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[hearsthesea]

Who: Shirley
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Huntress
When: April 15 (backdated slightly by a few days!)

[It's been a while since Shirley made a public broadcast, but to anyone who sees her face it's easy to figure out that something happened - she's got a frown on her face and she keeps on glancing down at her hands, which she's wringing occasionally.]

Has anybody ever lost their--abilities? Magic, or fighting, or anything of the sort. I know I was able to use my eres just a little while ago, but I can't anymore. I don't know what happened, I...I just don't know.

Comments

[misconceived]

[ He raises a finger, tapping along with the start. He hears the cadence, can definitely work with that... ]

One second.

[ He shimmers away! Comes back moments later with a pen and some loose paper to write down what Shirley's got. Working on spells out loud isn't the best idea for him. His first thought to follow through is Give us a clue, punish them their haste and he scratches that out soon after. ]

Nah, not specific enough. Hm.

[hearsthesea]

How about finding a path to follow? If we can do that, it just might be what we need.

[misconceived]

Like a breadcrumb trail. Okay.

[ He starts writing more down. Source of power, gone without a trace, We ask for guiding hands, to find its new place, And then he stops, taps at the pad with the end of the pen. ]

We're getting there. Could probably use another verse, though.

[hearsthesea]

So that we might find...the ocean's grace?

[It sort of works. Normal eres incantations would be longer, but then again this isn't an eres.]

[misconceived]

[ Hey, that's a good one. He gives her an impressive nod, then writes it down. He squints at the notepad, then shrugs. ]

Won't know until we give it a shot.

Source of power,
gone without a trace,
We ask for guiding hands
to find its new place,
So that we might find
the ocean's grace.

[ There's a light around the room, soft and unassuming, before it coalesces into a thread starting from Shirley's chest and leading out through the outer wall. Not even down the hallway to be nice, but apparently it's a straight line to wherever the powers went. ]

[hearsthesea]

Oh!

[That's helpful and...also not entirely helpful. But it's definitely something.]

So it must have gone somewhere. How long will this last?

[misconceived]

Um... until we find what we need, usually.

[ aka, he has NO IDEA. Welcome to magic. ]

[hearsthesea]

Well, I suppose I should start following it then.

[Shirley starts wandering towards the door, since getting out of the ship is a start. This ought to be like following a compass, except...more visible.]

[misconceived]

[ More visible and... as it turns out, a lot more erratic. After following it for a few minutes, it becomes obvious there's a problem when the line abruptly snaps to face another direction entirely. ]

Whoa. What was that?

[hearsthesea]

Um...you don't know either?

[Definitely not what was expected.]