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[lady_ofsorrow]

God, I haven't been able to drag myself out of bed in days, this flu is a terrible. Probably partially because of what I keep seeing. Why is he here?

. . . Nero. Did you let someone in the house or forget to lock the door?

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[mach_kick]

Oh good, you're alive! I was really worried.

The city seems to have turned into a desert and ruined most of the buildings when we weren't looking, by the way. I guess yours is still stable, which is really lucky if you're that sick.

...People are seeing all sorts of things. Or people, I guess. Shades, and people go after them and get badly hurt. I haven't seen anything yet, myself. Don't know why.

So... don't chase after anything, okay?

[lady_ofsorrow]

You were . . . worried about me? Zell, you shouldn't . . . Hm. I'm feeling well enough now, I guess I'd better get ready to head somewhere else, if it's going to be dangerous to stay here.

Just a shade . . . He's not really here. He can't do anything if he's not really here.

[mach_kick]

Of course I was worried about you! You kind of dropped off the map there, and people have been getting injured and even killed right and left.

Just tell me where you end up, all right?

Yeah, just a shade. They can't do anything, except they try to lure people off cliffs and stuff.

[lady_ofsorrow]

. . . Can't do anything . . .

Thanks, Zell. For everything. Where are you at?

[tickingshadows]

...Lady, you - gonna be okay there?

[eyebrow raise at that last part] 'Let someone in,' huh? ...If this visitor of yours isn't exactly acting alive, then it's probably a ghost. Yeah, Template's got ghosts now. Just don't follow 'em anyplace, 'kay?

[lady_ofsorrow]

I'll manage.

Ghosts? Great, just what I needed. Because I don't have enough of those to begin with, I need them literally following me around.

[tickingshadows]

All right then.

Yeah, no kidding. Ghosts seem t' like luring people into danger, and according to Ilya, anyone who dies 'cause of them seems t' lose part of their memory. On top of that the city's been messed with. 'Not good' is an understatement, I think.

[lady_ofsorrow]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this qualifies as 'the shit hitting the fan'.

[devilbrought]

Hey, don't die.

And, that's a no. [eyebrow raise]

[lady_ofsorrow]

. . . Shit.

[devilbrought]

Seeing things?

[lady_ofsorrow]

. . . Something like that.