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[zen_en_vert]

My friend has vanished.

[Says Bruce, shortly, into the camera.]

I heard a rumour we were all supposed to come back from the dead here, but he hasn't. Either he's found a way home- and there is a way out of here. [And he didn't come back to tell them, which he doesn't like to think is like Tony, but honestly might be.] Or something killed him and we haven't found the body.

I know we don't know one another well yet, and it'll be hard to guess, but has anyone else noticed disappearances?

I for one am not done trying to break out of here.

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[unitas]

Could he have gotten lost in the caves? [ It's a real possibility. It's dark, dangerous, and difficult to navigate; it's why she's never ventured too deep in. ]

[zen_en_vert]

Unlikely that he'd go into them on his own, honestly.

[Tony and caves do not have a long or happy history.]

[unitas]

He might have had no intention of going in. Did you see him after the hallucinations?

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[whichend]

[ Introducing the most deadpan of children, Arya Stark. ]

Your friend is dead.

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[zen_en_vert]

I know.

[He says, softly, steady of voice.]

I do know.

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[whichend]

Valar morghulis.

[ She pauses, then realizes that Bruce probably doesn't know what that means. ]

We used to say it when someone died. Back in the Free Cities, before I came here.

[ It isn't much, but it's something. Arya knows what it's like to lose someone you're close to. ]

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[lingeringfear]

You know, it felt like we lost a few of you.

[Which is interesting in and of itself, but.]

Hope said he'd revive the dead. He may be a prat, but he's true to his word. If your friend truly did die, Hope would have fixed him.

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[zen_en_vert]

I'm sorry- lost?

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[lingeringfear]

Well, trying to count heads would be a little tedious, but some of the fear is gone.

[He shrugs.]

I thought that maybe it was Hope's doing, but it makes sense that some of you would slip away.

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[vdova]

when was the last time you saw him?

[zen_en_vert]

Several weeks now. He's irresponsible, but not that irresponsible.

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[64th]

Maybe he found a way out and took his chance while he had it.

[zen_en_vert]

There's a chance that that's true.

[64th]

I get the feeling you don't believe that.

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[casperdisaster]

Um, what did he look like? I mean, we could like... do a search party or something...?

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[zen_en_vert]

We don't have the manpower for it. This place is huge.

But if you see him, he's a white man in his late forties, a little shorter than I am, with black hair and a beard.

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[casperdisaster]

I'll keep an eye out for him. Maybe he just lost his phone?

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[baths]

I'm sorry about your friend. I really hope he found a way out.

[ there's a heaviness to her voice as she speaks. sam's no stranger to losing friends, she knows how rough it is. ]

I'm, uh, new here, so I don't really know much about disappearances. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help, though. My name's Sam.

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[zen_en_vert]

It's nice to meet you Sam, I'm Bruce.

I know it's impolite to jump on offers like that, but the clinic is endlessly looking for medical supplies- and right now both paint and varnish and non-perishable food.

[baths]

No, no— that's totally fine. You're the one that took care of a friend of mine. Um, Mike Munroe.

This sounds like a great way to thank you, and, y'know, actually do something helpful.

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[smited]

I'm sorry for your loss.

It's possible the local scavengers (by which I mean the beasts, not the people) got hold of the body. In which case finding it is unlikely.

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[zen_en_vert]

Thank you. I do appreciate it.

I'll keep watching, but I'm not hopeful.

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[smited]

Do you have a description of your friend? I can keep an eye out and have others from my home do so as well.

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[dragonbite]

But death happens sometimes, there's not really anything we can do if they stay dead.

[ He's trying to cheer him up. Sorry about his fail. ]

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[zen_en_vert]

I know that. I do mind them pretending otherwise.