[but this isn't-- that's not angela, or anyone else. it's... roland? how did this happen to him? angela's the one who resonated with the library (at least, as far as he knows), but this is definitely the same type of transformation. another abnormality reflected, one of the worst of them to deal with.]
...Roland? Roland, man, what happened to you?
[where has he been? he's been gone, and now he reappears like this-- he hasn't been somehow afflicted the whole time, has he? left alone somewhere in this form? surely he hasn't. he couldn't. someone would have noticed.
his hand lingers near the wooden sword that now sits at his side, a new addition thanks to kaveh's help, but he doesn't grip and draw it yet. not before he knows if roland will respond to them-- if he isn't entirely lost to the abnormality.]
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[but this isn't-- that's not angela, or anyone else. it's... roland? how did this happen to him? angela's the one who resonated with the library (at least, as far as he knows), but this is definitely the same type of transformation. another abnormality reflected, one of the worst of them to deal with.]
...Roland? Roland, man, what happened to you?
[where has he been? he's been gone, and now he reappears like this-- he hasn't been somehow afflicted the whole time, has he? left alone somewhere in this form? surely he hasn't. he couldn't. someone would have noticed.
his hand lingers near the wooden sword that now sits at his side, a new addition thanks to kaveh's help, but he doesn't grip and draw it yet. not before he knows if roland will respond to them-- if he isn't entirely lost to the abnormality.]