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[Well, that was even less fun than the whole accidentally-hexing-the-entire-Turtle-for-a-week incident.  Although, speaking of...]

[She's not quite as done as she was for her last announcement to her not-so-adoring fans, but there is a notable trace of both exhaustion and dryness to her tone as she leans back in her chair.  Arms folded and a smudge of the iridescent paint still visible on one cheek.]

For the record?  No, it wasn't me.

[Meaning the disappearances.]

[With that settled, she moves to turn off the console, although perceptive ears might be able to hear her mutter:]

Geez, one little mistake, and suddenly everything's always your fault....

Comments

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

...alright, I guess I can forgive you this time.

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

It's been a hell of a week.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

I wouldn't really say hell. More like a dull, time-distorting limbo.

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

The nebulous threat of my demise kept it interesting. Too interesting.

[audio]

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You do realize we weren't actually dead, right?

It was probably more like some weird time-space thing.

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

Yes, but being incorporeal until we died of starvation or what have you was in my mind.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

Cheerful.

Although, strangely enough, I was never really very hungry most of the time.

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

... Neither was I. Which is creepy.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

A little.

I just figured it was part of the magic that changed us.

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

Which meant we probably couldn't starve or die of thirst...

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

Probably not? Then again, it wasn't my spell, so I can't say for certain how it worked.

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

It's out of my magical expertise entirely. I've heard of people walking in between the physical and astral planes, but they didn't stay for long.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

Under their own power, maybe. If they're strong enough, they might even be able to bring along one or two passengers at most.

But a huge portion of the Turtle population with them? It's almost unthinkable.

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

What I was thinking. We weren't even in a central location at the same time the effect took place.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

I was flying at the time.

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

I was out running errands.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

And while you were ghosted, did you ever...I don't know...flicker?

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

If I did, I didn't notice it. I was blinded a couple of hours into the whole 'ghost' adventure.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

I di--wait, did you just say you were blinded?

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

Yeah.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

[That made two, so far. And the person Jack mentioned who had lost their memories...]

[She was getting nervous.]

How many other people who were ghosted have you talked to?

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

A few...

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

Have any of them lost anything too? A sense...a memory...anything at all?

Re: [audio]

[gathersnomoss]

A few other people without vision.

[audio]

[backwordscompatible]

Anybody not affected at all?