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[lingeringhope]

[In the background can be heard the thudding, drilling noises that started early this morning and haven't stopped for a moment since. While they're still faint enough that it's possible to ignore them, that won't be the case for long.

Hope looks determined, but there's worry visible there too.]

They've found us. If you are on this side, with Fear and I, we need your help. I would ask you to venture into the caves around the city and collapse them - Rage will provide explosives for this, or if you have abilities that make it possible, use them. Go as deep as you can and destroy them on the way back in. We need it to be as difficult as possible for them to get here.

[He winces as a particularly loud noise echoes through the cave.]

It will be dangerous. There are still monsters in there. But we have no other choice - this is the only way to ensure our survival until Fear can transport us out. Thank you for your help.

[The video flickers off. Hope's responses will be brief and limited, as he is quite busy trying to keep everyone alive.]

Comments

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[amos_moses]

Combat experience an' I've worked with explosives before.

I can also use the jabberjays to keep an eye on everyone an' help coordinate movements.

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[torrefied]

Sounds like a better use of the birds than teaching them that song.

[Yeah, Mello remembers that.]

Which are you better with, combat or explosives? You might need to do both, but if we can prioritize tasks according to skill, this whole operation will be much more efficient.

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[amos_moses]

[Amos hesitates to answer, because he hates fighting, but in the end he gives Mello a truthful reply.]

I've got more experience being the lookout an' shootin' shit.

My partner's the demolitions expert, but he ain't here.

[And thank the good Lord for that: when Kat gets bored, things tend to explode or get mysteriously set on fire. And Kat would be very, very bored in the murdercave.]

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[torrefied]

See if you can partner with someone else to handle the explosives, then. There's no sense in wasting time and effort.

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[amos_moses]

Yeah. I'll do what I can, an' ask all the birds to help keep track of folks.

[Amos's meager talent is of far more tactical use than it first seems, even with his limited range and power.]

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[torrefied]

Good.

[And then, after a momentary pause, quieter:]

Thank you.

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[amos_moses]

You're welcome. An' thank you, too.

[For teamwork. It's hard to come by.]