acatalepsy_rpg | [video]

[ On the video feed today, a tired looking young man appears in the lounge. Miyuki has been going through notebook after notebook, and he's been up again trying to determine what the hell he could be doing. He's finally decided on turning on the watch. ]

Good afternoon. This is Miyuki Shirogane-- apologies if I've been a bit quiet lately. I've been spending a lot of time in the lounge attempting to get my bearings. I've... well, never been in space, and I wanted some time just to take it all in, I guess.

[ It was hard to deny that he had been spending an absurd amount of time stargazing. His childlike dreams come first! ]

That being said, I figured... there may be others who may not know what's been going on so well, so I was wondering if we could consolidate our information. I don't know if that's something we'd want to do through the video feed, or meet up somewhere to do so, but I figured I would put the idea on the table. I'm willing to take notes down, if necessary.

[ A pause. ] I figure as well, it may be good to... check on whether or not there's anyone who may be missing. If there's someone out there that hasn't been accounted for in a while.

Thank you for your time.

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If it’s on the ship we need to find it and determine how to remove it. If it’s not...we might need to get this ship up and running well enough to run.

It comes down to whatever we learn in their files and records.

My powers are combative in nature and my former line of work involved fighting large monsters on occasion. I can help with this.

That makes two of us. I wouldn’t consider it a fight yet. These people had weapons and ended up who knows where. It could be their own will to fight was turned against them.

Anyway that’s what intel I got from her.

When we are in less dire circumstances, perhaps we can exchange stories, then.

[It sounds like he's got a few interesting ones to share and she does want to get to know her fellow Circle members when there's some downtime. If she's going to be stuck with this group for the foreseeable future, she might as well try to get a sense of what they're like.]

In the meantime, perhaps the best thing to do would be to brainstorm a few ways to preserve our sanity.

First, I'd advise no one goes anywhere alone. Take someone with you at all times. Second, no one should approach those doors marked exit.

[That's two ways to maintain sanity. He wants to get that out there before he accepts any offers. Any chance to know the rest of the Circle isn't one he'll pass up.]

And sure, when we're out of this mess, I'll gladly exchange a few stories with you.

Reminding ourselves of things that bring us peace might also be a good idea. A place from home, a favourite song...the sorts of things that let someone hold onto their sense of self. If that makes any sense.

[It's something she did in the other world she'd been pulled to previously before being brought to the Circle. It worked for her well enough.]

That's good advice. [He gives praise where it is due. This is something anyone can take hold of. It might be their light in the darkest of hours.]

We do need to keep our guard up. But there's nothing wrong with taking a moment to find your peace so you can continue forward. It would also help to remind ourselves of what we've accomplished so far.

El Minha and Struxta. We did a lot of good in both worlds.

A benefit of staying in pairs or groups, yes? We can allow one another moments of peace while others remain vigilant.

[She can appreciate the value of teamwork.]

I was not here for either El Minha or Struxta, but knowing that the Circle was successful in saving two worlds thusfar is reassuring.

[A sign that there are competent people here, at least.]

Yes, El Minha is where Kathashun is from. He is their king. Struxta is a highly technological world where all organic life was replaced with synthetic.

They had to die to a plague. They were doing alright when we left.

What did the other worlds need saving from?

[She's curious as to what sorts of situations they've gotten through successfully.]

El Minha broke out into civil war. We chose to take a neutral stance and save those we could. We established the army of the former king imprisoned their king in a coup and rescued him.

Strutxa had a massive electrical storm...are you familiar with Jupiter? The planet.

I've heard of it, yes. Beyond that, I cannot say I know much about Jupiter. I knew of a guild that named a weapon after it, though.

Jupiter has a spot where it's constantly storming. From what we learned from the people of Struxta this storm had been raging for eons. It was headed right for the city. With the help of their technology, we ended the storm.

Because of the storm we had to take their power grid and the populace offline. When we rebooted them we discovered that the system they used where they all linked up...had been erasing who they were before they uploaded themselves.

So was it affecting their sanity in some way? I encountered an inorganic race once...but the Null were considerably less civil than the people of Struxta, based on your description.

I believe it was. They were forgetting what it was like to be organic. Our presence stirred those memories.

There was a faction that detached from the...greater consciousness and hid beneath the city in older tunnels. It's only once we interacted with them that the system saw us as a threat.

So the system, in essence, saw your presence as corrupting it.

[That's what she's getting from this, in any case.]

That's right. It saw all organic life and the presence of it as a weakness. Now, people have a chance to be individuals again. They'll never be organic again...but they can be themselves. Whatever that self is.

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