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[neverfeltthatway]

I have the list of Travelers who have gone out of ambit.

The Doctor, Jolie, Saya, Malin, Lyall, Natsumi, Right, and Ambrose. And Amy Ushiromiya.

[The last name was edited in after the fact, but he can do that without issue now, and he didn't see any particular need to draw any particular attention to it. There's a long pause, before he continues, a little more gently.]

For those new to Traveling, that means these people have vanished to dungeons or walkabouts - more simply, at present, they are no longer Traveling with us. If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them.

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[finalizes]

[On the one hand, this is what he wants to see here.

One vampire less.

On the other hand, this is absolutely not what he wants to see here.

One werewolf less.

This Liminal really is a rollercoaster.]

[awitchdidit]

Hm. I have a question. Would it be acceptable to add someone who appeared in a Dungeon and vanished on our return to Liminal Space? Not someone from my world, exactly, but someone who originated in a pocket of Liminal Space but could not join us properly?

[neverfeltthatway]

[Armin's quiet a moment, not sure what the point would be of letting everyone know about the disappearance of someone they've never met - but whoever it is, they are important to Beatrice, so he doesn't want to dismiss them.]

...Do you know that they were actually present as themselves, and as a Traveler, and not just an aspect of the dungeon?

[awitchdidit]

I can't see any way to determine that for sure. I mean, she was certainly there because of the Dungeon, as were a couple of other friends of mine, but how does one tell the difference?

[neverfeltthatway]

If they were there because of the dungeon, it seems likely they weren't actually present. I've never encountered anyone appearing from a dungeon that wasn't theirs.

I can add her to the list if you really want me to? I'm not sure what good it would do, if nobody has seen her as I Traveler. [Since that is the point of the list, to inform people of who they've lost.] But I don't mind.

[thornsofmalkav]

Given that she's my goddaughter, I'm in favor of this.

[neverfeltthatway]

...Your goddaughter?

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. Battler named me as her godmother for the short time she existed.

[teamblue]

We ... can just leave?

[neverfeltthatway]

Not intentionally. But people do disappear regularly. Most often to dungeons, which appear some time later - anywhere between the next day to years later - where we have to go in to rescue them.

...I'm Armin, by the way.

[teamblue]

What occurs if someone were to intentionally try?

[a pause.]

Hello, Armin. Call me Drake.

[neverfeltthatway]

[A shrug.] Nobody's ever succeeded. At least, nobody who was able to let anyone know that's what they were doing, before or after the fact.

It's nice to meet you, Drake. [He nods in greeting.] Or half meet you, I suppose - I can't see or hear you, just your thoughts, so you'll have to let me know who you are if we meet in person.

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[That's... far too many names he knows on such a short list. One he had known about, but 3 others he hadn't.

He's just. Going to. Mute the network and go mope somewhere now.]]

[uzoda]

[Lyall? Natsumi, too? And Right? He'd suspected, but had hoped that maybe he had just been missing them in passing...]

...thanks for letting us know.

How... uh, how are you able to tell for sure?

[neverfeltthatway]

I can use the network to detect people connected to it. I've checked for everyone at least once a day for the past week.

...It's not one hundred percent, but it's as close as I can come. Unless they're more than 100 miles away or have been suppressing the network for more than a week, they're nowhere to be found.

[uzoda]

Ohh... I had a feeling it might be something like that. Wasn't sure! Makes sense for it to be a network thing...

Is it very hard to do? [Because maybe he should figure out how to do it, too.]

[neverfeltthatway]

Not very hard, as these things go. Although working up a good range takes a while. When I started, I could only manage about a quarter of a mile.

[likescats]

He....does not like the sound of that.

SO EVEN WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE, THEY DO NOT RETURN HOME?

[neverfeltthatway]

So far as we know, they do not. Supposedly whichever Arcana wins will be able to send them home, but whether or not they will - and in what manner they do so - depends entirely on which one it is.

[likescats]

DO WE KNOW WHAT EACH ARCANA CLAIMS THEY WILL DO, IF THEY WIN?

[unconventionalelf]

I was wondering where he went. Sad to see all of these people though.

[ Tal liked the Doctor, he was interesting, she is sad that she had minimal contact with the others, if at all. ]

[neverfeltthatway]

...The Doctor? [An educated guess. She didn't say which one she was wondering about, but there are only a few options, and he seemed more likely to be friends with Tal.]

[unconventionalelf]

Yes. [ She does seem to collect a strange group though! But Armin's in that group so no complaining ]

[smokeandcarbs]

[Malin?]

...Thank you.

[Maybe this is an excellent day to get himself epically drunk.]

[neverfeltthatway]

I'm sorry.

[He doesn't know the man, or who of the list he lost, but the pause before the response speaks volumes.]