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[majorum_pride]

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[And Rhade is groggy, and back in his room. He smears his hand over his face in that way that someone does when they've rested so much that they're tired.]

The timing for a Barge coma is impeccable.

[Delicious life details still strewn around. He knows some of them have been deleted and hates it. But, he still has enough

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[failedcreator]

I am glad for this. Did you dream in this coma?

[majorum_pride]

No, it was more like a cryosleep than anything else.

[failedcreator]

What is a cryosleep?

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[mrs_persson]

Emphatically still here. I'm glad you're all right.

It was quite a few days there.

[Private]

[majorum_pride]

[Yay! Una's still here. No internalized panic for him.]

So I've gathered. Worse for some than others.

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

People who had things to hide are not so well off now, suffice it to say.

Fact is, I'm all right. I suppose I've been keeping too much to myself after all.

[Private]

[majorum_pride]

I think you needed your friends. There's no shame in that.

I know some are very much worse off now than they were before. I don't like Hoffman. I think he's a bully and a man that uses his influence in a corrupting way.

But Rex's accusations might lead him to some inappropriate actions and considering my familiarity with a similar situation... I'd rather not see it recur. [Buffy showed him the conversation with Hoffman and Rex, which is... unfortunately painfully applicable and he can see how it can get out of hand.]

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[majorum_pride]

[He has no idea which flower was concerning what person. Brax gave him the floral equivalent of a soap opera.] I was worried for a moment that it was pertaining to you before I was able to have a look at the network. But now that I'm awake I realize I doubt you would have the presence of mind to leave me secret messages concerning it if it had.

By the way, I want to ask you about something.

[Private]

[majorum_pride]

I would think being affected by that particular flood would be very distressing for you, had that occurred.

Come to my room. I don't want to ask over the network.

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[lifeafterhope]

I noticed.

And I'm beginning to think those genes you talk about let you see more of the future than you should. [Only half joking.]

[Private]

[majorum_pride]

Not to my knowledge. [Yet. He's working on it. Also yay, Vanessa's still here.]

Is there something concerning you?

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[lifeafterhope]

You talk about disappearing, you go into a coma. You talk about plays, I find myself stabbing 'my best friend' to death for losing his head over power. [Have a secret to make up for missing that flood.]

What's next, I wonder.

[Private]

[majorum_pride]

You stabbed someone to death? [That secret is just for him. So it makes it better.]

I talk about disappearing frequently, however. Quite recently someone I was intimate with vanished. Before him, a man that had been a good Pride member. Harper left willingly, telling me how much he resented me. Tyr left requesting that I graduate. My first warden disappeared without so much as a word.

Others come and go. Sometimes I philosophize on it, and sometimes I just think that what they do is the only real way to break this system. No matter what fate lies onward for them.

[bybloodandhonor]

I'm quite glad to see that you're alright.

[majorum_pride]

Thank you, sir. [He likes you enough to call you sir! That's a huge compliment.] Much better than the last time this happened.