third shot ☢ VIDEO (open to seelie & unseelie)

[mixcds]

[Kieren hasn't slept in two days. There are already dark circles under his eyes, the skin blue and purple. He's looked tired since he arrived, but this time it's apparent. His hair has gone wild, as though he's gripped it with both hands at various spots. His eyes are blood shot - he's been too preoccupied with what's happened to really notice.

His throat is scratchy when he speaks. It's a desperate sort of noise, one layered in denial. ]

I can't find Jem. She didn't come round to give me my shot yesterday or today, I thought maybe she'd gone off with one of you lot. But I can't find her anywhere.

[He doesn't want to accept that's here alone. It's too daunting. He lifts his hands to run them over his face, but when he looks at them, one is shaking. Frustrated, he viciously shakes the tremors out. His attention soon snaps back to his locket. ]

I've seen that people go home. How do you know if they have?

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[vrykolakas]

What happens if you attempt to connect to her locket?

[Er, he doesn't actually know the answer to Kieren's question, but his tone of voice—calm, steady—implies he does.]

[mixcds]

Static, mostly. It's not like she's ignoring it, it's like her lockets not there at all.

[vrykolakas]

[Interesting.

...but also, oh dear. After a moment of thought:]

I'm sorry.

She was your—...?

[mixcds]

Sister. My little sister.

[Not was, he wants to say. Is. Is his sister. ]

[vrykolakas]

[A sigh. Quietly:] This bullshit.

If you have anything of hers I can help you to look for her. [He's going soft in his old age; his voice hardens and quickens and sounds more practical in compensation. He wouldn't offer, but Kieren's something bizarre and new, and the fact is that he has time on his hands.] But I won't lie and tell you I think she's just wandered off.

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[truesight]

When my friend left, her room was empty. Not that she brought a lot of stuff with her, but her stuff wasn't there anymore. And her locket wasn't connected.

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[mixcds]

[There's a long pause. Kieren tries to accept this; tries to come to terms with the reality of it. ]

She's gone then. Her rooms like she's never been there. The bed was made. She never makes her bed.

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[truesight]

[ her voice is a little quieter now ]

I'm sorry to hear it. Even with the whole- war thing, it kind of sucks when people we get attached to go home. [ newp she doesn't know who Jem is, or his relation to her, so! ] Were you guys close?

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[mixcds]

She's my little sister. [Never mind that she's nearly twenty.]

[mulletrock]

If it turns out that she's still here but off the radar, I can start a patrol. Not like we need any more civvies going missing on ground zero.

[mixcds]

I think she's gone. Seems like this is what happens if you go.

[oh but


he's hot. ]

Thanks though. I didn't think people would offer to look for her?

[KINDNESS??]

[mulletrock]

[Good thing Dean's not aware. It's pretty sad that the first person to objectify him is this dude. Not that he's very into objectification right now on the whole. Trying to escape Candyland leaves less room for casual hook ups. Sucks.]

Sorry to hear that. I know it's not easy.

[mixcds]

[The struggle is real 4 u Dean. ]

Did you have someone here, too?

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[powerful]

Have you checked her room? I hear people's rooms get cleaned out when they leave...

( she frowns deeply. )

Do you need help?

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[mixcds]

Everything's gone.

[his fingers tap restlessly off screen. ]

- Yeah I think I do. [he laughs, disbelieving. ] I don't know what with? Maybe finding something of hers.

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[powerful]

Do you have anything? I could - try... Something. ( A SPELL SHE COULD TRY A SPELL ) See if I can locate something that ties her to this world still. Or that you can hold onto...

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[mixcds]

Not a bloody thing. Where do they move everyone's belongings? Surely there be some sort of hold, here in the castle.

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[ziggyzoggy]

I think I heard somewhere that if ya leave without fallin' to another's hand, [--dying, in other words,] ya leave your shard behind.

Can't speak to how true that is, though.

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[mixcds]

Does someone else get it? If she comes back, does it return to her?

[ziggyzoggy]

Aahh... that I don't know. [Sorry, brosef. :c]

[mixcds]

I suppose the Monarchs might know, hm?

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[allures]

Jem's gone?

[they had only spoken once, but jem was one of the few people to really catch effy's attention. there's a pang of both jealousy and near-disappointment. she thought the two of them had gotten along well, but she didn't know a thing about jem.]

Lucky her. She didn't want to be here, anyway.

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[mixcds]

[wow such offense, who wouldn't want to be stuck in a fairy world with their older brother. ]

She's got a thing about wars.

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[allures]

[that's almost laughable, except it isn't, and effy does not laugh.]

Doesn't everybody?

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[mixcds]

Hers is more first hand.