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[whitefeather]

Hate to bring you all down from the festivities, but some of us aren't exactly around any more.

I suppose the dark icky dream monsters that have got everyone so flustered could have got them. Imagine! Going out alone in the night like that. Brrr!

...Or maybe they got out and left us behind to fend for ourselves. Either way, it's pretty useless to speculate.

So! I suppose a roll call's in order. Name and origin world seems the most helpful. Lots of you came in groups, right? Or you made friends quickly. So spill.

I'll go first. Shoka Sakurane, from earth. Her place is abandoned, and she hasn't been seen for 2 weeks now.

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[rebirths]

Awww, sorry to hear about your friend! You two must've been close?

I don't think I've met anyone who's gone missing myself, but are you looking into the disappearances?

[whitefeather]

Mm? We're not. And we're not all that close, either.

Kinda, yeah. Making a note of which barriers between which worlds are weakened at which point seems a whole lot more useful than some of the other lists other people are making ♥

[rebirths]

Close enough for you to notice though~

I'll say that you've got a point, though! Gotta admit that a lot of us really did get a liiiiittle too comfy here, huh? So, have you noticed anything else that's weird about her disappearance?

[whitefeather]

[Colour him impressed, frenemy.]

Very good! Should I change what I call you? Observant R seems like a pretty good candidate, but it doesn't have the same ring to it.

To answer your question, she owed me. Besides, I'm way more interested in the circumstances behind it happening.

[The comment about being comfortable isn't commented on. Humans, pretty much. They're adaptable. It's a trait both negative and positive.]

I suppose the fact all of her stuff's gone, and the adjustments made to where she lived have been negated is sure interesting... but it hardly matters overall.

[stupidmammon]

Ya sure they didn't ya know ::Insert murdered sound effect here:: ? Ya see any signs of blood or anything?

[whitefeather]

[Unlikely, given that the girl in question is... kind of already dead.

Self-administered offing is unlikely, since she knows that's no escape. Someone else doing the honours? Motive's possible. She's hardly the easiest to get on with- but that someone would have to be something special in order to actually get her.

Spooky nightmare thing?
... More possible than not.

Regardless!]

That'd sure be a hoot... But nope.

Besides, the whole of our little population seems thinner. I haven't happened across any real bodies recently, mister. With how many of us seem to have upped and vanished, you'd thnk there'd be a couple lying around somewhere.

[Apparently, he's certainly not taking that suggestion seriously.
... But perhaps for the fun of it:]

Ooooh. Unless our perp has some kind of collection going, somewhere tucked away and private.

[Sorry Mammon, you've responded to a weirdo.]

[stupidmammon]

[ A weirdo? Just sounds like one of his brothers to him. ]

what, like an oddball zoo? I dunno about that. I've been seein' a lot of kids and they aren't that fun to watch, especially when they get all emotional and junk.

Besides when we ain't gotta pay for anything what's the point in making any kinda collection like that?

[whitefeather]

[Not quite what he was getting at.]

You're telling me. But no. I'm thinking another kind of collection.

[As for why, well... in his experience? Humans. But that'd be telling.]

Interesting as the possibility'd be, it's not like we've got anything to go on with that. It could be someone letting loose... Or the things we were warned about a few weeks ago. Or something else entirely. Until we actually get some bodies, I'm thinking it's either of the last two.

[catarou]

Oh my. That's quite a long time to be missing. I assume you've just now learned about her disappearance, as keeping this information to yourself is terribly suspicious.

[whitefeather]

[That response makes him smile.]

Mhm, I suppose it is.
Just as suspicious as taking an interest in an entry like this and throwing an accusation from the off, actually.

[catarou]

Goodness, I seem to have ruffled your feathers. I suppose that is a fair enough retort.

In all seriousness, it is concerning that any of us have disappeared. I assume you haven't found any clues or answers.

[whitefeather]

Ruffled? Please.
You're really bad at picking up on these things, you know.

[Butyes. More seriously...]

No clues, no answers. The only thing it could feasibly be is they weren't taken out here. No bodies, no signs of anything untoward. Which leads to our nightmare creatures... especially since it's their thing to take people out elsewhere.

In that case, I suppose it's not that surprising some of us got picked off by them.

[One problem with that. The person he's specifying? Yeah, no.]

Or there's the possibility we got bailed on. If some of us are finding a way out of this little situation, it means certain things are changing. I'd like to find out what.

Sender: T'Challa

[galactichero]

She didn't leave any kind of notice or message at all?

[ He assumes she hadn't, but it couldn't hurt to check. ]

[whitefeather]

Nope. Even more interesting, her place had a couple of adjustments from the whole 'find a hovel and make it your own' objective we got tasked with as soon as we got here. Those adjustments?

They're gone too. Now it's just any old regular tree.

[galactichero]

So this place has completely removed her presence here?

[ That's...troubling. ]

[whitefeather]

Pretty much.

More of a concern is should it be one of those things, they can exert influence here. If not on the people, then the surroundings.

[There's a term for it where he's from, Exorcism. And it's always unsettling. Fortunately, he's too controlled to allow that little thought to spill out onto the pages.]

Imagine. Everything you are, everything you were? Gone. Like you never existed. It's worse than death.

Sender: Noel Vermillion

[bulletic]

I'm by no means an expert on this, but... wouldn't that mean your friend has woken up? If that's the case, then I suppose it isn't a bad thing at all...

[ It's only after she's written it that she realizes this might be interpreted as her being nonchalant about someone else's loss, which of course isn't her intention. After struggling with her words for a moment, she follows up with some explanation. ]

But it doesn't mean we won't miss them! It's always sad not to be able to see your friends anymore... even if they're safe and sound.

I'm afraid I don't know of anyone who might have disappeared myself, but I will make sure to report if I notice anything!

[whitefeather]

Mhm. That's good of you to say and all, but just so you know? We're not friends. It's not like you have to act sympathetic or anything.

[He's got that nonchalance down.]

I'm only interested in why it's happening for some of us and not for others.

[bulletic]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make any assumptions...

[ This is somehow even more awkward than her original response, and she's mentally berating herself for jumping to conclusions like that. ]

That's a very good question... though I suppose we don't really know why only some people show up here, either, do we?

[dangoism]

Roll call. Do you really expect people to provide information on who they are, where they come from and a list of their allies?

[ honest question. seems a little bit sus to her. ]

[whitefeather]

[Honest... and paranoid.]

You really think to a bunch of different people from different worlds, anyone'd care all that much about using someone's name and origin world against them from their own?

You sure think highly of yourself, huh.

[dangoism]

[ that's fair. Sorry dude, she has a king she has to think about, even if he's a total workaholic jerk. ]

I make no claim to know how this world works, or how it connects to my own, nor what people might do with any information I share. But I also don't see the problem in erring on the side of caution.

I'll also note that I don't believe you named yourself.

Sender: Vanitas

[darkcharge]

Provide your details first and then I'll consider mine.

[whitefeather]

[Another intellectual. Wonderful.]

I'm not all that interested in you ♥
I'm after information pertaining to people that are gone. You're not, obviously... so it's not like I care all that much.

[darkcharge]

[ Less intellectual and more... A gremlin. ]

Maybe you should have specified that instead of finding a clever way to avoid answering the question yourself when confronted.

Which, suit yourself. Tells me what I need to know.