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[magicalarchaeologist]

I'm H A N D L IN G it.

[ 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?

[thedevilwhorose]

I'm fine.

[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]

Ẅ̢̪͓́̂ͨ́̀͗͂͆͢͢͝͡ĥ̷̢͓̬̽ͨ̀́͐̇ͦ͢ǫ̴̷͔͍͚͕̟͇̟͙̱̈́̀́̓̇̊ͅͅ'͍̖̱ͦ͐ͤ͑͛́ͬ͞_̙̻ͨs͇ h̶̢̠̩̜̻̼͔ͫ̊̊̊ͬ̓̎̔̆̏ͯͤ͟ǎ̷̛̰̟̳̥̖ͬ̐ͥ̌̾̆͗̒̐̀̍̕͝͡ṋ̸̷̳̪̹̫͎̭͙̹͚͇͎͕ͯ̐͗ͪͥ̃ͪ̉̑ͤ̄̀͛͜͝d͖͚̪̣̼̰̯̖͗̈́͗͊͆ͥ͟͡_l͍̲͕̘̩͔̦͓͐ͭ͒ͧͥ̔̈͠͡͝î̲̗͉̞̝̭̥̭̖̲̰͈ͮ́̍̅͌̈́̆ͧ͐̍̃̕͘͘͜͠n̶g̵͓̈́̔͘ y̺̬̮̮ͨ̚͘͜ö̶̵̦̝́͑ͥ͑͑̄ͧͮ͑͊͋͜͢u̶̶̧͈̙̱̬̯͆ͩͪ̓̔͜?̧̧̛͖̘̝̱̯͉̜̟͔̝̣̭̃̋͆ͬ͐̋ͭͬͤ̅͘͘͢͠͡

[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]

Who's handling you?

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ 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.]

I am handling me too.

[ And because he's weak. ]

Ī̷̞ ̷͔̻̿̕m̷͉̬͗͘i̷̓͒͝ͅs̵̞̳͓̚s̵̨̼͑ ̷̧̻̝́͠y̵̜̘̘̾̇̈ö̶̜̫̼̈́͝ú̶̡̠̻̃.̷̭͂͘

[thedevilwhorose]

Bulls̴̤̱͍̰̘̟̤̱̝̰̠̹̫̲͈̉͗̀̽ͨ̽́́̔ͭ̔̀̏̇̀̆̚̕͢͟͝h̰͎ͧ́̀̋̓͟͡͠i̸̷̢̢̢̞̞̹͖͚̠̩̳̲̬̱̲̥͕̰ͣ͊͌ͥ̃ͧͯ͛̊̉̓̀̽͂͆̃ͤ̓̃̓̓̀̀͂͑t̷̴̤̼͉̭̫̗̗̥̣͍̥͔́͐̀ͯͣ̈ͤ̿ͨͨ̇ͫͭ̐̔ͩͫ̚̚̕͟.

[it's likely beneficial that he only caught the first part of Istredd's response, but then really his own is still fitting either way.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

Stronger than you t̴̳̘̒͘͠ẖ̶̊̒̀ï̶̤̺n̷̺̦̆̀̓k̸̖̙̈́͆̂.

[ An echo of a conversation they've had, but honestly, Istredd isn't sure he believes it now. It hit his ego before, being underestimated, but he's never felt more weak and helpless than in this situation. So this is more him being petulant than anything else. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

Prove it, then.

[magicalarchaeologist]

T R Y I N G.

[thedevilwhorose]

Ì̸̵̱̞̩͇̩͕̹͍̀̉̑ͪͭͯ̐̽̚ ḫ̴̳͎̭̊̕͠_̭͖̗̥͍͇̪̐̃̆̇̓̅͛͘͟͠ͅà̸̧̢̛̘̳̟̯͎̺̬̗̾̌ͬ̾̉͑̆́ͥ̐ͮ̓̀̑̾ͭ̍̏͛͘͘̕t̶̳̙̗̝̝ͣ̐̀ͮ̋̑͜͟͠e̟̙̜̮͍̜̟͓ͬ̄ͩͧ̿̇̀͘͡_̨͙̬̮̰̺ͤ̓̆ͤ̀ y̲̗̘͉̘̞̘̪̽̇̉̈́͂͆ͥ̕͘o͚̜͎̱̤̞̐̒̔̋̃_̙͖ͧͮų̵̶̨̨͈̭̜ͪͨ̒̆̈ͤ̌́̊̋̍̑̉̽̕͘͜͢.

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ You don't. ]

I m̷̢̨̜͖͚͖̹̼̑͂̊̏͜e̴̛͕͎̜̒͗̔̀͌̅̍̃̚ẗ̶̛̬̖̺̗̞̬̪͎̟͓̩́͂̉̌̈̋͌̆̅͊͘ ̵̧̡̗̤̝̤̪̻̜͍̖͊̍̑́͆̕ă̸̡͈̙̣̪̝̬͎̯͕̰̏̓͝ telepathic vampire.

[thedevilwhorose]

[He never did understand the appeal of that kid's game Mad Libs.

Talked to? Slept with? Ate? Saw?

Probably not important anyway.]

What's with the vampire influx lately, I wonder.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Better them than mushroom people.

Not t̴̡̧̫̓̈́ō̸̳͈̰u̶̙̿c̷̜͓̓͜ḩ̸̪̽̆̅i̵͎͂̔̀n̴͎̈́g̷͔̓̎ ̸͖͌a̵͇̖̼̋͘ mushroom for a century at least.

I'm one of the only people not taken for t̷̛̤́̓h̷̖̹̍͑̕͠ḛ̷͛̂̈́͠ ̸̪͕̯̋̃͠r̶̹͓̉͛i̵̲̯̔t̷̡̰̝̉u̸̼͒͑͝ą̶͍́l̶̡͔̙̍͋͋̔ͅ. Alone.

[thedevilwhorose]

[Mushroom people?]

One of? Who else i̴̲͙̟̩͔̣͙͕̝͚͙ͨ̍ͨͪͯ́͋́̔̉̊̅̚͜͡s̩̣̯̗͚̘̠̼̠͊̂ͦ̆̌͌ͦ̆̽́͜͟͠ l̨̙̼̘̝̠̟̹ͥͧͣ͋ͥ̐̓̈́̓͟e_̴̶̢̠͙͉̗͈̙̤͍̣͚͇̣̔͋ͫͣ͒̑̇̑̃ͥ̚̚͢͝f̛͍͚̱̝͕̩̩̖̬̜̜ͦ̎ͮͫ̓ͭ̈́ͤ̊̍̄͆͘̕̕͟͢͢͡t̷̶̸̬̞̻̜̱̜͚̝̺ͧͨ̌͑̓̀̀͊̀̍ͩ̅̕͜͠?̵̧̨̨̧̛͕̯̺̲̪̳̥̱͚̫ͬͣ̉̋̉̽͒̓̀̈́ͅ

[magicalarchaeologist]

Caitlyn, from Free Cities.

We're looking for escape, can't wait m̶̛̙̹̲̓u̷̹͌c̴͔̙͍͋̀͝h̴̺͍͘ ̶͔̀l̸̙̼̥͋̄ò̸̺͑̐ņ̷̬̺̇͂͑̀ͅg̸͔͇͔̱̿ė̷̡̳̮͌͊ȑ̸̬̙̪̬̽̀.

Shrines may help, may not.

[thedevilwhorose]

[She'd been another one using the Horizon Reply All 'feature' like Wilhelm, clearly meaning it for just one person.]

Adversarial behaviors b̵̨̨̛̻̩̟̜̝̠̻̓̿̓͌ͫ̈̕ȩ̸̡̛̟̟͍̤̙̞̲̊̊̓ͣ͌̽͊ͧͪͦ̚͜͟_́t̼̂́w̡̜̭͔̤̞̥̫̙̦͇̲̥͌́́ͤ̔e̼̼̟̖̮ͨ̈́̌͝e̷̵̵̯͉̹̩̻̗̾ͫ̓̊̃ͫͥ̎́̕͟͢n̛͕̝̂ͤ̓̑͠_͉̙͙̐ͨ̈́͢͢ the factions seems to have been pushed to the side f̷̴̴̧̧̮̦̼͚̜̖̬̣͕̘͕̦͙̊͐͛̑̐̆͒͑ͯ̓ͪ̋ͯ͆ͦ̃̕͜͜͞͞o̩̘̰͖ͦ͂ͦ͜ṙ͇͚̰̓͜͢ ţ̴̜̦͉̰͉̜́͊͗͗̾̇ͮͧ̊̀̔͋̔͑̓͟͡͡h̸̶̨̢̛͓̬̯̝̋ͨ̈͛ͫ́e̡̮̺̤̙̎ͩ͜ ti͉m̴̰̘̻̞̦̩͕͕̺ͯ̌͛ͪ͐̃͋͒́́̔͞͠͝͞ȩ̶̷̥͚̪̠̘̝̙̞͕̼͕̒̀̓ͤ̑̑̃́̓͋̉̄́͘͟͝͠͝͠ b̢̦̹̝̀̾_͗̒͟e̷̥̞̜͕̩͕̤̟̗͔̠̠̦̓̓ͮͩ̆̈́̇ͯ͑̔̂ͮ̚͟͟͡i̴̢̡̟͈͍̥̩͇̟̻̲̫͓̬̜ͬ̑̈͊̄͋̐̿̃̓́́ͬ̆́̕͢͜͡͝n̷͙̹͔͉̝̰̬̗̆̽͜͟͟͞g͚̭̔͜.

[That's probably the closest he'll come to saying anything optimistic.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

I suspected that would happen.

[ Hey is he going to take a tiny sliver of pleasure at being right? Always. Even now. Mostly because the rest of him feels awful. ]

I know ẃ̵͎̠̟͠h̵͇͍̀̈͆̌ỳ̵̖͖̏͑ ̷̫̓́͂̔y̷̨͉͕̫̏̇o̴̦̒̆́u̴͙͈̓̍͘ ̷̩͖̇̄̑͂w̷̛̠̆̚ỏ̴̧̟̳͌n̶̜̟̫͕̄'̵̙̈͐t̴͙͈́͜ͅ be at the Horizon but I wish y̸͇̜̔ͅo̸͕͈͙͊͑̕u̶̲͑ ̴̹̾̈́w̶͓͙͑ȏ̶̡̜̅̕ư̸͙̐ͅl̷̻̹̈́̆̄d̶͖͍̪̽̂́̾.

[thedevilwhorose]

Look â̢̖̰̦̟̹͍̿ͦ͐ͨ͡t̶͈̘̩ͬ̄̀͐̆ͬ̀ͪ̉̀̔ y̨̺͕̘̘̪̙̲͉̩̦͍͚ͫͤ̊ͯ̆ͭ̂ͥ̉͘̚̚͝͝ͅo̵̸̰͕̞̥̙̤͇ͬ̎͗͌ͬ͐̐͋̈͒ͥ́̍͐͊ȗ̸͇̯̰̲̺́͌ͧ͞ͅ, being right.

[He'll even say it. You're welcome, friend.]

I don't have ẗ̶̵̨̨̛̺͉̣̫̥͙̟̺̮͉̮̯͕̀̇̏̃ͯ͋̇̅̂́ͮ̚̕̚͢͟͢͡î͈̗͔̮̟͕̓ͩ͘m̶̧̮̹͕̗̮̖͓͋ͣ̀̋̌̅ͪͨͫ̇̋̾ͭ͛̈́̄ͤ͊̄̅͌̔͟͜e̸̢̨̛̖͎̣͔̼̠̦͕̰͈͍͎̮̠̫̩̖͖͍͕̲ͬ̾ͥͣ́͋͂̄̂̏̋́̽̾ͅ t̡̛̰̲͍̪̳̾́̽̋ơ̸̢̬̙͓̻̝̘̰̟̈̅ͭ̓ͤ̽ͩ̃̀ͣ͌͑̀̓̀͂͜͝ b̵̵̷̧͖̘̰̣̝͚͍͈̩̦̰̤͓̟̟̉̅ͮ͆̅̂̔͌̀̓͂̾ͫͧͯ̀ͪ̃ͧ͜ͅe_̶̧̨̛̟̻̰̩̤̤̬̬͍̣̫̄ͦ͛ͣͤͮ̀͗́̽ͤͮͣ͆̓̅̃̌͐̊͘̕͢͠͠ i̧̨̻͚͗̌̄͂͒͌̕ṅ̼̫͈̏ͦ̃͒̽ͬ̊̈́ͣ͝ t̗_̴̸̧̨̘͔̦̟͉̦͔̬̜̤̰̝͓͌ͤͥ̎ͫ̈́̃̅ͩ́̀ͦ͝ḣ̸̸̛̭̪͗̆̿͐̇ͨ̊̓̈́͢͞e̷̼͈ͧ͐͛ͦ͘ H̴̡̰̯̱̟̟͔̲̹̑ͫͪ̂̐̾̊̑̉͋̇o̵̢̨̺̻͉̜͙̞̩̔̄ͭ̏ͧͮ̒̇͆ͧͣͬ̚͟͠r̷̦̘̠͔͔̈́̾͒ͣͧͬ̆̇͌͠ĩ̵̝̻͈ͩ̉͌ͣ̃ͩ̽̈͘͜͟ͅz̡̢͕̬̙̲͉̻͓̤̦̈̍̈́͋ͤ̽̊́ͨͫ̈́ͮ̃͑̚͘͜͟͢͝͠͝ͅ_͉̦̀ͪͨ͟ǭ̰͡n̡͔̮̻̬̓̀̕ͅ.̷̧̨̛̛̱̠̥̗͈̼̱̖̔̀̈̄̌ͤͯͣͧ͆̆ͩ̒ͦ̌ͬ̔ͫ͢͡_̻̖͟.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Everyone's too f̵̹̋ũ̶̬c̶̘͓̯͐̕͠k̷̢̲͗͜e̷̻͍̺̓̓̎͠d̵̬͂̑̈́͑ ̶̍ͅu̸̹̯͆̌p̸̖̈́ mentally to appreciate my rightness.

[ He sighs, disappointed despite knowing better. ]

Bulls̶̢̛̻͔͋͐h̸̠̱̎̓į̶̬̝̰̒t̴̬͍͊̐̀̌ͅ.

[ There, right back at him. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

Weird, didn't catch that.

[magicalarchaeologist]

B U L L S H I T

that's you

[thedevilwhorose]

No signal, can't compute. Tzzzt. Static.

Hello? Hello! H̞̭͕͍̦͇̝͍ͪ̆̂ͤͩ̔ͦͦ̅͘e̢̛̯̲̥̣̖̳̘̐̒ͫ͆̂̆̄̑̊́̕l̵̷͉͈̮̻̗͈̤̹̱͖̝̅̉̇ͦ̀̄̔̉̏̊ͯ̽ͅḽ̵̺̞͎̤̮͆ͧ̂̉̽͌̃͛͐ͫ̈ͧ̀̑̚͢͟͠o̵̟̞͍̼̣͔͉͚͕̳̐͗̀̔͐̇̾̈̅ͬ͑̓ͭ͘͟ͅ_̉?

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ HOW ARE YOU STILL AMUSING HIM EVEN IN THIS INSANE SITUATION? ]

I hate you.

[thedevilwhorose]

I know.

[magicalarchaeologist]

That's not the response.

[thedevilwhorose]

That's wͣ̂ͩh̸̞͌̾à̸͓͔̼́̏̚͜͝t̞ y͚̑͟ͅ_̸͍̩̩̘̮̭͕̉̄̊̄͆̂̓̑͟_̡̜̽͗̂̓̔̀͡o̴͔̱ų͍̤͇͇͇̯̀͗̋͆̀̀̒_ get for now.

[look more false optimism that they may actually ever talk in person again. he must be having a productive day with leads.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

Do I h̴̳̖̻͆̎̓a̸̢̫̲͍͛v̶̛̬͉̮̼͠è̸͎̱̈́ ̶̢̯̤͎̇̕̚t̴̛͓̓̿͛ő̷̗̯̪͒̄̓ͅ handle you too?