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[gotyourwallet]

[The first sound to grace the airwaves was a yawn, moments later followed by a voice.]

I wake to find a storm on the borders, on the approach, it would seem. It might be in our best interests to not wander outside too much. A sandstorm is worse, but a dust storm, assuming that's what this even is, can be near choking.

[She might have lived through a few of those in her lifetime.]

What I want to know is wher--

[The question lingers as to just where the dust is coming from, but as she was about to ask, Vie noticed something... wasn't quite right. She switched to her native tongue, words more alert than those before.]

What in hell is that!?

[End transmission.]

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[audio]

[gotyourwallet.livejournal.com]

You're... not the first to recognize me as her, or as someone else.

[Kevas had a breakdown when she wasn't who he'd thought. Jack continues to call her Elizabeth and insist that she's 'playing along'.]

[audio]

[snowtop]

[Xanth might have gone the same way if Vie was the first one he'd seen. As it was, Kevas and Kairi had prepared him for this, but it still hurt.

But how bizarre it is to have a stranger know you.]

I-I'm... s--sorry.

[audio]

[gotyourwallet.livejournal.com]

[She's not surprised by it anymore. Bothered? Certainly, but Vie has had enough people know her without her knowing them to react to it other than how she is.]

It's not your fault, or mine. I wish I could say what was happening, but I don't know.

[audio]

[snowtop]

D-du-- dupl-- dup--

[He sighs, aggravated, then tries again:]

I-I mean, I-- I-I think-- th-there are... d-different versions of p--people. O--

One of m-me was... h-here, b--before.

[audio]

[gotyourwallet.livejournal.com]

[Vie pauses.]

That... would make a lot of sense. I mean, it seems impossible but it's the best explanation to what's happening here, I think.

[And falls silent.]

I ah... I wouldn't have minded getting to meet her.

[audio]

[snowtop]

Sh-she was... r-really smart, and-- a-and curious, b-but, in a-- a g-good way, and sh-she helped me, a-a lot...

[And Xanth wishes very much that you were her. But if this is any version of Vie he's talking to, then she most likely shares the qualities of the woman he knew. To wish for that Vie would be to wish death upon this one.

He never wanted to do such a thing.

Xanth breathes. In, out. Keep talking.]

I-I think... m--maybe sh-she would've... l-liked to meet y-you, too.