Floor 3, Room 2

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Syrlya

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That's right. [He slides into the desk chair, looking up at Day.] As the country leaders he can probably procure texts that no one else could easily. They may have even collected it for generations.

[Power and money and all that.]

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[ Day's looking back down at Syr. ] Tatara told me the prince was lookin' into ways to send people back 'fore he disappeared too. [ So there's also that, possibly. ]

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He must have meant Tatara and Lazuli. [Syrlya's gaze flickers to the paper as he starts jotting down quick notes.] such a large group of us at once is unexpected. Hm... I wonder if some sort of experiment of his went awry and sent people away instead?

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It would explain why we're bein' asked to fix things by findin' them, not try to fight the calamity ourselves. [ It could, of course, just be wanting to be optimistic, but it also makes sense if Tatara believes they're simply missing and not...anything worse. ]

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Yes, though I worry about turning our attention away from the calamity completely. If we fail to find them, or draw them back in time, we will still be the ones dealing with that.

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That's also true.

[ ...Wait, he should share this. He never got the chance to earlier. ]

Actually, I heard somethin' from one of the Southern reps durin' that ball. The previous Southern wizards returned to the City of Clouds...'cept they're all currently comatose, so it's only a slight improvement.

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Really? [Syrlya sits up.] Do you think it's related to the moon fragment you dealt with?

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Well, there's four of 'em, and there were four lights after we cleansed the moon rock. [ He's pretty sure Syr can follow what he's getting at. ]

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Oh. [Syrlya blinks, and then it hits.] Oh! There were four of them. Then we should see if the same happened with the previous Central wizards. What would be the best place to start... probably the castle, wouldn't it?

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Yeah, I bet if they've returned, that would be the most likely place they'd show up. [ One of them is the prince, after all. ] Chances are they ain't gonna be awake either, but confirmin' they're back is better than nothin'.

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We should ask. Get their names and a description as well, though Tatara could give us that much.