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[claritatis]

"You've reached Ignis Scientia. Leave a message and I will endeavour to get back to you post-haste."

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[audio]

[tongueamok]

Where is she?

[He's seen the news today, oh boy.]

[audio]

[claritatis]

I'm not Kate's keeper, Carlisle. I assume she's at the clinic, but you'd be better off asking her yourself.

[tongueamok]

She would tell me I am worrying over nothing.

[His voice is sharp, but shaking.]

Have you fought demons before? True demons, Ignis?

[claritatis]

I've spent the last few years of my life fighting daemons. We don't name them as such lightly.

[It sounds like he's moving, heading quickly down a flight of stairs.]

I'm not accustomed to seeing them in the day time, but I don't think that will cause a problem.

[tongueamok]

Do those in your world possess others? Take command of their bodies and minds, turning them against their allies?

[claritatis]

They have no need to - they're quite powerful enough on their own.

[There was a reason it took some time before he'd agree to driving at night. Noct's foolhardiness be damned, Ignis wasn't going to be the one to run them straight into a red giant.]

You're concerned that may be the case here, I take it.

[tongueamok]

It happened here before. D- demons possessing others. They take their bodies, then tw- twist their forms until they are nothing but a perversion of their former selves. They play with their host's memories, their abilities, taunt those who would look to s-s-save them.

[His voice shakes more the longer he goes on, as though he knows this too well.]

[claritatis]

Hm.

[A door opens and closes, and over the sound of quick footsteps the sound of fighting and unholy shrieks begins to rise.]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

[tongueamok]

[Ignis says that, but there's something about his stoic response that just leaves Carlisle even more unsettled. Maybe these aren't the same kinds of demons they faced before, here or in his world or in Ignis', but that he's still going out there, that Kate might be out there, that—

He stops his downward train of thought, but cannot bury his fear.]

Right.

[And with that, he hangs up.]