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[turbedon]

[A far too cheerful sounding voice pipes up over the Network, the owner of it nowhere to be found in Liminal Space in a rather telling way.]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking-

Everyone okay? Anyone gone missing after the last Jaunt?

... Any newcomers we need to get off the brainway asap? Because just arriving and then being run over would really not be astrous. At all.

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[willyousee]

Not... [pause] Yet. There. Navigating this place is more difficult than ever, but I think I have the trick of it.

Am I imagining it, or do these vehicles seem to be more intent upon doing us harm than they might in the outer world?

[And more softly, like a half-shielded personal thought] Where are they?

[turbedon]

Oh no, you're not imagining it. I was sticking to my lane and one of the trucks tried to run me over.

[He catches onto the half-shielded thought and asks:] Want some help looking for them?

[willyousee]

[Sigh.] I appear to be on an interior mid-level strand - there are perhaps six levels above me at present. If you hear of anyone who needs assistance nearby please alert me and I will do my best.

...If it would be little trouble, let me know if you hear from either Joscelin or Phedre, or see them about? My guess is that they will be looking for ways to help others rather than retreating to safety, if Phedre has aught to say about it, but it is unusual for them to not answer me - particularly right after a Jaunt. [His quiet calm is undermined by a jangling sense of unease - he suspects something, but he's trying not to think about it.]

[turbedon]

I'll scan for them. If they're in Liminal Space, I'll find them, don't worry.

[willyousee]

Thank you. I greatly appreciate your help, Robin. Also, there may be dungeon portals hidden away. If you would keep an eye out for those as well?

[turbedon]

Sure thing. Stay safe, Alcuin.

[willyousee]

You as well.

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And thank you for looking out for me. [There's the slightest hitch before the personal pronoun.] Fading would have been unpleasant.

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[turbedon]

... Don't mention it. Good to see you're you again.