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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.]

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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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[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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[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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[zen_en_vert]

I'm sorry- lost?

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[zen_en_vert]

What does that mean?

[Listening, trying to let it help, a little.]

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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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[whichend]

All men must die. The traditional response is valar dohaeris, but you don't have to say it, if you don't want to. Sometimes, it's enough to just say the words to yourself.

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[vdova]

when was the last time you saw him?

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[64th]

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

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[zen_en_vert]

Valar doharis.

[He echoes, quietly.]

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[zen_en_vert]

And what would that mean, for them?

[zen_en_vert]

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

[zen_en_vert]

There's a chance that that's true.

[unitas]

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

[zen_en_vert]

The last I saw him was during. I thought he was coming out of it- but perhaps not.

By now, though, there's no way he'd be alive in there, not without supplies, not if he went in disoriented.

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[casperdisaster]

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

[unitas]

I'm sorry. [ it feels like the right thing to say, not that she says the right thing often. ]

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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.

[zen_en_vert]

Thank you. He's a good man.

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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.

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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.