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[heavensdragon]

{He is observing the statues of those who have disappeared. A blue light emanates from his fingertips and he directs it at the statues. After a moment, he pulls his power back into himself.}

What became of them, do you think? These forms, at least, are not them as far as I can tell.

{At the feet of each statue, he places small wooden tablets - carved by his hands.}

If they have died, their souls have fled. They are now part of the great wheel of reincarnation.

Or else they have returned to their homes. That is the outcome I hope for most.

Comments

[heavensdragon]

My younger brother would like to explore this place too. I hate to admit it, but he is probably better at finding a way out.

[grappler]

Who knows. There's plenty of us around here and no one's figured out anything yet, so who knows if dragging someone else in would really help or not.

[heavensdragon]

There is a solution, I believe that. We traveled one way; that path is still a possibility. We can use it to return.

[grappler]

Just gotta find the needle in that annoying-ass haystack.

[long sigh.]

It'll probably be in the last place we look, like anything else you lose.

[heavensdragon]

Probably. {He tries to be...optimistic, but his smile is more sardonic.} If you can't keep your hope, stay angry. We need your energy.

[grappler]

Oh, I have plenty of anger to go around. I could probably power a whole city with it.

[that's part of what's been keeping her going for so long.]

[heavensdragon]

You are not alone in that. {Being angry together is comforting, oddly enough.} My anger increases each time I see someone suffering or replaced with a statue.

[grappler]

[honestly, it really kind of is comforting... usually she's told to calm the fuck down.]

The statues are dumb as hell, honestly. The suffering... yeah, that pisses me off too.

[heavensdragon]

{Calm doesn't really work anymore. For any of them.}

I see them as taunts. If we are too loud, too boisterous, too criminal, we will be monuments too.

[grappler]

See, shit like that is why I try to tear it down. Unfortunately, they seem to come right back.