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[aspearation]

[ Undyne had said she wanted more guidance from ALASTAIR. Here she is, with more guidance, and she doesn’t know if she likes it. Looking more ragged than ever, she’s standing with Pearl, with the volcano Nalalona in the background. ]

Alright chumps, listen up, it’s time for some teamwork! ALASTAIR has some ideas about what we can do to get the volcano going again, so everyone can get their powers back. ...it’s going to involve a bomb.

[Pearl clears her throat, despite the fact her body is flickering in and out of view at some points during the video. The Gem stands tall as she gestures back to the volcano.]

This is correct. ALASTAIR has entrusted us with schematics of creating a bomb and a catapult. It’s up to us to gather the necessary supplies and assemble them.

They have observed a high level of tectonic plate activity here, near the Nalalona volcano. With enough force -- the bomb in this case -- we can possibly trigger an eruption and restore the natives’ Gifts, along with our own magical abilities. The volcano’s opening is large enough for us to hit our mark with the bomb. It’s up to us to put it all together.

We can’t afford to not try. Look around you, half our team relies on magic just to exist. This isn’t just about helping the natives use magic anymore, this about saving ourselves. If you don’t use magic, good for you, but if you have a heart, you’ll understand why this is important, and why if I catch anyone slacking off, they’ll be answering to my spear about why they don't think it's important. Got it?!

[Pearl glances to Undyne and offers her a weak smile. The situation they were all facing was quite dire. She faces the feed again.]

I know we have the ability to make this work. And we will, if we all work together on this. Every little bit helps!

[ OOC note: There will be a mod-posted mass log on the 16th for gathering/construction/etc. Pearl and Undyne will be around, and feel free to use this post to chat among each other as well! ]

[ OOC edit: The NPCs Crowley and Cherenkov speak! ]

Comments

[aspearation]

Yeah... I didn't make the list, that's all I can say. I don't even know why they thought that was an option.

But. Uh. Thanks. Find what you can, we need a lot of everything anyway, so I think our best bet is to get what we can find easily, and then search out anything we can't cross off the list.

[terrormine]

Who knows. Up to you if you wanna leave that one in or take it out from the list when you pass it on, though. Maybe some people will start getting ideas otherwise.

Mmhm. I do have my own doubts about the plan, but it's probably the most that we can do right now. [What with fading powers and all.] If we do things properly on our end and it fails, the fault and responsibility will entirely fall upon ALASTAIR. Then at least everyone will have something legitimate to complain about.

[aspearation]

Oh. Yeah, editing it out is probably a good idea, huh?

[ She probably didn't even think of that. ]

If it fails. But I'm going to make sure it doesn't. It has to, lots of people are counting on this to work. Let's just worry about getting all the materials together first!

[terrormine]

I dunno. Are there any among us who'd take that part seriously enough to kill a Nalawi? This is the first time ALASTAIR's sent me anywhere, I'm not exactly familiar with our crew either. You'd probably know better than I.

It will fail if our instructions are faulty in the first place. Then it doesn't matter how well we execute the plan, not if it wasn't set up to work properly to begin with. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there, I suppose. Gathering is the most productive thing that most of us can do now.

[aspearation]

Yeah. Yeah there are. And I can name them.

If the instructions are bad, we can blame ALASTAIR. I'll be first in line when we get back to Oska, if that happens.

[terrormine]

...Oh. Do I want to know?

I'm in no hurry to take part in mob activity, but I'll at least come along and see how it goes. If it seriously backfires, there would probably be a big line too, huh.

[aspearation]

No. Don't worry about it anyway.

If ALASTAIR wants us to keep working as a team, then they can't be wrong about this anyway. Not after what they did in Oska.

[terrormine]

Are they human?

[Not fishing for confirmation bias or anything, nope...]

You don't mean that training exercise? It didn't promote teamwork so much as adaptability and survival of the fittest. People are only as helpful as they wish to be, and that's usually directly linked to how much it may benefit them too.

[aspearation]

No. Like I said, don't worry about it. Let's just worry about getting this bomb built, and then we can talk about beating up ALASTAIR later, okay?! Less small talk, more... big gathering!

[ Is she even making sense anymore? Does she ever? ]

[terrormine]

[What she meant was pretty clear, good enough, good enough...]

Just wondering, I'm not worried. You're not wrong though, I can get started after this. ...'Strongfish91', right?

[names are totally like usernames, right]

[aspearation]

Yeah. That's me! And Pearl's is just pearl, if you need her too.

[ She doesn't really pick up on the implication that she should introduce herself... ]

[terrormine]

[That's fine, that's fine...]

Why stop at 'strong'? Why not 'strongEST'?

[aspearation]

Because none of your business!! What does this look like, twenty questions?!

[terrormine]

Woah, chill out. I was just curious. But fine, eel free to get back to the bemoaning basses. We've all got fins to do, anyway. Cod luck! <o)))<