∞ 47: Youth [accidental voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

...This is certainly different.

I can deal with this, though.


[Action]

[Albert is most definitely looking for the clothes he had before as a child; he wasn't really dressed for cold weather. Unfortunately, he's discovering that nothing an 8-year-old would wear will fit a 13-year-old.]

Comments

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Hmm. An odd effect, but -- good.

I suppose variables are to be expected, considering the rampant chaos. I need to finish putting my notes together... there are too many people who are sick that cannot be moved themselves at this point, and too few to tend to them individually.

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

So you intend to make rounds to those who are sick? [His voice goes flat that that idea.]

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

If it comes to that. I have a list... I just hope it's accurate enough.

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

...Hn. Fine.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Are you all right, otherwise?

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

Yes. I will just need warmer clothes to accommodate for the weather. I can handle that myself.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Good. Then I will see about the necessary rounds...

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

I will be heading out to help Sheena after I find a jacket. I can transport her with my horse.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Sheena? I've already sent Kratos to look after her... are you certain you don't need any assistance with that?

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

As Kratos is a capable adult, he shouldn't be left simply watching over a single person. That is the point of moving Sheena to the clinic; freeing extra hands and making sure everyone is likewise looked after.

And I may be in a child's form, but I'm hardly helpless. I can handle Sheena just fine.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

... I meant with finding you a jacket. But, yes, that makes sense.

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

[He simply raises a brow and prepares to shut his journal.]

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

[There is the sound of papers shuffling of papers that can be heard as Raine starts to shut her journal, though it never actually gets closed, as there is the sound of something thudding on the ground, and a soft gasp.]

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Albert pauses when he hears that sound, flipping his journal open all the way again.]

Professor? Did something drop?

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

[The voice that he hears next sounds quite a bit higher than the Professor's usual voice. She's probably not in view on the journal camera either.]

...

... what? W-what is this place? There are so many papers...

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

[I wish I had an ellipsis icon for young Albert. He needs one.]

...

...

Great.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

[She's still unaware of the recording book]

And these clothes are ... large... where can Genis be?

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

[He's contemplating what to do. He needs to get out to Sheena, but he also shouldn't leave Raine alone. His fingers tap on the open journal pages as he thinks.

He carries his journal and hurries for the front door. He speaks into the journal.]

Excuse me, are you okay?

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

...?!

A-aah, who said that...?

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

Do you see a book nearby, laying open? My voice is coming from it.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Um... Oh, it's coming from up there, on the desk.

[A pause, the sound of shuffling, as she gets to her feet]

This is a communication device, isn't it...?

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

That's correct. It's a sort of ... magical book, if you will. [He still has no idea what to really define the journal system as, since the Malnosso seem more technological than magical in nature. The journals could very well be a mixture of magic no one could understand and technology.]

Welcome to Luceti. That's the name of the ... village you're now in.

[Albert keeps speaking even as he carefully shuts the front door and heads towards the stable.]

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Luceti... that's...

I-I see... um. Thank you. I'm not sure how I got here, but... I have to find my brother. He's -- just a baby.

[Voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

Do you recognize the name?

I'm afraid there is only one baby in this village -- a girl.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Um... it's fuzzy. I can't put my finger on it...

A-are you... certain? If I only just ... found myself here, then surely, he must be here. He was with me...