[chapter 03 ;; scene] - lost possessions.

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who: SOME DOGS Noishe, Tenebrae.
where: Sheridan/Just outside of Sheridan.
when: The same night that Marta runs off(a few hours after the marta/emil meeting log).
warnings: 8D SOME DOGS.


Tenebrae must have been sleeping deeper than he thought he was; he'd been reunited with his brother, and that was a comfort. And Lady Marta was safe, as far as he knew.

But Tenebrae awoke in the middle of the night, lifting his head up to look around the room. His vision was still a tad bit fuzzy, but it focused much easier than a human's; even in the dark.

Something wasn't right. Something wasn't right, and he could feel it. He counted bodies; Raine, Noishe ...

His eyes widened.

Lady Marta was missing.

He nudged his brother with his nose, trying to wake him.

"Noishe. Noishe, wake up."

This was important. He needed help.

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"Mmf...go 'way, Tenebrae..." Noishe mumbled, swatting his brother slightly with a paw. The original had some sense of time, thank you very much, and knew it was the middle of the night...well, the darkness tipped him off to that, by any rate. But he did not want to wake up in the middle of the night, 'kay thanks and bye! But no. The replica was really persistent.

"What...?" Groggily, Noishe opened an eye and watched the dark-colored arshis. "Why did you wake me up in the middle of the night? You'll really get it if this is your idea of fun."

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"Lady Marta is missing," Tenebrae responded as soon as he knew he had his brother's attention. Sure, Tenebrae was more accustomed to the time of the darkness than most creatures, but Noishe should know that he wouldn't wake him up unless it was important, right?

... okay, so maybe there were a few times in the past where he woke Noishe up for stupid reasons.

But this was important.

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"Huh? Missing? Why would she be missing?" Obviously, Noishe liked to repeat what others must think at that time aloud for the benefit of all. "Well, uh. Are you sure>" The arshis glanced over to where Marta had been sleeping...and she was gone.

"Are you sure she just didn't go to the toilet thing or whatever?"

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"It would be nice if we could find that out, wouldn't it?" Tenebrae commented bitterly. Honestly, he hoped that was all it was. But he had a bad feeling about this.

"I have a bad feeling. Help me look for her, brother. Please."

He didn't want her out on her own. If she were out on her own, who knows what kind of trouble could find her? Her father's minions, other monsters ...

Tenebrae didn't often openly admit that he was worried about someone; he just gave very obvious hints. And he was hinting at it pretty damn hard right now.

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That was strange... Tenebrae was being rather...well, he didn't know the word that could fit what he thought at that time. But his brother had said please, so that meant something was up. To be honest, Noishe did not always trust his brother, and yet...bad feelings were not something he usually discussed. For matters like this, the arshis found he did, in fact, believe the replica.

"All right..." He finally responded. "Let's go look, then, find her, and be back before Raine wakes up."

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"Thank you, Noishe. I'll take the North and East sides of the city. You take the south and west sides, and we'll meet up back in front of the inn when we finish. We'll cover more ground if we split up. Is that all right?"

Tenebrae was trying so hard not to panic on the inside. Really.

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As he nodded, a thought occurred to Noishe. What if...

"Are you sure she'd be in the city? If we searched only the city, it could all be for nothing if she's not in it..."

Okay, so Noishe was a bit worried for his traveling companion as well. He thought he brought up a good point, but...heck, what did he know?

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"It would be best to make sure she isn't in the city before going out there." Tenebrae said, before rushing off to look for Marta on his ends of the city.

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Noishe nodded. It did make sense... What if they went outside the city and she was in trouble inside of the city? That would not be good... Thus they would take the chances. The arshis headed off to search his designated sections of Sheridan.

Noishe hoped to find Marta, and yet...he had a feeling that they would no-no! be optimistic!

...This was great. he saw nothing so far... Yeah, they were not going to find her. While he was not paying attention, Noishe's fore right leg got caught in a hole. Annoyed, he tugged it loose and moved on, not noticing the shining item he had left behind...

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After about an hour of searching high and low on his ends of the city, Tenebrae returned to the front of the inn, looking a little worse for wear and his hope to find her diminished just a little.

Not that he would show it, though. He tried so hard to hide it.

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Noishe returned a while after, mumbling about something or other. His head was down, as he was disappointed that he could not find the girl.

"Nothing. Did you see her at all?"

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He was speaking in native tongue.

Probably a wise decision, given that there were people in the town who had no idea whatsoever about the sorcerer's ring the two possessed, but that was uncharacteristically wise of Noishe.

He'd worry about that later, though. He shook his head and responded back in their native tongue.

"No. I didn't find her. So she's escaped the city ..." He sighed. "Lady Marta, why are you so stubborn? She tried to leave me several times when we were just traveling. She doesn't want people caught up in her problems, but ... mm. Let's go check outside."

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"Sounds like a good idea to me." Noishe responded. He followed his brother's lead, unaware of his thoughts about Noishe's supposed stroke of brilliance.

"But couldn't she just get through her problems if she had help? Seems dumb to me."

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"Lady Marta is being pursued. Her father sends his men to come retrieve her, because she has something very important. She's afraid he will use it for villainous means, thus, why she's on the run." Noishe explained, walking with him to the exit of the city.

"She's very noble, however. She doesn't want people to travel with her if there's a possibility of putting them in danger. Myself included."

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"I guess it makes sense...though wouldn't she be safer if she traveled with someone? If she traveled with someone strong, then she would be, I think. With us, she probably will... I think that Raine is a...fonist, is it? And you and I can fight somewhat...and use our Rings for minor fonic artes. I still think she's dumb for ditching us." The original muttered.

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"Lady Marta has a one-track mind at times, and can't seem to see the forest for the trees," Tenebrae agreed with his original, looking around as they exited the city.

It was pitch-black, and very quiet. Tenebrae 'hmm'ed. This ... this wasn't good.

"Depending on when she left, she could be miles away from us at this point."

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"...Yeah. If only your feeling arose earlier, because then we could have found her and knocked some sense into her..." Noishe responded slowly. "But...what was the saying...there' no use for the spilt milk having tears. Wait, no...that's not it!"

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Despite the severity of the situation, Tenebrae couldn't help the chuckle that escaped.

"There's no use crying over spilled milk." Tenebrae looked around, padding toward an area where there were a few dead birds. He sniffed the blood, his tone becoming more serious than it was earlier.

"Lady Marta's blood. It's faint, I can smell a small amount of it here. Along with the blood of the birds, and ... another human. A human I don't know. If Lady Marta is safe, I think I can assume there is another human with her. But if not, then ... she and the other human are in danger."

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"I-I knew that! I was...just testing you..." Noishe mumbled in a very convincing way.

"Her blood? That's...not good. But those are dead birds. Maybe she was attacked, but fought them off with this other human?"

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"It's possible. I hope that was the case, at least." Tenebrae sighed.

"I still wish to look around, but all logic is telling me that she's long gone by this point."

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"Probably..." Noishe agreed. "Perhaps someday we can run into her again?"

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"I'll be keeping a lookout for her wherever we go."

With that, Tenebrae began heading toward the city again. THIS was when he noticed that the familiar shine of Noishe's paw wasn't there.

"... Noishe. Did you leave your ring at the inn?"

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"Huh? No, why...?" That was when Noishe finally realized the band wasn't there. "Ack! Where could it have gone! I swear I had it there..." Noishe swiftly looked every which way, but found no sign of it int eh immediate area.

And then it hit him. "My foot got stuck in a hole earlier...that must be when I lost it!" The arshis deduced. Except...he did not know where that hole was, now.

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"Do you know where that hole is?" Tenebrae asked, knowing full well the answer to that already. Inwardly, he was facepalming at his brother's carelessness. But outwardly, he seemed pretty damn calm.

This was wonderful. They'd lost Lady Marta, and now they'd lost a Sorcerer's Ring, too.

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"N-no... There are lots of holes, it could be anywhere..." Noishe mumbled, berating himself for losing such a precious object. Now he would probably not ever see it again... Wonderful.

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"Are we going to look for it, Noishe, or are we giving up and going back to bed for the night? How important is the Sorcerer's Ring to you? Important enough to have me translating for you for the rest of your known life?"

Tenebrae was teasing his brother about that last part, but it brought a valid point. The Sorcerer's Ring was important. They needed to at least try to find it.

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Well...it was not as if he did not want it! Yet...Noishe doubted he could find it. " We can try but...who knows if we'll find it or not." The arshis replied to his brother. "Not to mention I don't trust you translating for me." He added under his breath.

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Tenebrae chuckled. "Let's get to work, then." And he started looking for any suspicious looking holes.

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Noishe nodded and helped, doing the same. However, he saw none that looked all too familiar... The arshis groaned at his lack of helpfulness. This almost seemed so pointless...

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Tenebrae looked, too, but even still, he didn't see it.

He sighed, finally.

"Perhaps we should resume the search in the morning."

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"Yeah..." Noishe was still tired form being woken up in the middle of the night, but all of this was important... And yet, he doubted he would be a good asset to the search for the Ring anyway, especially this late. Tomorrow...yes, hopefully tomorrow they would have more success.

As he turned to reenter the inn, Noishe missed the man who passed by, fingering the bracelet-like Sorcerer's Ring that Noishe had lost.