voice @kijyo | May 11th

[saudadist]

[ She's trying very hard to keep it all together. Not just for her own sake either. Lucy's emotions have been chaotic since early this morning and she's not sure how to handle it other than to cry.

Still, in the midst of hiccups, she stammers out. ]

G-Goji-san, he was- Kaede-san saw...uuuu...

[ No, she can't do it. She can't keep it together. She's crying again with a total lack of dignity and sobs leaving her lungs starved for air. ]

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@Bootyyyshaker9000, voice

[soft_shelled]

Where are you?

[He may not like Godzilla, but he likes and cares for Kaede (and thus Nyuu). So maybe not leaving her alone to cry???]

[saudadist]

[ Oh, that voice! That's the turtle guy isn't it? ]

Donchaaaaaaan!!

[ Hopefully he can forgive her for the wail. She sniffles and pulls herself together after another minute. ]

I'm...I'm still out at the campsite.

[soft_shelled]

[It's fine, things are fine.]

And where is this campsite? I don't exactly know where a lot of things are around here, but I can come get you if you need me too.

Voice: @gisei (no one saw that...)

[harboredfeelings]

Nyuu-chan? Try to calm down, deep breathes.

[ Shit, shit. What's going on? It's not like Lucy to leave Nyuu in charge when there's danger afoot. ]

What's happened? Where are you two?

saw what

[saudadist]

[ Kaga-san? As ever, the fox woman's voice brings her a sense of calm. ]

The campsite. In the mountains.

Exactly.

[harboredfeelings]

[ That is very... very unhelpful. Kaga can't be mad though, the poor girl is obviously distressed. ]

Send me the coordinates. I can get a helicopter and Kiko out there in under an hour depending on the distance.

@twisteria | voice

[asagami]

[Ohhhh, this is a little worrying. She recognizes the names and judging by the tone? It doesn't sound good...]

Pardon me for asking, but what happened to Godzilla- er well, Goji-san?

[saudadist]

[ In between blubbering and sniffles: ]

A rift. He pushed Kaede-san out of the way, and...

[asagami]

...he fell through?

[She's seen some of the texts on the network, so she's not in the complete dark about it. Still, for it to happen to someone she knows...for the first time, it's as if there's a heavy weight sinking in her gut.]

How awful...sorry to hear that. [It's as much of a comfort as she can muster; awkward, but her tone comes out a little soft when she says it.] And Kaede? How is she faring?

@AUO also yes finally threading, so excited :D / voice

[gilgamess]

Did that one also disappear?

[ That's disappointing. With Ereshkigal and Godzilla gone, just who can he text in cuneiform to? ]

I suppose I should go through the network and see about the status of updates. It seems others may have as well...

[ Really rude of them to do it so fast that he hasn't even had time to follow the investigation leads yet. ]

Gil!!

[saudadist]

Y-Yes sir, he-

[ hic! ]

He went into a rift! Kaede-san saw...

:3

[gilgamess]

Do you mean to say he fell in or the rift tugged at him? A sort of absorption, like gravitational force? Or could it be he walked into it as though in a trance?

Now, more than ever, I become convinced that all disappearances are linked. This is the obvious conclusion.

[ So the thing is, rifts have always been a thing here, but previously they seemed to only be connected to the kaiju, but now it's seeming like they have some kind of sway beyond them, or something is different about them? The nature thereof sort of makes him think of his vault/pocket dimension and he wonders if everyone who vanished is somewhere like that.

But, of course, if the kaiju are within the rifts and it's a sort of primordial monster sea, also like certain places with which he's familiar, they had probably best get to the heart of the matter sooner rather than later. ]

@akatsuki; voice

[lionize]

Godzilla now, too? What the hell is going on?

[saudadist]

[ Nyuu clears her throat before answering, but she still sounds exhausted. She can still tell folks what happened, though! She has to, so the others can be aware. ]

Goji-san got swallowed by a rift.

[lionize]

Shit. [Nothing she can do right now.]

You're okay, right? Nothing lingering?

audio; @curse

[gimu]

[ so close and yet so far. what takes choso off-kilter the most is that the sound of nyuu’s sobs hits him as hard as they do.

funny, how it makes his chest ache so. ]

Nyuu, it’s— [ okay? of course it isn’t. try again. ]

The others will be there soon. You and Kaede will be okay.

[saudadist]

A-Ah, Chosonii!

[ He sounds a little strained. Her imagination? ]

Kaga-san said she'd be here soon. She's sending Kiko.

@kuzunoha14

[the_fourteenth]

[Now Godzilla!? This is bad.

He'll text her, so she can respond when she's feeling up to it.]

Nyuu-san, I'm sorry. I promise I am working on this. We all are.

[saudadist]

It's just like Ereshkigal-san...

Raidou-san, what can I do to help? My memory of it isn't perfect, but I can sort of remember what Kaede-san saw.

@mr. viper; text

[penaltypoints]

[ Now it does seem as though there is a rapid increase in spontaneous Rift activity here... ]

If you are able to describe what you observed at the time, as well as record the location, that would be appreciated.

[saudadist]

Oh, yes, I can! See...

[ Writing it all out gives her time to sit and think. Thankfully, it comes out clearer than in audio. She passes along the map pin for her location too, as she hasn't moved since waking up. ]

Goji-san sensed something wrong and got up to check. Kaede-san was near him when the rift opened up, but he pushed her out of the way so it only swallowed him.

@justish, video

[lostdestiny]

[ Taking this totally the wrong way -- ]

That bastard -- what did he do to you?

[saudadist]

[ Uh oh ]

N-No! Shinn-san, he didn't do anything!

Goji-san disappeared!

not here but just

[lionize]

NOT HERE

[stonehearts]

( is this what it takes for people to be sympathetic here? to cry like a baby and wail about it? pathetic. both for her and the people falling for it. no, he's not going to be sympathetic. and in fact the one thought in his mind when he hears godzilla is missing is simply:

good riddance. )