futurology | text 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin

[shortly after the storm clears on may 11th and the network connection between both sides of the group is reestablished, the following post appears:]

We're fine, as far as I know. I don't think anyone's dead, at least.

The storm that separated us was brought about by a Dakal named Pomarr. Some of you may remember her as our feline friend who sold her soul to Ryba—or whatever it is she did—to continue to live on after death.

She swept us to an island that looked like it was raised from the seafloor. It wasn't a vacation, but there were definitely remnants of what those big cats must have called home.

Her plan is to revive her entire race, in the same way Ryba "revived" her. As if life-or-death deals with shady goddesses aren't concerning enough, she wants to grant Ryba the power to carry out this mass revival by having her suck Nalanni dry. Pomarr understandably doesn't care much for Nalanni after she drowned everyone she loved; in fact, she showed us this in morbid detail. She's taken Nalanni. Hence, all the Nalawi losing their Gifts and all of this inconvenience we have to deal with.

Pomarr knows where Nalanni is, but she's asking us not to interfere, and she wouldn't give us the opportunity to speak with Nalanni when I requested it. For some reason, she didn't expect that we would be suffering like the Nalawi are. She's promised to try to fix that.

What do we do now, ALASTAIR? I can share anything else you want to know about our meeting with Pomarr, or Yukimura Sanada-san or Mr. Keats can, but this is most of it. We have a situation where the balance of this whole world might be upended if we sit and twiddle our thumbs.

I don't think I need to remind anyone of the potential consequences of messing with either goddess. Or a litter of zombie cats roaming free.

(( ooc: infodump for rin, yukimura, and keats' conversation with a dakal npc, for one of the plot slots! feel free to handwave your character (in either the marooned group or the left behind group) learned this info by reading the post or talking with rin/yukimura/keats/another recruit. yukimura and keats may also be replying to tags! ))

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I'm worried that this will be like Chantes and things will be left unresolved that shouldn't be. I guess it shouldn't matter, but...

We cannot fix everything.

[ He says that firmly - the voice of experience. ]

Our role is to address certain discrepancies, not to guide the future of the world itself.

Those who live here must decide that, after our work is done.

[ he sighs. ]

So, it's best not to care about anything, then.

In my personal experience, yes.

[ If he hadn't cut himself off from his emotions a long time ago, he would be off-the-wall, batshit insane now. Being callous and cold may not be much better, but the alternative is worse. ]

You will have to decide for yourself.

Everything is so senseless compared to what I'm used to.

But, yeah... I'll try.

The fate of a world and its timeline is larger than what most people deal with in their lifetimes.

However senseless it appears to your eyes, there is a rhyme and reason to it.

Don't stress yourself over the outcome.

[ don't stress over the outcome, he says, to a goddamn Sengoku Jidai clan leader. ]

Piece of cake.

[ he'll also just stop breathing while at it. ]

[ He's a veteran at this, okay; he has every right to tell you to chill.

The most deadpan tone- ]

Would it help if I punched you in the face?

[ For the record, a punch to the face could be beneficial in following the recommendations given.

Serious tone is kept for his reply. ] Only if you promise.

[ He thought so.

If Masamune can joke around like this, he'll probably be all right. ]

I'll put it on my to-do list.

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