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[warrior_king]

[Gorthan is sitting on a bench, and the Library can clearly be seen in the background. He sighs to himself before speaking.]

It would appear I have been asleep for nearly a month. Of you, dear denizens of Vatheon, I ask two things - that you tell me more about this unusual state of prolonged sleep, and that you provide a brief report of anything I may have missed during my forced absence.

You have my thanks in advance. And if you wish for a reward in exchange for the information I seek, it could consists of book recommendations, for I have nothing else to offer at the moment.

[Inwardly, he is a little nervous. He has yet to check whether on his acquaintances here, and he wonders whether they are all still around.]

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[kagayakashi]

[ She shrugs, still smiling. ] Almost means it's getting there, though! And yes, I have those powers too. It's called musou, or battle magic as I heard Father call it once! It's what we use to make our attacks on the battlefield all the more powerful! [ This time, she raises both her hands up to the sides of her face. She clenches her fists once, as if preparing herself for a fight. ] A lot of my attacks use it, actually. But even so, musou was useless against the Yami. It took a special blessing to defeat it! Best ask Father; he fought in it more than I did.

[ You should be used to that by now, Gorthan <3 ]

Lots of empty rooms, but some had blood smears on the walls...[ Gracia sighs. ] We found the white room where they took us as well. The place where we were when we got kidnapped a few months ago. Our names were on a list. [ The very act of recalling that moment gets her hairs raising. It was an unpleasant experience - one she had to go through with a few others, including Mitsuhide, before she met Gorthan. ] There was also a laboratory, a place with a password that we don't know, and an exit tunnel!

[warrior_king]

[While he seems very interested by Gracia's description, he closes his eyes gravely when it ends. Something twitches on his brow, a small sign of anger.]

Of course... as I suspected from the start! We are being studied and experimented on... like what happens in that hellish pit, R'ur Kil! As marvelous as the many disciplines of science are, those who apply them truly know no scruples and are the bane and the ruin of all planets everywhere... and you say you were kidnapped, too? What did your father and Motochika do?

Eep, sorry about the lateness! ):

[kagayakashi]

[ Okay, most of that flew over her head. Your words, Gorthan. Sometimes they are too big for Gracia to follow xD But it's okay. Even if she didn't get the essence of his words, she was able to see that anger hidden beneath them. She blinks and tries to comfort him with another reassuring smile. ]

Gorthan, how agitated you are! Calm down and take a deep breath!

[ A slight nod. ] Yes, I was. Unfortunately, Father was kidnapped just like I was. Motochika was left searching for us both, for three whole days. And when we finally found each other...[ She frowns sadly. She prefers not to remember how different they had all acted. How much sadder she was, and how little hope there seemed to be. ]

[warrior_king]

[While he does try to calm down as Gracia says, he cannot help but be concerned when she won't finish her sentence. In a moment of complete lack of empathy, as is usual for Gorthan's species, he simply cannot fathom why she'd do that.]

Yes? I am listening, Gracia.