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[hr]The commotion in the tavern deflated as the bulk of its quarreling patrons left. Alex deflated too, letting out a large breath that made his shoulders sag. Their plans of being reunited had been all but extinguished, with Alex unable to have even protested Kazuki removing his hand. Him, Graves, Benkei, Seele. All of them had left the Laughing Worg in some form of discontent or another. 

Alex stood in place, slowly taking in the now empty seats before him. He wondered if this was the eventual fate of every group in Pariah, players prioritizing their own survival so much that they pushed everyone else away in the process. It was a sad thought, as it painted their situation in a far more depressing light; It made it seem less like a possibly deadly prolonged stay in a game and more like an apocalypse or something, where people hoarded resources and spent every waking moment thinking death was just around the corner. And with the denizens beginning to display remarkable feats of power, it was all too much. He cursed at himself for having tried to drink his anxiousness away. He needed his mind for too many things right now.

A sudden noise made his head spin, for a tad longer than usual given his current state. Alja. 

[color=#87c735]"Er,"[/color] he shook his head, trying to focus, [color=#87c735]"Graves, Kazuki, Benkei, Seele. All of them left."[/color] He supported his temple with the palm of his hand. [color=#87c735]"Things got bad real quick. No real fighting 'cause of the NPCs, but the stuff some of them said to each other was probably worse."[/color] The urgency in her tone was undeniable, and he was unsatisfied after only one shot at getting everyone back together. The idea that popped into his head was obvious, then.

[color=#87c735]"We might've drunken too much, but [i]damn[/i] it, we've gotta go find them!"[/color] 
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