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[hot_mes]

[the transmission cuts in and out since their party is quite some distance from the city in the mountains – and under one – but Law is sure going to give it the ol' college try here. Part and parcel of his campaign to share information publicly]

I'm recording this in the hopes that it can reach the city, but if not, I can replay it later when we return. We've reached a bunker [fzzt...garbled words] like the caves, for those who’ve been here long enough to remember. This one has a surprise in it.

[he pans over to where Caedra is eagerly poking at a star chart of some kind, a technological marvel with shining points of light. Now, pirate boy here has seen maps before but star maps are pretty unique, even for astral navigation. The room itself is pretty technologically advanced, event compared to Hadriel itself]

This is...something between technology and magic as far as I'm concerned. If you touch one of those stars, you feel things. Emotions but also physiological response. Even though [fzzt] in here I felt cold, it stimulated nerve sensation. We're testing out as many as we can before we get tired of it but I wanted to send back an image.

[It's at this moment that Caedra reaches forward toward one of the points on the map, but quickly she withdraws her finger with a hiss of pain and a glare at the offensive point of light.]

So far that's all we've found here. No natives, no bodies. I plan to col- [more garbling and pixelating] before we come back. Oh...and it's just the two of us now. Black Leg-ya disappeared an hour ago, right in front of us.

[he looks vaguely disgruntled about that. Lucky bastard gets to go home. Law out]

((ooc: replies may come from either Law or Caedra or both))

Comments

[theweakhavepurpose]

that sucks.

think anyone might actually be able to navigate with that thing?

[hot_mes]

not sure. theoretically, if these are the other planets Fear can reach, the Door should be able to take us to them as well, but I don't know if a photo of the map would be enough to do so.

[theweakhavepurpose]

maybe the whole touching/feeling navigation is something that fear can use. or hope. one of them.

maybe one of the other expeditions found a library or something that would help us use the map.

[hot_mes]

maybe, but I get the sense that this wasn't meant for them. it was either for their hosts, or the Null, or both. the gods aren't corporeal, being able to touch the star is sort of crucial to its use.

I've only heard from Nate, who else went out?

[theweakhavepurpose]

i was with nates group. but newt was also going to go out i think to try and catch one of them.

not sure how it went or if theyre back yet. havent heard from them.

[hot_mes]

[a private moment of "ugh that guy"]

signals are iffy this far out but I'll keep an eye out for more reports. I haven't seen anything indicating what's going on back there right now

[theweakhavepurpose]

i think they were doing the prisoner exchange but i havent heard anything about it.

i dont know whats happening with delight or hope or fear or any of them.

[hot_mes]

[no news is not good news as far as he's concerned...]

keep an eye out then. not much I can do from here.

[theweakhavepurpose]

working on it.

no ones been posting too much to the network lately. so something might be up.

[hot_mes]

so it's not just the bad connection, things really are that quiet. got it.

[theweakhavepurpose]

no its been unusually quiet.

i dont like it. somethings wrong.

[hot_mes]

watch your backs, then. we'll do our best to hurry back.

[theweakhavepurpose]

on it.

if you find anything else dont be shy about putting it on the network. people should know whats happening.

[hot_mes]

here's hoping I don't have to