INCOMING MESSAGE (NON-KIDNAPPED CHARACTERS ONLY)

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A CALL FOR HELP

▶ SUDDEN TRANSMISSION

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.

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Comments

@BAD DADDY

[zauneyete]

[ This is DEFINITELY via text, because he KNOWS how some of y'all are. ]

See>? They seem fine. I don't know why everyone was so panicked.

@bustermove

[busternaut]

the hell's with your username, man?

[definitely the most pressing issue rn.]

[zauneyete]

I don't know, the system did just had it on there.

[ he doesn't fucking know how to change it (and can't ever know) ]

[busternaut]

[the best news is that there is no way to change it, unless you want to wind up like elan and get stuck with some embarrassing default shit like "lilith69".

anyway,]

so SYNTHIA gave it to you? it reads like you're some sort of submissive daddy kinkster getting scolded by your dom.

[extremely helpful input, thanks dearka.]

[zauneyete]

What.

[busternaut]

...yeah i'm not explaining that one to you

ask ereshkigal after we manage to get her back

@red-gaze

[immortalpoet]

[SIM RELATIONSHIP SYMBOL NEGATIVE]

there may have been no apparent danger at the time outside of being brought to a new place. regardless we have something to work with now

[zauneyete]

[ NOOO SILCO see what your big mouth did to you. ]

Correct. It means we have time to be reasonable about this.

[ Because of course he wants all of their allies back. Of course he'll help. (He will not.)]

[immortalpoet]

maybe maybe not

but you're as cynical as me

i don't think you would expect them to be pleasurably having a party where they are

[zauneyete]

Yes, I am. Maybe even more.

I certainly don't think they're off to an enjoyable jaunt. However, I think they also can care for themselves. Unless we hear otherwise, they may be perfectly fine.

[ He sees sacrifice, and thinks it must be someone is getting sacrificed. They said don't worry. ]

[immortalpoet]

and they may not be. either way, we have to investigate. i'm sure you don't want to be in this creepy village for much longer anyways

@IcyHot

[heir_conditioned]

No problem, I can explain for you.
Normally people don't get kidnapped, or taken and have to send encrypted messages. Things like this can be very distressing. There are undoubtedly people who are friends, maybe even loved ones, who have been taken. It's stressful. That's why they're panicked. It's only natural. If you have any further questions I'll try to answer them.

[zauneyete]

[ help... this is so funny ]

Is it? Never experienced kidnapping before?

Well, perhaps they should get used to it, I doubt it will be the last time. Personally, I still don't think it's worth throwing a fit over. It's not like anyone who was taken isn't fully capable of handling themselves. After all, we're all asked to fight Kaiju, which is infinitely more dangerous than simply being whisked away.

[heir_conditioned]

[He's pretty sure that's a sincere question, so he answers it earnestly.]

It is. Not first hand, but I've been on the end of someone being taken right in front of me. They could take care of themselves, too, but it didn't stop the way I felt. I understand their panic and want to retrieve their friends or family or loved ones.

I don't know if that's true. None of us know how dangerous the threat is unless they're the kidnapper, or the people kidnapped. Sometimes apex predators still have enemies of the same caliber.

1/2

[zauneyete]

[ todoroki.... im so sorry ]

If you're so worried, maybe you should learn to trust the strength of your... friends.

[ a long pause, between messages one and two, because: ]

[zauneyete]

Personally, if someone I knew got kidnapped, I would either worry for the safety of the abductors or expect them to make it out alive on their own.

But, perhaps I simply expect more of people. They should take care of themselves.

[heir_conditioned]

[There's no sorry to be had, Todoroki really is the best one of the two here to have said it to. He mulls it over, actually giving thought to what was said.]

Maybe you're right. If I think back on it, if I think about how I'm talking with personal experience and imposing it on someone else, it's selfish. Selfish want to have them back along side their safety. Or wounded pride that I couldn't protect them. Maybe.

I can't say that's how I feel, but I understand what you're saying I think. It still wouldn't stop me from trying. From your point of view, I can see going for them being a liability. More people, more problems. But I still wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror and know I didn't try. In that case, wouldn't that be trusting in myself, too? If you can, I'm not judging you. Everyone is different. Your way may even make more tactical sense.

@starbow

[bluestar]

they've been kidnapped! we don't know what these cultists are planning to do, but from my experience it's almost certainly going to involve ritual sacrifice.

[zauneyete]

Oh, are there cultists involved now? We haven't heard anything about that from these messages. Maybe we should be wary from inciting the lot of us into a further panic.

[ silco, shut up ]

[bluestar]

if an entire village worships a forest god and then several people are taken from our group, then the only assumption i can make is what i've learned from my studies as a mage.

this isn't about inciting panic, it's just being realistic about the situation at hand.

[zauneyete]

Ah. As much an assumption as me saying that they're probably fine, since they told us they are ok, yes?

I think the realism is that we shouldn't assume too much about who or what has done it, although if you want to blame the villagers, be my guest. I'd love for someone else to say something to make them upset instead of me.

[ Has he. Already gotten the stinkeye from the entire community? Yes. ]

@ shiro

[cranekin]

(You know, Tsurumaru is one of the chillest guys you can usually meet outside a battlefield and????)

"Fine?"

(Define fine, bad daddy.........)

[zauneyete]

One of them said "okay", I think that meets the qualification.

At least fine enough that we don't need to be worked up.

[ See, people like Silco are very hard pressed to get worked up about people missing*. (*One exception to this rule.) So he might be more flippant than most outsiders would like. ]

[cranekin]

And two of them mention some sort of danger.

Does that mean they're half okay and only a quarter fine?

(He can still joke around.)

[zauneyete]

[ Heh. He can't see it, but Silco actually laughs a little. He does appreciate a little cattiness. ]

Could be. Or they could be asking us not to panic and do anything too rash. Think about who was taken, yes? Think they can hold themselves together long enough for us to at least get ahold of LILITH?

Mind, I'm not interested in saving them, but for those who are... they might want to not rush into things.

[ Hey, at least he's honest about being shitty ]