text.

[eraserdad]

[Well, this is happening. He's pretty ticked off about it, but he's accepted the situation. Which means the next step is to find any allies he might have around here and gather information. Unfortunately...he's assuming this network is monitored by Astoria, so he can't exactly speak freely.]

if you're familiar with the term 'quirk' or ua high school, contact me.

[He's already found two of his students, but if he's missed others, or his coworkers, he needs to know.]

also, if you've been with this 'circle' for awhile, i'd appreciate a chance to talk in person. i have some questions.

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[a_sharp_wit]

Astoria has said herself that she needs our assistance in saving other worlds. I believe she is caught here, in this sanctuary of sorts, and is unable to leave.

[She talks as she serves up her tea and his coffee.]

She was quite apologetic in her conversation with me when we first arrived. It gave me the feeling that if she could, she would wish to handle these problems on her own but could not and sought what help she saw as available to her.

[eraserdad]

[He's been talking to whoever will make time for him; the mention of being trapped here is one that's come up before, but to Aizawa, it brings up more questions than answers. Why was she trapped? How was it she could transport others, but not herself? And then there's the matter of believing Astoria, which he doesn't. It's hard to trust someone willing to kidnap children, after all.]

Why not ask for assistance, in that case? And why replace our quirks?

[a_sharp_wit]

I asked her much the same question - with regards to asking for assistance, that is. I was told she would have if she could but that was impossible for her it seems. She cannot leave the grounds of this Sanctuary and finding the ability to draw us here seems to be all she could do. She could not communicate with us beforehand.

[Or that's what Elizabeth had taken away from their conversation.]

I am uncertain why we were given abilities or some found their own drawn away from them. I myself had no abilities before my arrival.

[eraserdad]

That sounds awfully convenient.

[Really, it seems like exactly what you'd say to pacify the people you've kidnapped.]

Why can't she leave?

[a_sharp_wit]

She did not seem to know why she was trapped here either. She did say that what we are doing now - traversing to other worlds and rendering them aid - is what she herself did before she was trapped here.

[Elizabeth takes up her teacup.]

She stated that she wished to restore balance to the universe and that was her purpose as well. The more worlds that are content, the better it is for the universe.

[And now her brow furrows.]

She also said there was a darkness spreading. She did not know where the cause lay at that time but she hoped with our aid she could discover it.

sorry for the delay! holidays, etc

[eraserdad]

[Convenient, again. The lack of real answers to his questions frustrates him; everything he's been hearing seems to come from a benefit of the doubt given, and he honestly can't understand where that generosity comes from. Were these people really so desperate to be Heroes that they were willing to just go along with their mysterious magical kidnapper's story without question, without skepticism? It makes him worried for them, honestly.]

What does she mean, darkness? Literal or metaphorical?