[ Istredd laughs for the first time since this all started and it sounds so strange to his ears. It echoes in a way he wasn't prepared for and he goes serious again right after. ]
Stop ḿ̵̡͊a̶̠͒̍k̵̘̲͊̊ḯ̸͓̲n̸̻͎͊g̸̟̀ me laugh, I'm kidnapped by keyhole b̴͔̰̑a̷͆͜ş̵̔̿t̴͕͊̀a̷̳̜̍̉ṛ̶̊̀d̷͔̪̔̓ṣ̴̑̓.
[He might appreciate the bond a lot more after all this. The puzzle at figuring out what was said without making Istredd completely repeat himself is the worse.]
I'd say half of that sounds like me on a normal d͉̫̮̣̝͐̋͐a̡͉̝̮̥͐̂̓͜_̴̨̢͎̍͆ͤ̀͊ͤỳ̨̝̰̀̀̄͢ ḃ̵͉͓͖͙̥͚͔͈̺̘̬͍͐̆̿ͣ̐̎ͫ͐̾̓͂͌̽ų̨͖̳̜̰̤̮̖͍̫̼͎͚͍͓̪͖ͩͧ̂̍ͤͭ̄̋͞t̸̛̛͎̞̮̝̙̣͗ͣ̑̄͊͊̃ t̙̣_̴̼̳̤̬͕̭̥̰͔̞̟̦͓̻ͨͪ̀̒ͧ̒͐̄̌̍̾̆͋́͟͠h̙͕̘͎̆̽̌͒̉̃ͭ̍ͧ͂͘͟a̶̶̛̞͍̮̙͈ͬ͋͑͆ͤ̎͒ͩ̎̀ͤ̌͢͡t_̖̩̟ͨ͐̑͌́ d͓͊̍̏o̷̘͕͇͙̓̀̆͗̓͒̑̒̕͘͟͠͠ȩ̷̣̻͖̩͙̖̭̯͉͕̟ͮͭ͐̑̎ͯ̾͂̑͐ͩͥ̌͘͝ͅs͕̱͔͔̙̥̳̝̲̑ͫ͐͐̿̃̕͝n̵̵̵̴̷̡̧̢̼̣̫̺̱̟͇̺̞͈̞̖̭̩̼̓̈̂̉ͫ̉̀́ͩ̍̾̀͐̂̎̂͑ͫͣ̕̚͞͡'_̶̨̨̼̮̣̭̤̬̳͔̥͕ͬ̉̾̈ͤ̀̌ͨ̾́̒̓ͧ̓̒ͮ̑̅́̎̓͌͌ͣ́ͤ͗̋̊͟͡t͚̂ͭ h̵͈͇̟ͯ̉͋͐ͯ́̊e̷̡̤̳̻̱͕̠͔͕̟ͧ̋͋͗̽ͫͬ́͜l̖̱̰̳̳̠̤̘͍̜̑̿̃͐ͯ͛͐͆̎̍ͧ̂͐͜_̨̦̤͍̹̫̠͎̝̘̑ͤ̀̀ͬͫ̓͢͝p̛̗̝͉͖͙͍ͧ̈ͧ̆ͮͪͬ̽̋͛͛̓̕̚͞ͅ.
What a̧̨̳b̷̻͓͍͓͈̑̌͘͠ǫ̶̷̡̧̛͍̹̫̖̤͓̻̮̼̱̬̹̗̜̃̋̐̊̔͌ͧͨ͋̄͂̃ͧͬͭͬ͘͘͢͠ư̧͔͔͍͔̪̮̬̹̮̓̅ͪ̈̏͑ͮͫ̊͑ͫ͋͌̃ͫ̅̎̒̋ͧͣ͂͜͜͝͞͞ͅț̴̵̵̡̢̝̪̗̮̮͚̰̦̫̀̒ͪͤͬͥ͗̄̔̄̀̓ͮ͗ͤ͌̆ͦ̏̅̎͞͝͡ t̶͔̱͎̣͔̤͕̩̠ͮ̆̍̓͋͛ͣͬ͠h̩̋ę̵̥̭͈̼̘̻͖̲͆͌ͨͣ̅͑ͨ_̷̷̴̹͓̼͙̼̙̼̙͋̄ͮͩ́ͩ̽̒ͧ̅̒ͦͪ fungus?
Not me yet. B̶͔̹͚̰̥̲̣̜̿͗͐̉̔̓͘͜ų̷̛͖͓̟̼̦̮̫͖͊͂̊͐͂͠ͅẗ̷̹̣͔̱̫̠̲̺̭̙̟́ ̷̨̠͇̱͈̘̳̾̍͗͊̿̀Ị̸͉̬̖̜̭͓̱̈́̀̊̐ ̸̛͕͉͖͓̳̤́̽̓͛̂̋̈́͌̆͜͝a̶̩̞̮̼͇͇̖̳͌́͊̃͝ş̸̝͎̟̗̰̗̣͉̯̰͊͛́̏̍͆́̄͠ş̴̢̳̯͉̟̬̟̮̊͐̈́̒̏͊̐͒̈́̾̅ú̶̜̦̞̤͈̱̪̝̇̊̍̓̋̔͆̇͜m̷̢̫͓̮͖̈͗e̴̙̼̠̘̪̩͍͓̓̃̊͋͒͜͠͝ ̵̛͎̮͓̦̱͇̹̙̜̈́͛̓́͛͝͝s̴̛̙̊̇́̀̌͗͑͝ŏ̸̙̹͉̈́̈́̄̂͐͆͌͋͝ó̸̪̝̰̳̳̘̱͍̤̥̃͆͌̂́̆̽̚̕n̷͎̒̄̾̑̽̉̕͘.̸̨̩̽͐͋͗̈́́͑̽̕
[ What Istredd doesn't know is he is one of only two this doesn't happen to. Lucky? It depends. ]
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but then he hasn't heard from Istredd in a bit--much of Lucifer's own fault, perhaps, for not reaching out personally. but he won't. can't.]
Do you have a weapon? Since your m̸̗̳ͫ̌͢͝a̵͍͈ͥ̈́̊͗͞g̢̬͇̥̥̰̼͙͊͛ͪ̽͋̋͒̄͞i̮̙̅ͭ̽͒͟͠c͔̝̺̲͓ͯͨ̂ͧ̀̓ͣ̀ i͌̿̈s͖̲͌_͕̪̠̑̊̔͜͢ b̸̷̩͕̫͓̩̉͌̏̔ͨ̒ͣ̆̆͘l̢̗͍ͯ̈̈́ͮͪͣo̸̟͍̒ͩ̾̔͝͠c͈͓͈̠̳͇ͥ͛̔ͦ̽̂̊́̒ͮ͟͢͢k̷̺̣͖̒̆̆̈́̔̂ͦ̍̓͝ḝ̸͎̝͔̗̈́ͣ͛ḏ͇̮̱͚͇͕̟͗̑́̓̔͑̽͂͌͢?̷̷̣̪̪͓͔̯̤̅͌̂ͥ̑̆̓̈͞͡
No. Ḭ̷̛̜̟̟̃̈̋̂̓͑͒͐̕'̶͎̜̉̽̈̽͆̇͌̚͠͝m̵̢̛̛͔̗̪͙̪̎͑̈́̇̈̋̏̽ͅ ̵͔̠̯̪̙̋͗̅͆̚w̴̘̘̳̗̯̙̏̎̈́̅͌͂̂̚͝͝a̵̧̨͇̬͓̩̥̲̱͈̿͜͠ţ̵͇͍͉̪͙̖̝͔̐̐͜c̸̨̨̢̨̢͓͈̙̹̘͎̓h̵̙̻͔̥̉̾̾͒͋̓̏̽͘͠ỉ̶̧̗͎͎̙̗͔̜̿̽͑͗͐̚̕̚ņ̷̫͚̰̣̗͉͈͑́̌́̆̆̀͌̍̐̕g̴̢̛̖̙͂̀͝ ̷̨̧̢̛̮͖̪̠̺̬̬͊̈́̇̂͌͂̊͠ö̵̡͙͎͇̲͔͕̩͇͈́̂͌͠ű̵̫̦͚͎͓̝̼̤̉̔t̵̢͍̟̮̪̱̠̓͐̽͑̔ ̷̖̍f̵̨̙̘͓̪͍̝̥͉͕̽͌͌͋́̎͆͌ǫ̴̨̨̮̮͚͈̝̞̭̇͜r̵̛͉̣̈́̈́̍̇̃͊̔͐͊̋ the kids.
Don't talk to them, I'm h̶̺͉̠͈͔̼͈̟͖͔̀a̴̲̬͊̽̃̊n̸̨̞̬̝͔̘͕͍͇̟͒̒͑̇́̒̃́̅͠͝ḑ̵̢̢̲͔̥̫̺̺̿͋̀̾͐͑ͅͅļ̷̡͔͉͓̫͉̑̃̔ǐ̷̢̫͇̂n̴̡̧̘̹̝͍͚͖̝̪̜̋̇̓̈̊̀́ǵ̶̖̰͚̭͇̼̫͛̆͆͜ ̷̨̨͇̻̖̝̘̲̭͋͑̎͛̂́̈́̑͋i̵̖̻͚̘̘̙̽͌̈́̔ͅt̷̩̪̘̟̗̙̹͔͆͌͆̉͜.
[ He's trying to protect Lucifer from panicking if he talks to the kids while they're infected. There is nothing any of them can do right now. ]
Lucifer i̷̙͈̤̜̞̥͎̜͓͐́͛f̴͇̍̓̽͝ ̵̨̲͔̻̫͘ͅȈ̴̦͎͙̹̰́̄̆̉͊͊́̕͜͝ ̷̯͇̖̹͔̞͍̺͔̉̆̃͜͝ḑ̸̰̤͖̞̙̉o̶̡͈̗̤̲̝̟̺̗͆̒͆̈́͂̀͘͝n̵͉̣̙͚̯͉͖̳̖̉̄͋͆͑̀͝'̴̖̩̖̬͚͓̝̟̂̊͆̔̎͝͠ṭ̸̖͉̫̖̠̄̏̉ͅ make it, thank you, and p̶̨̡̧̖̼̟̼͙̫͒̄ͅḽ̸̢͙́͆͂̔̆̔e̶͔̞͈̒̀̏͌͌̈́̅̎̈́͌̎ȧ̴̠̗̥̠̞͍̫̮̜̍̈́̇̾̿̾̓̕͜͜͝š̵̡̱͔͖̞͚ë̷̝̈̆̓͘͝ ̴̰̫̞͐̀̆͂̿͌̐l̵̡̬̗̅͊͋̀̾͘ǫ̴̰̜̜̺̫̲̜̣̟̓ȯ̶̟̾̀̾̍͑̈́̅͑͂͝k̶̡͍̗͈̱͐̄̉͐̾ ̷̧̡͎̼͎̝͎̈̃̿̃̊̄̃̚o̷̳͈̣̤͓͆̏̈́̿̈̚u̵̥̫͓͋̚͘ͅt̶̢̲̫̩̗̍̈ for Yennefer.
[ He has to focus hard on every letter for that one because otherwise, it might cause some concern. And it should, since he couldn't stop the kids from being taken, but whatever happens, he'll do his best for them. ]
Others k̷͔̜̈́i̷̖̯̓̆l̸̠̐̈́l̴̜̉̃i̷͉̼̓̎n̵̢̡͗g̴̘̍ monsters in here. That's good.
[ It means less monsters to try and murder the rest of them, and it means there are some fighters in there, if that reassures Lucifer. ]
[ Istredd hasn't been able to go back to the Horizon since his talk with Nat, which was quick but informative. It's near impossible now with everyone drugged up and in bad places. He is constantly on edge and afraid if not for people, but of people. He has minimum one-shot power abilities at best and he's trying to look out for the other people from Thorne, but the reality is, he's not a fighter. He can't actually protect any of them.]
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Stop ḿ̵̡͊a̶̠͒̍k̵̘̲͊̊ḯ̸͓̲n̸̻͎͊g̸̟̀ me laugh, I'm kidnapped by keyhole b̴͔̰̑a̷͆͜ş̵̔̿t̴͕͊̀a̷̳̜̍̉ṛ̶̊̀d̷͔̪̔̓ṣ̴̑̓.
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You, me, and Kyle can't g̵̞̪̻̱̺͔̯̰̭̔́̆͗̎̈́͐̾̈́̿͘̚͘ḛ̶̎͘t̷͖̪͖̀͆̈́̒̽̉̏̏̕͝ ̴̧̡̨̢͚͚̼͍̜̰̮͚̟̿̑̿̈́̕a̷̢̧͍̳̠̮̹̖̗̘̣͔̼̰͊͑̓̈́͊̓͌͐̈̍̋ͅ ̷̛͈͓̔͑̓͂̑͑͗̊̔̈̎̔̈́d̷̨͈̩̻̣̑̿͆͆͛̉̉̂̉̍̊͘̚̚ͅr̷͇͙͉̼̗͚̼̲͈̟͙̮̻̉̈́̍̄̽̍͆́͑̂̚͜i̴̢̼͈͈̘̗̇͑͗͛̒̂̐́͐̎n̵̲̲̮͖̙̄̓̀̎̈́̒̇͋̈́̉͝ķ̶̖̺̫̼̬͍̞̞̞̫̳̱͒̌́̀͐͜ͅ together?
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[ IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING. ]
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[ See, frustrated. ]
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Did you know knights are known for wearing dishware? That's why they call it plate armor.
[ Definitely delirious. ]
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[ Rationing and all. But he ends up passing out instead of saying more. Apparently bad jokes lull him into some form of unconsciousness. ]
end of week 1
Here we go on week 2
They're t̷̨̀͐ả̸̲̹k̵̻͍̚i̵̲͋n̴̻̈́g̶̱̼͛̎ us and s̷̜̊o̸̲̾͛m̶̺̀̍e̸̡͆ ̸̺̂͝ķ̴̽i̴̪͗͝ñ̴̹̱d̴̨͙̔ ̷͔͐͝o̵̖̭̍͐f̵̠̀̇ ritual. People coming back wrong.
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Drugged. Paranoid, aggressive. Growing fungus. Bad.
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Not me yet. B̶͔̹͚̰̥̲̣̜̿͗͐̉̔̓͘͜ų̷̛͖͓̟̼̦̮̫͖͊͂̊͐͂͠ͅẗ̷̹̣͔̱̫̠̲̺̭̙̟́ ̷̨̠͇̱͈̘̳̾̍͗͊̿̀Ị̸͉̬̖̜̭͓̱̈́̀̊̐ ̸̛͕͉͖͓̳̤́̽̓͛̂̋̈́͌̆͜͝a̶̩̞̮̼͇͇̖̳͌́͊̃͝ş̸̝͎̟̗̰̗̣͉̯̰͊͛́̏̍͆́̄͠ş̴̢̳̯͉̟̬̟̮̊͐̈́̒̏͊̐͒̈́̾̅ú̶̜̦̞̤͈̱̪̝̇̊̍̓̋̔͆̇͜m̷̢̫͓̮͖̈͗e̴̙̼̠̘̪̩͍͓̓̃̊͋͒͜͠͝ ̵̛͎̮͓̦̱͇̹̙̜̈́͛̓́͛͝͝s̴̛̙̊̇́̀̌͗͑͝ŏ̸̙̹͉̈́̈́̄̂͐͆͌͋͝ó̸̪̝̰̳̳̘̱͍̤̥̃͆͌̂́̆̽̚̕n̷͎̒̄̾̑̽̉̕͘.̸̨̩̽͐͋͗̈́́͑̽̕
[ What Istredd doesn't know is he is one of only two this doesn't happen to. Lucky? It depends. ]
Life ȩ̵̉͑̐͋͗̅͊̄́̇̚x̵͚̠̻̳̘̺͙̻̻͂͌͛͐̏̂͂͘͜͜͠p̷̨̳̱̳̯̠̈́̐̅̆͂̌͌̇͜͝ĕ̴̡͚̯̥͉̘̟̺̱̤̗̂͒̄͋̐̕͝t̷͎̼̭̝̺͉̳͈̊ą̵̩̼̘͓͖͙̥͕̘͗̑͛̽́͋̑̐̓͠͝n̵̺̍̍̑c̶̙̺̖̱̥͆y̶̛̛̹̓̆̇͝ ̴͔͓͈̬̫̟̮̭̰̂̀̊͊̀̎͘̕͘ shorter.
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stopped talking
but then he hasn't heard from Istredd in a bit--much of Lucifer's own fault, perhaps, for not reaching out personally. but he won't. can't.]
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Don't talk to them, I'm h̶̺͉̠͈͔̼͈̟͖͔̀a̴̲̬͊̽̃̊n̸̨̞̬̝͔̘͕͍͇̟͒̒͑̇́̒̃́̅͠͝ḑ̵̢̢̲͔̥̫̺̺̿͋̀̾͐͑ͅͅļ̷̡͔͉͓̫͉̑̃̔ǐ̷̢̫͇̂n̴̡̧̘̹̝͍͚͖̝̪̜̋̇̓̈̊̀́ǵ̶̖̰͚̭͇̼̫͛̆͆͜ ̷̨̨͇̻̖̝̘̲̭͋͑̎͛̂́̈́̑͋i̵̖̻͚̘̘̙̽͌̈́̔ͅt̷̩̪̘̟̗̙̹͔͆͌͆̉͜.
[ He's trying to protect Lucifer from panicking if he talks to the kids while they're infected. There is nothing any of them can do right now. ]
Lucifer i̷̙͈̤̜̞̥͎̜͓͐́͛f̴͇̍̓̽͝ ̵̨̲͔̻̫͘ͅȈ̴̦͎͙̹̰́̄̆̉͊͊́̕͜͝ ̷̯͇̖̹͔̞͍̺͔̉̆̃͜͝ḑ̸̰̤͖̞̙̉o̶̡͈̗̤̲̝̟̺̗͆̒͆̈́͂̀͘͝n̵͉̣̙͚̯͉͖̳̖̉̄͋͆͑̀͝'̴̖̩̖̬͚͓̝̟̂̊͆̔̎͝͠ṭ̸̖͉̫̖̠̄̏̉ͅ make it, thank you, and p̶̨̡̧̖̼̟̼͙̫͒̄ͅḽ̸̢͙́͆͂̔̆̔e̶͔̞͈̒̀̏͌͌̈́̅̎̈́͌̎ȧ̴̠̗̥̠̞͍̫̮̜̍̈́̇̾̿̾̓̕͜͜͝š̵̡̱͔͖̞͚ë̷̝̈̆̓͘͝ ̴̰̫̞͐̀̆͂̿͌̐l̵̡̬̗̅͊͋̀̾͘ǫ̴̰̜̜̺̫̲̜̣̟̓ȯ̶̟̾̀̾̍͑̈́̅͑͂͝k̶̡͍̗͈̱͐̄̉͐̾ ̷̧̡͎̼͎̝͎̈̃̿̃̊̄̃̚o̷̳͈̣̤͓͆̏̈́̿̈̚u̵̥̫͓͋̚͘ͅt̶̢̲̫̩̗̍̈ for Yennefer.
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So he ignores that.]
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[ He has to focus hard on every letter for that one because otherwise, it might cause some concern. And it should, since he couldn't stop the kids from being taken, but whatever happens, he'll do his best for them. ]
Others k̷͔̜̈́i̷̖̯̓̆l̸̠̐̈́l̴̜̉̃i̷͉̼̓̎n̵̢̡͗g̴̘̍ monsters in here. That's good.
[ It means less monsters to try and murder the rest of them, and it means there are some fighters in there, if that reassures Lucifer. ]
You okay?
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[he'd really like to throttle Istredd right about now, but that would likely require going to the Horizon, if Istredd can even do that anymore]
[like he's sure it didn't make it, or he just needs to emphasize it THAT MUCH because clearly he should have said something sooner about it]
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I am handling me too.
[ And because he's weak. ]
Ī̷̞ ̷͔̻̿̕m̷͉̬͗͘i̷̓͒͝ͅs̵̞̳͓̚s̵̨̼͑ ̷̧̻̝́͠y̵̜̘̘̾̇̈ö̶̜̫̼̈́͝ú̶̡̠̻̃.̷̭͂͘
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AN ENTIRE DAY LATER
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An entire day later lol, last day of week two
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AS PROMISED, as soon as the escape happens
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