Uh...is this thing really on? Oh, okay. Um.

[ At first, it's just a voice; Hope isn't sure it's okay to show his face after everything that happened. Then he decides that on one hand, it probably won't work anyway. And on the other, so what? If people can't find him they can't chase him, either. ]

L-look, I'm kind of new to this going other places thing, and this has all gotten weird enough, so if someone could tell me how to get back home, or at least closer to it, I'd really appreciate it.

Oh, right. My name is Hope Estheim. A-anyway, if someone can actually hear this, can you answer? Thanks.

[He's really been putting this off for too long. Part of it was the snow, part of it was that he kept trying to ignore the problem by ignoring the linkshell he'd been given. But when the snow melted and he was left with a desert, he'd checked it... and heard familiar voices.]

So-- What needs to be done?

[He didn't feel the need to beat around the bush or introduce himself. If they knew him, they knew him. If they didn't, they could ask.]

[She takes a deep breath before speaking up, doing her best to sound steady and calm. Her effort only half-succeeds.]

I hate to be the bearer of such news, but...some are no longer in this world anymore. As in, they vanished.

[Pause.]

Yuna...and Edge. They were in Mist, when--

...anyway, I thought it should be known.

[What else is there to say? Closing the linkshell, Rydia sets it down and heads for the door. She needs to be outside for a little while, despite the cold.]

[ooc: Those who needed to be told first were reached, but this is her first public message.]