Sidescene 3

So look, we all had a traumatic morning. Stuff happened. Continuity was established. Don't worry about any of that.

Worry instead about the lizard who's stolen every blanket she could get her hands on and built a cave out of some luggage and the snow leopard, because when you run out of coping skills some times you gotta go back to the childhood classics, right?

Haylee — Today at 6:37 PM
Haylee…is staring in mild confusion at the luggage fort that has now incorporated a snow leopard. Shit went down, but…his usual response to This Shit that went down would be to get a drink. Or many.

…of course as that would require somehow sneaking up into or breaking into first-class, and with that not being quite an option worth taking this time, he instead opts to engage with the cloistered lizard.

"…is that helping you?"

Nashira — Today at 6:40 PM
"Depends on how you define 'help'." Which is to say, it did absolutely nothing for the PTSD, but it was in fact pretty comfy in there.

Haylee — Today at 6:45 PM
"Yeah, well, since that disembodied radio voice started up you've been as jumpy as a wired-up housecat. I'm not an expert on this, but I'm guessing this goes back from before any of us knew each other." grats, Haylee. You're clearly a genius.

Nashira — Today at 6:45 PM
"……..I mean, Yazid's my twin?" Nashira, that's not an answer.

Haylee — Today at 6:46 PM
"You know that's not what I meant."

Ethan — Today at 6:46 PM
You handle trauma a touch differently when you've already got a lifetime of it behind you, to say nothing of a similarly traumatic death. Sadly, though the miracle of rebirth is quite impressive for a Deathless, it's usually from a place of passion that itself spurs an act of will that… well, you know the rest, but the fine print is it does nothing to finalize or even advance progress on past hurts. Indeed, sometimes it happens because of them.

Talking to others about theirs also doesn't get easier, either.

"Well, definitely not as 'give evasive answers'." He seems like he should be smoking, but that kind of vice doesn't give Deathless much of a buzz.

Nashira — Today at 6:48 PM
Nashira is never quite sure Ethan's not going to start spontaneously pouring smoke out from behind his eyesockets, does that count? But she does sort of peer flatly out from her blanket fortress, and sigh.

"I do know. I'm just marveling at this kind of approach to the subject, Haylee." She is quiet a moment longer. "And to be honest, I'm not sure where to start. Neither of you would have heard of the Midnight Channel incidents, huh?"

Haylee — Today at 6:50 PM
He shrugs in response, "First I've heard of it. I guess this would be a possible culprit for some of the scattershot dead-end missing person bounties I've seen here and there?"

Ethan — Today at 6:58 PM
"Doesn't ring a bell. Must be after my time… have a feeling it has to do with that weird radio signal?"

Nashira — Today at 7:06 PM
"It won't be the scattershot missing people, probably." She sighs again, and scoots forward so she's a little less a gremlin in a dark cave. They'll still have to crouch to speak with her, though. "The Midnight Channel comes on the dead airwaves, and puts people through nightmarish tests…some rumors say there's a prize or wish to be won, but from what I saw, the only thing the channel brings is death."

Haylee — Today at 7:09 PM
"And no way to just tell it to fuck off?"

Nashira — Today at 7:10 PM
"Yeah, tell me, did he seem particularly receptive to suggestions to you?"

Haylee — Today at 7:14 PM
"Not really." Haylee's definitely crouching here.. "Been through the 'do a risky hellish thing, get a prize' routine once before myself, got the souvenir. He seemed…weirdly fixated on you now that I think back on it though."

Salhi — Today at 7:17 PM
Salhi shakes her head, not familiar with it either.

Nashira — Today at 7:17 PM
She smiles pretty wanly. "…I never won the game, Haylee. I got away."

Haylee — Today at 7:18 PM
He grits his teeth a bit, idly playing with the pendant he's wearing. "From the sounds of it, getting away is rare enough with this asshole then."

Nashira — Today at 7:19 PM
"Well, everyone else who he caught in Zustande that night is dead, so…"

Haylee — Today at 7:20 PM
"…wait so this was a singular mass incident rather than a string?" Okay, that reframes everything in his mind.

Nashira — Today at 7:20 PM
"I…Let me back up. Do you two have questions, first?" She's peering at Ethan and Salhi.

Salhi — Today at 7:26 PM
Salhi shakes her head. "Spooky radio signal captures people and kills them… not sure what else to ask."

Ethan — Today at 7:27 PM
Callahan appears to have taken a long while to mull all this over. "How long has this been happening to you?"

Nashira — Today at 7:29 PM
"…I don't know how long the midnight channel's been happening. I've heard rumors about it for at least a few years, and you hear of massacres or murders like this that people say are connected…" Nashira shakes her head a bit, as if trying to clear it.

"….Three months ago I was at a radio broadcast station in Zustande. Late night shows like that can help boost morale for the late crews and overnight passengers, right? But when we finished, the signal didn't…it…" She stops there, struggling with the memory to come.
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"…I don't know how he did it. Got into people's heads. Made them see things. Made them do things. Made it seem as though he was torturing our loved ones. Told us that the last one standing wouldn't have to pick which loved one they saved from him…if we impressed him enough. I think some of the others started seeing other hallucinations, too."

Haylee — Today at 7:35 PM
"…that's…seriously fucked up."

Ethan — Today at 7:39 PM
Ethan takes a slow intake of air he may or may not need and slowly lets it out, almost like a meditative exercise. Subtly his eyes are losing their flame, getting more and more fleshlike, more human. But they flicker, they do not switch right away. He looks up and they're ghostfire again. He moves over to Nashira, hunches down, and hugs her if she allows him, though if she does not he's still giving her a very concerned expression.

"Then this time you'll win. Simple as that."

Nashira — Today at 7:40 PM
Well, she squeaked a bit, but she didn't bite him, so the hug was accepted for what it is. She does laugh weakly, though.

"Your confidence astounds me, Callahan." She sucks in air, shakily. "Muzet was what got me out. Before they killed me, before I had to…she grabbed me and I ended up on a rock in the middle of the sky with a mostly dead elf on it."

Oh. So that's where she met Jin Ye.

Haylee — Today at 7:43 PM
Haylee quirks an eyebrow. "…okay, I've heard that name come up before. Who is she again? Muzet, I mean."

Ethan — Today at 7:46 PM
"Muzet's her buddy." he makes cat ears behind his head with his fingers, inserting levity for a millisecond or two before continuing. "Confidence is easy when it's placed in a girl like you, Nashira. And I've already lived one life with its own horrors, this one's gonna be a touch different. Especially for people that were decent to me when they could've fucked me over."

Nashira — Today at 7:51 PM
"…The cat's name is Kahir." She actually giggled a bit. "Muzet is the Arcanum of the Gate. She rules over space and distances and the void between places. She uh, essentially is timesharing in my body, for the time being."

Haylee — Today at 7:55 PM
"So, probably a weird question, but any idea why she chose your body specifically?" He takes his hand off the pendant finally

Ethan — Today at 7:58 PM
"What."

Nashira — Today at 7:59 PM
"She babbled on for about fifteen minutes about mana frequencies and the resonance of the aetheric ratio in my blood."

Nashira pauses.

"So no I have absolutely no fucking clue."

Haylee — Today at 8:01 PM
"…yeah I'm not even going to try and think about that."

Nashira — Today at 8:53 PM
"It's not like I'm anyone special, or anything. She just wants me to help Salhi." Nashira pauses, and squints. "Honestly I don't know why no one else can see her, but it's for the best, she's making stupid faces behind Haylee."

Haylee — Today at 8:55 PM
Haylee just gives an exasperated look in response, not even looking behind himself, replying flatly. "I suppose she may not want to be seen by anyone else."

Nashira — Today at 8:57 PM
"She said something about most people not being able to except in special circumstances? But she's also commenting on Ethan's ass sooooo…"

Ethan — Today at 8:59 PM
He looks behind him as if in disbelief but then seems smugly self-confident. "It's nice to be complimented."

Nashira — Today at 8:59 PM
"It's a little awkward for me…" Nashira's just kind of put her face in her hands and started giggling, slightly hysterically.

Ethan — Today at 9:00 PM
"Got you laughing, though. Guess Muzet's okay after all."

Nashira — Today at 9:00 PM
"The last three months have been so much, Mr. Callahan."

Haylee — Today at 9:00 PM
"…yeah, not going to even pretend I understand more than what you told me about Arcana in general."

Ethan — Today at 9:01 PM
He makes a face. "Only people call me Mr. Callahan are people that want the rent or my head on a pike."

Haylee — Today at 9:01 PM
"Pay up, then."

Ethan — Today at 9:02 PM
Now he's hedging with his hands. "Coalition knows I'm good for it. They just want the chili recipe."

Haylee — Today at 9:04 PM
"That's absolutely it, you have found it out. The Coalition wishes to take your chili recipe for themselves."

Nashira — Today at 9:04 PM
"It's just, I got called to Zustande to experiment with the late night broadcasts, got attacked by a nightmarish horror that Muzet insists is a demon, found out that the imaginary friends I always had as a kid were in fact the gods, found an elf mostly dead on a rock and I think he adopted me, which I haven't really explained to my brother, and super don't know how to explain to my husband, who is already going to be pissed I kind of neglected to tell him about any of this, and also I have to help save the world?" She's just. Giggling hysterically to herself now. Oh no, it's not stopping.
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"Also we got attacked by a weird twunk trying to kill the chosen one yesterday and I think Jin Ye wants to take him for coffee."
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Did she breathe at any point in there? I don't think she did.

Ethan — Today at 9:06 PM
"Hey." he begins quietly. "Hey.." a little louder that time. "HEY." he does his best to help steady her. "Count to ten. Breathe."

Nashira — Today at 9:07 PM
The giggles have devolved into hiccups. She's put her hands over her mouth. She's…trying?

Haylee — Today at 9:07 PM
"…does anyone have some water on hand?"

Ethan — Today at 9:07 PM
He goes and hunts down a glass and then hands it over to Nashira.

Nashira — Today at 9:08 PM
She is trying her best to drink it but the hiccups are strong and the snow leopard is trying to get in the cup.

Haylee — Today at 9:09 PM
"Kahir, that isn't for you." He pets the cat regardless. No matter what, cats are always pettable.

Nashira — Today at 9:13 PM
Eventually, she does stop hiccuping, but Kahir is now demanding more pets.

Haylee — Today at 9:15 PM
this is a hell Haylee walked into.

Ethan — Today at 9:16 PM
"That said, I've got no alternative for dealing with that weird radio thing than to finally beat it at this dumb game. Figures it'd be part of some Zustande plot, though. Iron Elves don't know how to do anything but plot." That wouldn't be war time bias, would it Ethan? Nawww.

Nashira — Today at 9:16 PM
"…Where'd you get Zustande plot from all that?"

Haylee — Today at 9:17 PM
Haylee shrugs, clearly not with any ideas for where Ethan got his hypothesis from

Ethan — Today at 9:19 PM
"You said you got called to Zustande to experiment with late night broadcasts…"
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He looks at them both as though they're the ones not paying attention.

Nashira — Today at 9:20 PM
"…And Betrayal killed them all?"

Ethan — Today at 9:20 PM
"One thing at a time. Wouldn't be the first time something blew up in the Elves' collective faces."

Nashira — Today at 9:21 PM
"…." Nashira's just sort of squinting into the middle distance like she's trying to solve a math problem.'

Haylee — Today at 9:21 PM
"That…no. I'm pretty sure this isn't even the angle Zustande would go for with that anyway from what I've seen."

Ethan — Today at 9:22 PM
"So far you don't have a better hypothesis."
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His pride starts showing. "You gonna second guess me then actually provide a second guess."

Nashira — Today at 9:22 PM
"Muzet literally said he was a demon, though."
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Y'all motherfuckers need Arcanum.

Ethan — Today at 9:23 PM
"So Betrayal's a demon or the radio is?"

Nashira — Today at 9:23 PM
"Betrayal is the thing on the radio…?"
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"What, do you think radio waves are the experiment, Ethan? They're not new." Today. Right now. in this century.

Haylee — Today at 9:23 PM
"Betrayal. And yeah, I think the demon hypothesis is more reasonable than it being a sinister Zustande plot"
Ethan — Today at 9:24 PM
"Okay so Betrayal and the thing on the radio are the same thing. You kinda gave me this unending torrent of thought that younger people seem to feel is good enough for an explanation."

Nashira — Today at 9:24 PM
"I am having traumatic flashbacks, Callahan."(edited)

Ethan — Today at 9:26 PM
He pauses, wincing "You're right kid, and that's awful, but my point's more that I need a minute to sort that out. But alright, I'm with you now. So this Betrayal guy is a demon that dwells in those broadcasts and you're his new fixation…" he seems a bit lost in thought.

Nashira — Today at 9:26 PM
"The one that got away…" She's just kind of tiredly leaning on Kahir now. Nashira's having a long….few months.

Haylee — Today at 9:28 PM
"That's why he's fixated, anyway. Either due to frustration or interest, neither being good for us in the future."

Ethan — Today at 9:28 PM
His eyes are getting fleshy again. "Can't say I've ever blasted a demon before." But again he clamps down on that. He's sensitive enough to know that losing your temper doesn't really help a survivor, trauma or otherwise.

Fuck. Sensitivity and emotion. Grumble grumble feelings. It's a lot easier to get shot at. Stupid fucking bitch ass fucking compassion fucking arghghgh! "Look, it doesn't matter. I don't care if this fella's name is Judas Doomfucker, he's going to have to deal with us first. We're not going to let him hurt you any further."

Nashira — Today at 9:30 PM
"Oh. Doomfucker's just a nome de plume, Judas is a nice guy. Retired to become a baker at the cradle." Dammit does she know fucking everyone?!
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"It's not me I'm worried about him hurting."

Ethan — Today at 9:33 PM
"Worried about the hubby?"

Nashira — Today at 9:34 PM
"He and Yazid were the ones Betrayal said I'd have to pick between."

Haylee — Today at 9:35 PM
"Well, that clearly leaves only one option when you're faced with such a choice."

Nashira — Today at 9:36 PM
"Haylee."
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"Before you speak I would like you to recall I am a singer and a train attendant, not a mercenary."

Haylee — Today at 9:37 PM
He reaches into his pocket, flipping a glowing gold bullet into the air before catching it. "Find whoever's making you choose, and kick their ass—And don't give me that."
"You're contracted to an Arcana of space and your singing literally freezes people."

Nashira — Today at 9:38 PM
"…Technically it flings crystallized ice aether at them." Nashira is pouting
Haylee — Today at 9:39 PM
"So does a Baraqel cartridge. You don't need that to get the same effect."

Nashira — Today at 9:39 PM
WELL NOW SHE'S JUST SULKING.
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He's right but he shouldn't say it!

Ethan — Today at 9:41 PM
"Your friends also have enough hardware to start wars. Jin Ye is enough hardware to start wars."
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Ethan isn't cruel enough to mention his cryo grenades.

Nashira — Today at 9:41 PM
Nashira appreciates you. "…I think Jin Ye has ended wars."

Ethan — Today at 9:43 PM
He gestures accordingly. "Don't say that in his presence, Metalheads are snooty enough as it is."

Nashira — Today at 9:43 PM
"Are we talking about the same elf?" Jin Ye? Snooty?

Ethan — Today at 9:43 PM
"Gotta get him in the right mood." he grins.

Haylee — Today at 9:44 PM
"You sure you're not carrying some baggage about Eisenvolk yourself there?"
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Ethan — Today at 9:45 PM
"I am baggage about Eisenvolk. It's not my turn to get into my ghost stories yet, though."

Yazid — Today at 9:45 PM
Yazid casually manages to saunter in right now. "Hey sis, you want anything from the kit.. huh." Lotta people here. And he does recognize that pout a bit. "… hmm. Yeah, definitely wanting something from the kitchen, I take it?"
Nashira — Today at 9:46 PM
"I want The Conductor's Special." Oh she's in a mood, alright. "And a milkshake."
Ethan — Today at 9:47 PM
"Oh yeah." he fishes in his pocket, biting his tongue while he does, then produces Nashira's token. "Want this back?"
Nashira — Today at 9:47 PM
Nashira produces another token from under her cloak. "Keep it. You're good for it."
Yazid — Today at 9:47 PM
"Damn. Don't tell me you're composing a letter to Granny or something?"
Nashira — Today at 9:47 PM
"They asked about the night in Zustande." Oh. She'd rather write a letter to granny.
Ethan — Today at 9:48 PM
He looks at Haylee then puts two fingers to his temple. "Infinite ammo." Well, food, technically… he puts it away. "I may have made the kitchen lady blush on account of smooching her."
Yazid — Today at 9:48 PM
"Oh." Shit. Well, yeah, they probably WOULD right now, eh?"
Nashira — Today at 9:48 PM
"And Arsene hasn't replied to my last letter and Blackburn was his boon companion at the wedding, Yazid."
Yazid — Today at 9:48 PM
"She's married, Ethan. You DO know that, right?"
"Although I'm sure she'll think you're sweet"
"Wait, WHAT?"
Nashira — Today at 9:49 PM
Nashira's just. Putting her face in her hands.
"I didn't recognize him in uniform…"
Yazid — Today at 9:49 PM
NOW you have your brother's attention. "Wha… how… why didn't you say something earlier?"
Nashira — Today at 9:49 PM
"I…"
"Well I told him everything in the last letter."
Yazid — Today at 9:49 PM
"… Okay, yeah. I don't think I'd ever seen him in one."
Nashira — Today at 9:49 PM
"I…hadn't earlier."
Yazid — Today at 9:50 PM
"Look, I may be… a little displeased with the way he kinda crept up on us but… Its been, what? Weeks since you two last talked? Or anything?"

Nashira — Today at 9:51 PM
"…The only time he doesn't respond is when he's on the move."

Ethan — Today at 9:51 PM
He looks like one of those kitty clocks where the eyes go left and right with the ticking seconds, though this time it's between the two siblings. Then he snaps himself out of it. "Are there perhaps more details I need to know here?"

Yazid — Today at 9:52 PM
"Yeah, but then, what? He stops somewhere and just… nothing for a bit from you?"

Nashira — Today at 9:52 PM
Nashira coughs, kind of sheepishly. "I usually…keep in touch with my husband fairly regularly. Both of us work around the trains, so we don't always travel together…"
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"I sent him a letter after I got back to civilization after…" Nashira gestures a little bit. The murder fun time. "And then about a week ago. I didn't, uh, maybe include all the details about what was going on until that last one."

Yazid — Today at 9:53 PM
"Was wondering why he wasn't threatening to come along or something."

Nashira — Today at 9:53 PM
"…And he's usually very prompt in replying."

Yazid — Today at 9:55 PM
Yazid does find a seat at that. "And then suddenly asshole over the radio. Hn."
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Yazid understands.
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"Well, another fucking face that needs bashing in."
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Yazid does not understand at all(edited)

Haylee — Today at 9:57 PM
"Wait. You didn't have any indicators of being married? I mean, I didn't see any rings or the like…" Haylee asks, a confused expression on his face.

Nashira — Today at 9:57 PM
Nashira just kind of looks up at Haylee.
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And then points to the rings on her horns.
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"I…I am wearing these and a sash?" It's l,ike she forgets not everyone understands the coalition.

Ethan — Today at 9:58 PM
"Have some mercy for the non-horned ones, we usually look for a ring on a finger." he wiggles a ring finger.

Haylee — Today at 9:59 PM
"I…huh, I thought those rings were decorative…" Haylee knows jack shit about the coalition beyond using the trains nor has he had the opportunity to learn

Nashira — Today at 10:00 PM
"What? Rings on fingers get lost, why would you put important things there?" Nashira looks genuinely baffled. "Horn rings are for marriage! …And like, a lot of other things but it's not that hard to learn the clan patterns."

Ethan — Today at 10:01 PM
He shrugs. "Sometimes people get marriage tattoos in Eisenhand?"

Haylee — Today at 10:01 PM
"…clan…patterns?" Haylee just opened pandora's horn box here

Nashira — Today at 10:01 PM
"Marriage tattoos sound nice but they're difficult with scales…"
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Nashira gestures to Yazid, though. Explain, friend, you have a captive audience.

Yazid — Today at 10:03 PM
"Look, you want to have something that's always there, you put it on the horns." Simple and logical to Yazid. "So for your own sake, look there first"

Ethan — Today at 10:03 PM
Ethan takes this opportunity to wander off.
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Sometime later he returns with what Nashira wanted from the kitchen somehow. He also appears to have an ominously glowing fizzy drink.

Nashira — Today at 10:04 PM
"Thank you, Ethan." Awww, he got one of the big toothy smiles out of her!

Ethan — Today at 10:04 PM
Welp, that's made his day. Doubtless something will be around to enrage him later but you have to live in the moment, you know?

Haylee — Today at 10:05 PM
"Well, got it." Not quite logical, but…made enough sense …thank the arcana or whatever is out there for Yazid opting for brevity.

Nashira — Today at 10:05 PM
WHY DO YOU FUCKERS NOT BELIEVE IN THE ARCANUM?
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MUZET BELIEVES IN YOU.

Yazid — Today at 10:06 PM
"Besides, last time I tried to tell someone about reading clan markings it took a LOT longer than I expected." And he expects with Haylee it'd take even longer.

Haylee — Today at 10:06 PM
SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ME SHE MAKES SILLY FACES AT ME BEHIND MY BACK

Ethan — Today at 10:06 PM
Ethan Callahan's mastery of the occult kinda limited to cramming it into guns.
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And bullets.
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Aaaaand bombs.

Nashira — Today at 10:06 PM
"…You should definitely explain them to Tevye tho, Yazid."
Haylee — Today at 10:07 PM
"That…would definitely be someone who'd be able to process that more" the thought of reading clan markings made his head feel like it was going to explode pls do not subject haylee to this

Yazid — Today at 10:07 PM
"I mean, I figure he'll find out eventually…" Sounds like just shoving the work right at him. Is this the punishment for being such a great brother? >:{

Nashira — Today at 10:07 PM
"He'd believe anything you tell him." No, Yazid, it is a gift. c:

Yazid — Today at 10:08 PM
Hmmm. This does sound amusing indeed. "Well now…"

Ethan — Today at 10:09 PM
"You sure this whole mess isn't a Zustande plot? That's so much simpler and pleasant by comparison."

Nashira — Today at 10:09 PM
"I'm really very sure, Ethan."

Ethan — Today at 10:09 PM
He sighs but seems to understand.

Nashira — Today at 10:09 PM
"Zustande's changed a lot since you were dead."

Ethan — Today at 10:10 PM
"Yeah, so has the homeland…" he seems a little far-off for a moment.

Yazid — Today at 10:11 PM
"Zustande's been definitely different as a whole than you've been describing, man. I mean, what you're saying sounds like stuff I've heard the family talking about in the past, but now? Woah"

Nashira — Today at 10:11 PM
"…We definitely need to take you to meet Grandpa, though."

Ethan — Today at 10:12 PM
"I need you to appreciate what a freaking diplomatic achievement it is to have Jin Ye and myself in the same room without coming to guns, especially over that Hersteller shit."

Nashira — Today at 10:12 PM
"Hersteller whatever, he's family now, Ethan." Nashira's looking at him very flatly.

Ethan — Today at 10:13 PM
"Weh weh I'm an elf I live in a cave." he wiggles his fingers. It's funny because he can't think of a more reliable combat brother.
Haylee — Today at 10:13 PM
"Family? So he married a relative of yours?"
Nashira — Today at 10:13 PM
"…No?"
Yazid — Today at 10:13 PM
"Besides, it looks like you two get along pretty well"
Nashira — Today at 10:13 PM
"Family is family, what's marriage got to do with it?" She's looking at Yazid like he can explain this.
Brother halp.
Yazid — Today at 10:14 PM
"No, he's with us now. He's family" See, he helps

Haylee — Today at 10:14 PM
Haylee's already getting that feeling of 'oh hell more culture shock incoming'

Ethan — Today at 10:14 PM
"They're Coalition, man. This one's not hard."

Nashira — Today at 10:15 PM
"What do you even think family is, Haylee?

Haylee — Today at 10:16 PM
"…biological relatives, adoptees or in-laws?"

Nashira — Today at 10:17 PM
"…."
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"Do you have family?"

Ethan — Today at 10:17 PM
"Yeah, he's got you guys."
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He's swallowed a canary.

Nashira — Today at 10:17 PM
Nashira's starting to feel very sad for this poor vessel. "I mean yeah of course but I mean, before that?"

Haylee — Today at 10:17 PM
A flat "what." is the only response Ethan gets
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"Before that…" he pauses to think, and then looks to visibly space out

Yazid — Today at 10:18 PM
"He makes it sound like he didn't have anyone before" What is that look from Yazid… is that pity?

Nashira — Today at 10:19 PM
…Nashira's waving her hand in front of Haylee's face a little. Hellooo?
Haylee — Today at 10:20 PM
Before shaking his head violently as if shaking off some dizziness. "It's…really blurry. I remember I was from somewhere around the Alstrav-Zustande borderline…think Alstrav-side. Villages there tend to pop up and vanish.."

Nashira — Today at 10:20 PM
"…But you're not a sylpheed?"

Haylee — Today at 10:20 PM
"They've got Tanka and humans there too."

Nashira — Today at 10:21 PM
Nashira had not considered this aspect of angry bird kingdom.
Ethan — Today at 10:22 PM
He's giving Haylee this fascinated look now.

Haylee — Today at 10:22 PM
"But…I don't remember exactly where or who. Chances are if I went there it'd probably have been uprooted or flattened."

Yazid — Today at 10:22 PM
"Huh. That oughtta be interesting to see"

Haylee — Today at 10:30 PM
"Outside of that…" another bit of spacing out, before shaking his head and grabbing the pendant again reflexively. "can't remember anything concrete. I remember they existed…" …he thinks

Yazid — Today at 10:31 PM
"Oh, Okay. I see." Shit. "Look, you're hanging with us, we'll help you out with that. At the very least."

Haylee — Today at 10:36 PM
He's…genuinely confused at this. This isn't anything like what he expected. Or expected to come up.

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