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From: sans.
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Nature of Emergency: cagey queen left us hanging


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Additional Notes:

* sup.
* not much, not much, just hangin' with about 3 new and old friends in this cage dangling precariously above the water.
* can't say i like the conditions either, but the cold and damp doesn't get under my skin. i think i see other cages, tho and, uh, i can't say much for them yet.
* six other occupied cages, with about three in each. hey, it's like those math problems you used to get in school.
* startin' to get a real sinking feeling so if there's anybody out there who ain't locked up, it'd mean a lot to me and over 20 other people if you bailed us out.
* see ya. sans.

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Comments

[heroless]

[Hilda never claimed to be a kind person.

She tried, but it was in her nature to look at things from a colder point of view.

Someone she cared for deeply versus others that she hardly knew...]

All we can do right now is aid with the puzzles and attempt to free them in a timely matter.

As for your mother...

I wish I had any sort of advice to give there.

[wanderedoff]

[ A small 'mm' sound comes from her as she deciphers what Hilda was signing to her. There is definitely a painful look in her eyes, but she knows Hilda is right. Not even Ozuma could give any advice ... Ozuma was doing what he could to take power away from her mother. He was convinced it was the only way to do things, and deep down, she knew he was right.

But there was that little bit of her that still believed that maybe, just maybe her mother would listen to her.

She was smarter now. She wasn't the same girl she was a hundred or so years ago. She knew what tricks to look for. Maybe she could know how to find her mother in all of that hatred, too.

She didn't know. ]

I know the castle more than most people ... I don't know everything, but I can try to help where I can.

Communication is still a small issue, though.

[heroless]

[He was trying at least. Hilda gave him credit where credit was due. He was up against a powerful force, and the heroes he recruited couldn't just charge in to her chambers and demand her to put a stop to everything.]

That's good then. There is the issue of finding these keys when the puzzles have been completed. Chances are they'll need your help with that.

I can translate for you if needed.

[wanderedoff]

[ No, they couldn't. But she could. Her mother would open the doors for her.

That thought was put aside for the moment, though, and she nodded in response. ]

Thank you. I want to help where I can.

[heroless]

[A good thing it was. Hilda would have been the first to try and stop her.] Naturally. I'm certain we all want to bring our comrades back home safe from this. [She offered a small, sad smile to Yorda, speaking aloud for the first time.] We will find a way through this.

[wanderedoff]

[ Oh, probably. Plenty of people would want to stop her if they knew. That's why she couldn't tell anyone. If she decided to do it at all ...

She looked at Hilda's smile, and managed to offer a small one of her own in return. It was obviously a very unsure one, though. She nodded in return.

Yorda was certain that they would, because everyone here had been able to brave the terrors her mother had thrown at them before. Still, it was always worrying. Who among them would be traumatized for life? Who among them would still die, and return knowing full well what had happened to cause their death?

She didn't want to see this happen to anyone anymore. It wasn't right. ]

[heroless]

[Good choice. And by Good Choice I mean why Yorda why.] We should go see what we can do to assist them, shouldn't we? [She won't force Yorda over there, though. She'll wait until the girl is ready to approach herself.]

[wanderedoff]

[ She nods again. Yes, they should. She holds out a hand for Hilda to take. They'll go there together, yes? ]

[heroless]

[They will.

Hilda takes her hand and gives it a gentle, caring squeeze.

Off to help the others then.]