we're tuning in for your regularly scheduled changeling screaming

[runs]

[Not long after the return to Liminal, in a timeframe better measured in minutes than anything else, Kitty starts broadcasting. It's quiet at first but quickly gets louder as she's clearly working herself into a fit, dropping any ability to filter from the network as she goes.]

sheshouldnotbehereSheShouldNotBeHere

SHE SHOULDNOTBEHEREsheshouldnotbehereSheShouldNotBeHere

SHESHOULDNOTBEHERENOT HERE

NONONONONONODREKDREKDREKDREKTECHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

SHESHOULDNOTBEHERESHESHOULDNOTBEHERESHESHOULDNOT[...and so on.

(To those who'd actionspam at her instead of responding on the network, she's just standing rooted to the spot where she arrived, staring at a moose-sized dragon opposite of her, who seems to be rather unsure of how to help her, considering that she dodges every time the dragon tries to get closer, without ever moving away further. Her whole body is tense, her fingers curled, and those who can see through masks will notice that her whole body language resembles that of a thoroughly spooked cat.)]

Comments

[morethanashadow]

[ooooh he is not good with yelling children.]

Ok, first of all, yelling won't help anyone. Second, who is Cynthia? Is she a dragon?

[runs]

She's a bruiser and she should not be here!

[morethanashadow]

...Why not?

[runs]

BECAUSE NOBODY SHOULD BE!!!

[And because this is her fault, her fault] my fault, my fault, if we hadn't gotten close she would not be here I brought her here

[morethanashadow]

[He.... thinks he gets the problem.]

Ok, look. It's not your fault. She wanted to stay with you, and that's her choice. [Probably??]

[runs]

I told her about this place and she did NOT want to come!

[morethanashadow]

[well then.]

Did just want to come to be with you?

[runs]

She promised that she wouldn't want to come!

[morethanashadow]

[....well then he's got nothing.]

Ok, it's still not your fault, but I get why you're upset.

[runs]

[...]

Where are you?

[morethanashadow]

I'm on a lily pad or whatever near the workshop door.

[runs]

[A moment later, both Kitty and Cynthia drop out of a portal near the workshop door. Kitty casts a glance around and heads straight over towards Phillip when she spots him. She wants to have this conversation off network.]

I need to bring her back. She's still normal.

[She has to be. There has to be a way.]

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[morethanashadow]

[Oh dear. Phillip sighs.]

I'm not sure we can do that. I mean, we can try, sure. But... if we can't, then you guys just need to look out for each other.

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[runs]

How can we try?

[She's ready to try anything that seems safe for Cynthia.]

[morethanashadow]

Well... I got myself from the Jaunt to Walkabout. We could see if that still works?

[runs]

She considers it and then nods.

"Yes. We all know Jangwa, so you should be able to aim."

[morethanashadow]

Phillip nods. "Ok. You want to try now?"

[runs]

Kitty is about to say "of course" when Cynthia interrupts, quite clearly conveying with telempathic pictures that she's rather tired and would prefer to sleep first, before anything that might go wrong is attempted (though, she adds towards Phillip, she mostly thinks that it might be wise to wait until Kitty is more collected and less freaked out again).

[morethanashadow]

...Yeah, Phillip definitely agrees with Cynthia on that one. "So... later, then. Do you want to just let me know when you're ready?"

[runs]

"I will."

This gives her time to prepare a bit. She's not sure how, but there will be something to be done.

"Thanks."

And she will find him, as soon as Cynthia is ready.