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[hymnals]

Who: Adrasteius
Broadcast: All
Action: Marsiva
When: Oct 19

[It's been a few weeks since Archimonde's downfall. Since the collapse of the Iron Horde. It was a good moment, hard-won, but Adrasteius hasn't felt celebratory. The battle had ended in triumph, yes, but also a warning. Something is coming. Something that keeps Adrasteius from sleep, that keeps him up late fiddling with wards, praying to the Light. Keeps him staring at the sky with unease threading through all of his brittle bones.

But all living things must sleep, eventually, and he's no exception.

When he wakes up, he expects to see his wife; possibly some children, crept in after nightmares. Instead, he's alone. The room is stark, chilly, sterile.

Familiar.]

Oh, for the Light's sake.

[He rolls over, groaning. This again. Lying flat on his belly, but with his face turned upwards, he addresses the camera.]

Bal'a dash, everybody. If we haven't spoken, I'm Adrasteius. If we have--

[He sits up, albeit with obvious effort. It's hard to be old, even for an elf.]

--nice to see you again. Probably.

[Adrasteius runs a hand through his feathery blonde hair.]

What did I miss?

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[child_of_bhaal]

Adra!

[Oh she's so happy to see him!

And then she claps her hand over her mouth in embarrassment.]

It's wrong to be pleased that you've been abducted again. I'm sorry. I can't help it.

[hymnals]

[Aw, sweetheart. He leans forward, elbows on his knees, smiling at her.]

No need for that. It's an inconvenience, but--it's good to see you again.

[child_of_bhaal]

[The smile can't stay away, no matter how hard she might have tried to surpress it. It's so good to see him.]

You were missed, my friend. How are you?

[hymnals]

Was I? I mostly remember yelling during my time here.

[Granted, he mostly remembers yelling literally anywhere he is, but.

He shrugs.]

Slightly older, not much wiser. What about you?

[child_of_bhaal]

I don't recall you yelling at me. Regardless, I missed you.

Nothing truly terrible has happened while you were gone. So that's something at least.

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[arcanepower]

ADRA!

[There's the sound of scrambling, someone possibly falling off a bed, and then... uh... slamming into the hallway... and running. Urgently but without direction. WHERE IS HE. WHERE IS HE WHERE IS HE WHERE IS HE WHERE IS HE]

[hymnals]

[On the one hand, it's unfortunate that Bel's still trapped here. On the other hand--he exhales sharply.]

Belthazar--

[Oh, he hears the scrambling and the noise.]

--Belthazar, it's all right--

[arcanepower]

[It is decidedly NOT all right until he makes sure Adra is here and solid. So he's still making laps down the huge hall, trying to find one with Adra's name on it, slipping and sliding in socked feet--]

An'da!!

[WHUMP.]

Bastard door!

[WATCH YOUR FUCKING LANGUAGE]

[hymnals]

[Light preserve him. Light preserve them both.]

Bel! Damn it--are you okay?

[He jumps up and goes to his own door, flinging it open, looking around for some sign of the kid.]

[arcanepower]

[Belth is a good 15 yards down the hallway, fighting both his robes and the door he ran into by accident. It's mostly ineffectual flailing but still. He hears Adra nearby though and tries to straighten himself up; he ends up in a sort of scarecrow pose with his hood twisted around his head and his sleeves pulled down over his arms.]

Adra?

[He tries to tug his hood around so he can see properly.]

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[ino]

[ ... Well. That actually gets something of a genuine smile from her ]

I can think of someone who's going to be very excited to see you.

[hymnals]

Yeah, he's spoken up.

[Adra shakes his head.]

Is he--doing okay? Still?

[ino]

Yeah.

[ Boy, oh boy, has she got some gossip for you, Adra ]

A lot has happened. But he's been alright.

[hymnals]

[Adra rubs his chin.]

Mind filling me in?

[ino]

[ She'll save the Hiro thing for later. Who knows, maybe Bel might actually tell him about it! Either way, current events are probably a little more important at the moment. ]

You left right as the bug thing was happening, right? So ... The Iskaulit is ours to use now. It's been getting turned into some different types of common areas ... garden, some sort of church, so on and so forth.

We managed to deliver the cure for what was ailing the aliens that were on it to another colony of them on the planet we stopped at after that. They were the ones who gave us the ship, I guess.

Uhh, then we got attacked again, by the same fleet as the last attack. A few minor scrapes and bruises, a few small repairs, nothing big. But we had to hide in some kind of nebula to get away and it was messing with the ships and their functionality.

Anyways, then we stopped on a desert planet, nothing much happening there other than some supplies. And now we're in some kind of bullshit forced containment situation waiting for a so -called "calibration" to happen.

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[punchingly]

[ Oh hmm. She remembers that name. She remembers the small cook boy saying that name -- and Hiro said it too. So did he return? ]

hello!
i recognize your name, people keep saying it on the bishop but i have never met you.
i am margie.

[ She turns on the video -- tall, green-haired lady with a long, black robe that screams magic user -- and she waves. She doesn't talk a lot. That's why the text. ]

[hymnals]

[That is definitely a tall glass of lady. Adra blinks at the thought that he's been spoken of, raising one long eyebrow.]

People, huh? Only in the most glowing terms, I'm sure.

[punchingly]

Yes.

[ She speaks! She smiles as well; her working eye crinkles slightly with mirth since it seems like the right one's been damaged irreparably. ]

They said you heal.

[hymnals]

[He wiggles his fingers, which glow with the Light.]

Whenever I can.

[punchingly]

[ Hah! She can do that too! Except hers seems to sparkle rather than glow; cosmic energy. ]

I do, too. They said you were similar. After that attack by the ships.

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[everydayhero]

Long time no see.

[there is visible relief on his face.]

[hymnals]

[Eeeyyy, buddy!]

Hiro! I'd say I'm glad you're still here, but that would be selfish and cruel! Nice that you're intact, though. And fed, I hope.

[everydayhero]

Belth's had my back, don't worry. And I make sure he sleeps in beds most nights.

[hymnals]

So you've been taking care of each other, eh?

[everydayhero]

Well, yeah...

[awww bashful face]

Somebody's gotta, right?