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[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Who: Noric Pellaeon and Xavier Elder
Where: the Sacred City
When: Year 199 - 20?
What: The End

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Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

[very few people are on the road at this hour, and some turn to glance inquisitively at you as you go past.]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[taking no notice of them]

Noric!

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

[in fact, you'd have run right past her if she didn't catch your arm at the last second.]

--Xavier, hey!

[a blonde woman, dressed in black: Emain, one of the priests you've met on occasion, whenever you've gone with Noric to rites or services.]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Emain. Have you seen Noric?

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

Honey, that's why I was heading this way to start with. I was coming to find you.

[for whatever reason, you've never been able to get a read on this woman, and that's no different now. but her usual supremely self-confident attitude seems to be missing tonight.]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Spit it out then.

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

[looks at him for a long moment, then tugs at his arm]

Back this way. It's not far.

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[god, all I do is get tugged around by people. Follows her quietly]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

[she walks in silence for a while, before speaking.]

Listen, this... isn't going to be easy, and it's not what I'm good at. So I'm sorry.

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

["But I can appreciate it" he said once, but right now, he doesn't want it, so he just nods and stays silent]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

The hunt didn't go well.

[they're coming up on the healing centre now.]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

... Don't say it.

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

[sombre isn't an expression that usually lives on Emain's face.]

He got separated from us, somehow. He wasn't far, but...

[hesitates, then puts her hand on the healing centre door]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

I said don't say it.

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

Honey...

[doesn't seem to know what to say, so she opens the door and steps inside, leaving it open.]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[after a moment, steps inside with her]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

[she's waiting there, inside the door. when Xavier comes in, she looks away, stepping over to a side room. she keeps her hand on the doorknob.]

There was a raptor. We're not sure what happened exactly, because it was over before we got there.

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[numbly, he heads towards the door]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

[she opens it. inside is one bed, occupied by a body completely covered with a sheet. quietly, from behind.]

It ripped out his throat. I'm sorry, Xavier.

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[just stands there]

I went to the market. I got tea.

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

[no response. there's nothing there to feel.]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

I went there because you asked me to. What's the point of it now?

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

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Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[sucks in a shaky breath, thinking how ridiculous this is, he's been alone before, he can handle it]

Re: [Year 200, early summer]

[negativecharge.insanejournal.com]

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