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[doctorly]

[the video starts and john watson here comes into view! he looks a bit wary, rather exhausted even like he's running ragged or having a lack of sleep. even more so since he seems a bit busy and preoccupied in his clinic.]

So I realize a few people have gone missing before, now my colleague.. Martin Septim, some of you have been healed or helped by him here in the clinic or talked to him in the library, I can't seem to be able to find him. Or contact him. So I'm assuming he's gone now too.

Does anyone have an idea where they've taken them? Anything at all?

[he pauses, looks to want to add more but decides against it.]

Also something's been bothering me.. I've had a few cases with nightmares coming to the clinic, the dreams are similar to each other enough it doesn't seem like a coincidence. And a few terrified out of their mind about something that, I can't see or seem to understand.

[honestly? it's like the hounds of baskerville all over again.]

I still haven't figured out what exactly is going on, but something is. I'm sorry I can't be much help with that.

[something has to be causing it though. but what? airborne like the H.O.U.N.D incident? no fog that he sees, so some other way.. the doctor shakes his head clearly not figuring it out anytime soon.]

Try to keep on your toes.

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[birdhousesoul]

[Clearly somewhat distraught and a little disheveled, Anders appears holding Martin's grey kitten Uriel.]

Martin's our flatmate and we haven't seen him anywhere. It's a safe bet he's gone, I suppose, but where? There's nothing for him. He was two hundred years dead in the world he came from.

The nightmares ... have a stronger hold on some of us than others. Do you think he might have done himself some harm, under their influence? There might be others at similar risk.

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[doctorly]

[oh good he's not the only one then.]

I don't really have any answers to that. I remember Agent Small was looking into the disappearances, I'll ask if she has any lead but.. otherwise we can only hope they didn't get into any trouble. Maybe the Initiative will be able to tell us.

[considering for a moment..] Can't say, do you know who that are being affected worse?

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[birdhousesoul]

I haven't been affected at all, so from my perspective, everyone.

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[boughtabookstore]

No new leads. There's very little information to go on.

The conclusion I've currently reached is that they have been sent back by the Initiative, though for what reason I have no idea.

I need more data.

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[curepotion]

[ look at him using audio when he's used video every other time he's talked to John on the network. this totally isn't suspicious or anything. you are so smooth, Riku. ]

Think they're getting a little better.

But... [ a moment of hesitation. there's a clink of a mug. ] people've been disappearing?

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[doctorly]

[well since Riku normally uses video with John, you can bet this is suspicious!]

A few, I remember Agent Small asking about some earlier on the network but I didn't recognize the names. Seeing as more are disappearing though..

[...] Riku, are you hiding something?

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[curepotion]

Agent Small? Who's that?

[ ... ... ... clink clink clink ]

No.

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[musclebeast]

D --> A very large amount of people have left recently, I have no idea where though, they seem to have just disappeared
D --> As for the nightmares, they are normal for my race but these...
D --> These new ones are something else entirely

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[doctorly]

I suspect by the fact that the nightmares are about here in Exsilium?

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[checksum]

You're medically trained, correct? Do you have the resources to run a tox screen? If you can, we need to meet - I have information I'm not willing to trust to the network here.

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[doctorly]

I am. [there's a brief pause, the sound of some shuffling being heard] Yeah, I do have something that should do the job. You can find me at the clinic.

[Voice]

[noble_nate]

Martin hasn't been home in days, not even to feed his new kitten. I've been looking for him, but haven't found anything yet.

[There's a few moments of quiet as Nathaniel ponders how to say the next part; he doesn't want to cause widespread panic.]

Have any of the people that have come to visit you complained of... seeing things, or hearing things? Things that might not be there?

[Voice]

[doctorly]

[there's a faint sound of a sigh emitting from the feed]

He was really good at his job, but I doubt they would have shipped him anywhere on short notice.

.. I've seen a few cases like that, yeah. The signs make it sound like hallucinations to me.

[onemoredeath]

There are more who are experiencing this? Interesting.

[doctorly]

The numbers only seem to grow. [wait] Have you been affected too?

[Voice]

[feel_nevermore]

That's the one milion dollar question.

...Both of them.

[She usually makes more sense. But too many sleepless night will do that to a girl.]

[Voice]

[doctorly]

[every time john hears the voice of a teen it's hard, why they would bring a teen to war :( ]

By now I'm starting to learn if we want answers, we have to figure them out ourselves. The Initiative only help so far until they reach the line.

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[morsecodes]

Jason's gone now, too.

[Needless to say, he sounds rather bummed.]

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[doctorly]

Jason as well? [he seemed like a good kid too]

I take he's a friend of yours from home, one of the Demigods?

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[theguideless]

[a length of quiet before an actual response, and even that's a little quiet:]

Martin's gone...?

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[doctorly]

Sorry to say, seeing how he normally comes in the clinic frequently it was easy to spot his absence.

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[understands_nothing]

So, wait, people sometimes just... disappear?

[And nightmares... This stuff's troubling. When he was being shown around the place the Initiative people didn't mention anything about this stuff.]

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[doctorly]

[welcome to exsilium, sora.]

Apparently so. I did notice a few stray disappearances here and there, before, but sometimes there'll be more than a few at a time. Only rarely though. But we were never told why that is. Guess it's something we ought to ask the Initiative if they're feeling for giving us straight answers.

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[boughtabookstore]

[ She needed to contact him, but the fact that she was worrying at all meant that she was growing dangerously close to caring about him and his well being, something she'd promised herself wouldn't happen while she was here. So she just hunted down his latest network post for purposes of distance. ]

Are you all right?

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[doctorly]

[the moment her text comes in, John manages to breathe a sigh of relief, it alone said that was she was fine. and.. honestly he appreciated the fact she was even checking in on him. for now he sets on responding, despite being distracted with the now going-ons.]

I'm fine, things are getting a bit out of hand and crazy but otherwise I'm okay. What about you?