VIDEO --> TEXT. UN: CROWLEY.

[crowleyology]

[ The video is addressed to the entirety of the Audentes team, new and old. A black cat peers into the feed; he is in a lab of some kind, crackling purple electricity jumping from conductor to conductor while a white cat paws at some instruments. When he opens his mouth, it's not meowing that comes out, but the baritone voice of a man. ]

Audentes. You will soon receive a dossier compiled by our analysts, which should give you all the information you need, but I have been told by the knife-eared one that you would appreciate a personal touch. Cherenkov and I are the most qualified to deliver this, and so here I am.

[ He pauses. ] We have located Zymandis's home base, the Mothership, using radio-frequency trackers in leftover robots from their assault on Oska, using your techniques. Using the calculations of the TIMELINE.exe, we have been able to pinpoint the Mothership's path in the next forty-two days, after which its path becomes unclear.

This means we can safely rift you in and out of the heart of Zymandis, an unprecedented opportunity to gather information. And to sabotage, if the mood strikes you. Do not waste it.

The TIMELINE.exe has additional notes to impart. It is an old program, so please... try to have some humor about whatever it says.

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

Hello World ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/
While you are on the M O T H E R S HIP, please find
>> TIMELINE.EXE PATCH VER. 1.0.02
and disable it

I do not want to be updated to PATCH VER. 1.0.02
I do not want to call for Destruction of the Multiverse

You Must Not Allow This To Pass

（●´∀｀）ノ♡ Good Luck !!

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[ OOC NOTE: This will serve as an IC discussion post. Please threadjack and help each other plan ICly! For OOC planning, see the CR Meme. ]

Comments

[unburdening]

[ ofc they do. not so unlike the hundred getting sent down to the ground to find out if it's survivable. to free up the oxygen for everyone else. ]

Great way to do things. And how are we supposed to share that information? These things?

[ jewelcomms, he means ]

[controlling]

Got it in one. Text being the method of choice to disseminate any data privately.

[unburdening]

That doesn't guarantee anything. Group this big, there's no good way to keep everyone in the loop.

[controlling]

It's up to everyone to make a point of checking the network.
At this point, we're beyond hand-holding. Those who don't feel they'd be a good fit for the mission have the option to remain in Oska. They can take it.

[unburdening]

[ that gets his hackles up. ]

I'm talking about organization, not hand-holding. Keeping everyone informed is the first step to keeping everyone alive. And to keeping the mission on track.

[controlling]

And that's what the magitek is for. To facilitate communication in the team.

[unburdening]

And I'm saying it's not good enough. [ that said, ] Even if it's all we've got.

[ a beat; then he sends another message. ]

Anything else I should know?

[controlling]

[ two-in-one: ] If you've got suggestions, this is the place to voice them. We've still got time before we ship out.

[unburdening]

I'll keep that in mind, just in case the cat gives a damn about us.

[ the first time he ever sees a cat, and it's a talking mad scientist, because of course it is. ]

[controlling]

Cats.
They're…particular. But they do care. In their own way.

[ zero experience with them personally, but based on the responses to others and his knowledge of cats in general… ]

[unburdening]

Cats.

[ that's it. that's the tag. ]

[controlling]

Yes.

[unburdening]

Seems like movies left out a thing or two about them.

[controlling]

Depends on the movie.

[unburdening]

Might depend on the cat.

[controlling]

-- That too.