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[withoutsorrow]

Ryu! I'm outside the Sanctuary. Come -

[There's a shout from one of the invaders and a thud as Ashoka is attacked. The communicator falls to the ground, and after a brief-off camera scuffle, Ashoka reaches down and picks it up again. He looks winded, but far more excited than worried at all.]As I was saying. Come and let's put those training

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[video]

[pettandoll]

Ashoka- [She's running. There's a gun in her hand, the one that's usually strapped to her thigh, the one that her brother Switzerland gave her.] I can't stay in a safe place. First of all, nothing is safe- [Here, she screams, and there's a horse nearby. She drops the communicator, but she's still visible: she's shooting, crying, determined.] Second, I cannot let myself face invasion-!

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[withoutsorrow]

Then I will not let you face it alone.

[He snatches up his communicator.]

Better to be on the move anyway! A moving target is harder to hit. Ha!

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[pettandoll]

Yes, yes! [She does the same, holding it close for a moment; all there is to see is a too-close blur of the fabric of her dress. Then, though, she holds it away from herself. She shoots again. Her face is trying to smile, but there are still tears down her cheeks.]

I'll keep running, then. Ashoka, please be safe. I couldn't bear it if-

[But she trips. The communicator skitters away; there is chaos.]

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[withoutsorrow]

[Lightsabers are dropping as he parries, disarms on his way - Ashoka has a talent for disarming, it seems, and a disarmed opponent is one without defense.]

Don't give it a moment's concern. If the Gods chose me to fold before their armies, they chose the wrong man!

[There's a glow - but where it's coming from is uncertain. The communicator points away from Ashoka.]

[finalchain]

Ashoka?!

[withoutsorrow]

Rika, sweetheart.

[He sounds cheerful, over the background noise of the lightsabers clashing.]

Are you keeping safe?

[finalchain]

[It's happening again, isn't it? People are dying. But he sounds...]

Mii... Are you okay?

[withoutsorrow]

I am - as long as you are.

[dragon_savior]

Ashoka!

[And he's off and running to find his boat biffle.]

[withoutsorrow]

[Whether or not he will find Ashoka remains to be seen - his friend, though marked by a building-sized chalice made of sunlight, is obscured rather thickly by a cloud of white fog. And he is not in good shape.]

[dragon_savior]

Wh... [The whole scene confuses him more than anything else, but the kid, stubborn as he is, won't rest until he finds Ashoka safe and sound.]

Where are you?!

[Ryu lets out a frustrated growl, setting off to search the area.]

[withoutsorrow]

[The fog fades slowly, as does the chalice. It shrinks, as if being drawn back into something on the ground, and the fog dissipates enough to reveal a wounded person, lying motionless on the ground.

He's still glowing - just like when they abandoned their ship on the way to the Dark Tower.]

[Voice]

[asouroldelf]

Oi, you best watch your back, eh?

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[withoutsorrow]

[Suspiciously enough, she gets no response - just a view of a corner of a building from Ashoka's communicator.

There's something glowing very brightly out in the city - what in the world could that be?]