But even besides the mystery of his whereabouts, there's also what happened last night. Us getting locked in. Someone was thinking that maybe it is some sort of defense system, but... it's hard to say at this point.
In my case, I was locked out, which was... even stranger. Those of us in the courtyard found ourselves unable even to move around town, beyond the immediate vicinity.
Like for us, we were two separate groups in the opera building, but we couldn't move between floors. Why keep us apart like that? If I looked over the balcony, I could see them downstairs, but we couldn't even talk to each other.
[He pulls out his notebook from an inner pocket of his jacket, and writes something.] It's hard to conceive of what kind of phenomenon could do such a thing, preventing even the travel of sound...
[He pauses abruptly, a peculiar look in his eyes. Then, after a beat, he resumes.]
I would say maybe whatever barrier was holding us blocked out noise, but then those weird sounds still reached us-- the singing, and the alarms and all that. Very selective. There could be a speaker system, I guess.
[ a very well hidden one, if they haven't found a trace of it. ]
But it does imply that if something happens, you would be unable to call for help.
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I take it you aren't having any more luck than I am in finding our missing person.
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... although this place is designed chaotically enough that if he is tucked away somewhere, it may take a while to find him.
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[He looks up at the buildings.]
If he's in one of those buildings, it may take a while, yes.
Though I'm inclined to wonder if this may follow the pattern of the two victims we previously discovered...
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At the very least, he is of age, so he would be a potential target of them.
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[Did spectres literally kill them? He's hesitant to call it, like it's a done deal.]
And... yes. [Gravely.] This may be as well. Which would imply that many of us are in danger.
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But even besides the mystery of his whereabouts, there's also what happened last night. Us getting locked in. Someone was thinking that maybe it is some sort of defense system, but... it's hard to say at this point.
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In my case, I was locked out, which was... even stranger. Those of us in the courtyard found ourselves unable even to move around town, beyond the immediate vicinity.
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Like for us, we were two separate groups in the opera building, but we couldn't move between floors. Why keep us apart like that? If I looked over the balcony, I could see them downstairs, but we couldn't even talk to each other.
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[He pulls out his notebook from an inner pocket of his jacket, and writes something.] It's hard to conceive of what kind of phenomenon could do such a thing, preventing even the travel of sound...
[He pauses abruptly, a peculiar look in his eyes. Then, after a beat, he resumes.]
... across a short distance like that, I mean.
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[ a very well hidden one, if they haven't found a trace of it. ]
But it does imply that if something happens, you would be unable to call for help.