Notice.

[azumods]

VIDEO. It's about mid-morning on Saturday when the machine in the Center does something that it normally doesn't - namely, it begins to ping loudly, as though there's some sort of message incoming. It doesn't really matter who fiddles with it, as long as someone does; It isn't long before Cynthia appears on the screen, seeming a bit concerned but not alarmed. "Good morning, sweetheart. I was hoping someone would pick up." She pauses for a moment before continuing. "I know that infiltrating the bases has been discussed, and I think that if anything, now might be a good time to do it. I've heard that Commander Saturn has been spotted in Veilstone City - and a bit more pressingly, there have been reports of serious disturbances in the area around the Galactic base. "I don't know what he's up to, or the nature of those disturbances. As always, what you do about it is your decision. But since I know this is something you'll want to pursue, I thought I would let you know." She pauses again, glancing offscreen slightly before returning her attention to the monitor. "Whatever you choose, I wish you the best of luck. Hopefully you're all keeping your spirits up." And with that, the screen goes dark. [OOC: Welcome to the end of Week 16! Hopefully it's been a good one. No NPC response will be given to this post, though you can thread here amongst yourselves if you wish; we'll see you tomorrow at noon with a new log for your further adventures!]

Comments

[takestheblame]

If she wanted us to stay put she wouldn't have sent us this. This is Cynthia once again being coy about what we should do.

[Kiryu's okay with going to Veilstone despite how risky it is]

[niceoppai]

Whether you think she's telling us what to do or not, this is important. We gotta do something! Who knows what he's doing over there.

[anythingforyou]

...Chelsea has a point, but we should likewise exercise caution if we are to go; we mustn't allow ourselves to do something too brazen.

[Admittedly, Camilla's really just for leaving Saturn to whatever the fuck is going on, but she knows she's in the minority there. She may as well be the voice of reason.]

[discutio]

No, indeed an outright assault on the base would be beyond foolish.

[even if stealth missions usually came down to exactly that.]

But it's also unwise to leave this alone; with how close Veilstone is to Lake Valor, I'm worried about Azelf.

[anythingforyou]

[...Yeah, Azelf? Azelf she can get far more into worrying about, honestly.]

...Likewise. It's quite likely that they'd be targeted again.

[please be okay, willpower friend]

[discutio]

Precisely. As risky as it is, as with most things regarding Cynthia I don't know that we have any choice.

[semistableman]

..Yeah. We can't ignore this.

[For the Guardians' sake, and for Saturn's.]

[discutio]

We just have to try to formulate a plan rather than kicking in the front door. Ideally we should go back and observe the base from a distance; determine if there's anyone coming or going and evaluate just what these disturbances actually are.

[semistableman]

[Bucky nods at that, still looking incredibly serious.]

No sense running in there. We don't know what could be going on, after all.

[eudaimonikos]

It's going to be hard to hide our presence in the city, if Saturn has even an ounce of cognitive ability left. Like everyone's been saying this whole time, we're an extremely obvious group.

[discutio]

You're right--but I don't know that we can ignore this. We've had time since we last crossed paths with Saturn; perhaps we can prove a match for him now.

[niceoppai]

I'm kinda worried about the executives being seen again, honestly. They all disappeared after we talked to 'email, then Cyrus said they were fine, and now they're out again. You think something happened to 'em?

[discutio]

I think it likely the Commanders haven't much spirit left to them, but that's just an assumption based on Cyrus' idea of 'fine'.

[bloodspent]

I still don't like her, but I will say that she doesn't seem to want to get us killed. She's a shitty person, not a bad one.

[hopefully we all understand the distinction here.]

I'm more concerned about the disturbances than Saturn. Saturn can apparently be handled by making him sad enough; I want to know if the disturbances are something he's doing, or something like "a Legendary is going to murder us all at Mach Fuck." I like one of those possibilities a lot more than the other.

[discutio]

It's not unthinkable that they've already recaptured Azelf somehow--unlikely, but not impossible. That's one potential explanation for the disturbances, but we certainly can't ignore the possibility that they've another deity entirely by now.

[bloodspent]

It'd be smart for them to put effort into catching the Lake Guardians again. No chance we'd survive the next reset without 'em.

[discutio]

Right. And if that's the case--no, even if it isn't we have to help them.

[bloodspent]

...Usually I'm all here for shooting first and asking questions later, but given the other options for what might be going on I'm kind of hoping we can just talk the guy down again.

[discutio]

I don't expect that will be as easy this time, to phrase my suspicions lightly. We may have to fight him as we did Maylene, for much the same reason.

[bloodspent]

Yeah, and if he's got some sort of god with him, that's gonna be a problem.

[enjoymyatelier]

Can he, though? I think our last meeting with Cyrus implied he'd done away with their emotions at this point... unless I went away with the wrong idea.

[bloodspent]

Then I'd argue that he shouldn't be doing much of anything. If he's still doing shit independently of having his hand held, he can probably still be reached in some way. Like Maylene.

[enjoymyatelier]

That is true, thinking about it. Well, let's just hope he doesn't think to call the boss on us, then.

[bloodspent]

...Yeah, don't get me wrong, I don't exactly foresee this going well. But hopefully it'll be at least slightly less shit than it could have been.

[enjoymyatelier]

Worst case scenario, we're much stronger than we were when we last dealt with Saturn. I'd imagine we could gang up on him and subdue him at this point.