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[electricitytrick]

[The video opens from a lower perspective, showing the grungy wall of a brick building, grey and adorned with graffiti. This is clearly the less-- pleasant side of town.

And there's a man dressed in a plain tunic and trousers, hair pulled back to show the glint of an earring and-

Are his hands on fire?

There's suddenly screaming - a man, by the sound of it - and sickeningly desperate cries for help. An older man who might have looked just haggard and dumpy on any other day stumbles into the video's frame.]

Help me, please! Help!

[Yup. He's on fire.

Fenris - in Anders' body - looks at his still-burning hands completely panicked before he scoops up his NV (amazing how it remains uncharred!), thus ending the feed before he goes running off.]

[ooc | Fenris: Ending the last few days of his body-swap with a bang. Feel free to run into him as he's panicking! And NV responses will come much, much, much, much later.]

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[wingedcrown]

[Oh, shit.]

And-- Er. Fenris! Fenris, are you okay?!

permavoice;

[electricitytrick]

[He hisses and it sounds kind of strange from Anders' voice.]

Of course- I only set an innocent man to his death. What could be better?

[Forgive him, he's. On edge.]

permavoice;

[wingedcrown]

[She sighs.]

Okay, okay... Look, I'll go look for him, see what's happened. Where are you?

[electricitytrick]

[He's too distraught to thank her, but he is grateful.]

Sector 9. I just- when I saw what this magic has done-

[he ran]

[wingedcrown]

[Gently:]

It was an accident. It's not your fault.

[electricitytrick]

No, it is most certainly this magic.

[And his voice is tight with frustration, a past darkened with the effects of magic.]

It leaves only corpses in its wake.

[wingedcrown]

Magic or not, you still didn't mean to do it.

[She shakes her head at the camera.]

If someone had snuck up on you while you had a gun or...or a sword, and you stabbed them because they startled you, wouldn't that be an accident?

[electricitytrick]

[He is nigh inconsolable.]

Accidents do not stop a man from burning to his death. Accidents do not-- soften his screams.

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[not_funny]

[Ugh, Fenris, WHY.]

Tell me you didn't kill him, please.

voice;

[electricitytrick]

[He is trying to keep the panic out of his voice.]

I wouldn't know.

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[not_funny]

Shit.

Get somewhere safe, please. I'll handle this.

permavoice;

[electricitytrick]

I do not deserve your kindness.

But I am in your debt. I've hidden away. No one will find me here.

[not_funny]

You don't owe me anything. If I screw this up, you'll be in even worse trouble.

[Ugh, she needs her body back NOW.]

Can you get home somehow?

[electricitytrick]

No more than that man.

[He feels... guilty. Just like the bodies of the Fog Warriors. He had done this. This was his fault.]

I-- do not think it wise to.

[not_funny]

Worse. Don't underestimate what they'll do to you if you're caught.

[video]

[surgicalshot]

Anders! Where are you!? Don't run, that might make it worse!

[video]

[electricitytrick]

[Nope, he definitely ran and he is definitely hidden away somewhere, now.]

Do not speak to me of that mage.

[Despite the fact that the mage is now him...self.]

[video]

[surgicalshot]

I'm... sorry? What's going on!?

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[bloodyantivan]

[Zevran is already headed out of the house. Granted, the wall he saw just there isn't exactly distinctive, but he figures he'll hit a few of Fenris's haunts in hopes someone can remember a man in a robe with his hands on fire.]

Fenris, roll on the ground and beat the flames out!

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[electricitytrick]

Zevran.

[He's hidden away somewhere dark, somewhere no one can find him, somewhere where no one can be hurt by this cursed magic. If ever you have heard Fenris in a vulnerable state, it is now. He's been tense all week, careful not to unleash this awful magic somewhere. And the one time he thought he'd be okay, something terrible had to happen. He's tired.]

Did you-- see?

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[bloodyantivan]

[Zevran is still on the move. He ducks into some dark corner to reply.]

I did. I am bringing a burn salve. And... other things, should we need it. [A little magebane. Not much, but it might calm things down. He doesn't want Fenris to suffer like this, but if he cannot control his magic - and if Anders cannot or won't help him, it might be an option.]

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[electricitytrick]

[A shaky breath.]

It would be appreciated.

[He doesn't know how he got all these...caring people around him in such a short amount of time. But he is grateful. And he trusts these people.]

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[bloodyantivan]

Please give me directions from our neighborhood to where you are.

[What is internet privacy, Zevran does not know.]

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[electricitytrick]

I'm not-- too certain. But from the [insert landmark in sector 9], I went [insert rest of directions.]

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[bloodyantivan]

Right. I will be swift.

[At it doesn't occur until after he's slipped his runestone NV into his pocket that anyone could know where they are and follow them - he'll have to make sure they move quickly after he finds Fenris.

He calls out to his friend softly as he nears the mage's hiding spot:]

Fenris?