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

[aquilus]

Do we have a count of how many are missing?

private to Sam

[princessvegas]

Sam, I know it's probably not a great time, but I need you to come upstairs for a minute. It's important.


Really important.

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[earthborn]

[The message begins with an unkempt noise, of which only one word is understandable.]

C̶̡̲͚͙̞͎̻̓̊͂́́̈́͛͗̓͋͑̃͘͝a̴̹̬̘̼͍̻͎͕̱͙̬̗̳̿̚p̵̨̛͚̯̗͎͔̺̌̂̀t̸̻̳̻̟̮̟̏̅a̶̙͍̫̖͂̋̑̽́̅͗͘ͅǐ̵̧̨̛̝͓̭̩̠͖̣̜̍͂̏̚ͅn̶̨͉̦̯̲̏̂̈͋̈̓̏̔́̔͐̚͘͝͠͝ ̴̧̢̺͎̣̏̈́̓͆̃̌͝W̴̥̙̫̯͈̙̻̻̾̾̀̋̌͒̀ḯ̶͓͍͚͓̯̦̪̜̺̖̫̼̞̄̍̽̓̈̉͛͂̈͘͜͝ͅl̴̨̢͓̪̜̩͍̻͎͉̙̽͋̆͠s̴̫͇̘̪̆̈́̎̉͑̒͑̓͜ͅǫ̸̢̨̹͇̰̜̦̊̑̑̍͊̾́̊̂̚͜͝n̴̛͍͕͒̒̓̌̆̆̈́̽̔̈́̎̒̈͘

Sam.

[That's it, that's the only clear part of the message. The rest is a garbled mess, little of which can be deciphered. It goes on for some time, odd syllables sounding clipped and professional, like a delivered report. Shame.]

I've ḅ̸̫͍̅̂́̏̿e̷̫̗͚̪͚̩͔̎e̷̝͎̓̍̂̾͛͊̄̈͝n̷̞͉͕̍͗̕ cap̴̹̘͚̤͖̻͒̏͊̍̄̈́͊̓ẗ̴̛̮̳͈̟́̐̄̋̈́́͝͝u̸͓̠̍́̄̀̑̃́̅̊͌r̶̨̡̛̭͔͍̳̅̌͆̉̉͐̉̕e̴͔̮̥̣̊̍͊̈́̑̓̀̇͜͝d̴͇̩͈̬͉̘̱͕̲̆̽͂͒͑. Rep̵̨̡̬̖͎͖͙̞̖͒͐͑͊̽́̇̿͝͝o̴̡͇̫̳͔͊ȓ̶̡̙̤͓̟͎͓͙̬̆͠t̷̢̅͝ ̷̢̡̺̞͎̲͆̔̚t̸̛̬̹̮̺̫͌̍͛̕o̸̘̥͔͚̬̘͐̋͗̉͜ͅ ̶̢̢̛̛̼̈̋̏̾͒͒̄ͅb̶̙̪̬̹̍̔ͅͅǎ̶̙̪̬͚͈͚͌̌́s̵͓͈̪̫̝̬̼͔̽́̏̀͊e̴̢̪̪̻͎̹̗̟̮͑̇̈́̒͛̈́͌͝

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̷̧̛̛̭͕͕̥̰̫̺̗̯̙̣̠̬̭̠͎̈́̉̊̀͗̇͛̀̅̚͝D̷̡̫̺̯͚̲͓̻̼̩͕̘̑͌̍̿̆̋͗̓͑̋͛̌̉̈́̎͜͠ợ̸̳̤̥͕̥̟͙͉̘̿̈́͊̎̈̈̊̀̈́̑̒̓́͠͝ ̶̨̝͓̘͚͙̫͙͖̳̝̦͕͋̀͌͘ỷ̵̢̨̘̞͈̺͙͈̳̇̓̆̌̋͐̒̽̈́̌͑͒̑ŏ̶̭͈̲͉̲͎̰̻̌͊̔̂̆ͅů̵̗̦̹̲̊͌̍̃͒̇̀̓̃͑ ̵̨͉̘͕̗͕͇̮͍̬͓̟͓͒̌͋̈́̌̒c̴̡̢̡̤̰̻̳͈̫̗̗̼̲͖̳̥̙̿̐͌͒̇̐̽̈̍̄̄́͘̚o̷̝̞̟͒̈̋̎̑̑́̽̇͑̕̚̚ṕ̶̢̢͈̩̣̤̻͙͂̋̏̇̇̓͒̋̔͂͂̉y̶̮̪̱̤̽̾́͋͒̓́̄̃͑̒̈́͆͝͠ͅ?̴̣̘̭̻̩̲̦̾͑̈̓̆̎̓͋̍̍͜

[falcony]

I'LL BE TWO MINUTES

[ which, really, is just sam's way of saying he's going to be there as soon as he makes it up the stairs. it's probably closer to ninety seconds, before there will be a knock on her door. ]

[warfed]

Thank you for taking the lead. We are all needing to be banding together to bring our fellow Summoned back safely as soon as possible.

Hilda and I will be doing all we can in the Horizon. I will send any information we find your way as soon as we do.

[falcony]

WORKING ON TOTAL COUNT
BUT WE'RE UP TO 8 IN CADENS ALONE
I KNOW OF 3 MORE FROM SOLVUNN
AND THORNE IS STILL CHECKING, BUT AT LEAST 4

[falcony]

THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THE HORIZON
THERE WILL BE A BASE CAMP SET UP AT MY PLACE TO UPDATE WITH ANY NEWS
I'LL BE CHECKING THERE OFTEN, AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE IM WORKING WITH

IT MIGHT FEEL REDUNDANT BUT ANYTHING YOU NOTICE COULD BE A HUGE HELP
SO WHATEVER DETAILS, WHATEVER FEELINGS, ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT WE'LL LOOK OVER

[falcony]

SHEPARD? IS THAT YOU?
YOUR COMMS ARE CORRPUTED
I DO NOT COPY
WHERE ARE YOU? DO YOU HAVE A LOCATION?
WHAT IS YOUR STATUS?

[princessvegas]

[ It's just as quickly that the door swings open at Julie's phantom hand; she's in the living room, pacing. She is visibly distressed, even more so than the situation calls for. When Sam enters the room, she darts to him, eyes wide and her hands trembling slightly. ]

Sam, it's not -- it's not like any of the other times. It's not... it doesn't know what's going on, it's so mad and scared and hurt.

[ She can't sort her thoughts out, still somewhat drowning in the Singularity's all-encompassing emotions. ]

[cointosser]

I knew I could count on you, Sam.

I know of several Libertas citizens have been taken -- not Summoned -- including one of my own employees. Not all I have been personally in contact with. I do not think it is entirely about the Summoned alone.

I'm attempting to reach out to Nocwich to see if they can provide any additional aid.

I was there when one of us was taken, however... and all I can tell you is that they came bearing masks. Ritualistic, from what I can tell, and my experiences, but not an art form I've seen replicated in what I've studied of the Free Cities' history.

[earthborn]

[The pause is noticeable, or maybe it just seems longer than normal.]

TAK̸̨͖͕̃͆̓̀̈̏͘ͅe̸̠̰̪̮̿̓͛ṋ̷̙͇̹̰͇͓͌̊̉̈́̐͗̚ ̵̛̞͛̀̐̑̚͘P̴̩̹̯̳̋͆̎̓͌͆r̷̨͓̰̰̺̝͂́̃͐Ȋ̷̟̝̘͇̬̈́̽s̸̨̙̲̭͉͙͐O̸͉̱̊̽̄̔̂̓ NER

[It's only slightly clearer than before, the bursts of the attempted transmission spaced and somehow sharper, as if she were trying to ram the message through by force; the interference is obvious from both ends, and she isn't getting much of his reply, either.]

D̴a̴m̶m̶i̶t̵,̶ ̴t̵h̴i̷s̵ ̵i̴s̸n̵'̴t̷ ̸w̶o̶r̶k̷i̵n̵g̶.̸

[Hey, that last bit was almost understandable! But the pause is now significant, long enough that there's almost certainly been something lost in the lack of transmission— or else Shepard is just taking that much longer to try and get something through.]

... We'll d̸̨̢̧͙̻̩͖̠̩̺̰̗̤̖̏̐͐̉̊̅̽͂̕õ̴̙͉̠̣͙͛̄́̀͘͝ ̷̩͚͎̅̓̎̀́͛̊͠w̸̨̪̺̼̗̜̰̲̱̙͑̋̏͑̔͛̾̌͐ḩ̵̬̥̻̝͈̆̓̆͒̑͂̏̏͊̿á̵̢̖̙͔̝̳̖͗̽ṫ̴̟̭̖͙͕̱͖̳̤̈́͒̏̚ ̵̘̪͇͚͌̎́̿́̀̓͌̀̓́̍̔̈́̓͘̕ẁ̵̢̢̡͙͖̰̦͕̙̥̫̹͚̠̪̙̼̓̅̎̌̉ê̷̱̘͕̜̘̱̝̙͎̟͉͈͙̯̍̾͋͌̀͊͂̾͗ ̷̢̠̹̖̝̦̟͔͉̣̦͐̓̾͝ͅc̸̨͍̦̫͚̩̗̖̰̫̺͓̿̐͌͂̿̿͜͝a̸̧̡̛̯̤̣͖̮͎̝̝͚̭̬̬͂̑͊̓̃͐̌͋͑́̚̕͜͝n̶̢̧̟͕̪̪̘̬͓̥̭̣͔̱̒͊̊̽̌͛̕͜ͅ ̵͙̫̭̀͋o̸̢͚̙͓̳̪̣͕̒́̊̏͆̐̽̿̀̆̿̓̚͘n̷͎̬͍̈́̓̚ ̸̛͙̳͙̦̱̬̾͛͠t̵̲̔̔͗̑̈́̈́͐̄̇͌̓͂̕̚̕h̵̙͇̄i̶̡̖̩͙͎̻̲̥͈̬̫̗̳͓̍̔̈́̀́͋̔͐̋̐̕̚͘͜͠š̴͓̩̥̻͍͖̱̝̳̤͊̀̐̈́̃̈͜ ̵̛̼̜̇e̶̢̢̼̟͓̖̣͕̺̼͐͐͗̑͐̾͌̿́͒̄͑̈́̈́̚̕͜͝n̵̢̨̢̧̧̹͓̲̠̭͍͇͔͈͎̿ḍ̷̛̱͍̉͗̽͗̈́͂̀̆͆̊́͘.̴̡̣̤̖͔͕͍͍̬̰̓̆̈͂̉̀̃͝͝ ̸̧̗͚̙̗̼͚̲̭̬̘̓̐́̈́̑̎͐̋͋̀͘̚̚ Go̸̭̻̅͛̆͘͘͠o̶̡̧̨̺̠͍̳̠̻͓͚͓̳͕̤͚͆͑̀́̿͘͠ͅd̸͇̪̬̠̲̭͓̜̣̯̘͎̖̅͐̀̿͑̄̈̈́̒̓̒̕͠ͅ ̵̡̛͇̲̝̘̙͈̭͈̞͔̃́̐̈́́͂̈́̌͊͂̒̔̊̉͆͘ḩ̴̳͎̟͚̹̼̮̬̔̅ų̸̛̟̲͍̖͙͍̦͇̉́̾͐͛̾͘ͅn̸̡̳̮̠͎͙͗́͂̒́͒͑̓͐͂̉͒̽͐̕͠t̶̡̯̻̙̞̣̖̩̓̐̑̾̀͗͋̋̓͋͐̊͜͝ing.

[widows_kiss]

Is this just Summoned, or native Abraxans as well?

[falcony]

I COMPLETELY AGREE
I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF LOCALS AROUND MAG'S MENTION PEOPLE GOING MISSING OUT IN THE DESERT
THEY CHALKED IT UP TO BANDITS, BUT NOW I'M NOT SO SURE

YOU WERE THERE?
ARE YOU OKAY? HOW'D YOU ESCAPE? COULD YOU TELL ANYTHING ABOUT THEM?
ARE THEY TARGETING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS OR JUST ANYONE THEY CAN GRAB?

SORRY- LET ME START OVER
I AM GLAD YOU'RE SAFE

IF THEY'RE SOME SORT OF CULT MASKS, THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOOD
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THEM AND I CAN ASK MY PEOPLE IN THORNE TO CHECK IN ON IT?
IF THEY'RE NOT FREE CITIES RELATED, MAYBE THEY'RE FROM ONE OF THE OTHER FACTIONS

[falcony]

THOSE ARE JUST SUMMONED
I'M STILL TRYING TO GET NUMBERS FOR THE LOCALS

[widows_kiss]

I'll see if anyone's keeping track of those numbers in Thorne, too.

[falcony]

[ as soon as the door is open, sam is stepping inside towards her, meeting somewhere in the middle. he's immediately reaching for her hands, noticing they're trembling, but his expression is serious. ]

It? Julie, what's mad and scared? Hey- [ he's going to squeeze her hands gently, more calming than anything, as he walks them back in towards the living room. ] Take a breath, I'm here. What's happening?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘺𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 — 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺!

[ Because even in the Worst Timeline, she’s still trying to stay positive. ]

𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢. 𝘞𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵.

[princessvegas]

[ She inhales deeply, trying to make her heart stop racing. Normally, she doesn't have this much difficulty keeping the Singularity's feelings separate from her own. There's a lot of overlap of the two right now, though, and she's not entirely sure whether she's unintentionally feeding off it all.

Letting Sam walk her back, she closes her eyes for a moment before opening them and trying again. Her speech is somewhat stilted, in the sense that the Singularity's thoughts (for lack of a better word) are not easily translated into human language. ]

The Singularity. I went to it, in the Horizon. This whole thing, it doesn't... it know what's happening. I don't think this is magical, 'least not in the way some of the other things were. It asked where they are, like it can't feel 'em right. When I said I don't know, I was gonna ask it the same question, it got so mad. Not at me, just... mad. And there's like, some kinda loneliness. A new loneliness.

[ She pauses, swallows hard. ] Sam, I think whoever did this is breakin' their connection with the Singularity, somehow. Whether they mean to or not. It can still sorta feel 'em, but... Sam, if their connections break, they're gone. Out of Abraxas.

[aquilus]

Too many at once but to be the result of anything but careful, detailed planning.
Especially not so fast.
People need to stay armed whether or not they have abilities.

[warfed]

Understood. Nothing will be escaping our notice.
No detail will be too small to be mentioning. It is the same as hunting.
Even something insignificant can be helping to find the trail.

If there is anything else that we can do to help, you only need to be saying so.
In the meantime, I am leaving no stone unturned.

[techmaturgy]

Jayce and I are at your disposal. If you plan to use the wings for surveillance I hope you'll let me look at them, first.

[Just in case. Just for a little tune-up.]

This is for anyone in the Free Cities, as well. Should you need equipment or repairs, our workshop is open.

[oversurge]

You know Natasha?

[ushiri]

[ Just lurking here for now. ]

[falcony]

YUP
SHE'S MY GIRL
WE WERE COWORKERS BACK IN OUR HOME WORLD

NAME'S SAM

[falcony]

I ACTUALLY DID WANT TO COME BY AND HAVE YOU CHECK THEM OUT
I PLAN ON TALKING TO MARLO ABOUT GETTING AN OPEN TICKET UNTIL ALL THIS IS FIGURED OUT
FINGERS CROSSED SHE REALIZES HOW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IT IS THAT IVE GOT ACCESS

[ he never has faith in beaurocracy but here he goes. ]