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[demiurgos_girl]

[Elaine is out by the gardens now, sitting at the base of a fountain most people will recognize. There are no mirrors out here, and she's feeling rather averse to them now.] That was not cool.

There should be sixteen people back now, after the switch. Can everyone check on their friends? We can't be sure that they all went back until we do.

[Her expression softens, the curve of her mouth smoothing out into a wistful line. But her voice when she speaks is direct.] Sofia? Minato? [She'll wait calmly for a reply for all of twenty minutes. Then she'll look for them in person.]

[And now she sighs, settling into a lighter, softer tone of voice. With almost visible effort she forces anger and worry away. Her eyes turn toward the forest for a few moments, before settling back on the camera.] Do you think anything happened to us, the pieces, because we lost the game? Maybe it-... Maybe we died.

...Is there any way to know?

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[genki80.livejournal.com]

I don't feel like I died. Do you?

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

No. But that was a really strange game, and I couldn't tell what was happening half the time.

[genki80.livejournal.com]

I don't know why they even involved us if we weren't capable of doing anything on our own. Are you okay?

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Just for their own fun, I bet.

I'm fine. I feel really good. You?

[genki80.livejournal.com]

Same. There really doesn't seem to be any repercussions.

[dulldollmaker.livejournal.com]

There's probably no good way to tell.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

I really wish there was. [Sigh.] It's enough to worry me.

[dulldollmaker.livejournal.com]

...Maybe the residents know? They know all sorts of odd things for no reason.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Getting them to answer is a whole different story, though.

[dulldollmaker.livejournal.com]

Yes, but we have nothing but time.

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[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato hadn't thought about any other consequence other than ending up on the other side. He blacked out on the field, and that was all he could remember. He didn't think he had died. He thought he would've known if that had happened.]

Elaine? I'm here.

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[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

What was the first thing you attacked me with when we fought in the forest? [Her voice is gentle enough that it's clear she only thinks of this as a formality. Still, better to be safe than to be sorry.]

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[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato hadn't minded the line of questioning. It was a good move on her part, a way to figure out who was who.]

Ice.

But I asked you to attack me first.

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[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

And that felt horrible, by the way. [She laughs.] It's good to have you back.

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[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

It's good to be back.

Are you all right? I'm sorry I couldn't help you during the game.

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[last-liar.livejournal.com]

Um...Minato's okay.

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[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's good. You're sure?

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[last-liar.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I saw him just a little while after he switched back.

Um...did you talk to his mirror?

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[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't. Did you? He didn't do anything, did he?

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[last-liar.livejournal.com]

No, he was fine. I'm just-- He's kind of...emotional. So I wanted to make sure, since it sounds like you don't like the mirrors much.

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[hamburellakind.livejournal.com]

uh
i'm okay!
and i'm sorry about my mirror and stuff
you know
how you had to explode him...

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

There's no need to apologize for him.

And to be honest, I felt bad doing it. Mostly.

sorry about the font D:

[hamburellakind.livejournal.com]

yeah he's kind of
like awful but you feel kind of bad for him?
i'm just glad he didn't hurt anyone
well
not physically anyway

its okay! its just bad luck with the background color XD

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

He was really awful. I felt even worse for Kurt's mirror.

[belated action]

[echo-of-utopia.livejournal.com]

[ It would be nice to say that Lamb responded to the feed in a timely manner... or indeed any manner at all. Alas, certain things demanded her attention soon after she returned.

Broken things, cracked things, smoking things. Black and charred things that litter the clinic and practice.

And the practice is where she can be found, picking apart the mess her mirror made to see if she can salvage anything from the heaps of charcoal. ]