voice; un: lowell

[vibing]

cw: grief, talk of death, suicidal thoughts, language

[ The feed clicks on to ragged breathing, too close to the Omni ]

Who the hell killed Flynn? Some guy with a light sword. Give me names.

[ Yuri's voice is low and rough, somehow both heated and emotionless. His emotional state has been degrading since Flynn's omen led him to Flynn's corpse. He growls and there's rustling over the Omni ]

If you killed him, be at the Gate at midnight.

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voice; un:blue

[firstroar]

What-

Flynn...?

[vibing]

Yeah. Flynn. Some guy killed him at the Gate.

I'm going to fucking kill him.

Voice; UN: Willow

[frogfear]

[The news comes as a shock, and she listens in disbelief. She's hoping it's not the same Flynn from the pirate ship.

'Light sword' is a familiar term too, and she can't help but think of the confrontation with Maul in the street near her old home in Deerington.]

Flynn? Blonde? Knows how to use magic and a sword? Really friendly? That Flynn?

[vibing]

Yeah, that Flynn. You know who killed him?

[ Sorry, Willow, he doesn't have time for any pleasantries. He has a single-minded mission right now, and that's to kill the bastard who killed his best friend. ]

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[droptheious]

[Varian recognises the guy from when they arrived here- and he understood Flynn meant a lot to him- that was clear from speaking to either of them. He's been worried about people dying here since he got here. With Ramona gone, he doesn't know if resurrection will work or not.

It's the mention of a light sword that really catches his attention, though. Subconsciously, his hand moves over to his middle, where Maul left a mark he's never going to forget. Goddammnit, this better not be what he thinks it is. Not again. ]

What sort of light sword? Do you know what colour it was? What it looked like?

[He hesitates- he wishes he could say this is a temporary state to be in but he just doesn't know. ]

...I'm sorry this happened.

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[vibing]

Yeah. Me too.

[ He's more than sorry. He's furious, angry at Flynn, for fighting a fight he couldn't win, at himself for not being there, and mostly at this bastard who killed him. His hand curls into a fist so tight that it hurts, but that pain is grounding. It's grounding and he needs to focus, to find him ]

I don't know. I wasn't here, but a woman told me that a guy with a light sword killed him. There can't be that many of them.

[ Right? Well, if there are-- he'll deal with that when the moment comes. ]

text; un: doublehedgedsword

[laminae]

[Okay, wait. What?]

Flynn died??? Flynn the Knight Flynn??

[Maybe there's another Flynn here???? Maybe.......]

what the flip man

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[vibing]

yea

u no lite sword guy?

voice; un: Dawnknight

[searingwing]

Give me more details about the sword. Where was he killed? [There is a heat to his voice that cracks his usual calm. Diluc takes a second to breathe. He likes Flynn. He's a good man and doesn't deserve-]

Actually, hold on a moment. Would you be up having this talk face to face?

[vibing]

At the Gate. I don't know anything else.

[ And it's killing him that he doesn't. He doesn't know who killed him or how or why. He just knows that Flynn is dead and missing a hand, and throw out like so much garbage.

He lets out a harsh breath. ]

Fine. I'm outside the Gate.

Video | UN: ClickClickBloom

[onekindsoul]

[Gosh darnit, This sounds so much like Maul. THEY JUST GOT HERE, MAUL.]

Uh- I don't know who did it. But I do know a few people with that kind of sword.

You uh... Sure revenge rampage is the best way to go about this?

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[vibing]

Then tell me what the hell else to do. Someone killed Flynn. He's dead. They need to answer for this.

[ Justice is something he's served before, on behalf of others, to make the world a better, safer place. He knows this is selfish, this is a selfish act guised as justice, but that logic won't make its way to the front of his mind just yet. He's too hurt to think about anything else but solving this, right now. ]

video; un: skywalker

[facultative]

[Anakin feels very little regret over his actions, but the effects of bloodsport, corruption and his own descent to the darkside are starting to show. There's a high flush to his otherwise pale face and he tilts his head to one side as if in thought.]

Is that what his name was?

[And then he smiles.]

Do you want to try and avenge him?

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[vibing]

[ It's not hard to put the pieces together.

This is the guy. The guy who killed Flynn. He has a face, a username. It's more than he had before, and he's feeling less furious, now. Instead, he's more lost in his grief, the anger and pain tying up in a knot in his chest.

He stares at the face on the screen with a blank expression.

He didn't even know Flynn's name. He's smiling, and Yuri wants to punch that smile off his face. ]

No.

[ It's hard to say. So hard. But Blue and Ruby and Varian are right. They're right, Flynn wouldn't want him to do that. Flynn would be so pissed at him if he knew, if he knew Yuri put himself in danger to try and bring him to justice, when it isn't really justice at all. ]

Who are you.

[Not Here]

[survivalthroughhate]

[Well, Maul knows there's only four candidates that could possibly be here in Trench and he knows for certain it wasn't him. But people will think it is. That's just the way they are. Bad people don't get the same courtesies as good people do, even when they're trying to change for the better. He doesn't speak up in his own defense because he knows no one will believe him. He just waits and watches as the replies trickle in, seeing what people are saying.

When he's seen all that he possibly can, he turns the device off, and looks over towards Venge. The two of them have got some work to do.]

video; un:charon

[notimeforfailure]

Flynn...?

[There aren't that many Sleepers.]

Would this be a man with blonde hair and the countenance of a knight? Surely it is too soon for wanton murder -- particularly a man who goes out of his way to be helpful.

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[vibing]

[ Yuri's calmed down a bit from his initial post. He doesn't look great, his face pale, eyes bloodshot, and he doesn't recognize this girl, but ]

You knew him? Good. Good, I'm... glad he made an impact. He's like that.

[ He can't quite bring himself to speak about Flynn in past tense, not quite yet ]

Clearly it isn't too soon. Maybe he was too helpful to someone.

[ Morbid humor? Sure. ]

private; video

[klussy]

(Eddie wants to be surprised. He does. They had only just arrived in Trench, but Deerington showed no mercy, so why would this place, born of Deerington, be any different?

And by now, Eddie was used to constant violence. It had been his life for five years now. Ever since It...

With his emotions back intact, he's not as cold as he would have been. But he still feels the exhausted drag of someone going through this for the first time again. It never was easy to see.

More importantly, it let him know people could still die. But what were the circumstances? That's what he needed to know. He's too analytically detached from death at this point, knowing that it was still an emotional experience, but knowing there was something bigger than death attached to Sleepers and he needed to know what. If it was the same as Deerington, or if there was something new.)

What happened exactly? I mean. Exactly.

(He pauses, and then, softer:)

I'm sorry. It won't get easier...But you'll get used to it in a weird way. I know that's not really comforting to hear right now though.

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[vibing]

[ Yuri's had time to calm down by now, so he's able to answer this without the growl in his voice, even if his skin is tinged blue, even paler than usual, his eyes bloodshot and a little too wide. He's exhausted, wrung out, but at least he's home, with ready access to... whatever the hell is happening to Flynn. ]

Thanks. It isn't.

[ But he appreciates it all the same. At least people are trying. They're trying, even though Yuri feels like his heart's been ripped out and the wound is gaping open. He feels empty and numb and painful, and he can't really think straight. But he can answer Eddie's question. He probably should have thought to reach out to him, he'll know about... the weird stuff happening to Flynn's corpse ]

To Flynn? Some guy, maybe Maul, killed him with a light sword at the Gate. They dumped his body, and when I found him, he looked like he'd been dead for days, but it can't have been an hour.

[ He takes a ragged breath, looking away from the feed. He's sitting in the kitchen of his and Flynn's little house, hunched over the table. ]

His omen disappeared as soon as I was with him. She just laid down and dissolved. Smokey took him back here, and when I got home, he was...

[ He shakes his head, and pushes himself up slowly, bringing the Omni into the living room, bare but for the body lying on the floor. He stripped Flynn of his armor, leaving him in his tunic, arms, neck, and face exposed and covered in pale blue crystals ]

This happened. I was gonna burn his body, but Smokey won't let me.

text; username: grollschwert

[hauntedsavior]

Someone killed Flynn?
It hasn't even been a goddamn month yet.

Don't go alone.

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[vibing]

yea he didnt care about that

im not
not going to kill him

[ But he sure wants to ]

text - UN: IceCream

[threelayers]

Well, looks like we'll be finding out if we come back from the dead here too soon.
Not to sound horribly callous, but would you mind letting me know if your friend comes back in a week?

That said, watch yourself.
If it's someone who uses a lightsaber, they can probably kick your ass.
Take it from past experience that they don't kid around.
What color was it, and yes that's important.

I wouldn't worry about finding them. They'll probably take your call out seriously.

[She didn't bother elaborating more than that. She wasn't sure if it was Savage or Maul. It didn't seem like Obi-Wan's style, and she'd never met Anakin other than to know he existed. She wasn't making assumptions.]

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[vibing]

yeah i got the run down
sure. ill tell you

it was blue
anyone who can fill flynn is dangerous
that guys hard to beat

im not going to go after him. fucker isnt worth it

[ He's decided not to try and kill the guy by now, but it doesn't mean he's happy about all of this. He really, really wants to, but, hell. He doesn't want to die, not with the possibility of Flynn coming back. ]

text; un: Wesson

[family_remains]

Did you ever find out?

[Listen, he's bored, being nosy, and curious but doesn't care enough to look through the replies]

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[vibing]

who killed him?

yeah

this asshole

[ He never did get a name. Might be Maul. Might not be. No one's given him a straight answer ]