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[knightofratatosk]

[It's sunset before Emil makes it back to town... while he was lucky enough not to land in the lake after going through the portal, he ended up in the mountains instead, and it's taken him almost two days to get back. He's exhausted, wet, freezing cold, and most importantly, he's not back in his world. The portal also separated him from Sial, so he's worried about what happened to his chimera companion as well.

He looks about as dejected as he feels right now; every so often he'll stumble over something and fall to his knees before picking himself up and continuing to trudge on.]

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[knightofratatosk]

[He'll sniffle a little and pull the coat tighter around him. How can he ask her if she's seen Sial when he can't talk and doesn't have his journal?]

[corrinesbell]

[too bad he can't speak secret ninja hand signal]

How long you think we're gonna sit here?

[knightofratatosk]

[He just gives a little shrug.]

[corrinesbell]

Maybe I should stick with yes or no questions.

[thinking of a few...] Did you get hurt?

[knightofratatosk]

[Headshake. No, just a few bruises from climbing down the mountain, but nothing serious.]

[corrinesbell]

Didya go through that thing by yourself?

[knightofratatosk]

[He shakes his head again, trying to figure out how to tell her that Sial was with him.]

[corrinesbell]

No? Who...uh...did you take someone from our world?

[knightofratatosk]

[He thinks for a moment, then nods. Sial IS from their world...]

[corrinesbell]

[she will now name everyone in Luceti from Aselia who she doesn't know the status of, waiting for him to nod]

[knightofratatosk]

[And he... doesn't nod at any of them.]

[corrinesbell]

I'm outta people. ...Gimme some other kind of clue, then. Like, uh...were they tall?

[knightofratatosk]

[Another headshake, and he holds his hand out to indicate Sial's height.]

[corrinesbell]

...[her first thought is 'Corrine?' but no, Corrine left a long time ago...]

Oh! Your...pet thing?

[knightofratatosk]

[Bingo! She gets a nod to indicate that she got it right.]

[corrinesbell]

...Where is it?

[knightofratatosk]

[... and now he droops. He has no idea, that's the problem.]

[corrinesbell]

Well, you've been busy trying to get back here, right? Maybe it has too. Might even be home already.

[knightofratatosk]

[But if I landed in the mountains, what if he got dropped in the lake or the desert? Emil doesn't look very convinced.]

[corrinesbell]

There are people scattered all over the place now. Someone might've found it and just can't let you know.

[knightofratatosk]

[But he could also be in trouble, and...]

[corrinesbell]

Sitting here's not gonna help him. Can you get up?

[knightofratatosk]

[Can he? He's not sure. Just getting down from the mountains took a lot out of him considering the shape he's currently in.]

[corrinesbell]

[she gets up again, once more offering him a hand]

If you start to feel like you can't we'll just stop again.

[knightofratatosk]

[Okay, he can probably handle that as long as they can stop to rest, so he'll take the hand and pull himself to his feet.]