@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!]

Comments

@red-gaze

[immortalpoet]

[....]

[Silco, huh.]

[In his mind, he remembers a frantic call made by a young man, about a young woman going missing...]

[...]

is this related to the kaiju we faced

it seems Dante thinks all were related in dealing direct bows to the kaiju at the very least

[the_fourteenth]

I think it is related, in a way. I think it's related to Ereshkigal who was knocked into the rift, and has been missing for weeks.
Now those in the memory the kaiju's power forced me to see are now vanishing as well.

I think that's an interesting theory. I'm going to check LILITH's records and see if those others had gotten killing blows, or were in the top spots.

[immortalpoet]

so wait if the kaiju and its power made you see those people

do we think it chose those people on purpose

[the_fourteenth]

It seems very deliberate, doesn't it?

Ereshkigal is a powerful goddess. We know the rift can effect living being in profound ways, even if you just get too close. Who knows what's happened to someone like her in there? Anything seems possible.

[immortalpoet]

tell me


was she the first to disappear? is there credence to her causing this

[the_fourteenth]

She was knocked into the rift during the last kaiju battle. Taryon witnessed this.

I promise that I am not here to accuse anyone of anything. I'm present what I've found in the hopes of getting to the bottom of this. I want to rescue those lost, and prevent the others from vanishing.

[immortalpoet]

i will agree with you on that.

but the timeline is important too. did anyone disappear around the same time as her

[the_fourteenth]

No, she was it. Seems Ratio didn't vanish until the 5th, Godzilla the 12th, Tsurumaru the 13th.

[immortalpoet]

interesting.

seems sporadic, too. like why the staggered disappearances

[the_fourteenth]

True. It's one of the things I don't understand.
Why one at a time? Why at seemingly random times? We know so little about the rifts and their power in order to speculate anything well.

[immortalpoet]

has anyone asked LILITH if they have any data on this. maybe there's some scientific reasoning or something

[the_fourteenth]

I did ask them if they could look into whether or not what took them were indeed rifts, by the energy signature. But with many of them falling ill, it's taking some time.

@fishbones

[powderkegs]

The memory one?

Or some other one?

(locked)

[immortalpoet]

the memory one

which i didn't care for.

[And now, he's putting on a filter, just for her and her alone.]

did you see him disappear?

🔒

[powderkegs]

I don't want to talk about it.

Are you coming?

[immortalpoet]

i assume you mean on the investigations?

i will. i assume you will, too

[powderkegs]

No.

[ let them pinwheel. play prevention. stop it from happening. she's going straight to the source. ]

I'm gonna pinpoint this fucker and then I'm gonna burn it down.

[immortalpoet]

ah.





do you need assistance? i assume you want to be the one to pull the final pin. i'd allow that

[powderkegs]

You'll allow it?

[ the anger claws back. she's angry. at herself. she should have been fast enough. at silco because she's 95% sure he pissed off the wrong person and is eating shit for it. at this fucking audacity. ]

Where do you get off?

[immortalpoet]

[...Mm. Wrong choice of word, there. He's so used to playing the intimidating one. It's so frustrating. That wrath itches under his skin, it-]

sorry.



kneejerk of me. do as you must.

[powderkegs]

Don't think you're doing me any favors. I reached out because he vouched for you.

That's all.

[immortalpoet]

[Vouched for him...is that so.]

i wouldn't presume to be doing so.

but i will simply offer assistance if you desire it


they need to go down

[powderkegs]

Don't worry.

I always get them. Always.

[immortalpoet]

i will believe in that

im a phone call or text away

i will be there

[powderkegs]

It's not bravado. It's a fact. Helpful for you too. People die around me all the time.

I'll let you know.