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ᴏᴏ2 ( ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ) | ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴅ ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ

So.

[ it is a public message, to the network, that pops up on the circle's watches and roy looks Less Than Pleased (tm) with the sudden state of affairs. the weather in the temple is absolutely out of control, there are apparently weird cakes appearing in the kitchens, and the fighting ring has turned into a magical court. great.

so, that may be the reason why roy's tone is particularly clipped, or even frustrated. but he seems methodical, in his words, and he is sitting at a table with a notebook, a glass of water, and a weird looking lizard on the table that has an odd rainbow-shift to the scales.

( ignore the lizard. it seems roy is. ) ]

The Circle is currently compromised of people of a variety of talents; soldiers, magicians, teenagers . . . all of us have particular skills to contribute to the cause of whatever it is we're meant to do here. I know quite a few people [ like maes, and barabas ] have been keeping track of various magical powers that we have been gifted, and organized some semblance of structure -- all of which is necessary. But we have to acknowledge what happened to Akvos.

[ he pauses, there. ]

Astoria has not been entirely clear with the Circle on what our purpose is. That may be an innocent error, or a purposeful move to win our trust. I'm not here to argue the merits of whether or not we should trust her, but we have no choice but to participate in whatever world she sends us to. Whether we like it or not, we are stuck there until she brings us back, and we have some opportunity to assist whoever is there. We cannot depend on her to figure out what to do in order to prevent another Akvos, or -- it seems, another El Minha, given King Kathashun is no longer in his own world.

[ roy taps the pen against the table once. ]

I don't have any solution as to what we did right, or wrong, or whether or not it was our fault in the first place. But I want to begin the conversation to work to prevent it again, and seeing as Astoria is either not willing or not capable of explaining herself at the moment, we need to learn to work without her. What are we missing? What do we need to work on? And what can we do in order to be more organized before our next world?

[ and, finally, roy feeds the lizard one (1) piece of lettuce, which it lazily seems to chew on. ]

I'm of a mind we need to organize fighters, healers, and transporters, but I'm open to ideas and suggestions -- and questions, about previous worlds to those who were not there to experience them. I have been to El Minha, Struxta, and Akvos. And I'm certain "older" members of the Circle will be happy to share their experiences, too.

( filtered to maes + riza )

[ almost immediately, his expression turns from serious and leaderlike to tired. ]

Who wants to keep notes?

[ PLEASE DON'T MAKE HIM DO IT :( ]

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( ooc: please feel free to threadjack in this post! especially if you want to use this to foster CR and/or build "teams" that roy is looking to enlist. c: )

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Yeah, yeah. The witchy stuff is getting pretty old real quick. 'Mysterious benefactor' loses its shine after a whole bunch of people get wiped out.

[The aftermath of the jump has been...hard, to say the least, and between his previously building concern regarding Astoria and this latest twist- Cayde isn't pleased.]

Struxia had some bad weather, but after all of this- [Akvos] we gotta take a few liberties ourselves. People that can't fight shouldn't be thrown into warzones, period. At the very least, we gotta make sure people know how to defend themselves. I'd prefer armed, but something tells me that isn't really gonna happen.

I am trained in combat. I would be willing to gather with others who are similarly trained to form some basic tactics that are executable within an unknown landscapes.

[ That's thrown out there for anyone to respond to. (Join her, fellow warriors!)

As for the rest of the broadcast: ]

I admit, I am rather behind - none of the worlds before Akvos are familiar to me. If someone can explain the importance of King Kathashun, I would be grateful.

[ There may be more. More concerns, more queries, more thoughts - but nothing that she's so willing to say openly. Erring on the side of discretion is still her modus operandi. ]

General.

[ There is a great deal concealed in that single greeting. Perhaps a hint of laughter at his obvious frustration, bemusement at his attempt to organize in this void of authority, and maybe even a hint of rebuke that he would try. She's the queen, after all. ]

[ lance has been having....well. conversations is one way of putting it? about this topic already. what they did in akvos, what they didn't do. organizing does seem like the best way of going about it all, but this kind of looks like a start?

it's also relatively relieving to know there are others who are willing to take a more practical look at it. lance wasn't about to message the network, but he probably should have. next time? ]

And some of us have a few talents, but I don't know if being a teenager is one? Some of us get as far as defender of the universe before we hit eighteen, so.... [ is he shrugging very very humbly right now? and not at all looking smug and like roy should be impressed? hmm. interesting. ]

But when you say organized- do you mean like a military unit? Or like...school? Are we going to be running drills? [ U G H ]

[ S I G H S ]

I'm already taking them, sir.

[ because she never expected him to do so. ]

[ because like hell he's using video.

but hey- look. someone had the same idea. not that kaz is about to share what he's gathered, or ask if they're actually planning on - you know - arming the rest of the circle. but it's good to know someone is making decisions. ]

Is there a place to access the list of magical abilities in the Circle?

...There were some among us who depended on that insufferably vague woman for such?

[She's just... going to sigh and continue cleaning her makeshift chemistry set. Pay no attention to her eye twitching; it's probably fine.]

As I've stated before on that doomed world, [Sugarcoating? What's that?] -I am no healer, but with my knowledge of herbalism I can craft healing draughts. I'm also a shapshifter, which you have seen.

Now, where would one find that list you so casually mentioned? [That lovely makeshift office that she should leave her notes on the runes they studied?]

I agree we need to organize everyone willing to do so. We should at least have emergency procedures in place for crisis situations. Places to go to. Fall back points to go to we know are usually safe.

[He'd like more people to add their names to the list but, people can't be forced. No one signed up voluntarily for this Circle.]

For people who wish to avoid combat altogether, they should at least get a crash course in basic field first aid.

[Was it really necessary to call out teenagers...? he thinks. But that's not important. Instead what's important is how is brain is moving at a rapid-fire pace as he goes back to thinking about all his Hero Analysis notebooks. He knows exactly what this guy is thinking and maybe... he can help.]

Umm. If we have a registry of everyone's powers, it might be useful to think of how we can group them together in combos beyond uniting people around similar functions. Often, powers can be combined for improved effectiveness all around or to alter them to make them more applicable in one situation or another. That way people can better respond to situations that arise if they know what they're able to do alone and with certain others...!

[HE'S BEEN CONTAINING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.]

if ur already wasting ur time herding everybody n2 teams dont waste more explainin shit over n over just go write wat h appened n tell the newbies 2 text barabas or maes 4 directions 2 their office. were fucked either way unless sum1 figures out that rift shit but u might as well point ppl toward the records we already have. thats wat theyre 4

We don't have to continue letting her throw us around to all these worlds, do we? Isn't Astoria around here somewhere?

I, uh. [ swallowing, pausing, and trying again: ] I-I can...

[ This...isn't how he wanted to respond to this, but he's still a boy very much shaken by recent events. Even so. ]

I'll help, however I can. I know how to fight, and can run fast...I could take pictures of people in the Circle? Like a directory, I guess. Might...might be handy.

[ Or maybe he's just wasting time, trying to prove useful. ]

If you've got a list: I know some soldiers you can add to it. If they're willing to be added.

[ York is holed up in his room hiding from the weather, trying not to put Akvos under a microscope and failing. What did they do wrong? Will they ever know? He knows he tried his best personally but who knows what the majority of the circle was doing or thinking, the fact is they weren't organized and maybe that was necessary. Maybe Roy has a point. As much as York shies away from types that want to give orders at this point in his life... he's listening. Just looks a little wary as he replies. ]

Did we split our efforts too much, maybe? I'm not the best to lead or organize [ despite his constant efforts back in the day, no one ever listened to him ] but I didn't see anyone doing that once the fighting started, in Akvos. It was a free for all and we might've all taken different sides and kept the battle going, or not poured enough magic into closing the rift, or whatever -- there may never be a clear reason it went wrong. But trying to organize means taking a side in those situations, it's gonna be tricky.

I wasn't around for El Minha or Struxta... those worlds are okay? Were they at war too or were their problems more clear-cut?

A willingness among our numbers to cooperate, organize, and take orders is the first step. It seems to me that we have many who are more used to giving the orders than to following them.

[ Which, honestly, includes Ephraim himself, but he'd be perfectly pleased to not be in charge of thinking. He knows what he's about.

(He's about hitting things.) ]

[ Are teenagers really that special that they need to be called out?? Well, no matter. It's understandable that most teenagers wouldn't be as experienced in either life or adventure as some adults may be. Shirogane though, can't help but be a little put off by it.

Basically. It's true but he shouldn't say it!!! ]

I'm perfectly willing to accommodate wherever I may be needed, and organization could do nothing but help. I feel like in that respect, it may be good to have a check-in every so often to gather information and come up with a strategy to move forward.

I know for myself, I'll be trying to keep up as much as I can.

[ Provided that he goes somewhere less surrounded by water. ]

[She's so tired of feeling useless. Of not being able to contribute in any meaningful way] I don't know. What can we do to stop magical rifts from collapsing and destroying entire worlds? Do you know how to stop that?

[She says, the tension audible in her voice, even if she's trying to not show it.]

My power isn't very useful for anything but making music, but... [She trails off, and makes a sound like a verbal shrug.]

I know how to fly an airplane.

I'm still fairly new here since the recent world jump was my first one but I think it's a good idea to get everyone organized though.

I don't have much combat experience but I have more medical experience and healing powers so I can help in that aspect if people need it.

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