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Dagny ([personal profile] dagnyology) wrote in [community profile] futurology2016-05-14 07:00 pm

VIDEO -> TEXT. UN: DAGNY.

[ Dagny's face appears on the network. Behind her are snowy plains, where small gnomes are jumping and playing. Her face is flushed from the cold, but she smiles. ]

Hello! I hope you're all doing well! The Timeline has finally computed your mission objective — sorry it took so long! Sometimes he gets a little slow. Now, I know he may seem— different, but he's always been correct! Just... ah, be careful when talking to him? He's a learning machine, and all he really knows is about missions, so sometimes he says some strange things when he goes off topic. But don't worry! He tries his best. I'll connect you to him now.

TIMELINE.EXE IS PROGRAMMED TO RELEASE MISSION PARAMETERS. MISSION OBSERVATION IS COMPLETE AND RESULTS FOR MISSION: Nalawi ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Hello World ( ゚▽゚)/ Take the hassle and confusion out of the
Mission,
Try this One Weird Trick!

To help NALAWI, you will need to DEFEAT the GODDESS NALANNI so the energy can return to the world.* In doing so, the people of NALAWI will LOSE THEIR POWERS but the world will continue on. If this objective is not reached, NALAWI will BURN OUT PREMATURELY.

*NOTE FROM TIMELINE.EXE: Giant squid of the Sea, too
2 or 0 Not 1! Thank you


[OOC NOTE: This will serve as an IC discussion post. The OOC discussion post is here!]
respired: i'll shoulder the load i'll swallow the shame (give me the burden give me the blame)

[personal profile] respired 2016-05-15 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
You will not be joining us.
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-15 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ All y'all dogpiling on him already, gee wiz. ]

Seriously? Then what do you want me to do?
respired: and hope that i never stop watching you (know that i watch everything you do)

[personal profile] respired 2016-05-15 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Be safe, as you ought to be.
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-15 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
And do nothing at all?
respired: you're a marked man hey (you're a marked man brother)

[personal profile] respired 2016-05-15 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ A groaning, grinding sigh. ]

What do you hope to do, Dipper?
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-15 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
I... I don't know, something? I know I can't do what you can, but I can't keep running away from stuff like this on every mission we go on, either!
respired: will you pick me up again (when i'm falling down)

[personal profile] respired 2016-05-15 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
My own power is diminished. I go into this knowing that I may not return. I cannot allow the same risk for you, Dipper. I will not.
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-15 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ They'll just go in circles at this rate, huh? Though, Dipper does begin to wonder if in the face of defeating a goddess is really the time to be standing up for oneself like this. He doesn't have a death wish here. ]

I'm not asking to get hurt. I just... I thought maybe even someone like me could help out around here.
strictdiscipline: (047)

gently threadjacks

[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-05-15 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Softly:]

Please listen to him, Dipper.
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-15 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ But mooooom— ]

But—
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-15 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Dipper stops himself short, and after a moment or so: ]

... Alright.
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[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-05-15 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[This kills her inside.]

We'll need someone to watch and protect everyone who doesn't go.
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-15 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
No, it— it's fine, I get it.

[ He's just a kid in this huge, awful mess. Dipper's not feeling up for the sugarcoating. ]

I won't go.
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[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-05-16 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[:(]

Thank you, Dipper.
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-16 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's no "you're welcome", because he's not really liking this. And even though he knows what the answer to this is likely to be, he only responds with a question: ]

What do you plan on doing?
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[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-05-16 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[It's with a tired expression that she replies.]

Ideally, keep everyone from dying.
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-16 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

Oh. Yeah. Guess that's a plan. ... Uh, I can keep an eye on Hayate, if you want.
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[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-05-16 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like that.

[Great of a dog as Hayate is, he's no match for a goddess. (Neither is she, really, but shh.)]

You wouldn't happen to know anything about goddesses, would you?
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-17 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, that's out of my usual repertoire. Pretty sure we don't really have malicious goddesses where I come from.
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[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-05-17 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Probably for the best.

[She's not sure she ever wants to deal with more after this, tbh. But, hmm.]

What about giant sea creatures?
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-17 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
We saw a giant lake monster before. Does that count?

[ ... Okay, no, and even Dipper knows that. ]

Not that they're... comparable or anything. Every creature or monster or whatever tends to be different, and, well—most of the stuff we deal with is really different from the things I see back in Gravity Falls.
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[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-05-23 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[What use are you, Dipper!! Answer: actually very useful, given the point he brings up.]

I suppose you're right. [There's an edge to her voice, defeat mingled with frustration. Why can't any of this be easy?] Still, there has to be some sort of experience we can draw on, when it comes to both the goddesses.
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[personal profile] twinpeak 2016-05-23 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ He feels you completely, Riza. Dipper isn't unlike a deflated balloon at this point. ]

Especially since we're going to be winging it from here, huh? How many of us have done this sort of thing before? [ Not many, he'd wager... ] But, uh—hey, from experience I can think back on, we could at least draw them somewhere they'd be more vulnerable at. Tip the odds in our favor and all.
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[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-05-25 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[It feels like they've been winging all their missions since the very beginning, but that's not a very motivating thing to say.

On the bright side, Dipper seems to be holding his spirits relatively well. It's an encouraging sight, enough for Riza to smile and sidetrack the conversation ever so slightly.]


You really are quite like your great uncle.