Not far from the desk, you can see two people in deep discussion. One of them, a taller man, is dressed in ridiculously fashion-unenlightened attire: something like the robes of a priest crossed with a scientist's lab coat, plus a tool belt heavy with a variety of pointy metal objects. His partner has a smaller figure, slim, gender-unspecific, and watches him through a black face covering. The rest of his or her clothing is form-fitting and also black. They converse in hushed tones...

"And thisthisthisthis new patient... unlike anythingthing, thing I've seen. Not even mymy dreams could'v'v'v... he was eveveven too far gone to tell me, me, me what happened. Truly remarkable, truly remarkablers..."

"Gakk."

...But not hushed enough for you to overhear, of course.

"I'm youyouyouyusing every trick in the book, or, hahahahaha, ha, not in the book, to save the g'g'guy... but still, he'll be here, here, here'ah, for a longgg... thyme, get it?"

"Gakk."

You wonder what they're talking about...
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OOC: Sorry I have to leave so fast without a proper goodbye, but all will be better explained as time goes on (a major hint is that this post follows the events in the Assassin thread, "Ring of Fire"). However, I'm actually going to be away from the Internet (and thus, HA2) for two months starting, well... today. My plane leaves in some six hours. I'll be back November 11th, so... do take care, you all. I'll miss you guys.

OOC: I'll be gone for the weekend. See ya Sun or Mon.

Since I'm sure that noone has noticed, Hawk is grounded off the computer, save for school.

"Gone to the Lost Woods with FyrFli.
The Hawk."

A new note hangs by a pin on the wall.

'Heading out for a while to meditate. If any Hakiems come around, tell them that I've gone to drown myself in the Great Sea and don't want them stopping by to try and find my remains. That oughta keep them confused and off my back.'

OOC: Fourth of July and all that . . . just like Draug, I'm going to be gone for a full week. However, this isn't fun travel stuff that I'm doing . . . I'll be working the entire time.

It promises to be a rather boring and annoying experience. Happy 4th of July to all us Americans. And to those who aren't . . . well, good for you, I guess.

A tattered note hangs flimsily from the board; it seemed as though the man who had set it there had not taken very good care of it on his way to the desk. This was likely due to one too many drinks, but one can never judge a man's behavior unless he sees it for himself. Blank's note read, in plain, black ink:

I'm making a trek around Northern Hyrule, from the castle to the flats, and then from the flats to the Woods. Might even wander the vast drifts of Parapa, you never know. Now, since I'm a nomad, these long voyages are pretty common, and I pretty much go on this exact excursion every week. So why leave a note this time? It just feels like some higher being being is doing it for me, y'know?"

A scratchy signature is drawn underneath the note, in a more cursive writing. It would be hard to tell that Blank had written this note, but those who knew the nomad would know it was so.

OOC: Gone to Darien Lake for a week. See you all on Friday

A piece of paper flaps in the breeze as you enter, with a messy scrawling of a note on it. There are many backwards letters and misspelled words--surely the writer of the note didn't specialize in the written language.

Wel, even thoh eye kood knot make it last tyme, my innur idiet desited too try and clime Noo Peek agin. If eye m knot bak in three daze, look four my bodee at the foot of the montin.

--Sabertache, Tantaree mersineree extrordenair

OOC:....

....



Wow, that's even more illegible than I planned. Well, for the benefit of HNS' allergies to n00bspeak, I'm heading to Utah to catch a Demolition Derby I'll be gone over the weekend, so see you guys Monday or so.

...

and no, if I'm not back by then, don't go looking for my body in Utah.

A note with an odd message catches your eyes.

Well, Feet has somehow crashed his computer. The poor bloke is illiterate when it comes to technical matters such as these, so he's just going to say his laptop was an unfaithful whore. There is another computer he can use, but it's crappy. Really crappy. It was probably the computer the laptop slept with, according to him. So unfortunately, he's putting my adventures at HA2 on hiatus until he kills his laptop and either gets a new one or finds a more reliable way to make "pwnsome" posts that would put Alpha to shame (I'll DOOM him for you, Alpha). If you want me, I'll be back in Saria Town helping my dad in his greenhouse. Oh, wait, you all can't get to South Hyrule yet. Well, Feet says it's your fault for being lazy bums and not replying to the Gohma fight topic.

Sincerely,

Sheila Rantil

OOC: *blows off dust from the topic; sneezes because said dust irritated the nose* Well, it's more pseudo-IC than IC, but hopefully you all will get a chuckle or two from it. Try not to start on FoG IX while I'm gone; or if you do, try not to get to a point where Sheila can't jump in.

With school starting back up again, I will be on about half my usual time. A post or two a week will probably be norm for me, so don't think I have abandoned everyone here!

Peace out.

"Wheel b gaun four faiv daze or sew"

It's obvious who the chickenscratch writing in coal belongs to.

OOC: Yeah, I'm going to Disneyland in a few hours. w00t. PLEASE don't kill Gohma while I'm gone.

Getting away from all this annoying cold weather. Be back sooner or later.

-Alpha

OOC: I'll be on vacation all next week; I may or may not have internet access where I'm going, but even if I do it's unlikely I'll spend much time posting. See y'all on the 28th!

P.S. I'm hoping to start FoG 9 back up once I return.

A note appeared on the board. The writing was harsh, but the Common was legible.

I will be preparing for a trip on the 31st Day of the 7th Month. If you are lucky, you may be able to hear from me. But for the 1st Day of the 8th Month, I will be gone, and perhaps for the 2nd Day as well. I will return to Hyrule on the 3rd Day of the 8th Month.

Aria Sinwater

OOC: *blows off dust and coughs*

So, yeah, I have some family coming down to North Carolina; it takes about an hour, two hours to get to where they're going from my house, so it may be an overnight kind of thing. This place is new to me, so I'm not sure if they'll have Internet, but if it's anything like Sandbridge like I heard, it might. Even then, it's no guarantee that I'll be on; if I do get on, it'll be to take care of some mod matters in the Keep. Though Aria didn't mention it, I'll also be going back for the 7th and 8th of August. So when I get back, "Enter Adelaide" and "Defending the Tobacco" better have some new posts in them!

Taking a trip to a nearby country for a job. Be back in two weeks.

OOC: Yeah, so my theater troupe is performing in Scotland. I leave in five hours and will be gone for two weeks. See you all then.

IN D.C. BE BACK SATURDAY. don't feel like rping the equivalent of that.

I'll be at Laruto Falls for the next few days. Hathera help you if you track me down and bother me for anything less than the endangerment of my race.

Aria Sinwater

OOC: So, yeah, going up to PA for the weekend.

Just wanted to let you guys know that i am currently very super extremely busy, what with tons of homework from three AP classes and a boat load of house chores and drama rehearsal for 'Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged (abridged))' and my church puppet practice for the district one way street puppet festival. yes i am aware of how incredibly nerdy that sounds. But the fact remains that this is eating up almost every spare ounce of my free time, meaning i don't have a whole lot of time to devote to HA2. So I will probably be on only about once a week. Maybe more if I'm lucky, less if I'm not. Hang in there with me.

-Leth