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[empereurs]

Do you remember the man that my squad saw in the Shadow World castle? The one who was locked in the dungeon and turned to ash upon entering the cathedral. Lenore said that he probably wasn't a real person, and given that Squad 1 also saw that same man in the dungeon, who also turned to ash when they tried to rescue him, that's likely true.

But... I saw his face yesterday, in town. He looked just the same as the [...] entity in the Shadow dungeon, but he wasn't crying. And before you ask, I don't know who he is. I didn't want to bother him. He seemed dist But... it seemed worth sharing, just in case.


[Scout]

I don't know what to tell people about the articles we found. If anything. Everyone's already under enough stress.

[Squad 4]

[...] Would any of you want to help me find out more about this man?

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[empereurs]

Yeah. You're right. I hope he's doing okay.

[Scout]
I'm worried about how much worse it can get, based on this. But [...] we saved everybody from the bus, and this was more people than any past incident we could find. I don't know whether to focus on our results being better, or the bus incident for being worse.

[...] Mr. Gladstone and Ms. Voss didn't have as many explorers as us, did they?

[star_boy]

I do too. Maybe we should've bought his coffee.

[Flint]
[...] Let's not project into the future. It could get worse, but it might not. It feels like we're at least making some headway in the Shadow World, with the castle gone.

And we did save everyone.

I [...] worry, though, that maybe by going in we're rocking the boat, you know? But we need to be proactive.

[...]

I can't imagine they had nearly as many, no. We're [...] practically an army.

Scout/Flint

[empereurs]

[...] Right. All we can do is listen to the teachers and the Velvet Room. They've stopped the rifts before.

This must be why Mr. Gladstone gathered so many of us. I can't imagine trying to take on the whole Shadow World with only one squad, and reading these stories in the news.

Scout/Flint

[star_boy]

And try to keep our heads on straight as we go.

[...]

I can't either. Not having any back up sounds [...] terrifying. And knowing that you maybe just don't have the resources to help. [...] Do you think we're en At least Finchwood exists now.