[first, DING: photos incoming. they're of that spooky town. the buildings outside, some vacant streets...Magnet's in the corner of a couple unintentionally.
second: ring ring. phone call!]
Ah, he-hey, Ryunosuke? Did those images go through? Hi, hello...
It’s funny, I… Earlier, when I was thinking on you, I had this…clear-as-day notion you were out at the Gate, training. [it’d sure be weird if that were true.]
Do you think that the door might lead back to... the other Trench? I'm not good with magic either, so we might want to see if we can ask someone who is.
Is Alucard okay? [He doesn't know Alucard, but if it did something to him...]
He's fine. Once we got out of the church, his head cleared up and I... [Manabu exhales, trying to laugh at his own weakness.] The second it hit me that that door could've been...back to that place, I... [hhh.]
Don't talk like that. You're not weak at all. We're not weak when facing fear head-on. [He wishes he was there to encourage him.] You are stronger than you realize. You always have been.
[Manabu wishes that, too. he wishes Ryunosuke could reach over and give his hand a squeeze or bump his shoulder with his...
he exhales.]
...Thanks, Ryunosuke. I'll ask around the folks already here. Maybe...maybe someone's already peeked inside. Or...is willing to have a look with me. It's there for a reason, my compass led this way, so... [so it kind of feels like fate.]
Just keep me posted. I wish I was there with you. I want to know more. [Maybe he can find something in the archives about the city, about the church... ]
If someone's peeked inside, I want to know about it.
There must be a reason your compass led you there.
[If Riteior has a church in this abandoned city... what was beyond that door?]
Are there any books at the church? Anything you could bring back? [A pause.] If you plan on going through the door before you head back, please tell me.
I didn't see any at the church, but...but there is something of a library in the town. Alucard said the books are in another language, so it's hard to translate. But that's where he got the name Riteoir from.
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Date: 2023-01-20 09:59 pm (UTC)second: ring ring. phone call!]
Ah, he-hey, Ryunosuke? Did those images go through? Hi, hello...
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Date: 2023-01-21 10:22 pm (UTC)[He idly flips through them again.]
Are you all right?
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Date: 2023-01-21 10:28 pm (UTC)…Nothing. No one.
And…and we haven’t been able to get a lantern to stick, so it looks like it’ll take another week’s worth of travel to get back.
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Date: 2023-01-21 10:31 pm (UTC)[he pauses.]
The lantern won't stick? That's concerning.
[he sighs.]
A week... please continue to be safe. Sorry I didn't join you on this adventure.
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Date: 2023-01-21 10:34 pm (UTC)I know it can’t be helped, but…sorry. For taking so long.
I, mmn…I mean…
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Date: 2023-01-21 10:35 pm (UTC)It just means I'll have to stock up for the next one.
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Date: 2023-01-21 10:37 pm (UTC)Y-yeah…
[beat.]
It’s funny, I… Earlier, when I was thinking on you, I had this…clear-as-day notion you were out at the Gate, training. [it’d sure be weird if that were true.]
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Date: 2023-01-21 11:01 pm (UTC)With both you and Kazuma gone, I figured it'd be a good time to train.
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Date: 2023-01-21 11:07 pm (UTC)[quieter:] Guess it’s…just because I miss you.
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Date: 2023-01-21 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-21 11:19 pm (UTC)AHEM. be a man, Manabu.]
Th-there was something else I found out here. Not…fully sure about it yet, but…
Here. Let me share…
[he sends some of the photos he took of the interior of the church - and the statue.]
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Date: 2023-01-22 01:08 am (UTC)[Oh boy.]
Did you find anything there? Any more information?
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Date: 2023-01-22 01:14 am (UTC)Not yet. The books here are in a weird language…
…There’s a door there. Behind the statue. It glows from the other side. It was affecting Alucard, so I haven't opened it…
[yet]
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Date: 2023-01-22 01:23 am (UTC)What could it mean?
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Date: 2023-01-22 01:28 am (UTC)[…]
But for me…being in Trench at all…started with a door…
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Date: 2023-01-22 04:41 pm (UTC)[He repeats back, comtemplative.]
Do you think that the door might lead back to... the other Trench? I'm not good with magic either, so we might want to see if we can ask someone who is.
Is Alucard okay? [He doesn't know Alucard, but if it did something to him...]
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Date: 2023-01-22 04:44 pm (UTC)I guess I'm still weak, despite everything.
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Date: 2023-01-22 05:11 pm (UTC)[He sighs.]
Don't talk like that. You're not weak at all. We're not weak when facing fear head-on. [He wishes he was there to encourage him.] You are stronger than you realize. You always have been.
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Date: 2023-01-22 05:19 pm (UTC)he exhales.]
...Thanks, Ryunosuke. I'll ask around the folks already here. Maybe...maybe someone's already peeked inside. Or...is willing to have a look with me. It's there for a reason, my compass led this way, so... [so it kind of feels like fate.]
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Date: 2023-01-22 05:31 pm (UTC)If someone's peeked inside, I want to know about it.
There must be a reason your compass led you there.
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Date: 2023-01-22 05:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-22 06:00 pm (UTC)[If Riteior has a church in this abandoned city... what was beyond that door?]
Are there any books at the church? Anything you could bring back? [A pause.] If you plan on going through the door before you head back, please tell me.
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Date: 2023-01-22 06:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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