[Video] Backdated to the 26thish

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[ Mono was feeling more than a little anxious at the moment. He’d even slipped his bag on today because it just felt... more secure. No one can see that he’s scared, right? Because With all the talk of what was going on in the city right now... It was a bit scary.

Especially since he couldn’t find one of his favourite people. He had something important to tell Illyana, but she wasn’t anywhere to be found!

Forgive the constant hiss of static and the crackles. He can’t help that. ]

Um... Has anyone seen Illyana? I got something to tell her and I can’t find her anywhere.

[ Listen, even the child knows that maybe it’s not that weird considering she could teleport... But it’s been a few days, and... ]

And I know she could just be back in her Limbo place, but I think this is hers??

[ Why yes, after disappearing from the video feed for a moment, Mono returned holding Illyana’s soul sword. ]

It’s kinda weird that it’s not with her, right? I kinda stumbled on it? I dunno where it came from since she's not around.

[ So, yes, the kid is worried. As many know, Mono is quite attached to the woman and her imp companions. ]

I’m gonna keep looking, but if anyone knows where she is, can you tell me?

... Thanks.

[ The feed cuts abruptly. Mono isn’t really good at these things. ]

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Really? [ That was enough? It didn’t seem like much, so her ability must be pretty special. ] That’s great, thank you Mitsuru!

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[ She comes back about twenty minutes later. ] I'm afraid I've been unable to locate any traces of her. I ran a scan for a few others simply to test if it was perhaps an error on my end. [ She feels a bit bad relaying this information. ] I located them.

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[ Mono waited by his tell-phone, spending some of the time talking to other people and trying to form a plan of action for his continued search. Still, the boy was feeling rather hopeful about what Mitsuru might find.

His hope deflated, though, as she returned with her findings.]

Oh… [ Where had Illyana gone?? Maybe she had gone to limbo, if the scan didn’t show her here?? But that still didn’t make sense when he had the sword. ] Thanks for looking, Mitsuru. I guess if you can’t find her when you can find other people, then that’s gotta be kinda bad…

[ What should he do now…? Keep looking, even when there was proof she wasn’t anywhere to be found in the city? The kid was starting to feel a little lost… ]

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This place is small enough that I'm confident that my ability can handle such a simple search. [ If the place had been as large as Tartarus? Then she might have been able to offer him more comfort and reassurance that she might have just missed Illyana. It didn't seem right to try to offer this boy false comfort though. ] Is it possible she just returned to her place of origin?

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Yeah… I was running outta places to look for her already. [ And this kind of confirmed that with a particular finality… The kid really didn’t know what to think now.

Still, Mono shook his head at the idea. ] No, when people go home, I guess all their stuff that came with them goes with them? So If she went home, I don’t think I’d have gotten her sword like this? It would go back with her.

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I'm truly sorry. [ She's not sure what else to say, she's very bad at things like this. ]

I see. That leaves very few options to what may have happened to her.

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Yeah… [ The kid responded, sounding quite dejected by the now dwindling options he had to find his friend. ] It’s not your fault, and you looked so you helped even if it didn’t work… I’m gonna go though, I wanna keep looking anyway. Thanks, Mitsuru.

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You're quite welcome. Again, I am truly sorry for your friend.