The third April 8th, and every April 8th thereafter [text]

[tiredcharmer]

Invitation to linkshell "troll groundhog day." Accept? Y/N


pissing on the wwwwildfire [text]

alright people, wwwwe've got a lot of wwwwork to do

if you see a big problemmmm (or sommmmething that just mmmmakes you feel shitty), post it here wwwwith the time/place and put a group together to solve it. once you've figured it out, be a pal and tell us howwww you took care of it

i'mmmm gonna put this up at the start of every loop, adding everything wwwwe've discovered to the mmmmain post so wwwwe can keep shit organized

let's get mmmmoving

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PROBLEMMMMS

[tiredcharmer]

report anything you think's immmmportant here, then group up and solve it. post solutions once you're done

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[bladeofconquest]

Okay so I've been examining the news cycles the last loop or two (this is still so strange to me, but I'm doing my best to keep going) and there are a few items I want to focus on personally.

The biggest one is stopping the Bahamut cult from massacring the people of Nakagawa. I think I can probably infiltrate the cult; a LOT of them show up after the MogNet post goes out and I'm pretty sure I can lose myself in the crowd of new arrivals, and if called upon, give a fairly good performance as a cultist if need be to better fit in. I've done that sort of thing before, after all.

Stopping the cult I think means getting to the leader. Or leaders, I think there might be more than one. Obviously they try to keep their identities as obfuscated as possible, which is why I'll need to infiltrate them. If I can figure out who they are, I'll report back with their identities. But I want...I want to try talking to them first. I know what they do is horrible, but...they're scared and desperate and hoping for any possible way to save themselves. Most of the cultists I fought the first time trying to escape the city didn't appear to actually want to be hurting other people, but...fear and desperation can make people do awful things if they're pushed far enough.

Which is why I want to talk to the cult leaders personally before I-or we-go in swords drawn. I think I need to be able to offer them hope; hope that this isn't the end, that Bahamut will be stopped and Vaikuntha saved. Maybe if I can address the cult at large during a meeting-maybe even the one where they decide on the massacre-I might be able to stop it from happening.

That said, if the cult leaders themselves are truly set on this goal, I'll do what I have to. But it would still pay to have a contingency plan in place in case I can't convince them to stand down. If we have an evacuation plan ready to go, when the cult attacks we'll be able to get more people out of the city. Or maybe we can try to organize some kind of defense so that when the assault happens they won't find it so easy. Most of the cultists didn't appear to be that well trained, but they had numbers and the element of surprise on their side. The loops take away the latter advantage, and from there, depriving them of the former should be relatively easy to accomplish.

That said, if anyone with an airship could be standing by at the port in case we need to get a lot of people onboard and evacuate the city in a hurry, I'd feel a lot better about this.

Also, this is admittedly not as big a priority to me as stopping the cult but one item of news keeps popping up that I find...curious. A foreign woman in Arito tending flowers near the Summoners Guildhall even as the rest of the city falls into chaos. I don't know why, but something about that...I don't know if it's important or not but I want to investigate. Something about it stands out to me.

So there's where I'm going to be focusing, at least for the time being. Any help people are willing to give me with either of those two events are welcome! The cult alone is going to require help and careful planning.

[littlemhigan]

ill help you as best i can.

we should get the swordmaster guild involved.

they can probably help.

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[singerofspells]

... It is a Moogle that is supposed to be one of the leaders? Isn't it?

If I wasn't so obvious as myself, I'd offer to come with you. It's a distant possibility but... there are no accidents, we like to say. And that speak to coincidences as well.

But, see if you can find someone else who arrived with the first group of us from the Dream Width. Or a Curti Center volunteer.

[pishirogane]

Keep this plan tacked. I'm going to have a word with them when they make their presence known.

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[wheretheresawill]

[The camera is mostly facing a wall, but when Terra ends up in frame he does not look well. Inasmuch as any of them look well.]

If you're trying to get the Swordmasters to help - Hi, Castor - I can probably come talk to them. They should help. I don't know why they didn't.

And if there's fighting, I can be good for that too.

[tiredcharmer]

operation stop these fuckers is a go

you've infiltrated themmmm before, try to feed mmmme as mmmmuch intel as you can

i'll do some investigating on mmmmy owwwwn too, mmmmaybe i can get richrd to help

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[tiredcharmer]

rosey industrial alwwwways gets hit super hard by calammmmity mmmmonsters. too mmmmany people wwwwork there to leave that place undefended

anybody else up for killing those fuckers? bards are especially wwwwelcommmme, wwwwe'll need that aria of narayana thing

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[whirluendo_of_puns]

sounds like my cue!

i cant be the only one who knows that song tho, right??? i dunno how many bards we've got

[littlemhigan]

would culling some monsters in the area before they change help at all?

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[tiredcharmer]

riots in arito cause wwwway too mmmmuch bad shit for us to ignore

any other cops wwwwilling to help mmmme figure out howwww to stop them? wwwwe go for peaceful dispersal first--inspirational speeches and all that bullshit--but if that doesn't wwwwork out, wwwwe rally the local lawwww enforcemmmment to contain the riots, arrest the crimmmminals, and take out violent instigators

vimes, conwwwway, i'mmmm looking at you twwwwo

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[defenestraighttomyheart]

Sorry, Ty. I have a missing persons report in Hisan City.

I'd normally call it a terrible case of marriage jitters, but everything is horrible at the moment, so I plan on carrying a spear while pursuing the case.

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[unluckychaton]

Oh, mew coming to help this time? Better get your tails out here soon cause those start tonight.

[Who's still a bit annoyed from the very first round of riots? This guuuy...]

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[timecrash]

Gilgamesh shows up and robs Hisan's armory. There's nothing left, it's... Cripes, it's brutal. We're caught totally unprepared. I only found out because I ran to check on Mom loop one.

I've got a kind of stupid plan, though. Gilgamesh is weird, but he's almost got a fetish for honor and a real hardon for rare treasures. I think maybe I could entice him with something one-of-a-kind.

Maybe I could actually beat him in a one-on-one if I know his moves well enough.

[kissthemoons]

Well I mean...
If you're distracting him then I might just know someone, ah, gifted in the art of picking pockets, even if they're inter-dimensional ones, if you think that's got a chance of working with your plan.

Text; Fourth Loop and onward

[immortalmarshal]

The council at Yun'Ashelia is full of fuckin' idiots that won't stop arguing with each other. Ignis and I both tried to talk to them. You can imagine how that went when they're to the point of throwing chairs and fists at each other. That's going to be a problem when National Panic Day starts, because people really are going to panic due to lack of leadership, and not be able to defend themselves from any potential monster attacks - not to mention, any potential civilian casualties and general chaos.

Supposedly, though, the Mayor suggested finding some undeniable proof of hope to make them stop arguing. Something pure and rare, something that both sides cannot dispute or mock one bit. Unless it's a Gold Chocobo or that damn Carbuncle, I'm somewhat doubting that there's anything like that out there right now. If anyone has any ideas I might actually consider them.

Oh, and the Curti Center Staff need to be talked out of drinking themselves into quitting. I was only able to convince a few the first two times around by myself. If anyone has that silver-tongue and beaming heart of hope, I'll gladly accept your help.

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[acapriciousreaper]

Carbuncle... I had a thought about that, actually. I think there might be a connection with that business in the forest- someone mentioned that it was nearly impenetrable, and there were runes that were similar to ones we've encountered elsewhere.

It could be nothing, but perhaps there's a connection.

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[wind_in_my_ears]

Everyone, this is really important. Three loops ago, everything went wrong. That was the loop I sent a message to Ramaa. As soon as she knew someone knew it was her, everything we tried to do stopped working. But the last two went off fine.

We're the only ones who know we're looping. She doesn't seem to know.

[immortalmarshal]

First of all, thank you for that info; that does explain why that loops went belly-up so strangely.

Second, we need to figure out if she's possessed, or if she's truly reborn. The former may ultimately help us save another life. The latter...I can't say the same about the latter.

[Text] April 11th

[whirluendo_of_puns]

So... Something weird happened to me last night.

I tried to talk the workers at the Mad'ni Shrine into staying and looking after the temple. It didn't work out, but... When I went to get some shut-eye afterwards, I had a dream about Phoenix coming to protect the world. It was so vivid, I almost thought it was real when I woke up.

I know this sounds flimsy, but I can't help but feel it means something. I'm going to try talk to them again in the next loop. Anyone want to come along?

[neverbeamemory]

Now there's something important.

Count me in.

Has anyone been involved with any events concerning the other Temples, so far?

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[einspine]

THE NAH NAMI NATURE RESERVE IS TRYING TO RESEARCH THE ODD TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ANIMALS INTO CALAMITY MONSTERS. I TRIED TO ASSIST THEM ON THE FIRST LOOP, BUT MY EFFORTS WEREN'T ENOUGH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SCIENTIFICALLY MINDED WHO COULD ASSIST IN THIS ENDEAVOR?

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[wind_in_my_ears]

Okay so... weird question here, but is anyone up for forming a strike team and isn't afraid of being eaten?

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[wind_in_my_ears]

Excuse me, is Richard Conway here?

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[sassafrisk]

so

i need to buy out all of parasraya's catnip and a very large airship (kuja i'm looking at you)

anybody have some gil i can borrow? i can pay you back i promise