Public Channel - Day 59

[pipers_son]

[He really didn't want this to happen, but...]

I think it's time we start keeping a list of those who's disappeared, been taken, or is otherwise indisposed.

I'll start.

Lauren has been buried in the ground, somewhere, and Steven Universe has been taken by the Rose Queen.

[He says all of this blankly, matter of factly, and there's only the sound of a shaky breath at the very end.]

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[soft_focus]

That's not a how, that's a who.

I already knew the 'who' part. I just thought, if he's alive, and Niisama and I find that spot, maybe we can dig him out with Kage!

[She's. Taking this rather well, this whole buried alive thing.]

But... ...only if you definitely know he's not dead. ...I don't want to find something dead...

[pipers_son]

Sort of a 'how'....

[But that mumble isn't important, because Joker now has something else to focus on.]

Reira, where are you?

[soft_focus]

Niisama and I are still in the dark somewhere.

[Whoops.] Lambert said to try and find other people...but then Syrlya said to stay in one spot.... ....So I'm just moving when it feels like it's bad to stay here, and telling them when, [She notes, frowning.]

I'm using my shield to make light...

[pipers_son]

So yer already out here..... [Sigh.] Don't try comin' ta find Lauren right now, okay? The Rose Queen could still be around....

We don't need to make her angrier. Right?

[soft_focus]

Oh.

Yeah... ...Niisama doesn't know a lot about faeries yet, so that would be bad...

[REIRA YOU, YOU ARE THE ONE AT RISK-]

Ummm... ...It isn't that I would be looking though, [She explains.] I'm trying to find people, I guess, but...

...None of the paths go the right way... ...so we just move the way that feels right...

[pipers_son]

Have ya found anyone else that way?

[soft_focus]

Not yet...But...

[What she says next isn't meant to be an insult. Indeed, she sounds more worried than anything, but...]

...it doesn't sound like a lot of the people out here have been going away from dangerous spots either...

[pipers_son]

Well... We were tryin' ta get away from the dangerous spots, but some of us weren't fast enough.

[And others weren't smart enough, but he keeps that locked in. Tyki is being PA enough for both of them, thankfully.]

[soft_focus]

Not the most dangerous spots.

The spots that make you feel like something MIGHT get dangerous.

Those kinds of dangerous spots.

[Reira you can't just pin this on gut sense when it's dumb (bad) luck-]

[pipers_son]

Not all of us have that kinda talent, Reira.

[He fuckin' wishes, 'tho.]

[soft_focus]

....I thought a talent was a thing you learned.

[Well, Reira, learning can be lived experience. Which there is a lot of, in this case.]

[pipers_son]

Sometimes. Sometimes it's also a thing ya just have an easier time with. Like having a good aim.

[Somehow this kind of talk is making him feel better.]

[soft_focus]

....But you can learn to aim...

[Now, Reira-]

...ummm...do you mean something more like seeing in the dark, then? You can't just learn to be better at that one...

[pipers_son]

Ha.

A bit more like seeing in the dark, then, yeah. That's probably it.