Text Open | un: l.dylandy

[holds_up_walls]

Well this is fun. Finally confirmed that both my brother and my teammate are gone.

Lucky me. Probably ended up here because of them and now they aren't here.

So I guess it doesn't really matter what he thinks anymore.

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[video | un: edward.elric]

[alchemyfreak]

You ended up here for yourself.

[Ed, that's not helpful.]

I was... going to make a post about it, but that doesn't seem to really be a thing here, like it was where I've been before.

[People often posted to the network about their friends disappearing in Purg, and it happened in Attollo too, even if not as much.]

[holds_up_walls]

[Nope not helpful at all]

Yeah, but he's still not here anymore. Neither of them are.

[But he cared more about Neil not being there]

Huh... wonder why its not a thing here when it was there.

[alchemyfreak]

No, I noticed Tieria's bed wasn't being used... I haven't heard from Lockon in awhile.

[Ed had just... ignored it, as he tends to do with difficult things. He's trying to tell himself he didn't have a reason to mourn a guy that didn't even know him, but it's hard when he'd been best friends with Lockon for those years in Purg.]

Different people, different priorities, I guess.

[holds_up_walls]

I hadn't heard from him either. It's sad I don't even know how long he's been gone.

[Lyle sighed]

Yeah well, I think a family member vanishing into thin air is a good priority.

[alchemyfreak]

There are public records of when people leave here. He might be on the list.

[It's quite possible that's also not helpful.]

I would think so. I guess not everyone uses the network the same, though.

[He knew there were others who had lost family and never said a word about it. It just wasn't something he could understand the why of.]

[holds_up_walls]

There are? What does it mean someone leaves? Like, what happens?

I guess not.

[alchemyfreak]

The story is that they go back through the portal, home.

[Ed didn't like to think about it, home for Lockon didn't mean much of a future.]

I'm not sure I believe that yet, but everyone else I've talked to seems to buy it. It held up in the other world I was on, but there wasn't a portal so much as someone sending us home or bringing us in. This portal is erratic, unpredictable and evidently a force of nature, which makes me wonder how we can be so sure anyone actually gets home.

[holds_up_walls]

Home? Sure, wonderful.

[How knows exactly what happens to his brother in his world and that wasn't the best thing for him to go back to]

So in other words, no one has any clue what the heck happens to someone if they just disappear from this place?

[alchemyfreak]

Depends who you ask. Some people are dead set that the portal sends you home, and that's that.

[A shrug.]

If it's anything like the last two places I was there aren't a lot of options.

[Just the one.]

I've heard that you can request the direction the portal sends you, which means you can choose to go home with a friend instead of back to your own world or time. I've never heard of that before, but I suppose it's possible.

[It does, however, stand to rule out the theory that you just go back to wherever you left off to inevitably continue the chain of events in your life that coming here might have prevented.]

Un. Katie-kates

[littlemisskate]

Are you alright?

[holds_up_walls]

Didn't really get to work things out with my brother. We had a lot of problems.

Looks like I don't even get that here

[littlemisskate]

I'm sorry. I know what it feels like to not be able to work things out with a brother.

Do you think he'll return? Maybe we'll both be able to speak to our brothers again.

[holds_up_walls]

You lost your brother too?

I guess its possible. Yeah, maybe we can.

[littlemisskate]

Yeah. It's a long story actually.

I'd like to think so. If I keep trying I might be able to see him again and tell him that I'm sorry.

[holds_up_walls]

Sounded like it. Most things are long stories.

I hope you get that chance. I know how this feels.

[littlemisskate]

I hope you do too and, if you ever do need someone to talk to. I'll be happy to listen.

[holds_up_walls]

Thanks. I appreciate it. And I'll listen too if you ever need it

text | un: b1gbrother

[relieable]

gone? what happened to them?

[Osomatsu has not been on the network that long, since he just arrived in the city. but something about this post caught his eye]

[holds_up_walls]

Good question. They just aren't here anymore. No idea what happened or where they went.

[relieable]

[...]

does that happen often?
people just up and disappearing

[holds_up_walls]

Not sure how often. First time its happened to me though.

[relieable]

[this... is very concerning to hear when you've only spent a few days in the quarantine]

is it possible they were sent home?

[holds_up_walls]

[He's been here a month and this concerns him a lot]

Possibly. Guess that makes about as much sense as anything.

[relieable]

thats weird
id be really upset if my brothers disappeared
sorry about that

[holds_up_walls]

Thanks for the sentiment. I'll miss him.

You have brothers here too?