wiedzminka | ❧ IC INBOX: Abraxas

Nikodaemus. Mirages and reflections. That sounds like illusory magic to me.

I̸̥̘̜̰̖̩͇͎̠̭̖̪̥̿̇̂̈́̈̽͛̽̿̐̈́̈̏̕ ̶͍̮̣̃́̿̈̂̄̐͒͘͝s̵̳̼̦͐̓ȩ̴͓͙̲͇̬̱̟̲̟̠͛̌̄͒͌̊̀̈́̑͝͝ͅě̸̥̖̬̭͙̓͒.̴̪̞̰̠͎̮̈́͌́̌͑̈́̎̾́̈́̐͊̕̚͝

Thank you, Viktor.

We'll do w̶h̷a̷t̴ ̴w̵e̶ ̷c̷a̶n̶ from here

b̶̨̰͎̌̏̓ȗ̸̻̙̥͕t̴̯̻͑̎̔̅

[ She stops herself. They're already trying their best to come as quickly as they can. It won't really help to know things have gotten worse. Certainly, no one expected them to get better.

She settles for a slightly more hopeful: ]

Soon?

Soon. We're going to get you out, I promise.

Yeah, there's a signal
Viktor sent me to Aquila with one of his receivers, we got a reading
He's narrowing it down
We're close

ℍ𝕖𝕪, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕤𝕠 𝕀'𝕞 𝕕𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦?

Outpost northwest of the city.

B̸e̵s̶t̷ you h̸͓̐u̶͕͒rry. They're preparing for something. Ri̷̱̅t̴̗͠uall̶͈̔ist̸̜͝ic. And ̷͆ͅfuc̵kë̸̩́ḓ̷̏ ̴̞͗ù̷̘p̵̫̎.̷͉͘

𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜

𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖?

No.

They got Geralt.

[ There's a second "fuck" this time. Quieter. Not in the message.
Other ... things ... aside, Jo wouldn't wish anyone their dad taken. ]

ℂ𝕒𝕤, 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕥𝕠𝕠.

𝕎𝕖'𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖.
𝕂𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕦𝕡𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖-𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕒?

We're

( That's the only part of the message that gets through. After it, silence. )

[ Ciri doesn't seem particularly inclined to chatting. Her responses continue to be curt and to the point. ]

Sure.

[ That's expected after the last.

Names go into notes on the journal in front of her.
She's already balancing both and talking to Dean. After. ]

𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕. 𝕀'𝕧𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙. 𝕀'𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙.

ℍ𝕖𝕪. ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟.

[ So remember when Jo was like "we'll keep each other updated?" and Ciri said "sure"? Yeah. She hasn't checked in at all. So it's no wonder that Jo got worried and tried to reach out again after a few days.

This time, Ciri's message comes back warped in a way that's probably familiar by now. ]

I̷̗̅͜ ̷̧̩̝̐f̷͎͈̩͠ound ̷͒̾Geralẗ̴̗̞̭͗.̴̹̞͛̈́

𝔽𝕌ℂ𝕂. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕥𝕠𝕠?

𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕠𝕜𝕒𝕪? ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖?

ℍ𝕖𝕪, 𝕞𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖. ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖? 𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕟𝕠𝕨?

ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘? 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦?

𝕎𝕖'𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕠𝕟.