skyborne_mage | 3rd flight: [Voice]

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Uh, guys? Anyone seen my roommate Ahiru around? I haven't seen her for a while now, and... well I'm starting to get a little worried. No signs of a struggle or anything, so it doesn't look like a kidnapping, but I can't say for sure...

Hey, kiddo... You alright? Your sister wasn't too hard on you for our little joyride, was she?

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Well, I'm alive, aren't I? So it wasn't that bad, really~

She did seem awfully okay about it, though. And I hope she's not angry at you!

Guess you are. I suppose it must not have been as bad as it could have been.

Eh... I'll deal with it if she is.

Ah - she was a bit mad; but we're okay now! She kinda caught a cold recently, though, so I'm trying to make her rest. Funny, that.

Well that's ironic. Especially since she's a healer, you'd figure she'd know better about that sort of thing.

Yeah, you'd think. She's been working too hard, really...

It's probably 'cause she's worried. About you, about her friends here... She's probably trying to take care of everyone. It's what Mint'd do.

Yeah, but I wish she'd learn when to stop worrying, or at least worry about herself, for once... I mean, it wouldn't hurt; and it's not good to get yourself sick... [He trails off, worrying about his big sister who is currently sleeping her cold off.]

Mint...?

I know. Just... keep her in bed as much as you can and try and remind her when she's overworking, I guess. Family's gotta look out for each other, after all.

Mint's our healer. She was kinda like a mom sometimes for our little group... Which is funny because everyone but me and Suzu were older than her.

Yeah, that's what I'm trying to do. She isn't making it easy, but then that's to be expected, I guess.

Oh, I see. Raine's kinda like that, too. Except she wasn't good at the whole cooking thing. But she always did look out for all of us.

Well good luck, kiddo. Just don't let up on her.

Yeah, I think you mentioned that before. I mean about her cooking.

Yeah, thanks!

Ha, her cooking. Just... steer clear of her when she's working on something in the kitchen.

Anyway- what're you up to? Wish I could've swung by your place or something earlier.

I'll keep that in mind then... you're not letting her cook for herself, right?

Well, I was just wandering around the house... and I noticed Ahiru's gone. That's the girl I've been staying with since I got here. Her journal's gone, she didn't leave a note or anything... so I've been checking to see if anyone's seen her.

No way! Albert and I do the cooking, usually. Though she does get the impulse to experiment around the kitchen, at times. We just kinda try to make sure whatever she makes is... not lethal.

Your friend's gone...? A lot of people have been disappearing lately... One of my friends was taken back to Aselia before I even got to talk to her properly.

Good thinking. I don't think I've met this Albert guy. He your sister's roommate?

Yeah, things like that seem to just... happen around here. What was your friend's name?

Oh, yeah. He and Raine work on stuff together. He's a nice guy; bit too serious, and does the overworking thing as well, though not as bad as Raine.

I know. I'm sorry about your roommate.

Ah? Her name's Colette. Colette Brunel.

Well, that explains why they're roommates, eh? The old saying about birds of a feather.

Don't worry about it. It's a good thing, right? She's home safe now. And so's your Colette.

Well, I guess that could be a reason.

And... yeah. Yeah, you're right.

You had another idea?

So just... try not to be too upset about it.

... But! ... never mind

And yeah, I know.

Huh? ... Am I missing something?

... No, not really? I just-

I didn't like him at first. I mean, they lived alone together-!

Oh... Ooooh. I get it.

Look, kiddo, I get what you might be thinking, but we aren't talking about lovestruck teens or something here. I mean, this is probably just a business relationship. Maybe friends too.

...

Yeah, yeah you're right. And Albert's been nice, helping out with Raine and her cold... [He sighs]

Just don't jump to any conclusions, alright?

~~[Too late.]~~

Right, right... I know.

Course you do. You're a smart boy.

[Ah, he perks up at that.]

Yeah, well.

... Thanks, Arche~

No problem, kiddo. Just keep a chin up, eh?

[First the Merines, then Colette, and now...]

Ahiru?

Yeah... You know her? Have you seen her?

She's a ... friend. [Yes, Walter, it's good to admit these things after they're gone.] I haven't seen her, no.

...Her journal is gone?

No sign of it. No struggle, like I said, no message as to where she was going... I've got nothing to go on here.

She isn't the type to make enemies. She's...

She was probably taken.

I was afraid you'd say that.

... Usually there's a fight, if it's a kidnapping. Does this mean she went home?

Ahiru can't really put up a fight.

I don't know. I have a hard time believing people are actually sent back. Since... What would happen to the people who are dead when they're brought to Luceti?

You're going into territory I really don't get, there. People coming back to life in the first place is just way outside my experience.

That's what I thought. So... It would be best just to think of them being taken by the Malnosso. Beyond that, it's unknown.

Dammit. We don't know anything important.

Of course not. We're captives.

A missing roommate? What does she look like?

Kinda short, red hair, big eyes, pretty skinny.

uh-huh, and when was the last time you saw her?

Just a couple days ago. She was talking about some sort of play or something she had to put on, but she didn't say anything about leaving the house for so long...

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