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[knightspirit]

[ A video clicks on of a teenage boy. He looks a little worn out, almost making him appear older than he really is. When he speaks, his tone is brusque. ]

... Hey. If we haven't met, my name is Tsurugi Kyousuke. [ not one to spare words, he jumps straight into business: ] I recently learned something everyone should know.

You might know that people seem to disappear on occasion. Sometimes they leave their Shard behind. Sometimes we just can't seem to contact them. [ he pauses, rubbing at the bridge of his nose. ] Apparently, those people die. Or worse, they either get trapped between worlds, or forget everything and lose their forms. I'm told that while we're here we a thin connection to our worlds, and that connection can be lost forever.

[ It's probably clear enough why he looks so tired now. He's talked to a few people he can't seem to find anymore, and thinking that may have happened to them is ... unpleasant, to say the least. ]

I can't tell anyone what to do with all that, but I think that makes it clear enough that we need to find a solution instead of dragging out this war. We don't need to lose more people.

.... That's all I had to say.

[ the video cuts off abruptly. ]

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[orcsurfing]

[ It very nearly chokes him up to hear this, to know that his father who has willingly come here to offer his aid in the war of the monarchs died for it in such a pointless manner, or worse yet was floating between worlds, never to experience the peace of the Halls of Mandos after death or the comforts of Valinor? Fooled they both were when they came, their kindness repaid in a manner most foul.

And the same fate awaits him, but then... what reason he would have to return now anyway? With this knowledge? Never to see his father, never to see any of his friends again who have long passed.

His hands tremble on the locket minutely, and it takes him a while to finally open a feed to ask a question he finds most important right now: ]

What certainty do you have that this is the truth?

voice. private.

[knightspirit]

I don't have proof, but that's what King Ridire told me. Take that as you will.

[orcsurfing]

[ The Seelie King. Now they say it, now when they are stuck in this world with no way out rather than laying things out in full when coming to ask for aid. His temper is not overly terrible, very difficult to spark unless it comes across a particular subject. Family is one of those. Family and friends, their safety are always matters he never takes lightly and now... now this.

Anger flares up and licks up his insides, yet it doesn't show in the slightest in his tone nor in the words. Calm, the target to it is not this child, after all. ]

And so I shall.

[ Brief, but his thoughts are currently elsewhere, wrought with great worry and great anger both. ]