieto keep fighting.]I will help.
[He doesn't know how he can, of course, but he sounds determined and willing enough, nonetheless.]
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It's definitely going to take a lot of people and effort. What's your name?
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A pleasure, mademoiselle.
[She gets a tiny smile, at least!]
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He doesn't want to address her so informally but he's too shy to point it out
WHAT DO
He looks a little bit flustered as he says,] If that is what you wish.
[He is still totally calling you 'mademoiselle']
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It is. It's what most people call me.
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[such as ma'am? madame? miss??]
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I understand, mademoiselle. [8')]
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oh. OH.]
Ah, yes... Annabeth. [wow this informality is so weird let him just avert his eyes again for a moment there.]
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I-It is not! I apologize if I might have made it seem so.
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Then do you want to explain why you're being so awkward about it?
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