Late afternoon, 8/17

[strangeandunusual]

[the mirror turns on to show Lydia, sprawled out on a bunk bed, holding her mirror up above her at arm's length, because how do you do selfies?]

Hi, everyone. We've found Dreamfinder, he's tired, but he's safe with us. How is everyone else holding up? Are you okay?

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Again from the Red Team... (at some random point in time)

[beancounter]

[Fenton's mirror may have activated, there's no picture. Either that's because it got jostled open in his pocket, or it's very dark where he is. Either way, it sounds like that's for the best, from what he's saying, his - rather panicked - voice echoing in the stone corridors.]

Do not go down that hall! There are about three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-two bugs down there! And those are just the ones I can SEE!

......

Did I just hear Lydia?

[strangeandunusual]

Fenton?! Not you, too....! FENTON!

[beancounter]

Fenton fumbled around in his pockets, before finding his mirror and pulling it out. He greeted Lydia with a cheery smile, eyes wide. "Lydia! WOW We get a signal all the way out here? These magic mirrors have incredible range!"

He was running as he was talking, the mirror bouncing with his steps, the entire temple shaking around them NOT helping with keeping the image steady at all. There was a constant rumbling sound, and the shouting of the other Red Team members in the background.

"Ahh... we're okay! Just a sliiiight hiccup in the plans. But we've got this! Don't worry! We're a little busy right now, so we'll call you back later, okay?" He didn't want her to worry, so he was putting on a bit of a brave face, here.

[strangeandunusual]

"Yeah, uh, don't worry about talking to me." Her eyes widened at all the shaking and shouting. It looked like a lot more than a slight hiccup to her, and she needed her friends to be safe more than she needed them to waste their time reassuring her. "Call me when everyone's safe!"

[beancounter]

"Right.... Call you back later, Lydia!" he chuckled sheepishly, and closed and pocketed his mirror.

A few hours later, Lydia would get a call from Fenton, inside their A-frame book tent. He's also clearly exhausted by this point, but does manage to have a tired smile on his face. "Hey. We're all okay. A little tired and worn out by this whole thing. Uhh... you've probably clued in that we haven't had the best luck during this whole mission, but... we got the medallion, at least. How's your team doing?"

[strangeandunusual]

"We're tired, but we're okay. I think the giant plants were the hardest part. I'm glad no one was hurt. That place sounds like it was really dangerous. Rosabella told me the whole thing collapsed!"