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[neverfeltthatway]

[For once, Armin sends only his voice and not his image over the network - something anyone paying attention might note is unusual, if not without precedent.]

Hello, everyone. I... I have the list of Travelers who disappeared this jaunt. Meaning they've probably either gone home, or they're stuck in a dungeon somewhere and they'll turn up again later.

It may not be a complete list, but... it's the closest I could get. [He takes a deep breath.] Here goes: Giovanni, Kain, Ravit, Ace, Shuu, Quinn, Ruvik, Souji - er, Souji Okita, that is - Tsurumaru, Annabel, and Ky.

I'm sorry.

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[fridgeninja]

Gold Souji?

[howexciting]

[He doesn't really believe in God anymore - not really, not after what he's seen. But...]

Requiem aeternam dona Giovanni Auditore, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.

[leftbehindagain]

...So she was a Traveler. Guess we won't find out why she stole the Name now, in that case.

Hopefully she's happier at home.

[backwordscompatible]

[She recognized a handful of those names, and was even able to place faces to them. But there was one in particular that stood out most.]

Giovanni too?

[upcard]

[...oh.

Souji-- Ace, Tsurumaru, Ky. She bites her lip, and the thought escapes her almost subconsciously--]

That's...that's so many...

[tealeafs]

[ There sure are familiar names on that list, yes. And one sticks out in particular to Chizuru -- obviously so. Even so she takes it quietly, maybe in part since it's just mentally and therefore it's harder to see the way her face drops the moment the realisation starts sinking in. ]

You can't sense whether they're in a dungeon portal or not..? [ Although the idea of Souji returning home isn't all that appealing either.. it'd mean he would die. But him being stuck somewhere by himself, all of the men of the Shinsengumi other than Hijikata being that way.. it stings. ]

[bloodysaint]

I see. I'd been quite concerned after I could not find him. Becoming someone else was... Well, it is an experience I'd rather not have again, although I know that I shall as long as I'm here and am prepared for that fact.

They are likely to be back in Nosgoth then. The both of them are far more needed there than here. Kain especially, as he must fulfill his role as the Scion of balance for our world to survive. Likely he was only brought here so that he might share his knowledge with me, to help in whatever role I must play here.

I thank you for telling me this. I'd feared them left behind in that infernal city.