✘ Round 4 | [Audio]

[glacius]

[It's time for someone who rarely accesses the network to rear his head again, driven to desperation as the days have ticked by and he's failed to find even a trace of one of his closest friends. That being said when Glacius speaks there's an uncharacteristic urgency tinting his voice, worry bubbling just underneath the surface.] Kate Galloway. Has--has anyone seen or heard from her recently?

[Realizing that in his haste to get to the point he's left out some details, he dials it back a bit:] She's, ah, a human woman. Brightly-colored hair. Worked at the clinic, primarily. I... haven't seen a trace of her ever since the masquerade and...

... Please. [His voice finally wavers noticeably, resignation clashing up against his innate tendency to hope again hope. This can't be how it goes.] I need someone to tell me she's still here.

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[iustitiae]

She's been really good for this place.

[with the clinic and everything. but he's pretty sure if no one has seen her around she's probably gone.]

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[glacius]

She was. [Glacius replies, fighting to keep himself together and... having only marginal success. That not just traces of sadness are showing through his normal reserved front, but that he's actually openly readable right now... really is saying something about how good she'd been not just for Hadriel, but for the alien himself.]

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[iustitiae]

People come back sometimes, don't they?

[its not much of a reassurance, he knows, but it's something.]

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[glacius]

So I have heard. Even still, I am not sure that is a hope I should cling to. [This has hurt enough; it might be a pessimistic way of thinking--perhaps understandable given the fresh loss he's suffering-- but he's not sure if he should invite the repeated painful disappointment in of waiting for her each cycle, only for things to come up empty.]

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[iustitiae]

[connor gets it, though. it's hard to be optimistic on a good day, much less a day in hadriel.]

I'm sorry, buddy. It's rough.

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[glacius]

[Especially on a day where you're forced to realize that one of your closest friends has vanished without trace. "Rough" indeed--the alien would snort at what an understatement that was if he wasn't feeling too awful to put any feeling into anything. All he can mutter is muted, but sincere, thanks.] I appreciate your condolences. I might not be able to offer much more now, but... I will remember the people that took time out of their lives to sympathize and try to help me.

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[iustitiae]

You don't have to do that. It's not like it's a pain to reach ou.

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[glacius]

Perhaps not, but I prefer to honor kindness when I can.

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[iustitiae]

We're all in this together.