networkinthenight | Audio | @silent, @parker, @riku

[ It has been hours since the lighthouse crew returned to Beacon. You may have seen them around already - checking up on friends and strangers alike, making sure people are safe from the forest spirits and their violence. So it’s some time after that the audio file is posted to the network. ]

Riku: It’s done. The lighthouse is connected.

Peter: That’s the good news. [ a beat; frankly, peter’s tired and it’s reflected in the audible exhale of breath that follows the brief statement. ] Which means we can now communicate with the Lighthouse Keeper and she can communicate with us. I know— things didn’t exactly go as planned, at the lighthouse or — here, but Winters said there’d be a risk. [ the word’s enunciated carefully, with weight; it’s accompanied by the brief sound of movement. that they all knew there'd be the risk of death going into this doesn't change the gravity of what had happened, and though there's more to it than this, peter continues with: ]

—The spirits attacked once they figured out what we were trying to do. [ breath of a pause; amendment. ] Once they thought they figured out what we were trying to do—.

[ in person, peter's attention flickers between rosinante and riku. ]

Rosinante: They came for us immediately when they found us. We ran, but Winters was at the rear and they got him first. Five was first to try and help him, and they killed him too.

[ Said bluntly, matter-of-factly. There’s no desire to beat around the bush, though he does sound solemn as he continues. ]

I can’t speak for the others, but I’ll be here at the Invincible for now if anyone has questions, or needs somewhere to hide.

[ For now, all three are there around the tables by the bar, looking tired and covered in blood and dirt. Worse for wear, but alive. ]

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[He's texting because he doesn't want to draw attention with his voice, in case there are more spirits are patrolling nearby.]

What happened? Everything was going well until the horn went off.

[He wants to write 'what did you do' but that sounds accusatory and now's not the time to point fingers.]

And what happened with people that were on the lookout?

What do you mean they got him first?

[He sounds like he's out of breath, maybe. Where even is he?]

Only one of you went back for him?

Is it worth sending someone to look for them? Or is that a lost cause?

At the church I mean.

Edited 2019-08-19 03:41 (UTC)

So this little endeavor failed. How unsurprising.

They attacked you before the horn sounded?

[he's just looking for a point of clarification, that's all]

— Winters is dead? [ so are many others she's spoken to, apparently, and that thought sets a pit of dread in her stomach, but. there are other things to tend to now, in the wake of the attack. ]

How many of your group was injured? Do you need a medic?

They got Winter?

What do you mean what they "thought"? Is that why they attacked?

You're-you're kidding, right?

They can't be dead!

[ Elden definitely sounds panicked, maybe from the mixture of the attacks, his own magical tank beginning to run low and exhaustion he's feeling a bit unnerved. Especially the fact Winters is dead. Did the time limit on his spell run out? Did it even WORK?

He tries to keep his voice from shaking but it's definitely desperate;]

Are any of you injured? [ Even if two people were dead he was going to at least try not to add anymore to the pile of bodies. ]

Edited 2019-08-20 03:19 (UTC)

[If there's one word to describe Xayah right now it's "murderous". She didn't mingle within the party, but when the things went down- they went down. And almost took her along. Her cowl is missing, her feather ears are flat and almost melting with her hair. Her clothes are almost all ripped, she has a bandage around her wrist and cuts all over her face.

She doesn't know how she survived the attack of the spirits but here she is, piercingly staring at the group while mixed in with the crowd as if that will get her answers. She didn't read the network of course. She lost her device (not on purpose this time) when spirits attacked.]

There were five of you, [she states, walking up to where Rosinante was sitting with the others.]

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