[audio] event after the broadcast interception, un: meiyouren

[blindforlove]

[The audio starts with the chanting of the possessed claiming that EVERY EYE SHALL SEE THEM. Different voices fade in and out. Unaffected by Majestas' spell without any eyes to see, but also unable to see where Majestas is and join the fight just yet, Xiao Xingchen has to turn to the network for help.]

Is there anyone still out there who can answer me? What is everyone seeing? I must ask, because... I cannot see - at all - and I can't find anyone who will say anything to me. Other than this.

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audio; un: maiden.jin

[infiniteheart]

[A steady, calm feminine voice replies. Judging from the background noise, she's someplace in the city and there's a similar murmur of chanting in the background. She's encountered Majestas once before, even temporarily lost her eyesight because of him. Had she not been guided to safety, she might have died.

Yanli cannot, in good conscience, ignore this stranger.]

I'm not certain myself. I didn't see what happened but many appear to be in a kind of trance. It seems as if those who touch them enter a trance themselves. What can you hear? Can you tell where you are?

[blindforlove]

I only hear those voices. Everything else has stopped!

[The ordinary sounds of the city have fallen silent and given way to only the chanting. With so many of these voices blending together in unison, Xiao Xingchen doubts that he'll find anyone he recognizes.]

I'm outside the apartments, but... ah, you need not be concerned with me. Those of us unaffected should prepare for Majestas' next move. Do you have anyone else unaffected with you?

[This is not so much a call for help, as it is a call to help him help others!]

[infiniteheart]

I'm alone and I cannot fight. I don't have the skill.

[This is the second time that Yanli's been caught out by this Majestas character, separated from her family. With pride mad Prismals and Moonblessed running rampant in the street, she can't reach the safety of her brother's home easily.]

But I know your location. Stay there. I'll find my way to you.

[There's the sound of shouting and breaking glass in the background, mixed in with the ominous chanting.]

Those of us who are unaffected should gather first. If we remain scattered across the city, the amount of danger increases for all of us.

[blindforlove]

Ah-- wait a moment! I should really be the one to go to your location. It must be far more dangerous for you...

[This isn't the first time he's got into a "who can stubbornly sacrifice themselves more" debate with someone, but he doesn't move from where he is, in case she's already on her way over. Both of them moving and possibly missing each other will surely put this woman in even more trouble for no good reason.]

[infiniteheart]

I'll come to you.

[She says again, infusing her tone with the same underlying authority she's taken with her little brother when he's being particularly irrational about a matter.

The bottom line is that there's safety in numbers, especially when those among them are unable to defend themselves against an attack. While Yanli might not be completely defenseless, given that she's received the same training with talismans as other disciples within her sect, her spiritual power is limited. She has to pick and choose her battles and the actions she takes within them very wisely. Otherwise, she will fall quickly out on her own.

For this reason, it takes her a bit of time to reach the entrance to the apartments. Once she reaches them, she's contacts the stranger again.]

I'm here. Where are you? Have you checked on everyone inside yet?

[blindforlove]

[Xiao Xingchen can't bear to stay and do nothing when he should be the proactive one, but any urge to argue quickly peters out. He can still investigate the surrounding area and hope that nothing escalates while she's on her way.

Later, when he hears the voice again:]

I've called out and knocked on the doors, but... none of them respond to me. But just a moment, I'll be there right away.

[With hearing sharp even for a cultivator, he can listen through the doors and hear if those inside are still repeating that single phrase. Xiao Xingchen can't hear his "eyes" anywhere, either.

He swiftly makes his way to the lobby. Though he hasn't seen himself in a while, he still supposes he's difficult to miss, as both a cultivator and someone who isn't under the spell. As he reaches the area, he hears someone else unfamiliar there, also in the trance.]

Are you there?

[Normally it'd be embarrassing to announce his presence when no one is there to hear him, but priorities!]