@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

[the_fourteenth]

I agree. I don't like sitting around waiting for things to happen. I want to do more too. I try to do more. Then everyone tells me I am overtaxing myself. [BECAUSE HE IS.] I'd rather lose some sleep than have more Outsiders get kidnapped, get killed, vanish.

[intertwinedfates]

I think in this case it's fair to work overtime a bit. not so much that you don't sleep, but a few extra hours here and there until we figure out what to do next shouldn't hurt

we can't just laze about while our teammates and friends disappear in front of eyes. even if all we do is hound LILITH to research faster and share their answers, that's something

[the_fourteenth]

[Don't worry, he won't sleep!]

I'm not sure what else we need to do at this point. Talk to LILITH about getting drones into the rift ASAP. Stay grouped up until we figure this out to hopefully save anyone else who might be next. Posit other theories and see what else we can come up with.

[intertwinedfates]

[Plz don't go into sleep deprivation either, Raidou...!]

yeah, that does seem like all we can do right now. it's so frustrating! it's bad enough we lost Eresh to the damn rift, now others? I wonder if it isn't being triggered by her desire to reach out for help...

[the_fourteenth]

It does seem like a very deliberate choice of victims. I can't even imagine what could be happening in there. The effects the rift has even to those who get close to it are troubling enough. But someone of her stature, who's been in there this long? The mind reels.

[intertwinedfates]

the fact that the rifts are appearing right where people are is, in my opinion, a sign that there's some deliberate intent behind them. whether it's Eresh or something else... I dunno. I wish we could mount a rescue attempt and get her out of there. she's going to be in rough shape by the time we figure anything out

[the_fourteenth]

We do need to be prepare to enter the rift, I believe. I don't think it's a good idea. We should try with drones first. But if that fails...

[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

@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.

[intertwinedfates]

Kaga... thanks

I hope it doesn't happen either, since the more people we have here working to get them back, the better our chances, I'm sure

[harboredfeelings]

You don't have to thank me. You two are my friends, it should go without saying.

You're a god, is there some way you have of tracking down other divine beings that could help?

[intertwinedfates]

it's precisely because you're our friend that I ought to thank you, heh

although I'm kinda ashamed to say I lack any sort of power like that. maybe if I went into the rift I could sense Eresh, but I don't think I could from here

[harboredfeelings]

Honestly I'm not too surprised by that, you're from different worlds. So let's consider putting someone else into a rift as plan C.

Unless we're throwing Silco in. We could call that plan B.

[intertwinedfates]

yeah, I get the feeling our divinities are on different wavelengths, so to speak. I wonder if tying a rope to someone and sending them in would work

hah! we can't do that, Kaga. even if he's kind of dubious and questionable at times

[the_fourteenth]

I can't stop you, but I'll beg you to reconsider. Lest you become just another person in there we need to rescue. We need to have a plan before we go.

[intertwinedfates]

I know. damn do I know. but if Hiyori really is a target, there's no way I can let her be kidnapped a second time. I'd never be able to live with myself

[the_fourteenth]

[Raidou felt like a hypocrite even saying it. If Yuji vanished, who knows how he'd react.]

I understand. I'm going to see about getting drones sent in ASAP to see if we can spot anything. Maybe if we can see in, we will know what we're getting into first.

[intertwinedfates]

[It's the same with Yato, honestly. Here he is, saying he'd go all in for Hiyori, when he had tried to dissuade Adventurine from doing the same.]

thanks, Raidou. any intel you can get will be appreciated, even if it's just that we can't get a signal back