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[thelaw]

[He had to spend some time trying to figure out how to make this medallion-journal work, but now that it does-]

Oh, it worked! Yuri, where are you? And...

Is there any chance Lady Estellise is with you?

[abyssions]

[Sometimes Yuri really is convinced his life is a joke.]

Flynn? What the hell are you doing here?

[thelaw]

I'm not sure. I woke up here with no one else around.

[abyssions]

Damn it. No, Estelle isn't with me.

[Yuri was hoping that, even if he was trapped here, at least Flynn could take care of it. Now that's shot.]

She must still be stuck at home with Alexei.

[thelaw]

That's what I was afraid of. And we have no way back...

Where are you now? I'm about to be in Kiichpan.

[abyssions]

About to? Where did you show up?

[thelaw]

Tikal. I passed through Coba on the way. I need to head back there as well, their walls have almost no reinforcement. It would be much easier to get around if there were pack animals for sale.

[abyssions]

[FLYNN...]

How long have you been here again?

[You know what?]

Nevermind. I'm in Tikal. I'll head back and meet you. Someone needs to keep an eye on those coterie idiots, anyway.

[thelaw]

Less than a week.

[It's been a busy few days. He pretty much started his traveling the moment he arrived, which means he didn't get a journal until recently.]

You were just there? In Kiichpan? How bad was it? I've heard the reports, but...

[abyssions]

[Yuri only hesitates for a split second, but it's enough to answer Flynn's question.]

Bad. Half the city was burned to the ground.

[thelaw]

[Flynn makes an uneasy noise, upset by the destruction.]

…I see. All the more reason for me to be there.

[abyssions]

They could use you.

[Flynn specifically, because Yuri knows Flynn's effect on people.]

Their leader threw them to the wolves for some stupid relic, and those stories they feed us about the incense? Whatever you've heard, the reality is worse.

[thelaw]

Is there...

[It feels almost ridiculous to ask.]

Is there no law here? No punishment for whoever did this?

[Because of course that's where his mind is at right now.]

[abyssions]

I think they are the law, Flynn.

[Look at this. A familiar discussion.]

[thelaw]

That can't be right!

[like a broken record huh]

[abyssions]

How many times are we going to have this conversation before you get it?

[thelaw]

We don't have the full picture. I can't just assume the worst without knowing for sure that's the case!

[abyssions]

Always the optimist.

[Which is something Yuri actually admires, but is he going to admit that? Nope.]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I haven't heard anything about any punishment. They're like the guilds with no Union to oversee them, as far as I can tell.

[thelaw]

...

[Probably for the best Yuri can't see him- he looks like all the wind's been taken out of his sails.]

Guilds with no Union, and leaders with no written law to hold them accountable against. That's what you're saying the situation is?

[abyssions]

From what I've seen, looks like it. So what's your next move?

[thelaw]

[There's a longer pause.]

I'm going to speak with Jaguar. I know what you want the next move to be, but I need to try speaking to them first. He's the one in charge of our "guild," after all.

[abyssions]

Do you think I'd jump to something like that so quickly?

[It's on the table, though.]

[thelaw]

How long did it take for you to decide Ragou had to be 'taken down'?

[Like what, a few days?]

[abyssions]

You know exactly when and why I did it. Don't make me repeat myself.

[Get off his back!!!]

This isn't Terca Lumereis. I'm not doing anything until we understand what's happening.

[Killing Viper could be way more trouble than its worth at this point. Who knows.]

[thelaw]

[Sure are touchy about your murders, Yuri.]

Good. I... want this to be just a simple misunderstanding. Maybe there is a plan we don't know of. Maybe there's a punishment in place.

[Maybe he's just trying to blind himself again, as he does.]