@kuzunoha14 - Forward-dated to 05/14

[the_fourteenth]

For those who do not know, several Outsiders have vanished into rifts. The first was Ereshkigal, during the kaiju battle in Egypt. As far as I know, no contact has been established.

Since then, three other Outsiders have also vanished: Ratio, Godzilla, Tsurumaru. I have been investigating but coming up mostly short.

There were no witnesses for Ratio's disappearance, but Nyuu and Hayakawa have confirmed that a rift opened and took both Godzilla and Tsurumaru. Only they were taken, despite not being alone at the time.

I may have a clue as to who is next.

I do not wish to cause panic or alarm, and I am not sure what can be done to prevent anyone else from being taken. I will bring these findings to LILITH as well.

During the mission in Egypt, we were inserted into the dreams and memories of other Outsiders. I saw one of Ereshkigal's. In this memory, she was speaking with several other Outsiders. Seven to be exact. Among them were Ratio, Godzilla, and Tsurumaru.

The other four were Yzak, Hiyori, Kabru, and Silco.

Kabru is already gone, though his name is gone from the network, a glitch. Those taken by the rifts are still listed, but unable to be contacted.

I would encourage those others in then memory to not be alone until this is solved.

If you have any other information you would like to document in this post, please do. We need to share what we can in order to get to the bottom of this. I pray you all stay safe.

[OOC: Raidou's theory on this player plot might be shot very quickly, but he doesn't know that. Go wild with the speculation in the meanwhile!]

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[the_fourteenth]

In sorry. I was hoping I was in time to prevent this.

I want to work with LILITH to send drones into the rift to see if we can spot any of them. I don't know if we're ready to send Outsiders in, but we may not have a choice.

[stonehearts]

So she didn't just stop at taking people she likes, huh? Kinda pathetic for a so-called 'goddess' if you ask me, that she can't find enough people who like her

[powderkegs]

[ he thinks it's ereshkigal huh? jinx isn't sold. ]

You think it's her?

[powderkegs]

I'm not using LILITH's shit.

I'll make my own drones. And I'll fix it myself.

[intertwinedfates]

if you're right and what's behind these disappearances targets Hiyori, then I'm going in, good idea or not. besides, everyone else that's already been sucked in are counting on us, too

[the_fourteenth]

If you're able to, that's great. I am not good with technology like that, so I don't have much of a choice other than to rely on them or other Outsiders.

I don't know what I can do to help, but if you need it, just ask. Even if it's just requisitioning parts you need.

[powderkegs]

When I need a patsy, I know who to call ♥

[the_fourteenth]

I'm certainly not making my involvement in this a secret. If LILITH wants to blame me for anything, so be it.

[He's certainly no hyper LILITH loyalist.]

[powderkegs]

Even if she replaces you?

[the_fourteenth]

How do you mean?

[powderkegs]

How do you think?

We come. We go. Who gets to decide? The rift stuff, it's an anomaly.

But vanishing? That's just reality.

[the_fourteenth]

You're absolutely right. I've been here a long time now. I know that at any moment, I could be gone. Whether I "glitch" and go home, or a rift takes me, or I die on a mission.

That doesn't mean I'm going to stop working to make whatever time I have here better. Every moment is precious. I was given a second chance at life being brought here, and I don't plan on taking it for granted.

-> Private

[busternaut]

[Dearka switches to DM (and voice) because, while he's not really interested in taking sides, he's also not in the mood to give the pot-stirrers and Ereshkigal haters (AVENTURINE) (SILCO (who he doesn't know is missing yet)) an opening to be obnoxious.]

I hate to ask twice, but I gotta for my own peace of mind: you really think there's a good chance she might be behind this?

[powderkegs]

[ sickening.

absolutely sickening. silco is gone and she's saddled with this. hopes and dreams. life-affirming crap. as if she was taking it for granted. as if she wasn't fighting to keep him here. as if she wasn't dancing to a tune that soured but she did it because he was here and it kept him happy as she fractured herself.

sickening. these people will never understand. this is her last chance and they're stealing it from her. they hated him. and she knew, she knew —

she claws at her pants. think. work. she has to get to work. she can't waste time on this.

but jinx wouldn't be who she is if she didn't cut him down. ]

I hope you choke on that half-assed shit.

[stonehearts]

Who else would it be? She vanished first, and Ratio had some sort of connection with her and he went next, and now with everyone else--

[powderkegs]

[ jinx runs it through her head. point A to point B. no, she's quite sure ereshkigal would have just killed silco. no fuss. transporting people just to do that? time consuming, pointless, discrete. none of those things line up with her. ]

There's something. Probably. She's Patient Zero. We start with her. Everyone else is a symptom.

@Gisei

[harboredfeelings]

Creator's sake. If you get yourself captured again I'm never letting you live it down.

You and Elsman be careful.

@bustermove

[busternaut]

man what the fuck

should've guessed something was up when he wasn't in here immediately saying something snide

[powderkegs]

Looks like your bf is next!

@gisei

[harboredfeelings]

We should limit ourselves to one base to make watching each other easier.

If, and that's a big if, if anyone else is going to be taken it'll be simple to do with us scattered between Kyoto and Neo-Tokyo like we have been.

[the_fourteenth]

[Not the first time he's heard similar.]

Hopefully not too soon.

[stonehearts]

That's the spirit. Now, I have a reputation for being a gambling man, but I'm willing to bet nearly all that I've accumulated here that if we find her, we'll find the rest of them, too. It's just a shame she had to grab the Doc first -- he'd have been our best bet on tracking her down.

[powderkegs]

[ whatever. left on read. ]

[powderkegs]

[ hm. ]

Know anyone who's good at tracking magic? I have one of her dresses.

@gisei

[harboredfeelings]

If it comes down to that you won't be going in alone.

But it won't. We'll find out what's happening and stop it. We have to.