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[neverfeltthatway]

[Armin image appears suddenly, and though his face is composed, his thoughts are both cautious and alarmed.]

Everyone - be alert in liminal space, and avoid the men's bathroom four floors above where the portal let us into liminal space. The sign of the King in Yellow is still with us.

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[neverfeltthatway]

S-sorry. I... it was instinct. [He sounds very sheepish, obviously embarrassed about it.]

We should make sure several people know, in case you - or even both of us - are infiltrating next time it happens. [Plus, it doesn't escape Armin's notice that he'd have no easy way to do what Leo is - he's never been able to manifest a portal, let alone bend liminal space enough to create something like a cage.

Even so, he watches everything Leo does, carefully memorizing the sign - he'll write it down later. He'd be a poor guard if he were not prepared to draw, and he won't risk his journal being lost to liminal space, should he have to drop it in order to do so.

Armin looks alarmed, instinctively reaching out to support Leo when he sees the other man stagger.] Are you all right?

[howexciting]

I can teach you all the basic protections. The two Inscribed Elder Sign Forms, Simple and Broad, as well as the Gestural Form of the Elder Sign. I can also teach you the Sign of Koth and its Gestural Form. I cannot teach you more than this... but these five will be enough to protect you for as long as they stay intact. Crafting totems of either the Simple Elder Sign, or the Broad Elder Sign as I've made there...

[He motions weakly to the indentation he's made in the metal of the cage.]

... will work also. They would, at least, be more resilient, and portable, but not as versatile.

[He gratefully takes the support, but does his best to steady himself on his own.] I'll... be all right, after a little rest. As long as no one breaks the cage from the outside, the seal will hold indefinitely. It is imbued with the power of the Elder Sign, now. Neither he, nor his minions, can break it from the inside.

[neverfeltthatway]

All right. [He looks conflicted, for a moment, but the situation is contained for now, so concern wins out.] Just... just rest for now, you can teach me the others later.

[howexciting]

Grazie. [He nods, gratefully, taking a few steps away to lean carefully on the wall away from the urinals, the d in misleading.]

... I thought we would be rid of him, when we left that Jaunt. I truly did.

[neverfeltthatway]

I didn't really know about him until after. That monster we fought proved otherwise - I guess it was vain to hope it would simply go away with time.

[Unconsciously, his hand goes to his shoulder and his mark from that battle when he mentions the creature.]