[Audio]

[neverfeltthatway]

Hello, everyone. I... I have the list of those who have vanished. [For once, Armin doesn't use his image when making a broadcast, and he's definitely shorter and more terse than normal. It's definitely unusual, for him - but anyone who knows him well enough to notice might figure out why as soon as he starts reading off the names.]

Ivan. Levi. Joscelin. Yua. S-sansa. Adachi. Neeshka. Hitsugaya. Sera - umm, the unfriendly one. And Xaldin.


[Locked to former Illuminated]

I heard some of what happened during the walkabout. If you don't mind, I'd like to hear more about it from each of you in person. When you're feeling up for it.

Comments

[neverfeltthatway]

To you and the other people who hosted the Illuminance, yes.

[happyhalloween]

Who are you?

[neverfeltthatway]

My name's Armin. [He'd explain more, but explaining his motives in a situation where the Trumps can almost certainly hear them would be foolish.]

[happyhalloween]

My name's Maria! Also MARIA, the Witch of Origins! I was Maria the Green for a while, but I'm not anymore.

[By now any of the other ex-Illuminants may have noticed something: Maria doesn't use her cutesy third-person speech in the confines of her own head.]

[neverfeltthatway]

It's nice to meet you, Maria. [Armin, not having heard her speak in person, doesn't notice. Meanwhile, he tries to gently steer them back on topic.] Would you care to meet in person sometime? I'd like to hear more Maria the Green, if you don't mind.

[happyhalloween]

Sure! Do you want to meet at the Aiya? That's the restaurant Kanji made. All his food is really yummy.

[neverfeltthatway]

All right - I haven't been there yet, I'd like to see that too.

[happyhalloween]

You'll like it a lot! It's the best! And Kanji was my apprentice when I was Green, so you can probably ask him questions too? Green and Yellow and Orange all had apprentices.