Exsilium - IC Contact

[bodilesswarrior]

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This is Barbara. Leave a message and I'll get back to you.

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Oracle speaking.

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[controlledvariable]

ellie's missing

there were those posts on the network about people leaving but i wasn't paying enough attention and then ellie said she was going to the outlands for a week

and she just does that sometimes? she was acting weird but i thought she was mad at me or something had come up, 'cause she gets into moods sometimes or maybe someone told her about saul so i didn't

i didn't stop her, i just let her go and now she's gone

[She doesn't say help because really, it's implied.]

→ text i lied i'm not on hiatus anymore

[bodilesswarrior]

[She doesn't see the message immediately; chaotic doesn't even begin to describe the state of her life right now. That's why her heart sinks, really, when she reads it. What if she's too late to help?]

Stephanie, you listen to me - if something did happen, it is not your fault. Ellie is her own woman, and she makes her own choices. [Barely a woman, really, but certainly not a child.]

A lot of people have been acting strange recently. If we can figure out why, chances are good it will lead us to Ellie.

→ text gosh!!

[controlledvariable]

but she didn't make a choice. it wasn't her so she couldn't make that choice and i should have realized.

i'm trying. but i don't have anything yet.

text I WILL GET BACK IN TO THE SWING OF THINGS IF IT KILLS ME

[bodilesswarrior]

[Ah.] You had no way of knowing. Why on Earth should you suspect that?

Why don't you come over? We can compare notes.

text I BELIEVE IN YOU

[controlledvariable]

she was acting strange. i should've realized something was up.

[She's not sure she wants to see Babs, because she's not sure if she'll be able to keep it together if she does, but...]

okay. give me ten.

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[bodilesswarrior]

If we geared up every time someone acted funny we'd never sleep.

I'll be here.