From what I've seen, the switches are at random. A large number of the targets know each other and ended up switching with someone they're familiar with.
[He stops when he notices her state.] What's up, Su? Are you even listening?
--what? [ she pauses from her walk and lifts her bracelet up towards her face, looking at ed as though realizing belatedly that she is talking to him. she shakes her head. ] Of course I'm listening. I was just-- [ then her expression crumbles a bit, before asking: ] Have you checked up on Lucy?
[ she hopes he did, and that she's just overreacting this time. ]
[ and that's why she feels awful about this. lucy being in sigyn like her directly puts her under susan's care, more so than both her brothers. perhaps that's why she both expected and dreaded his answer.
she shakes her head again, tries to adopt a neutral expression. she hoped to find lucy before alerting ed and peter, wanting not to worry them also, but-- ] I haven't seen her since yesterday. [ and because someone's bound to bring it up: ] And she's not answering any of my calls.
[ pause. ] Do you think-- [ another shake of her head. ] Perhaps I'm just worrying overmuch.
[He's struck with the awful fear that they've lost one of their siblings, like so many other Travelers have already lost their friends.]
Hold on. [If he sounds more harried than usual, Susan should know why. Edmund finds the list and...breathes a sigh of relief when he finds Lucy's name.]
[ there's a feeling of intense relief when he said that, but she's far from being completely done with worrying. ] You're sure of that, Edmund? Completely sure?
Completely sure. If she's still in the city, but gone, she must have lost her bracelet. Lucy's clever - she knows to contact one of us if she gets lost.
[ she takes a deep breath, exhales it in a rush, anger and worry making her throat tighten. ] How can she lose her bracelet? It's not as if-- it's positively irresponsible for someone to--
[ and then she's walking again. ] I've looked everywhere I can, Ed, and she's not-- how can she be gone? [ although perhaps the more important question is, how can she have not noticed it earlier? ]
[ she pauses, remembering their conversation about it. ] Who do we ask for it to happen? [ with the money she has from the sigyn's winnings to the wages they get from the citadel, surely they'll have enough to support themselves. ]
[More than enough, even without Susan's Narnian trinkets.]
The houses we saw while we were exploring the city - those are the sort other Travelers have claimed for themselves. Speaking to the Asgardian in charge of the district's houses should do the trick.
I asked around, and the monthly rent for some places should be affordable with our budget.
[ she's taken the same steps towards her brothers' place for so many times now, it'll be next to impossible for her to suddenly forget her way there. still, she gives ed a brief - if rather terse - smile, and nods at him. ]
I will. You too, Ed.
[ with one of them suddenly missing, more than ever she needs to be as close to her siblings as she possibly can - and she's certain ed feels that way as well. ]
[He'd never have thought Lucy would misplace her bracelet after they explained it to her. If it could happen to one of them, it could happen to any of them, and that's not a chance Edmund particularly wishes to take at the moment.
Edmund returns the nod.]
I'll get Pete. Give us a ring if we're not in the common room by the time you arrive.
...why? Where's Peter? You have seen him lately, haven't you?
[ with the recent events, she thought the question to be not-so-irrational. besides, it certainly feels as though she hasn't talked to peter for a long while now. ]
He's fine! [Edmund replies quickly, alarmed. It looks like all of them could benefit from meeting up. Losing Lucy, even for a short while, has put them all on edge.]
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We're fine, Su. The curse seemed more widespread this time, so we were worried you and Lu had been affected.
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There seems to be a lot of victims. Do you... do you think there's some sort of common ground for all of them?
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[He stops when he notices her state.] What's up, Su? Are you even listening?
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[ she hopes he did, and that she's just overreacting this time. ]
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[Edmund shakes his head, not liking where this is going.] Why?
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she shakes her head again, tries to adopt a neutral expression. she hoped to find lucy before alerting ed and peter, wanting not to worry them also, but-- ] I haven't seen her since yesterday. [ and because someone's bound to bring it up: ] And she's not answering any of my calls.
[ pause. ] Do you think-- [ another shake of her head. ] Perhaps I'm just worrying overmuch.
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Hold on. [If he sounds more harried than usual, Susan should know why. Edmund finds the list and...breathes a sigh of relief when he finds Lucy's name.]
She's still here. You said you called her?
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[ and then she's walking again. ] I've looked everywhere I can, Ed, and she's not-- how can she be gone? [ although perhaps the more important question is, how can she have not noticed it earlier? ]
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She might have disappeared anytime between when you last saw her and now.
We'll go looking for her, the three of us. [He looks directly at her, frowning.] It wasn't your fault.
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Oh, Lucy's definitely going to hear from me when we find her. [ because the alternative is too frightening to consider. ]
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[Edmund pauses, lips twisting.]
It would be easier looking out for each other if we were all under the same roof.
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The houses we saw while we were exploring the city - those are the sort other Travelers have claimed for themselves. Speaking to the Asgardian in charge of the district's houses should do the trick.
I asked around, and the monthly rent for some places should be affordable with our budget.
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[ pause. ] Can you tell Peter? I'm on my way to your Welcoming House. I'll meet you both at the entrance.
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[They're not losing both of their sisters, all right?]
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I will. You too, Ed.
[ with one of them suddenly missing, more than ever she needs to be as close to her siblings as she possibly can - and she's certain ed feels that way as well. ]
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Edmund returns the nod.]
I'll get Pete. Give us a ring if we're not in the common room by the time you arrive.
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[ with the recent events, she thought the question to be not-so-irrational. besides, it certainly feels as though she hasn't talked to peter for a long while now. ]
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We're just in our own rooms right now.
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I'm almost there.
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We shouldn't be long. I'll see you in the common room.
[With that he, turns off the video.]
(ooc: Assuming this is the day they get together and discuss that join entry we're supposed to post, should we handwave the actual discussion?)
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