TO: EVERYONE (Posted in morning)

[magicalarchaeologist]

To the Summoned –

Right then, sorry to blast this into all of your eyeballs first thing on this fine morning, but it seemed like the sort of thing most of us would be interested in discussing. We’ll get right to the point.

Some new nonsense is happening with the Singularity. A few weeks ago, Dion and I paid it a visit on the Horizon side. I didn’t offend it but we didn’t get much out of it. In light of recent events, we’ve gone back, and it seems as if it’s feeling a bit more lively now.

In our initial meeting, the only feeling, if one can call it, was a sort of vague recognition of us, particularly so when I made mention of our potential future. My personal experience with the Singularity is quite limited; however, other experiences indicate this is not unusual. What is unusual is this new state of the monolith as of now, a sort of alert consciousness.

Istredd’s taken it upon himself to do some proper follow up, so we’ll let him get on with what he’s found.

The Dimming happens on December 21st of every year but the Singularity starts waning throughout the month of December. It is dormant on that day, enough that people can visit in person. I've been there twice. It is the natural cycle of the Singularity. Cid saying it's feeling a bit more lively is deeply concerning, it is supposed to be slowing down right now.

After hearing about the tremors causing havoc on the outskirts of the crater, I decided to investigate. I had a suspicion. Going inside of the crater around the Singularity kills the natives of this world. We are instead thrown into the Horizon. Many of us experienced that in April during the collective vision we had, when our territories threw us in there.

I am sorry to say my worry was well-founded. The tremors from the Singularity pushed into the territories and the crater has taken ground. I recommend that no one from the Summoned investigate closely. For right now we don't know if this is reflective of what's to come or just a strange one-time incident. I don't want anyone to panic, but we should keep an eye on it.

I currently do not have an answer as to how to stop it or how to force it into dormancy. I know that there are people in our community who have a connection to it. If you could approach it and see if it will communicate anything worthwhile, or see if there is a way to calm it, that might be helpful.

For now, I would recommend those who are near the base of the crater give it adequate leeway. From the amount of power it appears to hold still, we can only estimate it will continue to grow.


[OOC: Purple is Cid, blue is Istredd, gold is Dion.]

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[restingstitchface]

𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝐼 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝓁𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓂𝒶𝑔𝑒, 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝐼? 𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝒹𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓃𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒶𝒷𝓁𝓎. 𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝒷𝑜𝒹𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃. 𝒮𝑒𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓈.

𝑀𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓎'𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝒥𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇, 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎.

this isn't real

[itookashot]

[magicalarchaeologist]

I suppose what we can hope for is that this stays the extent of the problem. But if it becomes a problem, I suspect they will use us again as they see fit.

[restingstitchface]

𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓌𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓅𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓃𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝓌𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓆𝓊𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂, 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝒾𝓉? 𝒰𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝑜𝒷𝓈𝑒𝓇𝓋𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒. 𝒫𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝒾𝓈, 𝓌𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓃𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝑔𝓊𝓃𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉.

𝒪𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝒻 𝓌𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹. 𝐼 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝑔𝒶𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃.

[techmaturgy]

Earthquakes are a force of nature, even moreso tied to the Singularity. If we can exert any measure of control, it should be to put and end them, and avoid needless casualty.

[sick of this nonsense!!!]

[restingstitchface]

[Well, of course you would complain.]

𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓊𝓁𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒. 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒿𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇: 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝒶𝓂𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒽𝓎𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁. 𝒫𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓅𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝒹𝒶𝓅𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓊𝓂𝒶 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝒾𝒻𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉, 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓉.

[techmaturgy]

What I call "casualty" and you call "consequence" is the needless harming of innocent people. You would traumatize them to prove your point.

[restingstitchface]

𝒩𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁. 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓁 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓇, 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝐼 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝓇𝒶𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓉. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓁𝑒𝒹. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒹. 𝐼 𝓈𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓊𝓂𝒶 𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓃 𝒾𝓉. 𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒿𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈.

[itookashot]

Hey, watch your bloody mouth, or in this case, watch your bloody mental word pictures and back off him, Jonathan.

[restingstitchface]

𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝒶𝓁𝓈𝑜 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂. 𝒲𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹 - 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒻𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝓈𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒶𝓇 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈𝑒𝓉. 𝒟𝒾𝓈𝒶𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒.

[itookashot]

His inventions were STOLEN, they took them without permission. It's not the same thing as losing control. You can continue to disagree without hitting below the belt. Back off.

[restingstitchface]

𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓃𝑜 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓅𝓊𝓃𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝒶𝑔. 𝒮𝑜 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝓊𝓈𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃. 𝐼𝒻 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒.

[itookashot]

There is nothing he said that made you a punching bag, you just see attacks everywhere. Turn that doctor brain around on yourself.

[techmaturgy]

I am stating facts. If you're so offended by this, perhaps you should reconsider your methods instead of speaking on something you know nothing about.

[restingstitchface]

𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝐼 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓁, 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈 𝒹𝓇𝒶𝓌𝓃 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓊𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁, 𝑔𝑜 𝒶𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹. 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒹𝒹.

[techmaturgy]

Tell me then, what is your current project? Unless you were serious about controlling the earthquakes.

[restingstitchface]

𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒𝒹𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓎𝓂𝓅𝓉𝑜𝓂𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈. 𝐼𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓈𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝐼 𝒹𝑜 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝒹𝑜.

[Which is help people, thank you!]

[magicalarchaeologist]

No, if we can help people by slowing down whatever the Singularity is doing, and keep the earthquakes from doing what the storms did earlier in the year, that is the right thig to do. Not to mention if these get out of hand, they will do the same thing to us, and I think it's possible the Singularity is feeding off of us. Putting us in the crater in the first place might have led to where we are now.

[restingstitchface]

𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓈𝒸𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝒹𝑒𝒶 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒹𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝒾𝒻𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓉. 𝒲𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎. 𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒.

[magicalarchaeologist]

You try telling them if they want to throw us in the crater again that they should only try one or two. It'll be all or nothing. I don't think anyone is insignificant.

[restingstitchface]

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒹𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒? 𝐼𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝑒, 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑜𝓅𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓂.

𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉? 𝒮𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓌𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒. 𝒪𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎. 𝐵𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒾𝑔𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝒹𝑒𝒶.

[magicalarchaeologist]

I do. Not all purposes may be exciting and unique but each person's life matters.

I did wonder how they all came to agree to bring us to the crater as one. They weren't in outright war like now, but they must have some contact. I wonder if they'll be able to do the same now, if using us becomes more important than their conflict temporarily.

[restingstitchface]

𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹, 𝒾𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒻𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒾𝓃𝒽𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓉 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇. 𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝒷𝑜𝒹𝓎 𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓀; 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈𝓁𝓎 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝒾𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝒹𝑒𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝑒𝓈.

[magicalarchaeologist]

I'm sure Sidwell would temporarily suspend the war just to agree to control us, but I wouldn't trust him if I was the Free Cities. That man is a war mongerer.

[restingstitchface]

𝒫𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓇𝑒. 𝒲𝒶𝓇 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝑒𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂𝓈; 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓅𝑜𝓁𝒾𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁, 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓃𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁, 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒿𝓊𝒹𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁. 𝒞𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓊𝑒. 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓊𝓅𝓉 𝓅𝑜𝓁𝒾𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒹𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓊𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓇?