TO: EVERYONE | avengers, assemble!

[falcony]

[ this comes through clear and is broadcast to everyone, though by this point sam is very aware that a good amount of people won't catch it. he tries, anyway, knowing some responses may be off or delayed or corrupted from a select few people, but he's not going to limit this.

he has enough information at this point. something is wrong, and it's not faction-focused. they need to act, and they need to act now. ]

THIS IS A CALL FOR ALL SUMMONED CURRENTLY NOT MIA
IN CASE IT HASN'T MADE IT TO YOU YET- SOMETHING'S HAPPENED
A GOOD PORTION OF SUMMONED AND LOCALS ALIKE HAVE GONE MISSING
AND IT WASN'T THEIR CHOICE
I'VE GOT REPORTS FROM THE FREE CITIES, SOLVUNN, AND THORNE ALIKE
AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN THIS SORT OF STUFF HAPPENS, YOU HAVE TO ACT FAST

SO I'M SETTING UP A SEARCH AND REPORT SYSTEM FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HELP
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY OR THIS ISN'T YOUR JAM, FINE
BUT IF YOU WANT TO HELP, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW:

- ANYONE MISSING HAS CORRUPTED ACCESS TO WHATEVER NETWORK THIS IS, AS WELL AS THE HORIZON

- THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN BY FORCE ACROSS ALL FACTIONS

- WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ENDED UP, BUT AT LEAST SOME OF THEM ARE CONCIOUS ENOUGH TO REACH OUT

-THEY’VE ENDED UP TOGETHER


PLANS RIGHT NOW INCLUDE:

HORIZON PATROLS TO SEE IF WE CAN CHECK ANYONE WHO CAN MAKE IT IN, NO MATTER HOW SHORT
>> I'M GOING TO BE SETTING UP A HOME BASE AT MY PLACE IN THE HORIZON.
>> A LOT OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE
>> SHOW THE WAY FOR NEWBIES,
>> IF YOU STILL NEED HELP, I CAN DIRECT
>> ITS A PLACE TO DROP INFO OR JUST CHECK IN
>> WE’LL HAVE SHIFTS
>> HILDA AND PETRA ARE TAKING THE LEAD HERE

INVESTIGATION INTO KIDNAPPING SITES
>> ONLY GO IN GROUPS
>> AND I SWEAR TO GOD— BE CAREFUL
>> WE DONT KNOW WHAT WERE UP AGAINST

INFORMATION COORDINATION ACROSS FACTIONS
>> YOU MIGHT GET CONTACTED BY SOMEONE NAMED NATASHA
>> SHE'S HELPING ME OUT
>> DONT PISS HER OFF— IM WARNING YOU

REACHING OUT TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES / OFFICIALS TO SEE WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHAT THEY CAN OFFER
>> IM GONNA BE TALKING TO THE PM OF CADENS,
>> BUT PEOPLE IN SOLVUNN AND THORNE WILL NEED TO SHARE WHAT THEY LEARN


IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO ON ANY OF THIS, NOW IS THE TIME TO SPEAK UP
IF YOU WANT TO HELP, REACH OUT TO ME
IF YOU WANT TO ASK AFTER A FRIEND, WE’LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS FIGURED OUT IS TOGETHER

[ in other words….

AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE

and no, sorry nat, he’s not saying it aloud. ]

Comments

[righteously]

That's why it's five bucks and not ten.

[techmaturgy]

I'm not gambling on the lives of our friends.

[righteously]

I'm kidding, I wasn't
Never mind

Just let me know if you need me to do anything else

[supersoldier]

[Of course he will volunteer, and he certainly plans to loop back around to that regardless, but-

The dots. They are connecting.]

What do you mean sent with two of our number?

[techmaturgy]

[ha ha ha oops]

Two summoned volunteered to have my trackers implanted and were purposefully abducted.

[supersoldier]

[The dots are officially connected, his mind careening back to his message exchange with Ciri. Would she have...? She seemed to make a point of reassuring that she was "fine", though that doesn't necessarily mean-

No. She would be the type, wouldn't she?

Frustration blooms white-hot in him.]

Why would you do that? When we can't know what's happening to them now? When there was never any guarantee of getting them back? Or even know what their captors want with them?

[techmaturgy]

I will. Thank you for your help.

[righteously]

Yeah, no problem. Any time.

[techmaturgy]

I had the equipment readily available and we decided it was worth trying. Everyone involved understands the risks, and already we have more information about where they're being held than we did at the start of this.

private to sam 🦅

[carmesi]

I'm going alone, but I will report back to you.

[so you don't have to ask her to do it.]

private.

[falcony]

[ there's a lot he could say, and a lot he wants to. but with the pouring of information and the filing of what will help and what won't, sam realizes he has to take the simple path when he can.

he trusts wanda, and that's where it begins and ends. he knows she can handle herself. he worries, he will always worry, but that's not going to help anyone here, either. ]

BE CAREFUL
NAT AND I ARE USING THE HOUSE AS A BASECAMP
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH US

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭.

[ And then a beat later. ]

𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥.

[ Hypocrite. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

So.

There's a deep-sea monster in the lake.

A dosarak, apparently. It's been there for about two to three weeks.

We didn't get... much closer. Not sure if someone put it there to hide something in the lake or...

[theidlemaiden]

[ Get back here you little genius - ]

𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰, 𝘩𝘮𝘮? 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴. 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩! 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺.

[techmaturgy]

I did have thoughts about your jewelry project.

[techmaturgy]

Seems like a lot of effort.

[cointosser]

You're going to need to learn quite quickly that you simply do not stop Ciri from doing things.

[If he doesn't know Ciri was one of the volunteered -- then, oops.]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺?

𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸?

1/??

[cointosser]

I'm so very not okay, Sam.

[cointosser]

I was supposed to go with her, but they wouldn't -- they didn't try to take me --and I have driven myself mad trying to figure out why.

end

[cointosser]

Sam, are you close to someone named "Natasha"? Do you trust her very well? She has asked me for information, and I have something -- something horrible, and I think you need to hear it. But it needs to be in the Horizon. I can show her, as well. I want all of the help I can get to save them.

And, for what it is worth, I do not think this is the work of another faction.

[cointosser]

If you need anything, simply say the word.

[cointosser]

I do not have much reach in other territories unless you want to ask a Thornean mage his favorite bard, but I am asking the Lunae for their assistance. I will ask if they can procure us some means to travel -- or, more likely, a safe place to meet those Summoned from other factions in Nocwich, as you mentioned.

[cointosser]

I can find a guard willing to go with me for a handful of coin. That's good enough. I will see if I can manage a signal in Libertas.

[cointosser]

I have evidence that Ciri, at least, was taken to water. A coast. It sounded like the ocean. Large waves. I believe she was portaled to it. There's no other way she could have been brought to a large body of water so quickly.