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[ video sent to Yuri about a minute earlier ]

[ The video only really shows Estelle's legs and the occasional glint of her blade as Tyr moves back. ]

—ot really! Are you having fun, are you, are you?

[ Or it would just be that if drops of blood weren't just scattered across the sand. ]

Sh-shut up! Yuri! Hurry up and get over here!

Oh, ar—

[ With that, the message ends, just cutting off Estelle's response back to him. ]

[ Public video ]

[ Tyr's neck and the underside of his chin are all that's shown as he speaks in a quiet, somewhat choked voice. As far as location goes, all that's obvious about it is that he's laying in the sand, under the shade of some structure. ]

I, I tried... Sorry... [ And with some more strength: ] Be careful...And save her for me.

[ Some time later, a black shadow covers the entire screen, only to disappear a few seconds later as the device slips out of his hand, showing the sky overhead. ]

[ ooc: Adding to the death count... He'll be around a little while longer for anyone who wants to respond. That shadow at the end would be Tyr's rune leaving his hand to attach itself to Yuri! ]

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Just.. just don't talk. I'll be right there! Damn!

[He repeated to himself to calm down over and over again like a broken record. That this death wasn't permanent. It's already happened multiple times to several people. It's the City and it's way. But all logic was failing him.]

[ For once Tyr does as he's told and shuts up. His breathing is ragged and he hates how it sounds, how he can't even pretend to be strong despite the pain. Pathetic...

He's laying just outside the safe zone in the shade of a wall. Surprisingly, no monsters have decided to come and put him out of his misery. ]

[Another one he had missed in saving. Three. The third friend in a row. Was there truly nothing more he could have done then to watch? And Estelle... Everything was a disaster. Klarth wasn't one to care this much of people and more so of strangers. However, being in the City, he felt as though he had been re-introduced to the idea of what it was like to have a small group of friends around he could share moments with and enjoy. A feeling he cherished and yet still partially regretted of becoming this involved in another's life. He had always lived his life the way he wished, wanting to remain as free as the clouds in the sky. And here he was...

The summoner tugged his hat down a bit as he headed to where Tyr was with a heavy heart. What was he to say when he sees him? Rita at least shared interests with him that it was easier to avoid making things seem rather too dark. Him on the other hand... He arrived to where the boy was and stood a distance away for a moment to solemnly stare.]

[ He wished Klarth didn't look like that. He felt less alive than ever - like he was just a participant at his own wake. He looked back at him with blank eyes, trying to keep his own emotions well under control. When he lost Ted, he realised that no amount of crying would change anything, and now that he's dead, he knows that's still true.

He didn't know how to treat Klarth, though. Was he blaming himself? As far as Tyr's concerned, he's the only idiot that's responsible for his own death. And he doesn't even know how he'd want someone to react once they're alive again. He guesses he'd just want to hold them, like Rita did when he woke up.

Maybe that's where he'll start. Klarth wasn't family or a lover, but he was the closest Tyr had to family in the City now. He deserved...to be close. He makes a little beckoning motion from his spot on the tent floor, trying to make his voice light. ]

You can come over here. I won't attack.

[Klarth couldn't help but crack a small smile to that comment. This kid... Ah, what was he doing just staring from afar? He walked in and did just that by taking the offered spot beside him.

Start simple...]

How are you feeling? Do you need anything?

[He softly offered.]

[ He shakes his head easily. ]

Nah... I'm...There's nothing else I need right now.

[ Not that Klarth could actually give him, anyway. He needed his staff. He needed his rune and his blastia. He needed to get everyone out of this city.

He didn't even think to answer how he was feeling. He didn't even register the question, not being accustomed to being asked that. ]

Ah... all right.

[He could tell the boy was holding back but really could he blame him? There must be many things going through his mind, there certainly was in his own and he wasn't nearly as affected or killed for that matter. So he quietly sat there in that awkward silence as he simply watched.

What else... could he really do?]

[ He felt bad holding things back from Klarth, but he didn't know what to do, either. He falls back onto his hands with a quiet sigh. ]

I hate not having my staff with me anymore...

[He stared at Tyr and recalled what he did in situations like this. Klarth got up and settled closer to the boy and placed his hand onto his head to pat.]

Grind your mind and think. If you're missing a resource than compensate, adjust, and create. You may not have your staff but there are certainly other things that can take its place at least for the time being.

[He glanced towards him to offer a warm reassuring smile.]

We'll get through this. I promise.

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