On the 13th of October, the network flickers online and several messages pop up. Outsiders will probably recognize the usernames attached to them.
@ KIJYO
castle in the fog skulls watching us sacrifice help us
@ GOLDILOCKS
wolf kaiju Promises protection Found broken radio
@ BANKERBOY
🦸=❌ 🐺💀🔨=less fog 👹=🦇🐺 🧑🌾=💩! 🏰=☠️! go toget
@ ONESTEPFORWARD
We're okay for now. Careful of purple flowers. -🦆
Some Outsiders might notice these usernames to be Lucy/Kaede, Taryon, Nanami and Malkuth respectively. The messages end there and there will be no way to contact the senders or anyone who has gone missing. While Outsiders in the town will be able to use the network to speak to each other, the reception will be spotty and the messages might be delayed. It might be more efficient to simply meet up in person.
▶ AFTERWORD.
The messages from the kidnapped characters are out! Thank you everyone for participating! Non-kidnapped characters may use this log to have discussions (or do whatever else might be relevant). As previously mentioned, after the 7th, they will not be able to contact any kidnapped characters, and their messages to each other will be spotty or delayed (which can make for funny shenanigans if you prefer). It is probably much easier to organise an in-person meeting, but we will leave it to you to do what you like. The townsfolk convene at the church for their daily prayers and worship at about 12 noon every day. Outsiders may use this time away from the townsfolk to have more private discussions.
We have put this up early to allow people more time to thread in it, but ICly it is going up on the 13th and will lead up to the Kaiju log on the 15th. These messages are also delayed. Whether or not the captives actually are 'okay' is up in the air ...
All tags on this log are worth 2 points and will count towards October AC.
locking them up is a good idea. at this point we have no reason to play nice with them when our teammates are in danger.
also thanks for informing us to not kill anyone, though it seems you chose to find out for yourself that there's some kind of enchantment on the locals.
exactly. don't even have to be mean to them either. they can still have food and whatever
[ that seems like the minimum to most people probably, but look... things were different Back In The Day ]
and yeah, I did. not exactly what I was looking for but I found out the hard way so I guess that means it wasn't a total bust. just mostly. was trying to get this lord to come out of hiding and no god worth their salt is going to ignore a sacrifice
plus figured I might be able to do some divination for our missing crew but no luck there at all clearly otherwise I would've let people know
[ humans can survive without food for long enough. she's more concerned with the safety of her fellow teammates than a bunch of freaks. ]
it's actually surprising to me that they thought of a counter measure. they may not care about these people, but they've devised a means of protecting themselves from anyone attempting to use the locals as an energy source. even if im not happy with your tactics, you did at least come back with some information that would keep others from doing the same.
surprised me too honestly. I figured that if I pissed it off Set and I would be better equipped to handle the blowback but didn’t expect it to manifest the way it does. my bad there
considering the messages we got from the missing does feel better to know not to fuck with the villagers too bad. just taking a guess that some people would be down to raze the place
[ he'd love alice, who would just leave them there to rot for all eternity if she had her way. ]
i think a lot of people are in that mindset right now. they want to burn everything down but what remains of the ashes could be our own companions too.
however, the cultists here could be under the influence of the forest god they preach about. when i tried to leave to see what would happen, i was compelled to turn back and stay. what if the people here were like us presently, brought here and unable to escape until they lost their sense of reason to the forest god?
[ which is why she is decidedly not happy about him choosing to sacrifice one of them, but what's done is done. anyway, she doesn't expect a god to care about the life of a human he has zero connection to. there's no point wasting her energy when there are living people that can be saved. ]
yeah, same for me. can't say “that shouldn’t be possible” since it ain’t like I got much in the way of Authority over this world, but it should still be a pretty tough thing to do. same with the fact that ereshkigal got bagged.
the theory that they got stuck here isn’t a bad one. noticed some people seemed to like this place and didn’t think much of it at the time. people got shit worlds they’re from so this place probably does seem nice. but now? not so sure that was natural
…for what it’s worth, feel like I should note that I won’t be making a decision on what to do this with this place, since feel like that’s what it’ll come down to. but I won’t have complaints with whatever’s decided either.
[ right, ereshkigal is also a god if the way she signed off that one network post was right. it's a little startling to realize both her and tezcatlipoca have been severely stripped of their natural abilities. no god should have anything to fear from the mortal world and yet... ]
whatever happens next can come after we rescue our teammates and take down this so-called forest god. my hope is that people don't take frustrations out on the locals. we need to keep them out of the way, but there's no need to do more than that. tensions are high but cooler heads can prevail.
i can admit that no one i care about has been kidnapped. mainly, i don't have anyone i care for in this world.
[ it's harsh, but she doesn't know any of these people well enough to have a heated emotional reaction. they need to rescue them, obviously, but she has distance here. if it were soujuurou, she knows she would be a lot angrier. if it were alice, aoko would worry more about the kidnapper's safety! ]
[ He relates, though it's not the same. It's why he doesn't say it. His lack of attachment is more God Things than just not knowing people. ]
then sounds like your cooler head might be needed if things pop off. if that "sacrifice" thing gets followed through that's what I'd expect anyways. we got some real hot tempers
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also thanks for informing us to not kill anyone, though it seems you chose to find out for yourself that there's some kind of enchantment on the locals.
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[ that seems like the minimum to most people probably, but look... things were different Back In The Day ]
and yeah, I did. not exactly what I was looking for but I found out the hard way so I guess that means it wasn't a total bust. just mostly. was trying to get this lord to come out of hiding and no god worth their salt is going to ignore a sacrifice
plus figured I might be able to do some divination for our missing crew but no luck there at all clearly otherwise I would've let people know
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[ humans can survive without food for long enough. she's more concerned with the safety of her fellow teammates than a bunch of freaks. ]
it's actually surprising to me that they thought of a counter measure. they may not care about these people, but they've devised a means of protecting themselves from anyone attempting to use the locals as an energy source. even if im not happy with your tactics, you did at least come back with some information that would keep others from doing the same.
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surprised me too honestly. I figured that if I pissed it off Set and I would be better equipped to handle the blowback but didn’t expect it to manifest the way it does. my bad there
considering the messages we got from the missing does feel better to know not to fuck with the villagers too bad. just taking a guess that some people would be down to raze the place
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i think a lot of people are in that mindset right now. they want to burn everything down but what remains of the ashes could be our own companions too.
however, the cultists here could be under the influence of the forest god they preach about. when i tried to leave to see what would happen, i was compelled to turn back and stay. what if the people here were like us presently, brought here and unable to escape until they lost their sense of reason to the forest god?
[ which is why she is decidedly not happy about him choosing to sacrifice one of them, but what's done is done. anyway, she doesn't expect a god to care about the life of a human he has zero connection to. there's no point wasting her energy when there are living people that can be saved. ]
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the theory that they got stuck here isn’t a bad one. noticed some people seemed to like this place and didn’t think much of it at the time. people got shit worlds they’re from so this place probably does seem nice. but now? not so sure that was natural
…for what it’s worth, feel like I should note that I won’t be making a decision on what to do this with this place, since feel like that’s what it’ll come down to. but I won’t have complaints with whatever’s decided either.
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whatever happens next can come after we rescue our teammates and take down this so-called forest god.
my hope is that people don't take frustrations out on the locals. we need to keep them out of the way, but there's no need to do more than that.
tensions are high but cooler heads can prevail.
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kidnap peoples' buddies and things get hot real fast
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[ it's harsh, but she doesn't know any of these people well enough to have a heated emotional reaction. they need to rescue them, obviously, but she has distance here. if it were soujuurou, she knows she would be a lot angrier. if it were alice, aoko would worry more about the kidnapper's safety! ]
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[ He relates, though it's not the same. It's why he doesn't say it. His lack of attachment is more God Things than just not knowing people. ]
then sounds like your cooler head might be needed if things pop off. if that "sacrifice" thing gets followed through that's what I'd expect anyways. we got some real hot tempers
not that I'm complaining of course
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don't enjoy this so much.
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a god of conflict naturally enjoys stuff like this
but don't worry. for what it's worth not thrilled it's OUR people taking the brunt of it here
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starting to realize why mortals and gods don't speak very often.