[text/action - a very brief network post]

[lovesthepain]

A quick note to the security team: would you all mind coming to the office for a meeting? Now, more than ever, I feel we need to discuss and plan for what's going on.

[Never mind that Harpuia isn't even on the security staff and acting like he's in charge of the whole thing. Acting like he's in charge is kind of just what Harpuia does.]

Anyone who has any information that may be of use or feels they can be of service is welcome to attend, as well. We're in no position to turn down anything that could help us prepare for what's to come.


[Indeed, Harpuia is already waiting in the security office, looking over a map of the area he picked up from an FDC tourist center then immediately covered in notes and circles.]

Comments

[megabuster]

[When WASN'T Rock ready to help the cause?]

Hi Harpuia. I'm not sure what I can offer, but... I want to help in any way I can.

[lovesthepain]

Willingness to help is more than enough, Master Rock. Your experience may give you insight that none of us could have.

...And at this point, I think we could use all the help we can get.

[megabuster]

Well... I'm not sure what to do, but I've been thinking a lot about it. There's got to be something behind this. It's way too much of a coincidence that the moon is dropping, and something is not only keeping us in the city, but also cutting off our ability to communicate outside the city. But I have no idea what could have that kind of power...

I was talking to a girl who could do magic, and she said even her magical ability to travel was being blocked too. So whatever it is, it can affect magic and technology.

[lovesthepain]

[Harpuia's really no closer to understanding magic than when he first came here, but...]

If it's a force significant to overcome both, then I suspect the only way we'll survive this is to play by its rules. There must be something we can do with the tools that have been provided to us, even if we don't completely comprehend them yet.

[megabuster]

But we don't even know what its rules are... Something is trapping us here with the falling moon. It probably wants to kill us...

[lovesthepain]

That seems to be likely, yes. Still, we must have been given some sort of fighting chance. If they just wanted to eradicate us completely, then why go to the extra effort of sealing this place off, sending monsters, and doing something as slow as bringing the moon down? Surely it would be easier to just wipe us out quickly.

[megabuster]

I can't help the feeling we're being toyed with... Who would be that sadistic?

Assuming it's not jut trying to prolong our ends, and we ARE getting a fighting chance... Then this is just some puzzle we need to solve? Like, we solve this and the moon goes back?

[lovesthepain]

I... want to think so. It's not something we can say for certain either way, but...

[Harpuia feels he should know much better than to cling to hope without proof. But... well, he's clinging to hope without proof.]

[megabuster]

I hope so...

...

If... If this were Neo Arcadia... What would you do?