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Viktor ([personal profile] techmaturgy) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2023-03-08 05:45 pm

@everyone, end of week 2 (after solvunn visits)

[Viktor’s hurried script is maybe familiar to some, but what’s different now (beyond the fact that it’s slightly more hurried) is that it appears on its own. Whatever this is about, it’s apparently important enough for him to make a rare solo appearance, a departure from his joint broadcast with Jayce. Right now, it's just him, relaying information as quickly and expediently as possible.

If you’re not necessarily familiar with Viktor himself, the words match those soliciting location information not too long ago. It seems this is the culmination of those efforts.
]

We know where the captives are being held. It’s an island directly north of the Singularity crater, roughly three hours off the coast of Thorne’s border, where I am now. I’ve created a map in my Horizon to show the location, as well as the data from the trackers that allowed me to pinpoint it. The explanation is slightly technical, but suffice to say the system is improved to the point where I am confident in its accuracy. Jayce and I can answer any questions about it, though you may need to direct inquiries regarding the magical component to Stephen.

[Who is here, also.]

Thank you to those who offered to collect additional data with the receivers. We would not have been able to locate this place otherwise.

The island itself is not large, though we suspect it’s heavily warded, with the exact holding area magically concealed. We weren’t able to detect anyone coming or going, so it’s likely the captors are using portals to access it directly from various abduction sites. I imagine this aligns with other investigations.

What happens now will require cooperation. Sam has done what reconnaissance he can, but we're not sure of what awaits us on the island itself, nor do we know who is responsible. Accessing the island will require us to eliminate its magical defenses or otherwise dispel its enchantments—any additional information that anyone has gathered is, at this point, vital to share.


[ooc: full receipts are here for the curious! responses may come from any of the four characters currently investigating the island, and please thread jack away. pit people…feel free to receive snippets of this message as appropriate. for additional plotting/convergence of plots, hit me up on plurk at [plurk.com profile] whitticus or discord at whitticus#8139.]
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[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-03-10 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘶𝘯𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐'𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬!

[ Magic goes way over her head, but she at least knows what she's good at. ]
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2023-03-10 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
If you could, please.
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[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-03-10 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤?
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2023-03-11 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
No, but I can adapt.
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[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-03-13 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. [ So could Hilda technically, but she's not particularly confident with her battle tactics in comparison. ] 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺.

[ And put a lot of it into practice during the war. ]

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵.
Edited 2023-03-13 04:45 (UTC)
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2023-03-13 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
Can you get a summary written of what you would need to make it happen?
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[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-03-13 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦'𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵...

[ Hilda isn't sure that anyone has the appetite for mercy right about now. ]

𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2023-03-14 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
I don't see a situation where they want to surrender. I don't see a situation where anyone among us is so inclined for such a thing either.

I'd argue surprise is the better agent, but it will hinge on research that will need to be managed.
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[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-03-14 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. Once we can clear the magical defences, we'll be able to help with the actual plan of attack. Sam and Petra probably have a better handle on this than I do but I imagine we'll have to split people into a couple of different teams to get everyone out of there.

I keep hearing about monsters though so that could be a little more complicated than just plan ol' humans. We should take that into consideration too.
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2023-03-15 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
I can take monsters.