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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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[Silver had mentioned upon his arrival that the Sparties wanted to make them one with the world, except that the Malnosso are trying to prevent that from happening. Does this has to do with what is being said on the journal right now? Possibly so, but it doesn't hurt to get some more information to clarify some things]

This General and his plans to... offer us to the planet. Did he ever mentioned how or why?

[Filtered to residents present for the recent mission and the Rataneran Keep mission (including Syre) who are still present in Luceti/100% unhackable and appears early on the 11th.]

I am hesitant to share this information with the entire village, because it is something that I was not supposed to share and even if I wasn't advised not to share it, it could create quite the stir in the village.

First, some background on this information and why I'm including people who were on the mission in Rataneran Keep in this filter, because you're involved as well.

As some of you may have suspected, that mission was just a cover for another more secretive mission. Those of us on that mission were sworn not to share it with the others, that is why we said nothing. Considering what has happened, I consider that agreement to be something that will only do harm and also that those who asked me not to share this did not keep up their end of the bargain, so I no longer have a need to keep my own.

The real mission behind that was that we were to capture the Count and deliver him to a member of the Security Forces who was going to deliver him to the cultists to be sacrificed.

I was the one who performed that delivery. Since then, he went missing. Things were fine here and I thought the issue over with.

It turns out it isn't. The Shaman we encountered is part of a group of traitors being led by the Count. On top of that, she knew of my role and mentioned it in front of the General, so he now knows about it since he threatened to not kill her to get me to speak of it. Had he not killed her, we would all have been sacrificed.

So now we have two factions of cultists. One led by the General, one led by the Count who are traitors to the General's faction. Do not think of working with this new faction, we have more chance of an alliance with the General, and all know the chances of that ever happening.

I spoke of none of this to the Malnosso. It should not be spoken of to any members of the Malnosso or even Rem. The only ones who know about this mission are CJ and Specialist Davis. To speak of it to any others risks not only myself, but Specialist Davis and CJ who have helped us a lot. I do not mind it being shared with others in Luceti, but please only speak of it to those you can trust and not mention my name.

I do not think we were betrayed by the Specialist. He would not wish for the cultists to get stronger. He was likely betrayed by the cultists.

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[Written carefully and precisely to disguise his normal handwriting.]

You were trapped in dreams, so I've heard. Could anyone tell me a little more about this? It is something I am not unfamiliar with. I might have a few ideas but I need more information.

[Third party members who weren't on the side of the General. It was good to hear that.] Who attacked you first? The General? [Curious if you really were just bystanders of the dream shifters trying to get to him, or if they also just wished to attack the Malnosso you were with as well.]

[ It's all very interesting, but one part in particular stands out to her. ]

They have shamans?

[... well. This is an interesting development. The sacrificing part he already knows about - it's pretty common knowledge by this point - but the confirmation that there are members of the Third Party who don't side with the General is new to him.

To the leader of a terrorist organization, however, it doesn't come as a surprise at all. There will always be rebels against any cause.]

Did he try to use his blood-controlling magic on you or anyone else there?

This is Colonel Jade Curtiss, Maluth Imperial Forces Third Division. I must confess that at the present, my primary knowledge of the Third Party cultists comes from the information in the Newcomer's Guide. I am still in the process of working through the backlogs of these filtered entries.

However, I would appreciate any attempt to help catch me up to speed. I'd like to know more about this General and his capabilities, as well as regarding this apparent opposing faction. Any information not included in the Guide should be mildly helpful at the least.

So not even the General has a full grasp on his own people. That certainly changes the game, now doesn't it? Were you told anything else other than that on the matter?

Sounds like a crooked deal on the back end, if you ask me.

Shamans? So the shamans they mentioned are what keeps us coming back if we die here?

[That's what she's getting out of it, anyway.]

But if they're working with the Cultists... killing us to join with them once we've been revived?

...Nothing stays dead without a Shaman, does it...? Well now, isn't that interesting news...

Our deaths would've worked against him, the way he made it sound. There's a lot he wouldn't say about the Shamans - that he wouldn't, if he still has loyal ones working under him - but I got enough details to make it worthwhile.

Anyone seeing this should take note. If it's happened once, it will probably happen again.

[The next part he writes out as well as speaks.]

Within the shared dream, the Shaman has a single target. Others are brought in to aid the dreamer; the Dream Shifters latch onto these and attempt to kill them early on so the target has as little help as possible. This makes me think that drawing so many people in is unavoidable, but this isn't confirmed.

If you get past the Dream Shifters, they'll continue to hunt you down. In the dream we couldn't use our own abilities, but we could use advanced Shifting like the cultists do. The General explained that this was because we were brought in as "shades of himself", and so we could use the same powers that he's capable of.

[So who knows, they might have weird blood powers that whole time too without knowing it. He lets that go unsaid.]

If it happens again, anyone involved will no doubt have a different powerset. Figuring out what that includes may be a way to identify the Shaman's target.

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