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?̴̣̘̭̻̩̲̦̾͑̈̓̆̎̓͋̍̍͜

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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. ]

[nadine_he_loves]

If anyone who's heading outside of the city to investigate needs basic supplies, I can provide them free of charge, whatever people need. First aide stuff, mostly, but sun protection and tonics for keeping up strength and endurance.

extremely ota, mid-end of week 1

[techmaturgy]

I've begun to determine the location of the missing using trackers sent with two of our number. The signal is weak and intermittent, but it's somewhere to the north of Cadens.

[he is not interested in debating the ethics of this plan at the time, but, you know, he supposes he can't stop anyone from yelling at him about this.]

I'm currently improving the receiver and additional trackers in an effort to increase the range and strength of the devices, but it will take some time (and, likely, support from the government). It may be possible to confirm northeast vs northwest if I'm able to get outside of the city--that is, closer to the signal. I would need assistance or an escort doing so, or I can provide the receiver to a capable party.

Additionally, if any of our number in Thorne or Solvunn are attempting to determine the location via similar methods, I would be able to further triangulate based on your data, if you're willing to share it.

I could lose the signal at any time, so the faster we're able to act on this, the better chance we have.

ota, spreading solvunn info

[aquaveiled]

I've requested a meeting with the Council and we'll see how that goes...and I'll be reaching out to my contact in Nocwich as well.

I admit I originally thought this was just something going awry in Solvunn as Nero was leading a team with his friends Aloy and Steve to look into Councilmember Josselyn Creed. They've disappeared.

I mentioned it a while back, but we had some reason to believe that people were going missing in the Tertiary Settlement for a while. That plus everything that went down during our trip to Nocwich has made a few of us more suspicious.

But it seems like this is a much bigger issue.

The locals here are praying for the Summoned's safe return. I have to wonder...will the gods actually answer their call?

Take care of yourselves,

- Himeka Sui

[rinwell]

I'm going to see what I can find out from the local gangs. If any orphans are missing, or locals in the neighbourhood, they'll know. And they may have seen something the rest of us missed.

anonymous

[princessvegas]

[ The following message goes out with a massive effort on Julie's part to block her name and handwriting. Her body is going to give out again, she can tell, so she uses the remaining few moments of consciousness and strength to send out the information that she gleaned through someone else's eyes. ]

THEY ARE UNDERGROUND.
THE WALLS AND CEILING ARE STONE.
THERE'S A WELL.
THE CORN IS ROTTEN.

BIG PUMPKINS ARE EVERYWHERE. BUT NOT PUMPKINS. SOFTER THAN PUMPKINS. PEOPLE ARE INSIDE OF THEM. SOME DEAD.

THERE'S STICKY GOO ON THE PEOPLE THERE. IT HURTS THEM. THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE DARK.

FOUR SUMMONED WERE THERE. MAT, ISTRID, AND TWO OTHERS. ONE IS A BOY, DON'T KNOW HIS NAME. THE LAST IS A MAN, COULDN'T SEE FACE. ALL HURT BUT NOT CRITICAL.

MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING.

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.]