14. Video. Missing. Slightly backdated

[toldastory]

[When the camera turns on, Martha is obviously walking somewhere, and she's doing it very briskly. All and all, she looks like she's a woman on a mission, because that's what she is. She's at the edge of the mist, and her face is a set in a grim line of determination. After a moment, she flicks the settings and plays a minute of this video until the Forge falls, and then it's back to her face.]

I'm going looking for Severus Snape, who is lost in the mist after finding Bellatrix Lestrange. I'd like people to help if they could.

[Filtered to Yuui, Lucius, Kurogane, Hermione, Tonks, Anders.]
Please say you'll help, or that you have some sort of spell that can track him where he is.

[A beat.]

Please.

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[bibliophile_annex]

I thought his video response was quite odd. Yet...

If he's lost in the Mist, we may not be able to find him. [Though she isn't against trying.]

We should stick together if we do go out there.

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[toldastory]

I have to try. I agree about sticking together. It almost looks like something else attacked him in the mist.

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[slay]

I'll help.

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[toldastory]

Thank you. Buffy, right?

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[justice_is_blond]

I don't have a tracking spell, I'm sorry. ...Unless you had a vial of his blood, and even then I'm not sure I could make it work. It's a Templar thing, used against mages in my world.

But I can offer to mind the clinic. It can't afford to lose us both, Martha, not with Lupin still... and Tonks too. So you can focus on searching, then.

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[toldastory]

Thanks, Anders. And I know, especially with the doctors who we've lost. I'm going to be as quick as I can and never go in alone.

But I can't just let this go without looking for him.

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[purityconquered]

There is no straightforward tracking spell, per se. I could cast a Taboo Curse, but that would require him to speak a specific word; the obvious drawback being that he might never say it. And whether or not it would even work in the Mist is a concern. But—

I will help you look for him, in any event. Bellatrix may still have to be dealt with as well.

[Way to man up, Lucius. Attaboy.]

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[toldastory]

Thank you, Lucius. I appreciate it. I really do.

[Well done, Lucius.]

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[wotcher]

Where is that woman, Bellatrix?

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[toldastory]

I don't know. Still in the mist, I expect.

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[photosphere]

You're going into the Mist?

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[toldastory]

Yes I am.

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[bigbad]

Thought he was smarter than that.

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[toldastory]

He was going looking for Bellatrix, he was supposed to be going with other people, but it didn't look like there was anyone else with him in his post.

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[misfortunes_heir]

Severus is gone?

[Oh just listen to that squeak]

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[toldastory]

Yes. But I'm going to bring him back, Fai.

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[asecondsun]

It looks like he was attacked.

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[toldastory]

I think it does as well. It's one of the reasons why I want to get out there as quickly as possible.

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[highwarlock]

I could do a tracking spell.

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[toldastory]

What do you need for it?

[At last, some good news!]

Do you think it will work with the mist?

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[isherarmor]

I have no spells, my lady. But I have prayers, and I...

[What good are they? They haven't returned her family. Or sent Joffrey away.]

[private!]

Lady may be able to find him if he's...

[Not ...gone. Like everyone else.]

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[toldastory]

I think that prayers are good thoughts, and I think that they do help.

[Prayers are words, and Martha knows the value in them, and she knows how hope can be a powerful weapon in a person's arsenal.

Her voice is soft when she speaks again:]

I thank you for them.

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Lady?

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[longaevus]

I'll help you. [ She'd been wanting to go to the mist anyway, but her own reasons would be aside whilst she looked for Snape. She was a little fond of him from their last conversation, and she wouldn't let anyone stay lost ]

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[toldastory]

Thank you, Helen. I appreciate it. I'm going to go with people in shifts so that no one gets to overexposed to the mist. When would you like to go?

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[feyecandy]

[He is pale with worry, and also chewing his lip in indecision.]

I'll do anything you want to try to help, but I'm... Well, I'm worried I'll do more harm than good in the Mist. I can probably keep it together in company, but my magic becomes incredibly volatile out there, Martha.

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[toldastory]

I wouldn't want you to do something that would do you harm, and Severus wouldn't either. Just keep an eye on the workroom, in case he comes in without someone seeing him and needs help?