INTRIGUE FROM A CHANCE EVENT

INDICIUM ARCHIVES:
XX/XX/1532 SMD, ??:?? ??


[VENDIAL IMPERATOR and [REDACTED] are conversing.]
VENDIAL: He couldn't have possibly disappeared that easily, something has to be at play here!
[REDACTED]: I know such an event is unfathomable, but a loss is a loss, Vendial.
VENDIAL: You can't just forget about a potential asset, [REDACTED]!
[REDACTED]: Then give me a reason why we should continue to worry over someone who's long gone now.
[Vendial points emphatically at [REDACTED], [REDACTED] turns around to face the window.]
VENDIAL: Firstly, this is not a natural occurrence, nor something that we, as one of the strongest forces in this struggle, cannot muster. I've spoken to our adversaries about this, and they too were baffled at this occurrence.
[REDACTED]: Simply put Vendial, if we have no information on how this event happened, we will only document it as an “Anomalous Lethal Event”.
VENDIAL: There will be soon information about this, just have patience with me!
[[REDACTED] turns his head to Vendial.]
[REDACTED]: You either spend your time sorting the documents of Heaven’s Doctrina Offices or you quarrel with these groundless theories of yours. If you wanted to be a part of the science team, you should’ve said so from the beginning. But I’ll be marginally forgiving and give you one chance to try and convince me to think it is worth recovering one person over focusing on our larger struggle.
VENDIAL: Simply put, I’ve been gathering rare instances of disappearances that are similar to the circumstances of this event. It appears that in every event, some sort of plane much like one on three-dimensional space sweep up its victims and transports them somewhere beyond our-
[[REDACTED] interrupts Vendial.]
[REDACTED]: Absolutely preposterous. Get out of my office before I disavow you from your position.
[Vendial looks at [REDACTED] angrily and turns around to leave.]