[Voice] Imagination 22

[ayao]

[He is tired and sad and more beside himself than he would like to admit.]

Xue Yang, answer me.

[That isn't how he wants to begin this broadcast, so he breathes in...and out.]

Has anyone seen Chifeng-Zun? I cannot find him and I know of no ill that has befallen him.

[Now, the part that really hurts.]

Huaisang, Zewu-Jun, I have failed you in not protecting him. I tried.

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[lanxichen]

Young master Meng.

[ Xichen's own voice is a little rough, too. He's answering from the garden car, where he first met da ge again. ]

It... may not have been something you could have prevented. I have asked, and people who have been here longer have said that sometimes people go missing as he is, with their names on the list... in gold. Sometimes they return. And other times, come the day when the train stops at a platform, they are gone. It...

It is not him alone who is gone like this. But as it is an occurrence that happened long before you were brought to the train, I do not think you can be blamed.

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[mtsilver_conquor]

If his name's in gold, he's gone to the conductor.

[And that means-]

I'm sorry.

[so_dark_a_road]

His name isn't in gold on the passenger roster, but there's a black heart beside his name, and that means a death. Did he die in the last mission?

I'll be regretful if he doesn't return. I tried very hard to befriend him, and I had hopes that I could help him create a new life here.

[xue_yang]

I didn't kill him.

[Because he is assuming that is why he is being called out so suddenly.]

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[hotheadwarmheart]

[After a brief delay...]

I checked the passenger roster; I don't see that name anywhere, but I did see two people's names from your world in gold: Nie Mingjue and Jin Rulan. I know that people from your world have a few different names, so if that's either of them, then it means they've been taken to the conductor.

They might be back, or they might not be. We'll... likely know for sure at the next platform.

Either way though, I'm sorry. I know how rough it is, not being able to protect people you care about.

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[marriedanidiot]

Penneth, what is the matter?

[only_one_wei]

[Checks the ICP to see where the other man is, then goes to find him.]

Meng Yao.