Colin's posts

"...yeah, from what I've heard, that's as good an answer as we're getting." Hal admitted.

"I don't like it, but I understand it." he said.

"Regardless, if you're going to go help Robyn, do so." he told her.

"...she won't put up much of a fight. Or at all." he admitted.

"Poor thing's been... well... a doll."

"..." Hal was silent for a moment.

"Well... last I heard, Sydney Sherwood of the Triad is keeping her in a special mirrored room that reflects mana." he told her. "And yes, I only know that because Lady Sherwood felt it right to inform me about it, seeing as Kiah is my employee, as well a my family." he informed her.

"Be warned, her rune seems to be out of control." he went on.

"And I'm not fighting you on this because I KNOW you're the only one willing and able to help the ones that have been suffering from this." he then told her.

"Does nobody ANY good to fight you." he sighed.

"Though, once everything's sorted, you NEED to rest and let YOURSELF heal from all this." he stressed.

@totalanimefan: Absolutely!

And yeah, I just accepted your gift on GO, says we have 2 more days to go before Best Friends status.

Hal opened his mouth to answer, when his desk phone rang.

"...one second." he said to her, before answering.

"Agent Sharp speaking." he said into it. "...Nathan calm down... yes... yes, I KNOW that Erica is missing, but she's not.... No... No, she's here. She just arrived.... no, there is no need to send someone up.... Nathan, stop talking for a moment." he continued, before groaning lightly.

"She's here, asking to help Robyn. And I am going to tell her where Robyn is, to let her help. Please do not interfere with this, we know Robyn won't hurt her." he continued, before there was silence again for a moment.

"All right. Good bye then." he finished, hanging up.

"She's in dorm 33." he informed her.

"And Nathan said he will not have the team he's put together for Giana interfere. They will be given instructions to wait where Giana is, and you will go there after helping Robyn." he stated.

'By the way, SHE'S in Isolated Containment Area C." he then added.

@totalanimefan: It's normally 100k exp right?

"DAMN IT!" Nate cursed out loud.

"Why should I think anything different!?" he growled loudly, knowing he needed to inform people of this.

Meanwhile, at Hal's office, she knocked on the door, and when she was told it was open, she opened it.

"Oh, Erica!" Hal exclaimed with mild surprise when he saw her.

"What can I help you with?" he asked.

"..." Nate was silent, before shaking his head.

"Right." he said.

About 20 minutes later, Nate made his way to her room, knocking on the door and entering.

"We have the team together." he told her, wondering if she was even there still.

He HOPED she was.

Nate nodded in response.

"Precisely." he said.

Erica had NO sense of humour right now, but honestly, it was expected. He's hoped for something akin to even a light chuckle, but he knew that that would have been a long shot. It was a miracle she was even talking as much as she was right now.

So he would need to be grateful for that... which he was, most certainly.

"I'll let you know when the team is put together and ready to go." he finished.

"15-20 minutes." Nate replied.

"We know who we want for the team, but we need to contact them and get them together, or backups if the first picks aren't available." he explained.

"So not TOO long, but still." he said further.

"Sorry, but this is the best compromise we can make." he then apologised.

"We're honestly thinking about getting Dr. Fyrane's father in, Dr... Fy...rane." he continued, stammering a little at the end. "Dr. Fyrane's father, Dr. Fyrane. THAT is SO initially weird to say..." he muttered.

"Anyway, he might be able to help with Giana's flames, so you don't potentially get... you know... KILLED." he reasoned.

@totalanimefan: Oh yeah. No, didn't get lucky from the research either, sadly.

And we are... hmmm.

I think we're 2 days away? We might need to coordinate when we're at 1 day here on voltra

Nate sighed. Again.

"Got it." he said.

Sure enough, it didn't take long at all, and about 7 minutes later, Nate returned to her room.

"All right." he announced.

"I have the exact location in the building where Giana is." he told her.

"And a special team will be accompanying you. For your own safety." he then assured her.

"Remember what Giana IS..."

He was silent for a moment, before groaning. Loudly.

"I realise this is going to end one of two ways." he stated. "Either I let you leave and you go to help Giana, and we can properly coordinate efforts and such... or you sneak out and go and help her, and the efforts to help you afterwards are more haphazard and sloppy." he lamented.

"So... the best case here is that I LET you leave, and make this smoother." he went on.

"And no, I don't like that, but... in these times, it's not about what I like and don't like." he then said. "It's about what's NEEDED, and what HAS to be done." he mumbled.

"Will you let me find out where she's being held, and not have you follow your curse?" he asked.

@totalanimefan: Tried. Key word. I suck at battling.

Her answer didn't seem to ease any of Virgil's worries, but he looked like this was a lost cause. For now, anyway. So he got back up, mentally shook himself off, excused himself, apologised yet again, and then saw himself out.

Nate watched him go, before looking back to Erica.

"I might enlist Anya's help with Giana." he muttered.

"You don't need to get burned by her." he said further.

"...or she might listen to you, dunno."