IC Contact; Exsilium

[debtor]

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[debtor]

[Allen pauses.]

Another Transport was the cause of it.

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[A similar pause.]

...Yeah, I saw. They were talking 'bout getting the guy on the network, right?

[debtor]

Mm. His name is Arthas. He had kidnapped a woman, as well.

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Still no news on how that went down, huh.

[debtor]

We rescued her. But he got away.

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—you were there?

[debtor]

Yes. A... man [he has no idea what Koltira was HE LOOKED KIND OF STRANGE, BUT] went after him, and said that others could accompany him. Arthas had infected people and had captured that woman...

[And so Allen heard the siren call of shounen.]

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[Don't head into the endless limbo of hundred-chapter fight scenes, Allen.]

Heard 'bout that part... [ He trails off into a bit of a guilty pause. Somebody was obviously not there when the boss battle went down. ] You guys got her out okay?

[debtor]

[Adopting a reassuring tone!]

Yes.

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[Buys it!!]

That's good... Too bad he got away, but I guess they'll be on the look-out for him now.

[Going by Koltira's post, it'd sounded like more of a lapse in vigilance than anything.]

I didn't know you could fight though.

[debtor]

[HOW COME EVERYONE ASSUMES HE CAN'T FIGHT Allen wonders silently. It's a mystery!]

It hadn't come up before... But I can.

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[Mostly just 'cause it hadn't come up before, it's okay! His tone shifts to piqued.]

Yeah? What kinda stuff can you do?

[debtor]

Well... I specialize in hand-to-hand.

[He specializes in CLAW but that might be kinda awkward to explain.]

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Like martial arts?

[That sounds pretty cool. It also sounds like something he wouldn't expect from a Victorian teenager, though he's unsure what he would expect—something with a sword or a walking stick, maybe.]

How specialised's this?