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"I just woke up. I thought he was Seculus."

2016-05-29 08:00:20

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"...but you can see his cloak, even in the dark."

2016-05-29 08:01:00

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"Again, I just woke up. He sounded like Seculus. I thought he was Seculus."

2016-05-29 08:02:11

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"....I'm sorry I didn't wake up soon enough to help you..."

2016-05-29 08:02:58

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"You woke up as soon as I wanted you to."

2016-05-29 08:03:28

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"...but it wasn't soon /enough/."

2016-05-29 08:06:38

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"He /just/ go here Ren, there was literally nothing you could have done."

2016-05-29 08:07:22

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"I should've known something was wrong...!"

2016-05-29 08:07:34

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"Nothing was wrong at first?"

2016-05-29 08:07:55

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"Of course it was, /he/ was here!"

2016-05-29 08:08:21

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"And I didn't know it was him!"

2016-05-29 08:08:37

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"I didn't eitherrrr, I'm sorryyy...."

2016-05-29 08:09:06

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"It's okay, there's nothing to apologize for."

2016-05-29 08:15:09

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"...but I'm supposed to be able to protect you!"

2016-05-29 08:15:27

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"I can protect myself though."

2016-05-29 08:15:48

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"That doesn't mean I shouldn't."

2016-05-29 08:16:02

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The next morning, Seculus stumbled out of his room dazedly just after Madison started to make breakfast. He stuck his head out to look at Seculus, holding a spatula. "Did you go out last night? The door was unlocked." ".....did.....door?.....open......" "....I know you're not a morning person, but are you okay?" ".....no sun, hurts, water, lots, feath....ers......" "...." He set down the spatula on the counter and went out to Seculus, checking his eyes to see if he was on drugs. "...cracked, /me/, gone, that's.....freezing...." "Cracked? Seculus, what's wrong? Why are you talking like that?" His eyes were out of focus and he didn't seem to notice that the cord to his cross pendant was tangled with his hair. "...cord....snap it, make them quiet, he's hanging by...!" He clutched at his hair suddenly, taking Madison by surprise, and he tried to pull his fingers away from his scalp before he made himself bleed. When his hands touched Seculus's head, purple sparks appeared. What was wrong with his soul? It'd been fine the night before. Seculus made a gasping sound and his eyes closed as he slumped against Madison, who couldn't hear the voices in his head this time. Ten minutes later, he woke up again against Madison's shoulder, feeling confused but otherwise fine. Nowhere near as confused as Madison, though.

2016-05-29 08:27:36

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After that happened, Seculus's phone rang. Lance was calling him.

2016-05-29 08:29:25

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He was still too out of it to talk /completely/ properly, so I answered the phone for him after seeing Lance's caller ID. "Hello?" Did he know what was going on?

2016-05-29 08:31:54

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"Hey. Madison?"

2016-05-29 08:33:13

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"Yeah? What're you calling for?"

2016-05-29 08:33:34

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"First, how's Seculus?"

2016-05-29 08:33:57

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"...something happened to his soul, I wasn't sure what. I fixed it, he's fine now, I think. How'd you know?"

2016-05-29 08:34:35

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"Well..."How did he put this. "Bill tried to come by last night and rape Ivory. He didn't succeed, of course, but I'm sure this won't be the last we hear of him."

2016-05-29 08:35:30

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/Holy shit/. "Is she alright? Did he hurt her?" I asked quickly.

2016-05-29 08:36:14