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[immortal-lion.livejournal.com]

[The blue mage is stood within a strange place, with ornately carved walls with multiple floors and hundreds and hundreds of brightly-coloured stalls built unto them. The surroundings are somewhat desolate and devoid of life, apart from a few rather strange characters which are much shorter than he, almost identical to any Burmecian, save their height. And they're swarming.]

It appears that--
Pyopyo-pyorooon!
Yooo bloooo mage! Imoooooortal! Nose of Pyopyoroon can tell!

--My apologies, this is Nas--

Brrr. Brrr.
Pyopyoroon make yooo triiiiinket tooooo prootect! vial of spectral scent!
Yooo not afraid of spooky ghooost!

Nothing in Imoooortal pooockets...!

That is, I mean to say...

Pyopyoroon is master perfoom maker! Make smelly smell into sweeet smell!
Yooo take! for Imperial bronzepieeeeeece!

[Yes, that's the qujirn fishing into his pocket. Imperial currency is yoinked, well and truly.]

...Urgh..
These are the qujirn. They are--
Ooold smell is hard smell to make. But ghooost will smell, maybe cry? Yooo go west! Many rooocks, many stooones! Yooo find ghooost! Yooo save us from evil ghoooost!

....

[The sound of more qujirn is rather apparent. They're swarming.]

Yoooooooooou! bloooooo mage!
Imoooooortal!
Kakkaroon love ghooosts.
Maybe yooo are ghooost!
Immoooooortal are no ghooost!
Yooo take this!

[The transmission ends.]

Comments

[Video]

[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

[Well, that's an interesting way to have a transmission turn out. If the creatures weren't so obviously harmless, though, he might be worried.]

Rishfee?

[Video]

[immortal-lion.livejournal.com]

[The next video comes with Rishfee breathing heavily. He's walking as quickly as he can away from the qijirn, who are still shouting for his attention.]

They believe the ghosts in the mire are responsible for the lack of Imperial presence. It's not their fault, they're scared. They also feel that the ghosts and the Lamia will come for them for serving the empire in the past. Especially now they are undefended by it.

...They think I am here to get rid of the ghosts.

[Video]

[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

So they were taken from your world, then.

Is it even possible? [He isn't going to bother to ask whether Rishfee will or not, because knowing Rishfee, he'll do it if he can.]

[Video]

[immortal-lion.livejournal.com]

Yes. There are not as many as usual though. I wondered if they went out into the mire, but could not get a word in edgeways... Also, there is no imperial presence here. Plague could be why the Qijirn are the only ones left. As Beastmen, they're resistant to what would normally infect and kill us.

[He looks back at the qijirn, who are attempting to scramble along the labyrinth walkways to pursue him.] I do not know. The only intelligence here is the whispers of rumourmonger qijirn, so I intend to find out for myself.

...even though the empire is not here, this is still one of their territories. It falls to me to protect it, and the citizens, even if they are nothing but qijirn.

[Video]

[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

Or some of them might have been left behind in your world.

Don't get yourself hurt doing it. [Rishfee was the one that cautioned them that the Mire was dangerous, after all.]

[Video]

[immortal-lion.livejournal.com]

[Funny to think of Aradjiah without Caedarva Mire. He nods, solemnly.]

If that happens elsewhere, that's probably the case.

I'll try.

[Video]

[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

If there was a plague, there would still be signs of it.

[He nods, because that's really the most he could ask for.]

[Video]

[immortal-lion.livejournal.com]

There is so much threat to this small populace, it is difficult to determine what exactly the cause is. There was a dimensional tear north of Nashmau in the area known as the Hazhalm testing grounds.

According to the documentation I recieved the Imperial alchemists attempted to bind voidsent creatures to the form of most recent blue mages. Voidsent is exactly as the name implies. Not of this plane. Ahriman, Demon... all kinds of unclassified things are part of the term. Most alarmingly, the portal could not be shut. The empire sealed off Hazhalm and evacuated all of the alchemists after reports that Odin himself had come from the portal and had been sighted in Caedarva Mire and as far to the empire's doorstep as the Wajoam woodlands..

It leads to a new possibility, that Odin himself has destroyed all aligned to the empire in Nashmau. He would spare the qijirn. While they are shrewd merchants which have served the empire, they secretly serve the corsairs. Every Immortal knows this, yet they are useful to the empire and still value coin above anything else; so no order has been given to destroy them. Thier use far exceeds the fact they deal with rebels.

...Other than that, what you suggested, and plague, there is a strong possiblity that the Lamia have taken the populace. They are well known for raiding Nashmau and charming, then killing, then reanimating soldiers into their service.

...In summary, The cause is still unclear.

[Video]

[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

Then be careful. Let me know if you need help.

[He trusts in Rishfee's abilities, of course, enough that he isn't about to actually head to the Mire to keep an eye on him. Still, in a situation like that it seems easy to get oneself into more trouble than can be handled.]

[Video]

[rughadjeen.livejournal.com]

[It only took him a second or two before he realises what is actually going on. He's his to respond but the words are not coming out. Instead he's looking off to the side, covering his mouth. His eyes are shut and his shoulders are shaking. Shaking even more as he snorts and keeps his mouth firmly shut. It's not working and before long he bursts out laughing. Pressing his hand against his mouth harder to muffle it.]

Having...Having a hard time there?