EIGHTEEN souls » a horrible discovery

[martelandmany]

[action]

[Contrary to what her icon might show, she's actually really upset and freaking out just a little. And this is after the Liberation Lodge residents go down to investigate, since Capell-mun says they intend to

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[corrinesbell]

[does intense loyalty extend to summon spirits? You bet it does!]

Martel! What's going on?

[martelandmany]

[She's sliding to an unsteady stop, glancing once worriedly in the direction she'd been heading, then turning to Sheena, trying so incredibly hard to keep composed.]

The Malnosso are... are making good of things. Faize is dead...

[corrinesbell]

...They didn't.

[oh, she looks mad now]

Did they come after you?

[martelandmany]

No, but... [It's a bit difficult to speak, since with her powers enhanced as they are, she can feel every single death that occurs. You might see her flinch on occasion for that very reason.] T-too many already, we have to stop them!

[Action]

[glyphless]

[Capell's by her side as fast as he can be, scared for her safety and also to comfort her as best he can even though he's breaking inside. He kneels down beside her, arms around her.]

I'm here.

[Action]

[martelandmany]

[And she's so upset over this that she's shaking, just as much by how grotesque it was as by who it was. Her forehead's on his shoulder now, and she's trying to breathe, let alone talk.]

Faize is-... I saw him, he's-... [She can't finish either sentence.]

[Action]

[glyphless]

[He holds her close, hand on her hair as he tries to soothe her.]

I know...

[Action]

[martelandmany]

[She's not about to be comforted easily, though.]

He's not the only one, though. There are more, so many more, I can feel them...

[outsetsailor]

[Link doesn't stop her, but he does see her running by. He can't really... he's still in shock. He can't even get himself to call out to her.]

[martelandmany]

[She almost doesn't stop, but she sees the look on his face and something in her just can't run right by him like that. So she slows to a stop. Sympathetically:] Link...

[outsetsailor]

[He's not crying, but he's trying to hold it back. He says, in a small voice:]

Did something bad happen to you too?

[martelandmany]

...Faize has been killed. Faize, and four others...

[lezareno_prez]

[You're in quite the hurry there.]

... Martel? Is something wrong?

[martelandmany]

[For Regal for sure she's going to stop, even if it's not for long.]

F-Faize has been killed... [And after a moment:] And he's alone, there have been others, many others...

[lezareno_prez]

So there are people who are following the Malnosso's orders. While I am not surprised, I had hoped that it would not come to this.