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[goldengungurl]

So, I'm a little lost. [Ashley shifts the phone to her other hand, giving it a baffled look. A lot lost, if she were honest, but she isn't about to admit that on an apparently public channel.]

I'm not supposed to be here. I have- [A war to start at the orders of Whitcomb and a rebirth to experience? That doesn't seem right, but it's the only

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[notanemptymotto]

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[ This is what Helen always secretly dreaded. With these worlds bringing people back from the dead, she was terrified of the idea that Ashley would one day come. Now, she has, and Helen isn't quite sure what she should do. She wants to run, find her daughter, hold her close and keep anything from happening to her. Except holding her so close is what made her feel as if she had to prove herself; what got her caught and what led to her death. She tried so damn hard to find her daughter alive in some way, some form, but ultimately accepted the fact that there was no way to save Ashley. Ashley had died and Helen had hoped that whatever afterlife there was - if there was any at all - was where Ashley had gone

[goldengungurl]

Mom-

[Wait. Why is her mother on this alien planet too, and why does her head her so much, and why- She took the Source Blood and she teleported to Easter Island and nothing makes sense right now.]

...Mom? What's going on? Why are you here?

[notanemptymotto]

I... [ she clears her throat, trying again. ] I've been here for some time, Ashley.

[goldengungurl]

...I just saw you in the lab.

[Caught a glimpse of may be a better description, but she's not going to quibble over language at the moment.]

You can't be telling the truth.

[alltenfingers]

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[Ezio has his hood up, and he has not even the remotest idea of how important this young woman is to Helen, but he'll help anyway.]

If you can tell me what they explained, I will give you more information than they usually offer.

[goldengungurl]

They don't give everyone the same speech?

[Sloppy.]

[alltenfingers]

Oh, it is always something along the lines of "Welcome, now fight our war," but there is a lot more to Mandalus than that.

[goldengungurl]

They're going to be really pissed if they brought me here to be a good little soldier.

[likemichael]

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[Dean has a relaxed smile on his face.] How can I pass up that offer of you making it worth my while, huh? [A light laugh.] Welcome to Mandalus. We're in the middle of a war against a giant snake in the sky. Sometimes it makes us all crazy, and you can't go home unless you get sent back. Anything else you wanna know?

[goldengungurl]

A giant snake in the sky that sometimes makes everyone crazy. Is that all you're gonna give me?

[likemichael]

It's called the Serpent. It's got the face of some God of Death this place used to have. It ate one of the people in control of this place, called Mother, and it's pretty much said it's gonna kill us all. If it destroys Mandalus, it'll destroy every world because this place is kinda like the middle of the universe.

[goldengungurl]

Every world? What's that supposed to mean?

[isnotforsale]

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[Oh, shit. It's Magnus' kid. The one she shot a rocket at. Well, this is awkward. Not just awkward, but...worrisome, too. If she's here, and clearly not a raging vampire lunatic working for the Cabal....

Helen won't need Kate anymore. She'll have her daughter back. That's all Kate was, right? A shitty replacement for the daughter she'd lost.]

What information have you gotten so far? Maybe I can give you some pointers.

[goldengungurl]

I'm not going to turn down info, that would be pretty stupid. Someone said that we're here to fight a giant snake? Is that legit?

[isnotforsale]

Yeah, it's for real. We actually saw it a few weeks ago. Not the whole thing, but we saw it...in the sky. Was some freaky stuff.

[goldengungurl]

Sounds badass.

[And just the kind of thing she loves to handle.]

[threewordspls]

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[ There he was, just working on fine tuning the programming for the Christmas lights in the Sanctuary when suddenly there's a voice - and a face - he hasn't seen in some time. Don't mind the clattering noise of a datapad hitting a table. It's fiiiiiine. ]

Ashley?! [ ?!?!?!?!?!?! !!!!!! (basically) ]

[goldengungurl]

[So, Henry's here too. This is so weird.]

Whatever you just dropped isn't gonna explode, is it?

[threewordspls]

You're really ... huh ... wha- ... OH! [ Herp. He picks up the poor abused thing to give it a once over. ] It's just a datapad. I haven't worked on exploding ones yet for an extra, be all end all, data protection plan ... for obvious reasons. [ Oops? ^_^;; ]

[goldengungurl]

Good. [And if he ever does, she hopes he'll pass that information on to her for obvious reasons.]

Can you tell me what's going on here?