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[redlightgreenlight]

Wan is gone.

[The screen will be completely black, as if she is trying to hide what a wreck she currently is. Her voice is broken, thick with emotion that she is trying, and failing, to hide.]

I don't know what cruel game this place is playing, but I'm done following along. Wan was concerned about the turtle...We all know that it is sinking and I know that many think that he is dead.

[Her voice levels out, perhaps even taking on a hint of anger.]

Some of you may remember how Wan and I possessed the great turtle in our attempt to force Malicant out. We failed in that endeavor, but we did gain the information we needed to defeat him. I believe that Tu Vishan is the one who gave us that information.

[Now the anger in her voice is evident.]

The cultists tried to stop us then and they are involved in whatever is going on now. With Wan gone, I aim to find out for certain if Tu Vishan still lives or not.

[A dark and soft chorus of voices echo her next words]

To the cursed followers of Malicant, your pathetic god is dead. Without him, you all are nothing. Try to stop me and I will send you into Oblivion.

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[denyamenti]

[ The tone is faintly satirical, but not unkind. ]

Am I going to have to intervene of you doing something foolheaded?

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[redlightgreenlight]

You can't stop me either.

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[denyamenti]

Perhaps not, but that's a bad wager to make, sefatjiw. You have a habit of doing ill-advised things when you're feeling particularly alone.

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[edgeoftheknife]

[Asking if she's okay seems... pretty stupid. It's obvious she's not okay. So he'll settle for a simple:]

Valdis?

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[redlightgreenlight]

What?

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[edgeoftheknife]

Need a hand with anything?

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[ruinsprofessor]

[Entirely serious-faced.]

I'm sorry for your loss. I know he meant a great deal to you.

[A pause. Raine is carefully considering; her mouth is a thin line. There's a lot she's not saying.]

I realize a request for caution will fall on deaf ears. However, if nothing else, be conscious that your pain is making you reckless.

[Remember what happened last time goes heavily implied, but unsaid. Raine does not want to have to drag Valdis away from the Void again, not least because she's not sure it can be replicated. A sigh, and then,]

If you need a healer...

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[redlightgreenlight]

[Her wrath quickly fades and instead she sounds small, uncertain and perhaps even slightly afraid.]

I...don't know what I'm going to do without him.

[A low sigh and her voice evens out again.]

I realize that this might be dangerous, but Wan wanted to know what was wrong with Tu Vishan...It was important to him.

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[ruinsprofessor]

[As gently as she knows how:]

Carry on. That's all you can do. Carry on, and remember him as well and as long as you can. Not just his face and his name, but the lessons he taught.

[That's almost wistful on her part. It's probably personal. Moving on, though, she resumes something of her usual businesslike manner.]

The endeavor itself is a worthwhile one. I refer to the broadcasting of it in such a manner, and the threats.

Just... be careful.

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[wolfstrike]

I didn't know Wan, but... sorry.

[Obviously this Wan person meant a lot to Valdis. He could hear it in her voice.]

If you need some backup, I'm there.

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[redlightgreenlight]

I...am not opposed to having backup.

[It might be wise to have someone defending her if they were attacked while she wasn't present.]

[wolfstrike]

I'll be there. Just tell me where and when.

[Hopefully he'll get to knock some cultist heads in while they're at it.]

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[gistful]

A leanbh.

[It's quiet. A little bit tired. But mostly, just a reminder that there's cause not to do something indescribably stupid in the heat of emotion.]

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[redlightgreenlight]

[she heard him, but she wouldn't respond. She knew better than to make the same mistake twice by using her power without restraint. She was upset, she was hurting, but she wasn't stupid. She had reason to live, she wouldn't forget that.]

[phoenixstrut]

[She didn't know this Wan, but she is immediately alert at the tone of Valdis' voice.]

I'm sorry, Valdis, [she offers immediately, true sadness in her own voice. She's not close enough to actually feel it...but she's absolutely positive that the pain is there.]

You say you 'possessed' the turtle... will you try it again? [she ventures afterward, stepping carefully. She doesn't like the idea of possession, and with Valdis' powers as they are...she's wary, but curious.]

[redlightgreenlight]

I'm not releasing details over the network.

[She speaks firmly. She's counting on the fact that others, like their enemies, are listening in, but she has enough sense to not give them too much ammunition.]

[phoenixstrut]

[ ... that's fair. For a moment, she's quiet, and then,]

I'll come to you then.

[Click.]

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[wrathfulkhan]

That sounds like a dangerous, foolhardy, and reckless task.

[Beat.]

So how can I help?

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[redlightgreenlight]

I'm hoping that the cultists will make a move like they did last time...what to be my backup?

[bigdamnhiro]

...I wouldn't count on the turtle being alive.

[He didn't know Wan, but he knows the turtle's sinking. And for his own reasons, he's not placing much faith in Tu Vishan's currently-uncertain status. He's convinced the turtle is dead. Sorry Valdis.

Also he has no idea you're the big hound from the hotel so forgive him if he doesn't seem to recognize you]

Even on the small chance it is alive and just playing sleeping beauty, I also wouldn't count on the possibility it might pull a deus ex machina and wake up in time to save us all from drowning. Shouldn't we, I dunno, be focused on an evacuation plan instead?

[redlightgreenlight]

Where do you think we should evacuate to, Hiro?

[He may not recognize her, but she most certainly recognizes him.]

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[looksfine]

[Aya did know Wan. They had conversed previously on several occasions. On top of that, she had been there for the final battle against Malicant. So there was empathy in her voice when she initially responded:]

You have my condolences.

[That being said...]

However, I am certain that this--including his abrupt disappearance--is no game.

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[redlightgreenlight]

[A deep, heavy and sad sigh]

It's a figure of speech, Aya...I know it isn't a literal game. It's just that this is the second time someone I care for has been taken away at a landfall.

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[walkthedarkpath]

[ This asshole had no right to even try to speak to her again. But Wan had been kind to him when he was not yet himself. That part of Nelo Angelo that was still very much alive inside of him felt a deep greif for a man he didn't really know. The Dancing Snow.

Vergil waited until he could bare it no more.]

Valdis, you have my condolences. If you need help with anything... just tell me.

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[redlightgreenlight]

[It wasn't an apology for what he had done, but knowing him, it was probably as close as it would get. But her response would be short, curt and not exactly forgiving.]

Thank you.