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"Hi, you've reached Pepper Potts. For some weird reason I'm not here right now, but leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible with as many messages as it takes to get in touch with you!"

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[lasergrenades]

[Were she not used to this kind of communication with Vee, Pepper would be much more startled. As it is, she jumps visibly at the unfamiliar mental voice.]

Uh. Hi?

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Outside

[If Pepper looks out her window, she will see the great white, armored wolf that is Hila. The wolf herself seems unharmed, but her fur is splattered with dark red.]

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[Almost as soon as Pepper spots Hila - and the blood - she's bolting out of her room and down the stairs, bursting outside without bothering to shut the door behind her.]


Oh my god, what happened? Where's Valdis, is she okay? Are you okay?

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[Hila dipped her head.]

Aside from my pride, and a few bruises, I am uninjured. Valdis is with Raine now, I have faith that the Healer will know what to do about the intruder.

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[That's a relief, but it's also not very comforting.]

The-- the intruder?

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The unknown darkness within the ritual chamber. The Void and I tried to repel it, but could not. It seems that its attack was broken when the Void killed her,
but a fragment may still remain.

[There was a slightly bitter tone to the ka's mention of the Void.]

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...she went into the ritual chamber from the palace ruins. [Pepper is not pleased by this development.] I'll save asking why for her. I'm not seeing why you're here talking to me, though. I'm not exactly trained in exorcism.

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[Hila seemed taken aback, her tail dropped and her head lowered]

Because you are a duelist and her friend, and I do not trust the other one.

[The wolf began to fade]

It seems my time is up.

[lasergrenades]

[This is really not the time to start panicking, even if Pepper feels a little like doing exactly that. Things have gone quite suddenly sideways in a manner she doesn't understand. She doesn't even know what she's being asked to do.]

Okay, I'll-- I'll do what I can. Vee can go back and forth more easily than you right now; if you need to tell me anything else, she can pass the message along.

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[Hila nodded and then vanished]