[Video]// after the current dungeon rescues

[neverfeltthatway]

This is Armin. I hope everyone's doing all right. I... have the list of Travelers who've gone out of ambit. I'm afraid I, I didn't manage to do a post like this after Harrogate, as I usually do. So it's a long list this time.

[He takes a deep breath, seeming just a little shaky.]

Aloy, Lena, Clementine, Callum, Shaun, Zak, Akira, Jason, Qrow, Elphaba, Geralt, Tommy, Major, Natasha, Steve, Jefferson, Amanda, Elizabeth, Pitch, Ace, the Doctor, and Madoka.

[He's quiet for a long moment before he continues.] If anyone has any questions, I'll do my best to answer them.

Comments

[haremtrap]

I thought it was werid how I hadn't seen Jason around for a while!

[neverfeltthatway]

I'm sorry. Were you close?

[haremtrap]

We were friends, yeah.

[neverfeltthatway]

I'm sorry I didn't get to know him while he was here.

[haremtrap]

Maybe he'll come back. People do that sometimes, right?

[neverfeltthatway]

Yes, they do. Sometimes in a matter of days, sometimes months, sometimes years. And some that have gone out of orbit haven't returned since Harrogate. There seems to be no way to tell in advance. And no way of telling if they'll remember their previous visit.

[haremtrap]

Have I ever mentioned how this place fucking sucks?

[neverfeltthatway]

...You might have said something to that effect. But I don't mind if you feel the need to re-emphasize the point. [He has an extremely wry look on his face.]

[runs]

[So Amanda is gone?] That's stupid.

[Yes, Kitty, thank you for that valuable comment.]

[neverfeltthatway]

[Blink, blink.]

...What's stupid?

[runs]

We just got Amanda out of a dungeon.

[neverfeltthatway]

Oh. Well... She's not in liminal space right now. Either that, or she's discovered how to cut herself off from the network. But that's unlikely, considering how long she's been gone.

I'm sorry.

[runs]

You should stop being sorry, you didn't do anything to make it so. ....Right?

[neverfeltthatway]

I didn't, no. But people can regret unfortunate circumstances or events without being the cause of them. I'm sorry to see anyone lose a friend.

[runs]

People are unfortunate and then they're gone sometimes. [Snatched back up by the Fae, had a run go wrong for them - all Kitties are used to that, though circumstances differ.] It's just a thing that happens, even if it sucks.

At least they're probably not dead or worse than dead, here. Being out of ambit sucks, but from what she's seen of dungeons, it's not as bad as it could be.]

[senpaidol]

I'm starting to think some of these guys have a fuzzy connection. Or a lot to do at home or wherever it is they go.

I hope Elphaba and Zak went to the same place, though. Theirs was the first wedding I ever went to, if we're counting Overlays.

[neverfeltthatway]

From what I understand of going out of ambit, it seems unlikely. But I hope you're right.

[senpaidol]

I don't think we really know how it works. Actually, I'm not 100% sure on what "out of ambit" means aside from not being in Liminal Space when the rest of us are, so maybe I'm just behind on my classes here.

[flatteries]

You're keeping track of all of that, Armin?

[ He sounds a bit impressed. Inigo's hardly even managed to remember more than the names of just a few fellow Travellers, let alone know the whole group and know who's missing. ]

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[neverfeltthatway]

I try to. I keep track of everything I can. There's no guarantee we won't lose our memories again, like we did in Moebius. If that ever happens, I want a record of everything we should know. We don't have to start again with nothing.

And... people should know. The more time passes they're gone without their friends knowing, the greater the potential hurt they might feel when they find out.

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[flatteries]

.. you're a kind person. [ Not that he didn't already think so last time - or at least he didn't think Armin was an unkind person, either way - but that last part does really make him feel that way. ]

Don't strain yourself too much though! It seems like an awful lot of information for just one guy to handle, you know? Find help if you need it.

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[neverfeltthatway]

I'm just doing what anyone would. [He gives Inigo a small smile. Whether or not it's true, he seems to actually believe that, that what he's doing isn't out of the ordinary.] And I've been doing it for more than three years now - I'll be all right.

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[flatteries]

Over three years already? Perhaps I have much to learn from you, with you carrying so much responsibility all this time!

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[neverfeltthatway]

I don't remember exactly when I started. But it was sometime around then.

And I, uh. [He looks kind of embarrassed by the attention.] I th-think you're making too big a deal of it.

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[flatteries]

[ Sorry, Armin, this is what you have to live with now. Inigo lives for boosting up other people's good points and achievements. ]

How so? You're doing something not just anyone could do. That deserves some credit, don't you think?