Nephry Osborne

Excuse me. For those familiar with Emperor Peony, he is no longer in the village. All of his things are also gone, so I can only assume he went back home.

[it's only written - in her best professional tone and handwriting - because she doesn't trust her voice to say things like this.]

If you were not here right now, what would you be doing instead?

( Regal )

First Luke, then Jade, and now Saphir...it's disconcerting, to say the least.

I apologize for my delay in helping to arrange the meeting we've been discussing. I have no excuses, and my only explanation is that I was quite distracted.

That said, would this coming Friday work for everyone?

[[ooc: Just to clarify, that's an IC check for availability, and this concerns anyone involved in the discussion about the clinic/how to expand it/make it generally more efficient. It doesn't actually matter whether you are OOC available on Friday, no worries~]]

There may be people stranded in their houses by the buildup of snow. As this was very likely not the end of the snowfall, shorter winters or not, it would be beneficial to all of us to organize a group that can take over clearing the paths through the village and to the doors of houses and apartment buildings. This isn't a task one person should attempt alone, even using artes or this world's magic. There's just too much snow for that.

Please be aware of new arrivals, also, and the unstable conditions of the snow outside the village, particularly in the mountains.

[and she doesn't know how to phrase it, but she'd like to hear from her friends. The ones that weren't in the house with her, anyway]

[first of all, there are several inconsequential doodles. This should be concerning because Nephry just doesn't doodle. Next there are several sentences that are so well crossed out they are unreadable. An ink spot where the pen rested too long on the page. A few more doodles.]

I...think I should go for a walk. I will take my journal with me just in case, however.

[and for those out and about, Nephry can be found standing on the bridge between houses 32 and 33 and Community Housing 5. It is quite the long walk, and it will continue in a short while if she's not interrupted. She will answer written or voiced messages too, of course. ...The doodling is kind of a giveaway that something is wrong here]

[at first the journal picks up just breathing, and silence. And then, a loud, desperate scream, and several soft thuds of disorientation. It's quiet again for a while, then she decides to write something, not trusting her voice to stay steady]

I believe I feel well enough to leave the clinic.

[[ooc: And she actually means it. She doesn't yet have the stubborn streak so common among playable characters the people she knows. And please do notice the scream~]]

If time stops, then I have no need to worry about what is going on in Keterburg in my absence.

I can hardly place bets on that possibility.

[there is the start of more writing, illegible even in fonics, then a neat line through it. The next part is spoken:]

It's certainly warm in this village now.

[[ooc: Hard to tell from this, but Luceti is way different from snow-covered Keterburg, and Nephry has caught a bug. Yes, sick. She will do her utmost to hide it and be competent anyway]]