Video - End of Lasohm/start of Malom, about a day after the breach is resealed

[twistedempathy]

[The city is still in a state of disarray, though the fighting is over. Everyone will surely need to pitch in for some extensive repair work to make Havenwell what it once was. Will is sitting on a somewhat mangled chair on a cafe's patio, disheveled and powdered with stone dust, looking more exhausted and discouraged than most people here have ever seen him--unless, of course, they happened to help him endure the agony of the battle's psychic backlash.

He's doing his best to smile regardless, and holds up a slightly rumpled piece of paper to show the camera; on it are some surprisingly good line art head shots of Akira, Akechi, and Kei done in pen. They may not be exactly artistic, but they're at least faithful to their subject matter; he's even helpfully tagged each with hair and eye colors, since he could only work in monochrome.]

Has anyone seen these three recently? My roommates all vanished during the fighting. I figured they must have had their hands full, and maybe they got hurt and needed to stay with someone, but.....

They aren't answering their tablets, and they're not at any of the temples. I've been searching around town, but I haven't found them yet, and Arche can't pick up any scent trails, either. I'm starting to think maybe they got sick, and..... got worse.

[Anyone who's seen or experienced the strange illness that can grip the newcomers may understand what he's talking about, and why he's so worried--people fading out of existence entirely is a frightening prospect. His voice is quieter now, as he reaches out to end the recording and submit it to the network.]

.....I'm not sure I want to stay in my house anymore.

Comments

Re: Text/Audio

[twistedempathy]

What was the difference?

[That doesn't sound foreboding at all, does it?]

Text/Audio

[this_loser]

Not sure there was one.

Maybe personal attachment?

[twistedempathy]

Maybe..... Why did they disappear, though?

[Prompto's the expert on this sort of thing, right? He said he'd been all over space!]

[this_loser]

They were sent home.

That's what they told us anyway.

[twistedempathy]

Why send people back home deliberately if you brought them to begin with? That just seems pointless.

[Would "they" lie, whoever they were? Why? What else could have happened, if they had? Man, this sucks, now he's skeptical of another place's authority figures he's never even met?]

[this_loser]

It does.

I don't have an answer for you.

I wish I did.

[He would dearly love one himself.]

[twistedempathy]

[Will just sighs at that. He doesn't mean to make Prompto upset, but considering what he's said so far..... Well, better to stop asking and just sympathize, he supposes.]

.....Sorry, Prompto. You've probably been separated from a lot of people.....

[this_loser]

There

and here.

[There's a long moment where it seems he might be composing a novel. He's not.]

I'm missing someone too.

[twistedempathy]

[It's not hard to tell, from the sheer length of time it took for such a short reply, that something awful happened. He must have lost someone precious. He could probably use a friend right now, huh?]

O-oh, should I--do you want me to look for them while I'm out here? Or should I come over?

[this_loser]

If you want to keep your eyes open, appreciate it.

Don't got to worry about me tho.

Take care of you.

[twistedempathy]

I'll keep an eye out, but..... call or text if you need me, okay? Even if you just want to talk.

[He doesn't want to push if Prompto doesn't want to talk about it, but..... well, the offer is there, regardless.]

[this_loser]

I'll keep it in mind.

Thanks Will.