TEXT | USERNAME: LOKI

[selfimage]

Hello. :-)

Everyone patched up and out of the slammer? Good.

It's been quite a ride, hasn't it? First dragons that were intended to end a world, now political conflicts between parties and the compelling mystery as to WHY??? the whole MISSING SUN thing, and WHO STARTED IT?? thing, etc etc. Oh- and there's also that nagging little question of what's going to happen if we do succeed in the way that we're meant to. (Insert question marks here) But forgot that for now, we can do the whole "share your multiversal anecdotes" later.

[ goblins, humans, goblin-human conflict and everything else in between. there's still fuel on the fire and a conflict and a sun missing. he's wondered if their presence here was enough to sway the tides of fate in ALASTAIR's favor, and that's left him with nothing but a sour taste in his mouth. ]

Alas, here's the thing! Despite the mission, we're still all on our own. :'( But all's not lost! I'm here to offer a little tidbit that I found rifling through some paperwork that someone oh-so-fortunately left out in the open. I just happened to be glancing over. [ "happened to." ]

There have been some very curious disappearances. 4, in particular.

Agatha Belrose
Felix Poirier
Michel Roche
Delia Favre

With all the talk of sacrifice I thought it may be preferable to find these people and, well, possibly who took them and where they've gone. You know, saving them from the whole maybe-but-we-don't-know sacrificial death thing. It sounds very unpleasant, and with a possible worrisome outcome.

[ he's never really been much of a team player, but getting the brunt of the blame if someone's sacrificed generally wasn't in his best interest. ]

Now, where to do with these names? Ideas? Comments? Concerns? I'll leave the floor open.

Comments

[whereismypie]

[ he kinda has to smother a gag reflex.

sacrifices are never goddamn pretty, ever.

way too many guts & blood in Dean's professional opinion. ]

genocide now? oh that's just awesome.

killing all of just the one species never, ever ends well.

unless someone else is playing both the goblins and the humans, stirring things up, pissing everyone off.

[selfimage]

That's crossed my mind. Conflict is easy to manipulate.
Press a little here, watch everyone run amok. Push a little there, let it all go to their heads.

Some differences are glaring, others aren't so much.

[whereismypie]

crap-stirring's way too easy what with all the bad royal blood between these guys

...

damn, you'd know something about underhanded crap-stirring though, wouldn't you huh

look, no offense loki, but i gotta ask. you seeing any patterns there?

[selfimage]

You were charming until a moment ago.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

Well
There are always patterns, always possibilities. Here? Something smells funky.

[whereismypie]

no, i'm ALWAYS charming, man.

but yeah, something smells hella funky.

thing is, we got squat, and no idea where to start.

i'd buddy up with the goblins, but they're too busy hatin' on man meat these days. anything i've tried has been pretty goddamn counterproductive. like, in a punch-my-face kinda way.

[selfimage]

[ Loki rolls his eyes at the text, as if it could respond in real time to his exaggerated expression. ]

There are a few avenues that we could take, none begin nor end with the goblins.
We have to either find these missing peoples, or we need to formulate some sort of plan to lure out their kidnappers.

If there were kidnappers.
I suppose if they kidnapped themselves they'd be the kidnappers? This is getting very CSI.

[whereismypie]

maybe, but i'm curious about what the other side has to say about all this.

also, if by CSI you mean "stating the obvious" and "crappy, pot-luck investigation" .... look, CSI sucks, you can't use that as en example.

question is, if they weren't kidnapped, are they the ones stirring up crap from some lone cabin in the woods?

[selfimage]

You mean the goblins. Big sigh- as if we had the ability to check, sides being chosen for us and everything.
And yes, possibly.
What better way to stir the pot other than kidnap yourself?

[selfimage]

PS CSI is a fine example for someone who found a way to fit the term "man meat" into a sentence unironically.

[whereismypie]

hey i don't like the idea of sides being chosen for us either man.

that's something to look into, while i think the idea of a secret apocalyptic cult sucks, at least people aren't being murdered, you know?

PS you have no appreciation for my image-heavy vocabulary. also, i got the message across, didn't i