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[It's been almost two weeks since the mission, and Kotetsu's barely managed to hold himself together during that time; a royal mess, you'd say. But with the arrival of Kaede and the underlying truth that, eventually, it'd be brought up... He decides he'll put his two cents out there.]

... A while ago, me and a buncha' others went on a mission. It was s'pposed to be a pretty normal thing; I mean, routine stuff. But then, we were attacked... and things got a little fuzzy and crazier than it should've. [A pause, as he considers what to say. How to say it. Maybe he shoulda' picked out someone who was better at words or... hell, even wrote down what he was planning to say. As it is, he's sitting here with a few bullet points scribbled out, itching his head.]

From what everyone could tell, it was a band of dream shifters, like the kind people fought before. And that General Ass--... guy was in there, too. I met him in a dream, and he basically helped to get me out of it. Like he did for other people. It's pretty confusing, you know? That he'd help us out. But he told me... before everything got hard to keep track of, he told me that...

[He massages his temple, trying to remember the exact words.]

He said they wanted to offer us to the planet. Some--special hour, or something. That his people had a bigger plan for us. Said he'd kill me right where I was if it wasn't for everything else goin' on. Tch, he was basically just a confusing bastard. But what I could tell was that there were people like him--those third party fellas--that weren't on his side. Dream guys who wanted him to go down, because he was just as stuck as we were by the looks of it. Or else he'd just let us all die and be on his way, right?

And--! (shi-) [flipping over a paper, one sec] He said something about.... Shamans...? That things don't stay dead without 'em. He was looking for one while we were stuck there.

[There's a hushed silence. Sounding pretty uncool there Kaburagi. Try to at least sound like you know exactly what to include.]

I, uh, don't know what else I should add. It was all a pretty big blur, but I figured... the malnosso tried to get me to talk about it, but I figured it'd be better off here. The people who were there can also add some stuff here. Leave the line open for all the stuff they can--contribute? [is that a decent way of phrasing it] Or if anyone has any questions I'll try my best to answer 'em. I think this info is just as much yours as it is anyone there. The others probably got things more thought-out than me... so...

Alright.

[OKAY I'M GOOD

I'LL JUST

STOP HERE

because talking in length about this frustrating shit is too much]

((ooc: basically a free-for-all, especially for anyone who has anything to offer from the mission! I figured we could have this up even without everything threaded out, can add replies as we go? go for the stars, n' stuff. :|))

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[Then the fact that Leonhardt just returned from a penalty removal and his voice isn't quite usable yet wasn't a bad thing. That's the only reason why he's writing right now.]

We have no way of knowing unless someone else found that out and has not yet spoken. One of two things is possible: It was a trap set for the General or it was an attack on the General and we were just in the wrong place at the right time.

The Count himself is a coward and tends to hide behind others for his own protection. The hardest part about my mission was evading security to reach him.

I see... remember anything the Count said? What's he like, exactly?

Other than a smartass, or whatever.

[Leonhardt will do better than just describe it, he'll leave this entry linked here.]

That is him. How he acts in there is not unlike how his servants described him. He is rather fond of tormenting those he considers beneath him and killing his servants was not uncommon. He keeps himself surrounded by guards and immense security.

He's very easy to spot, just look for the color pink. His wings and skin are very pink. His vanity is quite obvious just from looking at him.

The strangest thing was that even though he treats those beneath him hideously, they are still completely loyal to him.

[....]

I remember this. [He wasn't there for the initial post--he had to look back on it, later on. Let's just... say Kotetsu wasn't at his best that month. Doing missions back-to-back and consequently shutting out all sorts of things really throws off time.]

So this is the guy. Sounds like the worst kind of person... I've fought someone like this before.

[He's like Jake Martinez. Tormenting 'those beneath him', malicious in tone, teasing in a way that made people's skin crawl.]

And now he's just out there, runnin free. I bet he's not gonna be very quiet.

[Leonhardt can understand one not being at their best and that post definitely was the best for explaining it.]

I have as well. They are far from pleasant people and truly, death is the only way to resolve the matter from my experience.

I doubt he will be quiet. At least he has been removed from the Malnosso and cannot access the journal network. That is something. My hope is that I am the only one targeted.

[A wince. He's not one to think death is the final choice; maybe it is, but he'll never see that. Even the idea of killing a Third Party member sits poorly with him--though, he's learned better than to get in the way of most of the people here... This place isn't like home.

Nothing at all like it.]

Oi, if you're targeted, you can throw me in. We're all in this together, everyone who's had to deal with the Count and the General all their lackeys. He'll pop up, and we'll figure out how to kick his ass.

I am more than capable of dealing with him again. It would only help if we had a way to nullify abilities. Such an item exists in my world, but I do not know how it would work on the powers of other worlds.

[That and there is the fact that said item is extremely dangerous and powerful, and requesting it would likely cost a ton of mission points.]

Considering how many different universes live around here, I bet we can find someone with a cool power to--[nullify? really? who uses weird words like that] cut off their magic dream crap.

But yeah, seeing if it works is the hard part...

Or an item that does it. Somehow, I doubt that the tunnels removing our powers is something natural.

That's true. I wonder why the malnosso doesn't use that kinda technology against the Third Party guys?

Shifters are able to disable technology along with magic. It also may be that such things are too delicate, rare, or impractical for usage in battle.

How do we even block a shifter from

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shifting anyway? Maybe there's a way to cut off their powers. Like how they can cut things off, too.

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