❦ The Evenstar [video; ]

[thelastking]

Arwen.

[He mutters her name quietly in hopes of taming both his disappointment and relief.]

She is gone. There were no other quests for her to have joined. Nothing that would require her time nor presence.

[Silence grips him now as he thinks about the rare moment they spent before she just suddenly vanished. ]

For those who knew her, I'm certain she's well.

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[studieswaitressing]

[She's frowning.]

Well, at least you can be sure of that. That's more than some people here can say about people they care about who've gone home.

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[thelastking]

[Little does she realize that he's just as uncertain as the rest of them.]

Time stands still, does it not? This is what "they" claim.

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[studieswaitressing]

Well ... yeah, but some people here come from other peoples' past, if that makes sense.

[Knowing your brother's going to go home to get crippled: not the brightest ray of sunshine.]

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[thelastking]

[Oh, he knows. Trust me, he knows.]

They hold the very essence of time at their whim. A rare feat.

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[studieswaitressing]

Where I'm from, too. I'm sure there's some place out there that exists with the power to do this at the drop of a hat or something, though.

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[thelastking]

If so then I would hope they wouldn't use such power frivolously.

[The jury still out in regards to the Initiative, but Aragorn's leaning towards disliking these rebels.]

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[studieswaitressing]

Probably not, although I don't know if the Initiative thinks they're using it frivolously or not.

[She's starting to think they're just really bad at what they do.]

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[thelastking]

Then they are fools.

[He says this with very little apology.]

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[studieswaitressing]

Well, no debating that much.

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[thelastking]

Their morale is low.

[He mutters almost bitterly.]

Victory shan't come easily.

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[studieswaitressing]

I'm pretty sure they know that, at least.

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[thelastking]

[The blue maiden's right. Wait, why heck is she blue again? Aragorn just realized this. They should know of that already. But if so, then what actions have they taken to fix this matter?]

...Has the Initiative said nothing about this?

[Major fail on his part but he just realized that Raven is quite....unusual.]

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[studieswaitressing]

I think they're still trying to prove to us they know what they're doing, which is at least a step in the right direction.

[Obviously Aragorn was just too deep in grief to notice the blue. We'll go with that.]

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[thelastking]

[He definitely was. Nothing like this usually escapes his attention.]

Yet they act too slowly.

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[studieswaitressing]

I'd rather they be cautious than do something stupid again, though.

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[thelastking]

Again?

[He must inquire a little about that "again", Raven.]

Did one of their missions go awry?

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[studieswaitressing]

More than one, and don't even get me started on the fiasco with the virtual reality.

They're -- trying, though. I think.