While that's true, we have a great deal of ground to cover. And we'll need to build a proper barrier before the town is capable of actually housing anyone.
[ There's a longer pause here. ]
...I also worry that it's going to be a much easier way to target us.
Been thinking about that myself. Patho-Gen might have a hard time getting to us, what with the radiation and all, but if they do get out there...
[They could order them to come in. Knock them out. Hell, maybe mind-control someone big like him to destroy everything they've built, or to hurt the others taking refuge there. The possibilities are endless in the worst way.]
We've seen that they can get us to go anywhere, do anything. If this venture is to truly succeed...we will need to ensure we cannot be sent elsewhere. Or we will have to try to have some kind watch.
[ Which is fine with her; she was considering seeing if a small tower could be made regardless for just that reason (and because Brickston spoke to her about the view). Someone could man that for such purposes. But it doesn't negate the issue. ]
Even then, a watch will have to know when we're being controlled. Or keep from getting controlled themselves.
[And that's not even touching the problem of people like him, who don't like the idea of being watched, even by a fellow Augmented for safety. They can't all be trusted, same as anyone.]
I was thinking about how we get out there, too. It's a long walk for some folks. Especially those without legs.
That part I have prepared. I...have two mirrors that act to teleport people from one place to another. I've asked someone to house the first in a location that people wouldn't think twice about seeing Augmented milling about.
[ An art gallery, namely, but one run by an Augmented who is rather ostentatious to begin with. ]
I still need to find a location for the second mirror out in the forest or by the bridge.
Hm. Can't say I've ever felt anything going through the ones Northly and I've got. I thought they might be put to better use out there so no one has to go through Patho-Gen's teleporters.
I'm also the one who is asking people to give of their time, their resources, and their energy towards a project which may or may not get us all killed or worse.
[ There's the impression of a smile there, grim in nature. ]
And as I am not capable of doing anything related to said project, the least I can do is give my resources. Including mirrors of dubious origin.
I...I don't know. I also received quite a bit of money some months back, which allowed me to invest in some of our efforts in the city. I've been a bit wary now that we received the mirrors.
[ As it means someone or something is watching them, knowing what they're looking for. Knowing what they need. ]
I don't know. The caretakers of Kelesis, whomever they are, seem grateful for our help. I wouldn't necessarily say they aren't compassionate in some respects...but I received money before we even found Kelesis.
[ So it has to be someone or something in Karteria, or something in the woods that's been watching. ]
Perhaps it's naive to hope that something wants this world to be saved somehow.
[Sure, maybe the idea of a world giving them mirrors and money is far-fetched, but they've all been dragged out of their own worlds and are turning into monsters, against all reasonable logic. Anything seems to be on the table these days.]
[ Mel is quiet for a moment, at war with the cynical part of her that feels this is possibly a trap, something that could be taken from her at any time. But a piece of her desperately wants to cling to some kind of hope when so little of it remains these days. So she gently concedes: ]
Maybe. I'd like it if that were so.
[ It would mean at least one part of this world was on their side for once. ]
When things die, what energy they've got returns to the world. It grows in the grass and trees, feeds the herbivores that eat them, transfers to the carnivores that eat them. And when they die, back into the world it goes, decomposition helping the plants grow again. The environment changes over time in a way that helps it support all the life there. It spurs evolution, gives monsters incredible abilities that seem impossible otherwise.
But sometimes, it does something unusual. Changes monsters in unexpected ways, transforming them into something new. Sometimes, they're an apex predator, something reckless and wild and too dangerous to leave alive. Other times, they're almost like a guardian, manifested to protect the world and those living in it.
[There's a soft sigh on his end. He can't help but feel a little homesick talking about this.]
Just something I've thought about from time to time when considering the Katalyth. Where it comes from, what it does to this world, and what this world might want of us.
[ That's...interesting, actually. It's not like the hexcore or the hexcrystals at all, but there's something about the explanation that resonates with her in other ways. If the souls they've been given have been 'naturally' influenced by the Katalyth in various ways, who's to say that their own changes aren't because of these aberrations? In an uncomfortable way, their changes can, through this logic, be gifts from the world itself in a bid to protect them.
It's a difficult thing to reconcile. ]
I want to believe we're here for some kind of reason outside of whatever it is Patho-Gen wants, specifically those who harmed our comrades and allies. The people in the lobby, those who interface with the public... They truly feel we can do something, even if they have no idea how we can help for the moment.
Perhaps we need to try to look elsewhere for those answers.
[ She doesn't want to push the science group to push their studies. But perhaps Kelesis will have an idea? Or...perhaps the world itself, if they can attune to it somehow. ]
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[ There's a longer pause here. ]
...I also worry that it's going to be a much easier way to target us.
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[They could order them to come in. Knock them out. Hell, maybe mind-control someone big like him to destroy everything they've built, or to hurt the others taking refuge there. The possibilities are endless in the worst way.]
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[ Which is fine with her; she was considering seeing if a small tower could be made regardless for just that reason (and because Brickston spoke to her about the view). Someone could man that for such purposes. But it doesn't negate the issue. ]
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[And that's not even touching the problem of people like him, who don't like the idea of being watched, even by a fellow Augmented for safety. They can't all be trusted, same as anyone.]
I was thinking about how we get out there, too. It's a long walk for some folks. Especially those without legs.
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[ An art gallery, namely, but one run by an Augmented who is rather ostentatious to begin with. ]
I still need to find a location for the second mirror out in the forest or by the bridge.
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Wait, you got mirrors too?
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I did. Jayce did as well a few weeks ago, though his are...a little odd.
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[ Like something was briefly missing. ]
Regardless, they seem safe. I haven't tested my own yet.
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[He hates those things.]
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[ And she's asked too much of him already, especially recently. ]
I would want you to be safe too.
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It's still yours to do with for your own gain. You don't need to donate it for others, is what I'm saying.
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[ There's the impression of a smile there, grim in nature. ]
And as I am not capable of doing anything related to said project, the least I can do is give my resources. Including mirrors of dubious origin.
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Where do you think they come from?
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[ As it means someone or something is watching them, knowing what they're looking for. Knowing what they need. ]
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Seems like there's something out there that wants to help us. But why?
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[ So it has to be someone or something in Karteria, or something in the woods that's been watching. ]
Perhaps it's naive to hope that something wants this world to be saved somehow.
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[Sure, maybe the idea of a world giving them mirrors and money is far-fetched, but they've all been dragged out of their own worlds and are turning into monsters, against all reasonable logic. Anything seems to be on the table these days.]
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Maybe. I'd like it if that were so.
[ It would mean at least one part of this world was on their side for once. ]
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[Pom, generally a pragmatist, feels that cynicism too; it weighs on him all the time, especially without Purl to balance it out.]
You ever heard of bioenergy? That a thing where you come from?
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[ She's wondering if it's anything like the hexcore or the crystals. ]
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But sometimes, it does something unusual. Changes monsters in unexpected ways, transforming them into something new. Sometimes, they're an apex predator, something reckless and wild and too dangerous to leave alive. Other times, they're almost like a guardian, manifested to protect the world and those living in it.
[There's a soft sigh on his end. He can't help but feel a little homesick talking about this.]
Just something I've thought about from time to time when considering the Katalyth. Where it comes from, what it does to this world, and what this world might want of us.
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It's a difficult thing to reconcile. ]
I want to believe we're here for some kind of reason outside of whatever it is Patho-Gen wants, specifically those who harmed our comrades and allies. The people in the lobby, those who interface with the public... They truly feel we can do something, even if they have no idea how we can help for the moment.
Perhaps we need to try to look elsewhere for those answers.
[ She doesn't want to push the science group to push their studies. But perhaps Kelesis will have an idea? Or...perhaps the world itself, if they can attune to it somehow. ]
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I lost this somehow???
No worries at all! Notifs have been a m e s s
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