text 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin

[defenceless]

[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! ))

Comments

[ricksybusiness]

They literally gave us a bomb recipe already. Just quadruple it and I'm sure I can at least instigate a nuclear winter.

[timebender]

I think they will have killed the goddesses and our undead friend before you have time to gather quadruple those ingredients.

[ricksybusiness]

Alright, point. Next time I'll just have to make sure I keep some bombs of that caliber on-hand. In case shit drags on the next planet too.

[timebender]

Hmm, that would work, but... well, how small do you think you could make something like that, anyway?

[ricksybusiness]

Well, it depends on the materials. A neutrino bomb can be small and lightweight, since neutrinos have no mass. The weight/size would just be in the casing.

[timebender]

[ Not the response she was expecting, but that makes it even better. ]

Then if it would make you feel better to bring something like that along, and you can guarantee it wouldn't "accidentally" kill us all, you might as well go for it.

Peace of mind is a very hard thing to come by.

[ricksybusiness]

I didn't need your permission, you know.

[That said...]

I'm running low on lab assistants, as it is. You got any interest in science or just archaeology?

[timebender]

I can't say I am much of a scientist, no! But... I like to think that I am a quick learner, and if you are asking for help, how can I say no?

[ricksybusiness]

Well, let's not go THAT far. But if I need an extra set of hands, I'll hit you up.

[timebender]

[ She's already gone that far, no takebacks... ]

If you say so! Considering that our jewelry has a tracker in it, then you know where to find me when you are ready to not ask for my help. 0u0

[ricksybusiness]

[No... no...]

True dat. Aight.