[Backdated to August 3rd](Lupnet broadcast )

[thermalwind]

Hey, we have a situation over at the memorial on Umui. We have people trapped under it. Bring something to cover your face with and anything to help you dig.

...if you haven’t been to Umui best you stay away. [His mind is on the Stage One Alert. He has to camp on this island now.]

Who else has talked to Arum 25? We should pool what they said together and see if we have any further clues.

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[counterblows]

I've got some people watching my back.

[He has C.T. watching his back - and he's watching hers. It's more than either of them could have ever done for each other under Freelancer. It's the very fucking least he can do now.]

I'm - [He almost says oscar mike, and then doesn't.] ...on my way to the objective now.

[thermalwind]

...if you see someone with black and white armor similar to Lance’s and they’re human. That’s Shiro. Please tell him to call me or park at the mana pool.

[He can’t hide the faint pain in his voice. He has lost him too many times to mask it well.]

Anyway, I’ll be here when you arrive. Once we get done here...you might want to go talk to Arum. [So you can know what plant you’ll be fighting against.]

[counterblows]

I'll think about it.

[Shiro. He thinks he's heard that name before, but it's hard to tell when or where. Maybe in passing?]

And I'll keep an eye out for him - radio you if I see him. ["Radio" is a fancy way to say "I'll call you on your fucking rock" but it's the same general principle.]

[thermalwind]

Thank you. ...Signing off. [He can't trust himself to speak further. Shiro being missing is a raw wound.]