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Liv had seen Ally first, obviously. She then saw the shadow behind Ally, and she was able to perceive its true nature, thanks to her unusual mana. She then looked around and saw Levi, who waved at her. She waved back, before her gaze finally rested on Jax.

Who was looking considerably down.

"Hey." he said when their eyes met.

"Been a little bit since we've chatted face-to-face." he commented.

"How y'doing?" he asked her.

"Good." Levi responded.

"All right then." Jax said.

Meanwhile, Zeke made his way up to Liv's room, and knocked on the open door to her bedroom to announce himself.

"Hey, Liv?" he addressed her.

"Mind spendin' some time away from home?" he asked.

"It's to help Jax out."

"..." Zeke was silent for a moment.

"Uh... right." he said.

"I'm going to want a little more information from Jax, but I'll speak with Liv and get her over." he continued.

"Where is he now?" he asked.

"With me and Levi." Ally responded.

"You want me to bring Liv there?" Zeke asked. "She probably deserves to know all of what's happening." he reasoned.

Zeke paused for a moment as he took in what was said on the phone.

"Ah, hey Ally." he responded.

"Firstly, no she's not." he said. "Secondly, depends on what the searching's about." he continued.

"So before I agree to anything, or sign LIV up for anything, how about some more info?" he asked.

"What's going on?" he asked further.

"Liv?" Jax asked.

"Yeah, we've become good friends." he confirmed.

"Excellent." Levi stated.

"Then she'll spend some time with you are your house, making SURE you sleep." he told him.

"And we WILL have her report back to us." he then stated.

"...yeah, fair..." Jax sighed.

"Home." Jax responded.

"Are you going to stay up while there, worrying and waiting for her to come home?" Levi asked accusingly.

"....not going to lie, that is a an option that is very possible." Jax admitted. Levi looked unimpressed, but Jax quickly continued.

"But SOMEONE needs to be there, in case she comes back suddenly!" he insisted.

"...I can't argue that." Levi admitted.

We are aware of the issue of orb items not showing up in out Inventory/Dressing Room system. We are currently looking into the problem, and hope to fix it soon.

Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Jax looked at her, and was about to say something... but then just sighed.

"...a little over a day." he admitted.

"So you haven't slept in over 24 hours." Levi commented.

"Yeah..." Jax mumbled.

"You really need to fix that." Levi told him. "You going into sleep deprivation is NOT going to help anyone." he reasoned.

"I know, I know." Jax lamented.

Jax paused for a moment, and then nodded.

"Yeah... yeah. Yeah, we will." he agreed.

"I just need to keep trying." he said.

"WE need to keep trying." Levi corrected him. "We're in this together." he said further.

Jax just looked at him, and smiled.

"Thanks." he replied.

Jax appeared to be devastated to hear that, and almost collapsed onto his knees.

"For what it's worth, she's alive! As Ally said!" Levi quickly stated.

"..." Jax didn't say anything, just wandered to a chair and sat down in it.

"So... she's just straight-up missing..." he mumbled. "No way to find her..." he said further.

"No way WE can find her. Our methods aren't working." Levi corrected him. "I know it seems like a distinction without a difference, but the situation isn't 100% hopeless just because we didn't turn up any results." he insisted.

Levi was still for a moment, before looking at her.

"...that's a frighteningly good point." he said. "If she's gone missing... and it's because of her abilities... there's a very real chance that they might come after ME." he reasoned.

"Assuming it's because she's a conduit, and not a siren." he then added.

"Still... doesn't make me feel any better if it's the latter." he lamented.

They were waiting for about 15 minutes, before Jax came back into the room, showered, dried off, and wearing the clothing that Ally had given to him before. He looked at them, before biting his bottom lip.

"...so." he said quietly.

"Any luck?" he hesitantly inquired, but with a smidgen of hope laced in his tone.

Levi just sat down in one of the chairs, and buried his eyes in his hands.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it..." he cursed.

The shadow looked at the map, and then the crystal, before sighing.

"Let's ask the mutt what he knows when he comes back." he suggested to Ally.

"Maybe the last thing he remembers will have a clue."

"Yup." the shadow replied.

"You're the best there is at it, so that's a problem." he told her, as Levi returned.

"Lex IS gonna shower." he reported.

"...let me guess, no luck?" he then asked, reading the atmosphere of the room.

Ally just sighed and shook her head.

"...great..." Levi muttered.

"Uh-huh." the shadow responded, before looking around.

"Hm." he mumbled.

"Dunno why, but I got a bad feeling outta nowhere." he muttered further, before watching her scry.

And scry. And scry.

And each time, the crystal just refused to land, refused to hone in on Rebecca.

'Ohhhh boy, not good...' the shadow thought.