[Locked to Luceti residents]

[malnosso]

[The following message is typed, but an automated computerized voice option is available as well. It will appear on the journal system at around 6AM.]

Approximately three hours ago, the experimental enclosure known as Kin’cora, located in Region Six, was attacked by a cultist army led by the entity known as The General. His forces breached the barrier and began their invasion. Malnosso Security Forces responded in turn and decimated his forces. Just under half of the enclosure's population was killed or taken for sacrifice before the situation was resolved.

By order of the Commandant, the enclosure designated as Luceti has been approved as a temporary refuge for displaced subjects of the Kin’cora experiment. In approximately six hours, subjects will begin to arrive. They will remain there until such a time as they can be moved to more permanent accommodations. Note, the Kin’cora journal system will be deactivated while within the Luceti enclosure.

Cultist activity continues to be high in Region Six. Expect additional supplies to be limited until situation is resolved. Emergency rations will be routed to the enclosure as they become available. Subjects are urged to use current provisions wisely and to cooperate with displaced refugees. For safety purposes the Shift limiting superhuman abilities will be reduced to ten percent. No further details will be made available at this time.

End message.

[ooc: there will be no further answers from the malnosso on this post, so this may be used as a general discussion post.]

Comments

[trueknight]

That's right. It'll most likely be a joint meeting with the Rogues, at that.

[corrinesbell]

Okay. Lemme close up the tea shop and I'll be there.

[trueknight]

All right. See you there.

[corrinesbell]

[And then there is a meeting at the barracks and the groups talk about life and love and rock and roll.

And after it's over, Sheena corners Yuri as soon as she gets the chance.]

Hey.

[trueknight]

[At this point, Yuri probably looks some cross between annoyed and contemplative. There's a small pause before it even processes that Sheena's there.]

Hmm? [ ... ] Ah, hey. Sorry, I guess I'm kinda out of it right now.

[corrinesbell]

Wish I could say it's not a big deal. I'm not gonna leave the shop open while they're here, so you've got me whenever you want me.

[trueknight]

[He pauses for a moment, trying to think of the best place to send Sheena.

... That's around the time he remembers something she specializes in.]

You can do scouting, right? I've already got the old man doing that, but there's no way he'll be able to catch everything.

[corrinesbell]

That womanizer guy? [Low opinion. Sheena has it.] You think that's a good idea?

[trueknight]

He may be an annoying, lecherous idiot, but he knows what he's doing, believe it or not. [That's probably the closest Yuri has ever come to complimenting Raven in a long while. ... Or possibly at all. Regardless, a light shrug, then continuing.] If you really don't want to do it, though, I've got other things I could assign you to.

[corrinesbell]

Of course I wanna do it. Might as well do something I'm good at if it'll help any.

[No further comment on Raven; clearly she trusts his judgment.]

[trueknight]

All right, then that settles it. Like him, I want you to report any fights you see breaking out to us, and any information you overhear from any of the refugees that could be important. Whether you actually go in and try to break up any conflicts or wait for another member of the group to get there is up to you, though.

[corrinesbell]

Too bad we don't have those mission radio things.

I'll be on my best behavior, captain Yuri. We're gonna be low on power and I really don't wanna make extra work for the healers if I don't have to, y'know?

[She is only sort of teasing.]

[trueknight]

[That sort-of teasing makes him smirk a little, at least.]

Good to know. It'd be a real pain to have to keep an eye on things and send someone out to heal you all the time. [A small pause, then--] Just take care of yourself out there.

[corrinesbell]

You too. I don't wanna find out after this that we've got fifty more construction projects because the leader of Brave Vesperia kept tearing stuff down.

[trueknight]

Hah, trust me - the last thing I'm gonna do is give us more work than we need in that area.

[corrinesbell]

Better use windows then.

[This is why she likes you Yuri. You pretty much totally get it.]

Maybe after it's all over...whenever that is, we can have a party meeting at the tea shop or something.

[trueknight]

I wouldn't mind something like that. I have a feeling we'd all appreciate it once things go back to whatever counts as normal here.

[corrinesbell]

Speaking of stuff like that. If there's a problem with how some of us start to handle stuff...d'you want us to do something about it?

[trueknight]

... Yeah. If you see any of ours handling things too roughly, stop them if you can and let me know who it was. Things are already gonna be tense - last thing I need is our members making it worse.

[corrinesbell]

If they don't see it coming I can probably take most of us down pretty quick. Temporarily. [She has no illusions about how fragile she herself is if they get the drop on her.] Hopefully everybody behaves.

[trueknight]

Hopefully so. I really don't want to start handing out punishments or yelling at anyone because some people didn't feel like controlling themselves.

[corrinesbell]

People're eggbears when they're hungry.

[Shrug. Not much you can do.]

[trueknight]

True, but if they act too much like an Eggbear, then I'll have to treat them like one.

[corrinesbell]

...What d'you do with eggbears in your world?

[trueknight]

[... smirk.]

We make them into panacea bottles.

[Okay, sure, just their claws, but he doesn't care. He knows he'll be stressed out soon, might as well enjoy himself while he has the time for it.]