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lucetilocked2014-09-17 09:49 pm
generalflirt) wrote in lucetilocked2014-09-17 09:49 pm
[ Locked to the Residents ]
[ The following post is both spoken (by Masaomi) and typed (by Shikamaru). Shikamaru is typing it as Masaomi says it, so it's possible that the text form includes a lot less rambling and snide comments in it. The text form is assumed other than the bullet point list of key points at the bottom, so use your imaginations ]
Hoooooohkay. It's been a while, Luceti, and this is your friendly store-fronter, Masaomi Kida. I'm also here with my main man Shikamaru, which some of you might know better or worse. This is coming from the private network that the Malnosso don't have access to. Anyway, we've have a pretty interesting summer all things considered, right? [ Well, mostly. But... ]
Anyway, a lot of stuff's happened, so I'm going to be making a bit of a forum here. If you think I've missed anything, or have your own insights to throw on out there, I know all of us would love to hear them! So don't be shy, and step on up!
[ But okay, that's enough wasting everyone's time. He inhales, exhales, and then in a more sober voice: ]
Let's go back to the beginning, here. After all, some of you might be newer than this intel.
Back in March, we had some intern from the Malnosso come on and give us the usual PR thing they do after our yearly Valentine's experiment. Thing is, it was early March, but that fellow swore up and down that it was February 18th according to their clocks. Guy also said that several of the members of the Organization we know and "love" went missing. Molly, Alice, and Carol were all MIA, and our blue friend Bil is a wanted man to them, still. No surprise, given the whole affair with the Iron Eye... Ah, but I shouldn't throw too much more into the story.
[ That'd be someone else's job: Who is the Third Party, who are the sections of the Malnosso. Who are the FTSA, the Iron Eye, what's the deal with Zompano. He's giving the facts as best he knows them, but only as it pertains to the events of the last few months ]
Either way, sometime after that, a lot of little shifts started happening. Elevators popping in and out of existence, little glitches with weather... it was hard to pick it out at the time, but I'd say this long after the fact, all of them had to do with time. Things going forward or backwards a bit. Thing is, these things have been going on ever since then, and keep getting worse. Buildings have vanished, and even-- ah. Well, the point is, these "time shifts" have been going on for a while. Have to wonder if those little things [ the "ghosts" ] some of us are seeing are related, huh?
Anyway, fast forward to the end of May, and we had that draft that we experienced in Zompania. I'll... just keep this one short, and say that it wasn't a pleasant experience for anyone involved. Curtis-san put out an explanation for it- [ A beat, as someone just off from the mic seems to say something and then- ] Oh, right. I forgot the newer people can't actually see that. Etto- Okay, so during the draft, the initial draftees were deployed at the tail-end of a losing battle, only to die - specifically, they got a Shift Bomb dropped on top of them. [ While he's dead serious, he keeps a somewhat airy tone about it. Coping ] However, instead of being dead-dead with no hope of recovery, like you'd expect, instead they ended up getting sent back in time thanks to John's efforts. Maybe someone should send him a thank-you card.
[ Anyway ] So they got to experience three days in the past to turn the battle around and dismantle the bomb, and some of us who came to reinforce them came in after that. The battle was won, and we even captured the Third Party scientists involved with the bomb's construction, but it's not without losses. Externally, my man and I confirmed that Specialist Davis and his squad were all killed. No, more so, they were sacrificed. They won't be returning.
[ . . . That was harder to say than he thought, even if it has been months ] --And on the personal side, people who got Bombed back there have been having nightmares, or so I've heard. Specifically, nightmares about some thing which touched all of them before they came back from the brink.
[ ... ] But let's continue the story. So the time shifts continued after we won the day there, of course, and one particularly big one happened on June 19th. Specifically, the whole Ocean disappeared, resulting in it once more becoming a desert environment. A lot of enterprising folks took that chance to go out and explore the Temple on the far end of our enclosure, and given they turned the thing into Laputa, I'd have to say they found something. As to what they found...? Why doesn't someone who was on that expedition speak up, please?
Anyway, the next step on the story's in the middle of July - when we got assigned for some clean up missions to Pagoda and Zompania. See, it turns out the Third Party's offensive damaged a lot of other enclosures - offhand, we know they had "sleeper agents" which betrayed Quell, Pagoda, and Zompania from within. We'd just won the day in Zompania a few months before, and it was to be burned to the ground and memorialized. Pagoda was to help be rebuilt. I don't actually know what happened to Quell, but if anyone does that's be ace. Anyway, in Zompania, Shikamaru and I actually went and found something special.
Well, someone, actually. Specialist Davis - Shikamaru and I recovered his body, to take it back to Luceti so he could be buried here. He was one of an older generation of people from Luceti, before the first of any of us were here. So... we figured it seems to have a sense of respect to bury him here. Which we, ah, did. During that last shift, specifically, because Shikamaru and I got stuck in the mountains, so we buried him then in a spot which overlooks the village, one where we'd heard of him and Carol going to. It's not that far from the Hot Springs - it's a short hike south if you want to pay your respects.
In terms of what's on his body - there wasn't anything interesting there other than some sentimental items, and damage to show he went out fighting. Trafalgar-san's autopsy did reveal a few oddities though - some ice-pick like tip broke off in his skull and he had some green wax under his fingernails on both hands. [ He's got no idea what's up with those, but... someone else might. So it's fair to mention ]
If anyone's got more insights to add from those missions, particularly the Pagoda one I didn't see with my own eyes, that'd be great.
Anyway, so that mission was in July, the time shifts and nightmares continued and... here we are! Given that my waffle rotted on me this morning and I saw the same bird land on the same tree branch five times in a row only to find that the shelves I'd stocked earlier today at the Convenience Store were all empty, it's fair to say things got worse. And given that the Malnosso love to do twisted stuff in time for Halloween - I'm not sure about you guys, but I'm not looking forward to October.
So, that's what's that. As a few other little things though: the Time Shifts have been throwing off the efforts of a few of us [ Well... Shikamaru and Raine, at least, and whoever else was still on that ] to open up those chambers in the tunnels. The last one got opened almost a year ago, so as a refresher for those who don't know: there's a side-passage hidden in the tunnels which leads to a lot of locked rooms. We opened the one labeled Classified a while ago, and we've been working on cracking the code on the Garage before now.
It'll probably still take a bit more time to open that one up... but following that, there's till plenty more work to open up the rooms for [ and now he sounds like he's reading off a list] Archives, an Armory, the Call Center, Research, Recreation, Security, and Storage. Not necessarily in that order.
Aaaand, that's it. Unless anyone has anything I missed to add, which's possible! Now, Shikamaru'll be putting out a bullet point form of this for those of you who can't stand to listen to my melodious pipes for too long, so just skim that at the bottom. Let's get talking, folks!
[ And he signs off. He's still here, of course, but the promised (typed) bullet point list is: ]
[ OOC: Obviously this is a reply to anyone who want sort of post, like most/all things on Lucetilocked. Have at ]
Hoooooohkay. It's been a while, Luceti, and this is your friendly store-fronter, Masaomi Kida. I'm also here with my main man Shikamaru, which some of you might know better or worse. This is coming from the private network that the Malnosso don't have access to. Anyway, we've have a pretty interesting summer all things considered, right? [ Well, mostly. But... ]
Anyway, a lot of stuff's happened, so I'm going to be making a bit of a forum here. If you think I've missed anything, or have your own insights to throw on out there, I know all of us would love to hear them! So don't be shy, and step on up!
[ But okay, that's enough wasting everyone's time. He inhales, exhales, and then in a more sober voice: ]
Let's go back to the beginning, here. After all, some of you might be newer than this intel.
Back in March, we had some intern from the Malnosso come on and give us the usual PR thing they do after our yearly Valentine's experiment. Thing is, it was early March, but that fellow swore up and down that it was February 18th according to their clocks. Guy also said that several of the members of the Organization we know and "love" went missing. Molly, Alice, and Carol were all MIA, and our blue friend Bil is a wanted man to them, still. No surprise, given the whole affair with the Iron Eye... Ah, but I shouldn't throw too much more into the story.
[ That'd be someone else's job: Who is the Third Party, who are the sections of the Malnosso. Who are the FTSA, the Iron Eye, what's the deal with Zompano. He's giving the facts as best he knows them, but only as it pertains to the events of the last few months ]
Either way, sometime after that, a lot of little shifts started happening. Elevators popping in and out of existence, little glitches with weather... it was hard to pick it out at the time, but I'd say this long after the fact, all of them had to do with time. Things going forward or backwards a bit. Thing is, these things have been going on ever since then, and keep getting worse. Buildings have vanished, and even-- ah. Well, the point is, these "time shifts" have been going on for a while. Have to wonder if those little things [ the "ghosts" ] some of us are seeing are related, huh?
Anyway, fast forward to the end of May, and we had that draft that we experienced in Zompania. I'll... just keep this one short, and say that it wasn't a pleasant experience for anyone involved. Curtis-san put out an explanation for it- [ A beat, as someone just off from the mic seems to say something and then- ] Oh, right. I forgot the newer people can't actually see that. Etto- Okay, so during the draft, the initial draftees were deployed at the tail-end of a losing battle, only to die - specifically, they got a Shift Bomb dropped on top of them. [ While he's dead serious, he keeps a somewhat airy tone about it. Coping ] However, instead of being dead-dead with no hope of recovery, like you'd expect, instead they ended up getting sent back in time thanks to John's efforts. Maybe someone should send him a thank-you card.
[ Anyway ] So they got to experience three days in the past to turn the battle around and dismantle the bomb, and some of us who came to reinforce them came in after that. The battle was won, and we even captured the Third Party scientists involved with the bomb's construction, but it's not without losses. Externally, my man and I confirmed that Specialist Davis and his squad were all killed. No, more so, they were sacrificed. They won't be returning.
[ . . . That was harder to say than he thought, even if it has been months ] --And on the personal side, people who got Bombed back there have been having nightmares, or so I've heard. Specifically, nightmares about some thing which touched all of them before they came back from the brink.
[ ... ] But let's continue the story. So the time shifts continued after we won the day there, of course, and one particularly big one happened on June 19th. Specifically, the whole Ocean disappeared, resulting in it once more becoming a desert environment. A lot of enterprising folks took that chance to go out and explore the Temple on the far end of our enclosure, and given they turned the thing into Laputa, I'd have to say they found something. As to what they found...? Why doesn't someone who was on that expedition speak up, please?
Anyway, the next step on the story's in the middle of July - when we got assigned for some clean up missions to Pagoda and Zompania. See, it turns out the Third Party's offensive damaged a lot of other enclosures - offhand, we know they had "sleeper agents" which betrayed Quell, Pagoda, and Zompania from within. We'd just won the day in Zompania a few months before, and it was to be burned to the ground and memorialized. Pagoda was to help be rebuilt. I don't actually know what happened to Quell, but if anyone does that's be ace. Anyway, in Zompania, Shikamaru and I actually went and found something special.
Well, someone, actually. Specialist Davis - Shikamaru and I recovered his body, to take it back to Luceti so he could be buried here. He was one of an older generation of people from Luceti, before the first of any of us were here. So... we figured it seems to have a sense of respect to bury him here. Which we, ah, did. During that last shift, specifically, because Shikamaru and I got stuck in the mountains, so we buried him then in a spot which overlooks the village, one where we'd heard of him and Carol going to. It's not that far from the Hot Springs - it's a short hike south if you want to pay your respects.
In terms of what's on his body - there wasn't anything interesting there other than some sentimental items, and damage to show he went out fighting. Trafalgar-san's autopsy did reveal a few oddities though - some ice-pick like tip broke off in his skull and he had some green wax under his fingernails on both hands. [ He's got no idea what's up with those, but... someone else might. So it's fair to mention ]
If anyone's got more insights to add from those missions, particularly the Pagoda one I didn't see with my own eyes, that'd be great.
Anyway, so that mission was in July, the time shifts and nightmares continued and... here we are! Given that my waffle rotted on me this morning and I saw the same bird land on the same tree branch five times in a row only to find that the shelves I'd stocked earlier today at the Convenience Store were all empty, it's fair to say things got worse. And given that the Malnosso love to do twisted stuff in time for Halloween - I'm not sure about you guys, but I'm not looking forward to October.
So, that's what's that. As a few other little things though: the Time Shifts have been throwing off the efforts of a few of us [ Well... Shikamaru and Raine, at least, and whoever else was still on that ] to open up those chambers in the tunnels. The last one got opened almost a year ago, so as a refresher for those who don't know: there's a side-passage hidden in the tunnels which leads to a lot of locked rooms. We opened the one labeled Classified a while ago, and we've been working on cracking the code on the Garage before now.
It'll probably still take a bit more time to open that one up... but following that, there's till plenty more work to open up the rooms for [ and now he sounds like he's reading off a list] Archives, an Armory, the Call Center, Research, Recreation, Security, and Storage. Not necessarily in that order.
Aaaand, that's it. Unless anyone has anything I missed to add, which's possible! Now, Shikamaru'll be putting out a bullet point form of this for those of you who can't stand to listen to my melodious pipes for too long, so just skim that at the bottom. Let's get talking, folks!
[ And he signs off. He's still here, of course, but the promised (typed) bullet point list is: ]
- Molly, Alice, and Carol have been missing since early March.
- The Malnosso consider Bil a fugitive and are looking for information on him. In the past he's been both an ally and potential enemy, so use your discretion.
- In May, Luceti was involved in a draft in Zompania. A Shift Bomb was used, initially wiping out all draftees. Thanks to John's intervention resetting time, the bomb was dismantled before it could be used and the battle was turned into a victory, but those who remember being "killed" in the bomb's blast have been experiencing distinctly similar nightmares since then.
- Specialist Davis was sacrificed in this draft. An autopsy was performed and his body has been brought back to rest in Luceti.
- Luceti has been experiencing ongoing time-related shifts for several months. Things that have happened as a result of that:
- The ocean disappeared in June, allowing a group to explore the Temple Ruins that were previously underwater out there. Since the ocean's return, it has so far remained floating above the water and thus accessible.
- The hidden chambers in the tunnels remain locked, due to interference with the computer's ability to generate access codes.
- As of the past few days, these time-shifts appear to be escalating.
[ OOC: Obviously this is a reply to anyone who want sort of post, like most/all things on Lucetilocked. Have at ]
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[The name isn't even familiar. Actually, a number of them are, but that one seems so significant. He just seems so important.]
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Like most of the people we meet, Davis wasn't the most forthcoming guy, but he stuck his neck out for Luceti on more than one occasion. And it's in thanks to him that we even discovered the hidden section of the tunnels in the first place.
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[Wait, sacrificed? That sounds familiar, too. And sinister for obvious reasons. Looks like he has more reading to do.]
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[He feels kind of bad for Carol, wondering if she knows yet. Actually, on that note:]
Hopefully the others are still alive. We need whatever allies we can get.
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[Even with what little memory or experience he has with this place right now, he does remember things weren't great outside the barrier.]