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

@nice toy

[fursuit]

so lock them in the church for a few hours and we'll get to work on the skulls. easy

don't recommend killing them by the way. not on principle but because you'll get what I'll just call a curse for simplicity

[penaltypoints]

Elaborating on the details of this curse would be helpful.

[fursuit]

real simple. makes you want to hurt/kill our people. comes and goes at least hence why I'm not complaining too much about getting tossed in the barn

going to be hard to get much done if we're trying to off each other

[penaltypoints]

[ This really is more and more reminiscent of Lobotomy Corporation... ]

Thank you for your clarification.

[fursuit]

no problem. figured I might as well mention it since people are rightfully getting pretty bloodthirsty but that could backfire

which is against just about every fiber of my being just want to note. wish I could say go for it without reservations

[penaltypoints]

I see. Nevertheless, it's for the best that you have chosen to use your moments of lucidity to warn us.

@FutureTerror

[kaizou]

WHAT IF I'M USED TO ALREADY WANTING TO HURT AND KILL PEOPLE

[fursuit]

you'll actually act on it is more the problem

[kaizou]

OH SO IT'S MORE LIKE MIND CONTROL

NOT JUST WANTING TO

I WAS GOING TO VOLUNTEER

SINCE IT WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING FOR ME

[fursuit]

[ ...he hadn't really thought of that term because HIM? subject to MIND CONTROL?

......that's kind of what it was, huh.

he'll have that moment of introspection privately, thank you. ]

yeah wouldn't recommend it even if I'm more in less in the same boat as you

it's annoying. don't know when it comes or goes so.

they stuck me in the barn. sucks

@kensuke

[vorous]

Tez.
:'(

[fursuit]

what's the face for??? I'm saying NOT to kill them

[vorous]

Murder is not nice.

_{[ does that explain why he was tied up and in a barn?? ]}

[fursuit]

yeah well. I’m not a nice guy

a life is one way to catch the attention of a god. worked technically but gave shit all for what I was trying to figure out

[vorous]

You're nice to me.

_{[ 🥺👉👈 ]}

It might have been an innocent person.

_{[ He says might because, well... he's very aware of how cruel humanity can be and maybe has his own resentment towards mankind. Still, he stuffs all of that down with an over-abundance of kindness. ]}

@starbow

[bluestar]

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.

[fursuit]

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

[bluestar]

water is enough. we need the food for ourselves.

[ 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.

[fursuit]

[ see this is why he likes mages 🖤 ice cold ]

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

[bluestar]

[ 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. ]

@justish

[lostdestiny]

WHAT

[ This is insane why did he get punched for saying "we should have a plan to take care of civilians" and the team gives this guy almost no grief for what sounds like flat-out murder?

(Probably because Shinn didn't actually get punched for saying "we should have a plan to take care of civilians" he got punched for bringing up Seoul--) ]

[fursuit]

yeah yeah I've already seen you throwing fits so go ahead and get it all out

you better get over the self-righteousness quick

[lostdestiny]

It’s not self-righteous if I’m right!

[ And Shinn feels like he is very firmly in the right that this guy should not be murdering the locals? ]

[fursuit]

yeah no. not what that word means.

anyways I'm not going to hide from it or apologize for it. that's why I'm telling you to get it out of your system now.

there's still work to do

[lostdestiny]

“Get it out” —

Do you think that person’s family can just “get it out”? The people who relied on them, the people who loved them? We came here to help and you killed someone instead! I’m not going to just get it out