(1st Record} voice; un: shepherd

[historiology]

Ah, hopefully I'm getting this right....I've only ever replied to others before this. But -- I think I've got it! Hey everyone. I'm Sorey. Been here a while, with some friends from home at least - Edna, Mikleo, and Dezel. Alisha too. But I'm not here to talk about them.

I was talking to Dagny -- one of the people working with ALASTAIR, when she and the Timeline were telling us what they think we should do. I don't want to have to kill anyone -- god or otherwise. But if it does come to that, we can at least prepare. Prepare the Nalawi to survive without their powers. Teach them some of the skills we know. I could teach them to hunt. To fight. Or -- they don't seem to need much if any help in that regard, but....you know. I figured if everyone has something they're good at, that we can pass on to them, it would help them a lot. If the Timeline was right. What does everyone else think? I think it's worth a try.

Comments

[asscan]

I was informed of the Timeline before my arrival.

What I have informed myself upon since requires urgent reconsideration. If you have access to any of them it should be administered that we make way in that wretched ramble of a fortress for Nalawi refugees. It's the only way to ensure that they do not all perish amongst the wrath of these goddesses when some fool finally raises his hand.

[historiology]

Ah, well, I've never contacted them myself before. I only spoke to her the once. Maybe someone else who has been here helping ALASTAIR longer might be better positioned to talk to them? If they aren't too busy and give us a chance to explain the situation here a bit more, I mean. I can't be sure how much they know or if someone else hadn't already talked to them more recently since I did.

[asscan]

[What an inconvenience. They're here struggling amongst themselves to determine the fate of this world, and no callback numbers were given for advice?! Sickening.]

Enough. We shall have to make conventions to protect the Nalawi through whatever falls out of the fools who are planning on causing conflict. That means a safe harbor, one that can't be affected by the goddesses themselves or the unpredictable effects they might use to their advantage. Somewhere high, up the sides of the slopes, might suffice for the time being. Their sanctuaries must be provided for for several days, which means clean water above all else, food, and medical supplements. If the abomination is allowed to go through with whatever atrocities I hear dark rumours about, they will need to be protected with our lives.

Only once all of this is provisioned for may we begin to think about the long flight of their survival. You hunt, so hunt. Bring your catches to the center of town and I will fly the remains to a suitable location. We shall have to ferry these people up, and hope that others among us are wise to the ways of building shelter.

[historiology]

I'm not sure how much I'd be able to help in getting them somewhere high or safe. Depending on just how high you mean. It'd take a while. If we could persuade them to leave in the first place. But I can at least try. Try help gather some supplies if we manage to convince them and find somewhere for them to stay. Maybe if we figure that as a sort of base, if any of us get hurt too? Where we can leave the recruits who wouldn't be fighting so they stay safe too.

But I can do that. I'll let you know if I do hunt or fish anything.

[asscan]

Gather supplies, then. We know not how long we have before someone makes their move. We will need those with common sense and an aptitude for healing to be present for the fools who come back to lick their wounds--those who are adamant about fighting are proving their dangerous natures, but we are still...

[ugh, he hates to say this]

We are still beholden to the same goals and therefore we are still a team.

Thank you for your hard work, Sorey. You provide an inspiration to those who take this job seriously.

[historiology]

I can fight. I'm just not sure if I should focus on helping the Nalawi in the meantime or helping with the battle if things come to a head like that. Especially since right now I don't have my resonance to armatize or even see and hear Mikleo and Edna.

But thanks. I know I'm not the Shepherd here and all, but that doesn't mean I can't try help. No sense in sitting to the side and letting everyone else do the work if I can lend a hand. If there's some tasks I still can do even without my resonance.

[asscan]

[Laedo flicks an ear, unsure of what Sorey means without any particular context. 'Armatize'? Is that some offworld wording of 'arming onesself'? He assumes that if Mikleo and Edna were accessible by the network, Sorey would have already attempted to access them. He'll have to shrug all of that off.]

Stick to your strengths.

[It's about all that he can offer, given their unfortunate circumstances.]

[historiology]

That's all any of us can do, I guess. I'd like to think we're all trying to, even if our powers are gone at the moment, or not as powerful. Working together, we can make up for it, I'm sure.

[It's not so much the network as it is seeing or hearing them in person, without his resonance. But he hopes that could be fixed. Either before things come to a head here, or once they return to Oska, the headquarters.]