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FOR THEY CANNOT DIE ANYMORE, BECAUSE THEY ARE EQUAL TO ANGELS.
Today, the canals of Mac Anu flow as gentle as they always do, gondolas drifting lazy through the paths of sunlight cut bright across the water. Shops and vendors line the stonework streets along the waterways, a general murmur of NPCs circulating through their preprogrammed business keeping Mac Anu, as always, feeling maybe a little more alive than a real city.
There is one particular bridge that nearly every player's taken at least once, because it connects to a great many other places of interest, and it's wide enough for easy travel. Besides, with the professions update, they've put a fishing spot on the other side of it. NPCs with fishing rods litter the spot in alternating shifts, their laughter mingling with the calls of shopkeeps advertising cheap prices for some simple plants to get started crafting with, and the clink of forks and plates at a restaurant nearby, its customers singing the chef praises.
Below the bridge, a gondolier passes, humming, his gondola drifting along its circuit through the canals, his tune in rhythm with the passing conversation. As he comes out from under it and sails further away, he glances up at the bridge, as if he were expecting something, and he seems to see it. His gaze remains fixed there until, eventually, the water takes him out of sight again.
Today, you might notice that at the base of this bridge, just before your feet, is a red sort of smear.
A little further down the bridge, about a fourth of the way along it, is a person collapsed on the ground. The red trails to him, fallen forward.
You see upon approaching his hand grasping at his throat at the singularly cut sliced deep into his neck. His one good eye wide and unblinking, he is—among all the laughter and conversation on either side of the bridge; in the shadow of the clock tower, which stands a silent witness, the sun at its back—no longer breathing, his body cool to the touch.
Perhaps this could be considered a kindness: for one who failed, time and time and again, to grasp the desire to live, maybe he found some suggestion of it in his last moments, his hand at his throat, his palm smeared with dried blood, a curious anomaly in the deathless Mac Anu. Fragment had, after all, taught him a great many things. Should he not be grateful for one more, no matter how permanent the lesson?
Mithrun is dead.
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[This does seem to be a bit aimless, and Miharu certainly wouldn't say that it feels productive, but it's better than being still, ineffective and stupid.]
But if it isn't likely to help us now, then let's put it to the side. Have you stretched lately? [She would recommend sleeping, but she knows how it is when one rests with only their own head for company.]
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[He'll listen. He's not completely lost in his thoughts that he can't recognise reason]
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Maybe you should. Passing out with your headset on might mess with your connection.
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...yeah, I've been PK'd before, and woke up on the floor. It'd probably be like that, wouldn't it?
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What's the pop culture definition of insanity, Vogel?
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[Ah. He sees now. Just a little]
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Listen. Just make sure we have each other added. If anything chances between now and tomorrow, one of us will hear. I'll check the forums before I go to work.
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Mm. [He sends a friend request! Please accept]
Thank you. I'll...go back to checking in on things offline. Maybe someone else will hear from him by now.
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She accepts the request.]
Do they know to contact you? If someone tries reaching out, you don't want to tie up the lines.
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[Or at least, they should be able to get back to Sinclair if he makes himself known. But there are other people to talk to and check in on]