Whitebark Stream I read the news today

@Xahi backdated to Alarian and Korea’s disappearance.

They were gone and his world was falling into pieces. He paced rhythmically back and forth, a doomed metronome. His chest heaved up and down, anxiety poked at every nerve in his body. Little curses shot out of his mouth occasionally like tiny fireworks. ”Where are they? Where are they?” He begged for answers from no one, but he saw no other solution. It was Margot all over again, they were gone and it was his fault. He vowed to never let them get in trouble again, and now they were gone. The lingering possibility of death looked closer with every hour that passed since their disappearance. 


Images of their fret flashed across Lennon’s mind, each one a painful stab. He finally stopped the ongoing circular steps and howled up towards the mocking sky, his voice filled with unconsolable pain. His life was gripped by fate and thrown into a ravine, it was pointless without them. ”Korei!” He sobbed, ”Alarian!”