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[double_edged]

[Guess who's back to his old grumpy Lombax self? You'd think he'd be a little more relieved than he looked right then and there, auburn eyes narrowed and ears folded back threateningly.]

I want a status report of one Nunnally Vi Britannia. Several attempts to contact her SFC have gone unanswered, and with what happened in this recent curse...

[He cuts off, glancing off to the side and muttering something foul in Lombaxian.]

And I don't want to hear she's 'vanished'. I want solid, viable proof.

She's not gone. Nobody is simply gone.

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[double_edged]

So what now? Are you going to be lost, too? Ratchet? The Colonel? Everyone?

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[ninthserenade]

I don't know, dude. The only advice I can really offer is to wait a few more days and see if she turns up again, but if there's no sign then it's probably just better to accept that she's gone home.

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[double_edged]

There's no guarantee she's home, don't you understand?! She could be somewhere else entirely, begging for help!

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[ninthserenade]

They go home, Alister. One of the guys I knew went home and came back. ...Time just freezes while you're here and then as soon as you get kicked outta this world, it resumes back where you came from. Using me as an example, if I went home? I'd go right back to being dead.

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[double_edged]

...I swear to Orvus, if I'm ever unable to contact you--

Demyx.

Help me. Help me find her. Please.

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[ninthserenade]

I'll make sure someone tells you if I disappear. ...Or I'll try and leave a note or something if I can. It--Axel somehow knew he was gonna leave before and I found one he wrote.

_{[He pauses, then frowns slightly.]}

Alister, I really, really hate being a downer, but we wouldn't find her.

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[double_edged]

Demyx...

Please. Please, we can't just-- she's still--!


...



She's not gone.

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[ninthserenade]

<sub>[Oh fuck. Now he feels bad.

How many times did he go looking for Xigbar when he first disappeared...?]</sub>

...Alright.

Alright, Alister. But I can't promise that we'll find her. ...Just try not to keep your expectations too high, okay?

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[double_edged]

We'll need to expect the worst, for wherever she's taken. We may even need to fight.



Demyx, thank you.

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[ninthserenade]

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Fight? I'll go with you, but I am not fighting anyone and you know why--not after last time.

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[double_edged]

I meant fight whatever's trying to keep her hostage.

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[ninthserenade]

Alister--You're not hearing me! I'm not fighting anything! I-I don't want to!

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[double_edged]

I'm not going to let her suffer.

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[ninthserenade]

_{[Yep, that gets him to look away from his SFC.]}

...Fine. _{No one ever listens to me anyway.}

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[double_edged]

Demyx. Look.

I... need to do this. If you want to stay behind and believe she's safe, then... I suppose I can't stop you. I'm not having everything fall apart again.

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[ninthserenade]

You keep talking like you're gonna find her! What're you gonna do if you can't, Alister!?

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[double_edged]

...

[The General... looks away in silence, clenching his eyes shut and bowing his head. He doesn't want to answer that. He doesn't even want to think about it.

He never did.]

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[ninthserenade]

...I learned the hard way that tearing the bubble up isn't gonna bring anyone back any faster. _{I'll go with you, but even if we find something I'm not... I'm not fighting. I don't wanna fight again if I can help it.}

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[double_edged]

...

I... I understand, Demyx. But this is just something I need to do, I...

I've started making links again. If this city wants to rip them away from me, I'm going to rip back at it.