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[paperbutterflies]

[ This... was supposed to go out to Wei Wuxian only, but since Sizhui wasn't sure it would be able to leave the stone walls at all, he may have sent it a bit stronger than it should have been. So it can reach... anyone at all. ]

Senior Wei, since Hanguang-jun is likely asleep but you probably are not, could you make sure there are enough people on the watch. I was on it but ah.

I am inside the ... rocks. I'm fine! Just can't find a way out.

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wei laozu

[weifinder]

You... Okay, how's the air? Can you describe what's around you? Did you have your water carrier with you while on watch?

[paperbutterflies]

It is rather dark, but there is enough air for torches to be burning, more or less. Mostly less, but still burning. It is spacious, and there seem to be many drawings on the walls, or paintings, and what seems like a deep pit in the middle. Only nothing of the sort of an opening to leave through... or how we came in here.

And I have a full water flask, yes.

[weifinder]

Don't approach the pit, keep to the edges--that temple's sealed off, we don't know how structurally sound it is. You said we? Someone's in there with you?

[paperbutterflies]

Someone must have come in to keep the torches lit...

I have my sword in my qiankun pouch, in case something happens, I can fly on the sword. And yes, lady Catra was here since before I came in.

[weifinder]

Listen, Allison was in there previously, she said she doesn't know how she was brought out, but she was. Keep yourself and Lady Catra safe, and also see if you can sense any openings overhead—the flying creatures, the harpies? Allison said they rose from tombs and flew out of a temple inside the stone. It's possible you're in part of that, that something pulled you in, whatever pushed her out. So there may be a way up, if it's not controlled by whatever magic seems to control them or the entrance either.

[paperbutterflies]

I will look for one, Senior Wei, thank you.

[weifinder]

Sizhui? ( A pause. ) A-Yuan, take care. You have this. You and Miss Catra both.

[paperbutterflies]

Senior Wei, we will be all right. There doesn't seem to be anything trying to attack us at this time, so you be careful, too, out there.

delayed | username: absterge

[downswing]

( He can't be troubled with writing — with a paced breath. )

You are — ( Alive still? ) wounded? Alone? Sizhui.

weh, dad

[paperbutterflies]

I am unhurt, and not alone, there is lady Catra here. We are looking for a way out, but I can't yet find the mechanism of it.

SON

[downswing]

( Softened: ) ...who?

( 'Catra,' and he, ignorant of the name. )

How did you come inside the stone? Where?

ALWAYS

[paperbutterflies]

She has feline features and her name is Catra.

I was doing the circuit for the middle watch, about forty to fifty steps from the main campfire, close to the statue which wields a spear there.

[downswing]

Protect the — ( And what is the... appropriate name? ) Girl.

( ...with feline features. )

Protect yourself. Danger at hand?

[paperbutterflies]

Yes, Hanguang-jun, I will. There does not seem to be immediate danger. The walls are covered in images, however, and there does not seem to be a way to get through them back outside.

There is a deep opening in the middle of the floor, perhaps there may be a way out back down the trail.

[downswing]

( And quieter: ) ...Sizhui. Do not fall.

not here

[weifinder]

( distraught flute solo plays quietly in the distance )

un: sect leader jiang

[consignation]

Lan Sizhui? How did you end up this way? Jin Ling isn't even with you—

[paperbutterflies]

Sect leader Jiang!

It is true that Jin Ling is not here, but that is perhaps for the better, this place is strange enough. As to how, stone walls apparently open up - I am sure there must be some mechanism, that is, but I have not figured out what, yet.

[consignation]

He would be dead.

[ If he were here. By some accident or Jiang Cheng throttling him directly out of worry. ]

I'll join the search. Wei Wuxian and I will be able to cover more ground together.

[ And then he raises his voice, because that's definitely how you get a third party's attention on the network. ]

Wei Wuxian! Indicate where you're starting so I can start in another sector.

un: wei laozu

[weifinder]

You know you could just call to me directly, Jiang Cheng, these crystals work that way now!

( because of course he must, but it's delivered evenly as a statement with only the slightest upward hint, like he might have made a half assed effort to smile. his tone's ultimately too serious. )

North-East. By the night's watch, moving forward.

[paperbutterflies]

Thank you, Sect Leader Jiang.

And I... don't think Jin Ling would be dead. He is strong, and he wouldn't be alone.

[ ... do you want zombie Jin Ling, Sect Leader... ]

[un: sprite bulb] voice;

[bearshermark]

Sizhui! [He doesn't know him too well, but cares enough that Eleven is audibly worried for him]

Where- where were you last? I'll come look for you.

[paperbutterflies]

[ Oh, very nice name, Eleven. It makes Sizhui smile a little. ]

Eleven, hello. Don't worry too much right now, we're fine.

I was doing the circuit for the middle watch, about forty to fifty steps from the main campfire, close to the statue which wields a spear there. I think Catra was taken from elsewhere, however.

[bearshermark]

That doesn't sound difficult to find, if you need help. I'm sure Hendrik would accompany me.

laaate but hi

[paperbutterflies]

No, but...

Lady Catra did not go there, and yet we were brought to the same place. So I don't think it one place that will bring people here, or a place will always do so.