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[Viktor’s familiar, hurried script appears once again on its own. Without someone helping to facilitate the post, he is straight to the point, much as he was some months ago, announcing the location of the kidnapped Summoned.]

I’m well aware that most of us are occupied with the hostile creatures descending on various locations across the continent. However:

I’m more concerned with the nature of these phenomena and am currently improving the devices that the Academy will use to take measurements from the rifts. When I’m finished, the data will be more accurate than what the Cadens scientists could gather on their own. If there are similar efforts in the other factions, it is in our best interests to collaborate. I have theories of my own, as well.

[That’s, you know, the hint to pony up some intel.]

In the meantime, for those of you in the Free Cities who might be venturing to the rifts, I will need an escort. I would prefer to collect the readings myself, but I’m willing to part with one of the devices provided you are responsible with it. That may allow us to cover more ground.

As always, if you are in need of equipment or repairs, my workshop is open (unless I’m examining the rifts, in which case I’ll handle inquiries when I return).

- V

[ooc: here is a little bit about what Viktor has going on! for additional plotting/convergence of plots, hit me up on plurk at

whitticus or discord at whitticus.]

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𝘉𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨?

[ She's kidding, obviously. Kind of. Their aesthetics vs. function debate could go on forever. That being said, she does feel a little better knowing that he'll at least be protected. ]

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘖𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 - 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?

Well, it's not a costume anymore.

[It's functional! Maybe it's still creepy, but he'll feel like less of a liability outside of the city if he wears it.]

I like that idea. We were working on something like that, back home. For falling debris in the mines.

𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳?

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵. ...𝘜𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴?

It's more than that. And I have a few tricks, don't worry.

We can cover more ground if you and Alucard go to Formahault and I go somewhere else. But I expect a full report.

𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴.

𝘈 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰? 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘈𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘋𝘰 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦?

Yes, I know who I'm talking to. I would like a report regardless. I worry the officials haven't told us the truth about Formahault.

[ A written report is Highly Unlikely, but - ]

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱. 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵.

𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴. 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴, 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦? 𝘕𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴.

If there are people locked behind those barriers, suffering, I need to know.

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳? 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.