[Locked to Residents]

[lorentzian]

Hi, Luceti. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Jane Foster. For several months, I've been working with Tony Stark on a project. A project to get all of us home.

For most of that time the project was kept pretty much secret. Even then, it wasn't entirely safe. We suspect the Malnosso know what we're up to and aren't too happy with us. That's exactly why we want to bring it to the rest of you and step it up: so we can finish this faster than they expect us to and get out of here before they can try to stop us.

The basics are actually pretty straightforward: we're building a device that can open a wormhole, get us through the barrier, and back to our respective worlds and universes. Don't ask about the technicalities unless you're really sure you want them. It's complex stuff.

What we need from all of you is missions. We're close to completion, but there are still a lot of parts we need to complete the device. The only way to get those parts is to buy them with mission points. You guys go out on missions, earn points, buy the parts we specify, and bring those parts to us. Pretty simple, right?

We're not saying you have to participate. But we wanted to open up the project to anyone else in the village who might care to help.

Like I said, it could be dangerous. Helping us probably isn't without consequences. If that's a risk you're willing to take, you can come talk to me or Tony and we'll give you more specifics.

So uh ... any questions, I guess? Fire away. We're both here.

(ooc: Both Jane and Tony will reply to responses here. Feel free to threadjack like nuts.)

Comments

[magicalesbian]

Well. Someone's gotta give it a try and fail at some point, right? Heck, as long as they can get me to a world where my magic isn't being blocked by the malnossies or whoever, I can get back home just fine.

[rocketpunch]

They could always send you somewhere where your magic is blocked by something even worse, too. Or like right into the middle of a star. That probably wouldn't end too well. So just be careful, I guess.

[magicalesbian]

...

That's. Actually. Kind of horrifying. But. If my magic isn't being blocked? It's got a built in fail-safe. Takes me right back to my world if my life is in danger!

[It helps when your magic is controlled by an ancient sentient being living in secret inside of you.]

So. I don't know, I wouldn't exactly want to be a test guinea pig, but if there's a chance to leave, I'll take it.

[rocketpunch]

Has your life been in danger in Luceti, though? Your magic actually sounds useful, so I'm just curious.

Good luck, then. If it works well on the first wave, maybe I'll consider taking it later.

[magicalesbian]

Not so far, no. And I'd much rather keep it that way. I mean, it's one thing to be in a dangerous situation, and another to have your life in danger like you're about to die.

I just know it's a feature. Thankfully, the only time I've used it has been when I'm using it manually -- you know, to make trips back home faster.

[rocketpunch]

Yeah...I've been killed in Luceti, and those opportunities don't really come by often, and it wasn't a lot of fun. So hopefully it won't happen to you.

[magicalesbian]

You were--

[Wow, if there was anything she could have said to render Hoshikyo speechless, that was certainly it. No matter how casually she may have mentioned it.]

...that. Sounds awful. Dying, I mean. Not a lot of people can say they've experienced that. [...] At least, not outside of Luceti. Maybe.

[rocketpunch]

[Yup. Precis is super casual about it. It makes it a bit less painful.]

Yeah...well, I don't really want to experience it again unless I have to. That's not really what I wanted to talk about anyways, so...

[magicalesbian]

Oh! Oh. Yeah. Right. That's... not a very good topic.

[How does one casually change the subject from casually talking about death anyway?]

Uhm. By the way, I'm-- I'm Hoshikyo.

[rocketpunch]

Oh. Right. I'm Precis, but you've probably heard of me if you've been here for a few months. I was the one who found the new area back in October.

[magicalesbian]

Precis, huh? Well, I've been here since September, but... kinda spent the first month or two in denial about being here again. So I wasn't paying much attention to things. I just remember something about tunnels.

[More like flat out ignoring everything and living out of the library, but details.]

[rocketpunch]

Ohhh, that's too bad. There was a lot of information about them. I kinda think if we keep digging, we'll find a way home, but it seems like I'm the only one who thinks being careful is better than building a device to send us all to our potential deaths.

WOW wrong icon hi

[magicalesbian]

If the way to get home was buried underneath us, don't you think those malnossy guys would know about it? They built this place, after all.

[rocketpunch]

I...I didn't mean digging literally. I meant if there's something about this world that pulls people here, then there has to be a way to send people back, or at least something that can be used to help us. Unfortunately, we're kinda confined here, so...

[magicalesbian]

...oh. [Underground, tunnel, totally a fair assumption to make ok ok.]

Well. Yeah, you're right about that. And if people can be sent back to the same time as when they were pulled away? That means there's gotta be something that keeps track of that. Like, data of our worlds from when we were pulled here.

I bet those malnossy guys know more about it, but. You know. Doesn't make much sense for a scientist to talk to his lab rats about test results, right?