Radio (Two days after the possession attempt)

[redlightgreenlight]

I'm sorry...I didn't mean for this to happen. I didn't even know it could.

[She sounds exhausted.]

And I know that several of you are hurting as a result of what happened when I tried to possess Tu Vishan...

[The fact that the other foreigners had seen the vision was distressing, she didn't like being used for anything, even if it was by a benevolent being. It was still just too reminiscent of Malicant.]

But the turtle is alive.

[Her voice is quieter now.]

And that vision...I believe it came from him.

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[irishthor]

At... least you told us what you were going to do.

[If you hadn't, Shay would have had words.]

Are you okay?

[redlightgreenlight]

[there was a very long silence as she contemplated her answer. To lie, or not to lie shouldn't have been a struggle to decide, it wouldn't have been not long ago. But she finally decided on honesty.]

No.

[irishthor]

That was... quite a vision.

[And he's not best pleased about it. He has enough trauma of his own.]

Probably means more to people who were here at the time... I take it you were?

[redlightgreenlight]

Yes...It was horrible.

[Not only because the hatchlings had been murdered, but because Evandau had been as well, and she wasn't entirely convinced that it hadn't been her power that had killed him.]

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[walkthedarkpath]

Where are you?

[ Even if there was still bad blood and he hadn't and didn't plan to apologies. That didn't stop him from caring in his own way.]

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[redlightgreenlight]

Somewhere safe...

[She realized that he was worried, even if his tone did not suggest it, but she had no intentions of revealing her location, she still needed time and the last thing she wanted was people bothering her. She was, of course, now in the hotel, but there was no need to reveal that to everyone.]

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[walkthedarkpath]

[ He didn't like that answer. Still, at least she answered.]

Good.

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[backwordscompatible]

[It had been two days, and her head still ached. Susceptible as she was to mystic energies, a psychic explosion like that had nearly knocked the poor girl out when it first hit.]

[And now she knew. Where it had come from. Why.]

[Just not what to do next.]

What was it, exactly? A cry for help? A recurring nightmare?

[redlightgreenlight]

I wish I knew...perhaps some sort of gravity is causing him to sink...a similar gravity to what...[She couldn't finish the sentence, the memory of the shells being crushed causing to stomach to turn painfully.]

[backwordscompatible]

[It was, perhaps, only because of the pain medicine she'd been taking that kept her as calm as she was, rather than risk losing her lunch for the day.]

Or maybe it is gravity. Just the regular, old, can't fight it without some sort of special ability kind.

He hasn't contacted us in months, right? Maybe because he's not in control.

[redlightgreenlight]

Malicant is dead.

[It came out as a growl, but it was really fear that drove the anger. She didn't particularly like what was being suggested.]

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[gathersnomoss]

I'm glad I know, even if I better pick up sleeping pills for the next month.

[redlightgreenlight]

I'm sorry...

[There was really nothing else to say.]

[gathersnomoss]

You didn't know. I assume.

Know any good local sedatives, or should I just go ask Raine and get told off about how addictive those can be?

[redlightgreenlight]

[It would have been funny, in fact, she suspected that it was meant to be funny, but it wasn't and instead of answering, she burst into tears.]

[bigdamnhiro]

That was you?

[Yeah, so that coffee? He sure as hell didn't sleep that night. Which is fine. He wasn't keen on follow-up visions. Still, he sounds mostly tired and can't even really be upset about what happened, it was just...disturbing.]

What was it? I mean, besides... [He swallows hard.] ...besides dying turtles.

And what about that makes you think the turtle's living?

[redlightgreenlight]

[Crap, even this tiny child had seen the vision and here she was thinking that she couldn't feel any worse.]

I'm sorry, Hiro...

[If she was having nightmares, then he must be having them as well.]

The one who killed the turtles is dead, and he can't hurt anyone anymore.

[She wouldn't tell him more about Malicant, but as for Tu Vishan.]

What I...we experienced was like a memory...but it wasn't a memory that any of us possess...hence it had to come from the Turtle. He couldn't share such a thing with us if he was dead...

[bigdamnhiro]

You mean Malicant.

[She didn't say it, but it's not hard to figure out. Hiro wasn't here for all that happened, but people have told him things, and really, he's a sharp little tack.]

...Maybe the turtle's alive. Maybe. [A beat. He swallows.] But have you considered maybe that memory didn't come from the turtle?

[What if Malicant's not as dead as you think he is.]

[redlightgreenlight]

[Malicant...It seemed that they would never truly escape his shadow.]

Malicant is dead, Hiro...I would have known if it was him.

[There would be no doubt if it was Malicant's memory, Malicant had a darkness that no one could match.]

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[solo_patria]

Is there anything that we can do?

[Enjolras is quite serious about the question, both as it comes to the state of affairs, and the woman who is responsible for the shared vision.]

I am sorry that you had to be a part of it. I cannot imagine that. [and then, another question that's occurred to him.]

Might you know if they...our hatchlings who are alive experienced this with us?

[redlightgreenlight]

[She knew this man, Enjolras, but she had yet to speak to him. Odd considering that he had been here longer than she had.]

I don't know...[She replied quietly, answering both his questions in a single sentence.]

I can feel the hatchlings...they are very distant, but I don't recall feeling them during the vision.

[She had been somewhat distracted by Malicant murdering the other hatchlings.]

[solo_patria]

I am glad of that, at least.

[Enjolras is sighing in relief at the idea that the hatchlings don't SEEM to have been involved. Taraja...he can't bear to think of that happening to her again. As for Valdis, who he knows mostly by sight only too, he does want to do SOMETHING to help her.]

If you need to speak about it, or a distraction of some sort, I would be glad to be of service. We've not formally met, have we? But I know a bit of what it is for awful things to haunt you for a time.

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[gistful]

[When Valdis arrives back at the Hotel, Anton seeks her out. He still insists on being properly dressed in spite of Erskine pointing out that this is an opportunity to let go and slum it in his dressing-gown, so he's perfectly decent when he finds her.]

Lady Valdis?

[He's perfectly willing to have a lap full of either wolf or young lady on this occasion, if that's what she needs.]

Of course <3

[redlightgreenlight]

[When he found her, she was sitting on her bed, which was now located by the window, staring out at the city. She had left her door open, closing it made her feel trapped and no matter what happened, she felt safe in the Hotel. But Malicant's shadow seemed to lay over the city again, and she couldn't shake the idea that it was her fault. She didn't look at him when he said her name, ashamed that she had ignored him earlier.]

You should be resting...

[gistful]

I can rest nearly anywhere, oddly enough. Even here, if you're amenable. May I come in?

[Truthfully the walk up the stairs, even activating the escalator feature, was making his knees shake and his vision turn vaguely on its axis.]