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[ It takes her a couple days to work herself up to this. Throwing out her notes to the void was one thing. Now she's... actually trying to make this into something for others to use. And all of the spotlight that puts her in. ]

So.

My name is Futaba Sakura and some of you may have seen the notes that I made before about Vaikuntha and stuff we're looking into or finding out about while here. After the past couple months, we've gotten... a lot of new stuff. And we have the whole Bahamut thing to worry about to.

So I rewrote my notes, from scratch. They're actually meant to be read now too. I'm attaching them here.

file:vaikunthanotesmk3

Just so we're clear though I'm a gathers-info person, not a tells-people-what-to-do person. I'm looking into some stuff too on my own but I'm just one person. If you guys see something you want to start investigating, you don't need my permission or anything. Just do it, and share what you find. Or if somebody wants to take charge of trying to organize others, go on ahead.

If you have any questions though I can... try to answer them? Others can too, if they know something.

So... I guess that's it!

Futaba out ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[ She is mildly terrified right now thank god this is text. ]

failtsuninari

[On the morning of September 25th, Kenichi knew he had a parental obligation to keep. Little did he know, the mognet decided to be glitchy and show this private video public. Kenichi has several band-aids on his face and hands. ]

Hey, Takeshi. You know what today is? Did you honestly expect your mom not to tell me? Don't worry, I promise no surprise drop ins like how your mom did back in Crystallis.

When Saori told me she adopted you, I didn't know what to say at first but I'm glad she did. I'm proud to call you my son. Thanks for putting up with me as your old man.

So, happy birthday, Takeshi. Next time you're in the area, dinner is on me. And don't mind the band-aids, they're just scratches I promise.

wildlinks

[Working at the library has its good sides and downsides. The good sides: lots of books, meeting people and discussing said books.

The downside is... well... sometimes it's slow. And Souji ends up flipping through books, typing down random questions that pop into his head.

Only now- instead of *saving* it, as Futaba taught him, he accidentally posted the entire list of questions he gathered.]

➡️ What happens when you're scared "half to death" twice?
➡️ If you write a book about failure and it doesn't sell- is that a success?
➡️ Why aren't blueberries blue?
➡️ Why aren't there ads for advertising companies?
➡️ If I -save time- where do I get it back?
➡️ If space is a vacuum, who changes bags?
➡️ Why do "wise guy" and "wise man" mean two entirely different things?
➡️ Can you cry underwater?

[...he seriously needs to learn how to use new technology. Fast.]

regisrex

Good afternoon. This is Regis Lucis Caelum, and I seem to have been absent for a week or so. I apologize to anyone who attempted to contact me without receiving a response. I have now returned from the Dream Width, and will stay a short while near the Curti Center before returning to Yun'Ashia. If I am needed for aught, I shall do my best.

promiselisting

[ Huh. Here is an unusual thing. Futaba is not usually one to use voice (or anything besides text) on the network. Maybe she wants to reassure other people with her voice and to hear theirs? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that her voice is still a bit muzzy with sleep. Maybe text requires more coordination than she has right now.

Either way, she's got an important post from her sort-of-brother to follow up on. ]

So.

[ There's a long, pregnant pause. ]

How many other memes are you all familiar with? Scientific curiosity.

[ She's been getting reputations up until now. The girl who gathers information. That one who really really mistrusts the Curti Center and is not afraid to be vocally critical of it. But it's past time she showed the world here who she truly is-

a shitposter. ]

alborada

[ The look on Sylvarie’s face could be nothing other than apprehension as she looks down at her slate resting on the floor between them, chewing her lip softly. ]

Do you think this is a good idea? Should we maybe ask the Director first? Or even Mogaruru?

[ Lean shakes his head in response, regarding Sylvarie with a slightly amused expression. ]

It’s okay. Given the circumstances, we’re doing them a favour. Press the button when you’re ready.

[ Well, could she really be ready given they have absolutely no reference for who they are dealing with other than a dislike of Comic Sans (a wise choice)? Breathing out, Sylvarie looks to Lean straight in the eyes despite the low lighting of her bedroom. ]

If anything happens to my slate, may I borrow yours? [ Either way, her finger is hovering over that button. ]

[ There’s a moment where the young man visibly hesitates, feeling uncomfortable with the notion of sharing his personal data with someone else… but seeing no other options, Lean eventually agrees.]

F-fair enough. As fair as I know, Moogles can fix anything on the spot, though. [ Either way, he’d rather hope nothing happens, commenting with a nod. ] Go on.

[ Then the real message begins and their feed goes live, in text format to start for the sake of politeness. ]

> Excuse us, um..

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We do not mean to disturb you if it is a late hour where you are. We were simply wondering if, as someone with whom we share this Linkshell, you may be willing to discuss some questions with us? Regarding the greyed names.

> We have been aware of your presence for a long while now, yet you have decided not to reveal your true self. Why? What is your purpose?

[ Lean, you are getting a Look. ]

And if this format doesn’t work for you, we may do video instead? ヽ(´o｀；

[ What? An emogi might help relax them all. ]

((ooc: though addressing killerofworlds specifically, you are welcome to threadjack and add a few questions! fellow coworkers, feel free to seek out your night owls. ))

promiselisting

Eyyyyyy newbies. And I guess some older folks might care about this too.

First, this place still hasn't invented the actual internet yet so here's my bi-monthly copy of my notes on different things I've noticed and thought might be worth looking into:

file:vaikunthanotesmk2

If you're new this might help with some catch-up. Or something. Seemed like a good idea what with the fancy imperial meeting coming up. Feel free to mention anything that might need to be added. Or do some research into this stuff too. I wasn't able to poke around as much since I've had a few projects of my own to work on since last time.

Seriously though, please. We keep figuring out new things to ask questions about and while I'm used to digging through huge amounts of information looking for answers mostly by myself, it's not fun. And again. Other projects. Which also take time. How did I end up with so much stuff to do, anyway? (ʃ⌣́,⌣́ƪ)

[ Futaba "that sounds like work" Sakura, everyone. ]

Anyway....

Now that that's out of the way it's time fooooor.....

Ashelia Watch 2kXX ☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆

This one especially is going out to all you new guys that just got here! If you happen to see a little girl, around ten years old with blond hair who tells you to call her Ashelia, we're currently hoping to speak to you! And for any of you second wave people, if she spoke to you two months ago and you didn't say anything then, we still want to talk to you!

Seriously, she says weird and sometimes creepy stuff that seems like it could be important. You'll know if you've talked to her.

[ That just about covers things, she thinks. Except... one last note is tacked at the end, a bit more... lacking in false cheer and bravado that she's only been able to maintain thanks to text anyway. Bless text as a medium, seriously. ]

Oh right, one last thing. Hey Curti Center folks, did you and the moogles ever find out what's going on with these random disappearances? Asking for a friend.

[ She is, in fact, referring to this thing, which she always wondered about but uh. Between Morgana and Shiro and Hunk it's. Gotten a lot more relevant to her lately. ]

dreamsoftomorrow

What makes an Empire evil or bad?

The definition is simply that it's ruled by one person, but nowhere does it state that it's also inherently bad.

So, what makes it bad?

Why are we assuming Sen Devadatta is evil when from what I've read in the history books and from the locals, all they did was shut their doors. We don't know the reason yet either.

It's understandable to be wary and suspicious, but I don't think it's a good idea to go in believing we're going to be arrested or worse.

wheretheresawill

[Terra's face appears on the iMog slate, extremely close up at first and then pulling back to a reasonable distance. Even from there, it's obvious that he hasn't slept well. His hair is disheveled (inasmuch as that's possible to discern from his regular hairstyle), and there are bags under his eyes.]

Hi. I know it's a long shot, but has anyone seen Aqua recently? She's a girl about my age, with short blue hair and blue eyes. She might be dressed kind of like me, or else as a Red Mage. She was talking about moving to Yun'Ashia, so she might be near there, but all her stuff is still here. I - I went into the Dream Width looking for her, in case she got lost, but I couldn't find her.

If you know anything, please, let me know. She's - my best friend.

acceptedlife

[Takeshi has been... very careful. Since the last time he replied to something on the linkshell. However, he can't help but have a feeling of dread as August rolled in. Maybe he's just paranoid. But in the middle of the night, there is a text appearing on the list from him.]

Out of curiosity, what does everyone think of this invitation to the Empire? (Also what does someone wear to those kinds of things?)

Locked to [AU] Reno
Found something interesting in the 'Width. Be visiting soon.

Locked to Nagito Komaeda
Said I'd message you when I had something. I finished the map, so I'm sending you that now. Expect the other thing before some of us accept that most gracious invitation.

[Attached is crystallismap.jpeg and wor.jpeg. It's far rougher than what the official images look like, more like outlines that have been erased and redrawn until it seemed right and then redrawn over with ink. He's no ultimate artist (or any artist, for that matter), but it's passable and isn't inaccurate.]

Locked to Kenichi Nakagawa
Hey dad. Found something of interest you should see. I'll be between Arito and Yun'Ashia for most of the month working on adding to it, but lmk when'd be good to visit.

suigojin

[While the last video Gi posted was oddly lit courtesy of Ka'Pandol's bioluminescent lights, this one is normal, and he's not hanging off the edge of a bed this time. It's mid-morning when he makes the video and clearly he's recently woken up because his normally relatively spiky hair is fluffier than usual.]

Out of curiosity, if I planned a group exploration of the Genesis Ruins, would anyone be interested in joining that group with me?

[He waits for several seconds, glancing at something off-screen, then back to the camera before shutting it off.]

--

[A minute later, a new video is attached to the post, and Gi's laughing right off the bat.]

Don't take that last video seriously, I was only kidding about that. But I am looking for people--

--Test subjects, kupo.

--people to help me test some projects. Nothing super dangerous, I've just been trying to reverse-engineer some gear I've found with no luck, so I don't know if it's me or what. Any takers? I might be able to provide compensation of some sort.

regalblaze

[The feed opens on... nothing. A blank, white wall. There is a lot of shuffling in the background, people speaking and footsteps going back and forth. Finally the feed moves away from the wall and shows blaring, white light of the outside, blinding the screen for a moment until it finally focuses on the entrance door.

Tall, young man stands at the door, in striped white and blue shirt, talking to someone, and holding a medium-sized box. The feed then slowly moves away from him to give a shot of the inside of the room. There is still a bit of a mess, chairs, and boxes around, but the small coffee shop is finally taking its shape. There are no customers still, of course, but it looks as the place will soon be open.

The feed starts moving now, moving from place to place, zooming in on the random potted plants, the cookie and cake displays (still empty, unfortunately), then a bigger pastry display, on the box with barista uniforms in the corner, then on cute wooden jars that will hold coffee in the future.]

Ebony! What are you doing?

[There is a loud squeak, the feed shakes and then focuses on Ignis walking up to the Moogle that was recording everything around the shop.]

Making memories, kupo! You're opening soon, right?! Right!!

We have a lot of work to do, [Ignis sighs and sets the box he was holding on the bar and then reaches for the slate. There seems to be a tug-o-war between the two but, of course, Ignis wins in the end and the feed just shows a vase of flowers.]

Please focus on cleaning up.

( Link that leads to Action Log )

chefbayardee

( making contact with missingno, oops )

pishirogane

The time has come. Looking for individuals willing to go to Lake Ira Friday the 13th in order to confront the masked killer and uncover more clues towards his motive.

- A Few Minutes following that brief post being uploaded -

( Video Portion )

(OOC: Info and Plotting over here.)

promiselisting

[ VIP week at Sparks Golsaucia's still going on, true, but it involves a lot of loud noise and people and Futaba ain't here for that without the rest of her friends. So instead she's been working on something else. Something even the people who didn't join in can hopefully appreciate. ]

So. Got a few things for you all and a few questions in return, especially for the newbies.

First of all, I've got some notes for you all. Some of you might remember the post I made a couple months back. Been doing research since then, so I figured I'd follow up with my findings. The more this info is widely spread the better. Also if you've got anything to add from searches on your own, feel free to talk about it here or lemme know and I can add it. We may even want to have like... some kinda meeting to discuss this stuff?

I'm not organizing it though.

[ Nope. Nope. Not a chance. Putting together notes and tossing them out to the wind? That she can do. Organizing a bunch of people and talking to them and all that kind of thing? Nope. ]

Unfortunately this place doesn't have the internet, so I can't just make a website for these notes. Pretty much all I can do is make my files available for download as of right now, so I'll have to post an updated version periodically. Sucks but there's nothing I can do yet.

Anyway here's the file: file:vaikunthanotes

[ And next... ]

On that note, one of the big questions last time was about a strange little girl with blond hair who called herself Ashelia. She only turned up right after the new arrivals, and only spoke to a few people before disappearing again. Anybody happen to see her this time around? Looking at newbies especially for this one.

Also a Moogle that shouted some kind of doomsday prophecies about a "she," I guess.

[ She'll ask more questions if anybody actually happens to volunteer information. No point typing a lot up front if it turns out she wasn't even here.

And... as for the last thing. And the thing she's especially glad she's using text for. ]

Also... back on Earth, a lot of countries around the world happen to celebrate Father's Day on the third Sunday of June (sixth month). Which is... this one, I guess?

So. Happy Father's Day.

[ Especially to her own dad, even if... he isn't here... ]

red_planet_blues

[Today you are all graced with the visage of the Mars marshal, who has finally decided maybe it's time he brings something up here on the network.]

Howdy folks. Name's Sparks Nevada, if we haven't met yet. Before this planet, I was on one called Crystallis. Though before that, I was on Mars, and originally, I'm... from Earth. Thing is, I know a few folks who're from Crystallis that are here, too. It was kind of a similar situation. Y'know, the whole getting dragged outta yer home to be forced to live on another planet with crazy magic and chocobos and all that stuff. The difference there was that we were all considered to be somethin' called "Heroes of Light" and we had to basically save the planet -- the whole multiverse, actually -- from gettin' annihilated. Yer welcome, by the way.

Thing is, there are sure a lotta coincidences on this planet. If the jobs and the races 'a folks and all that ain't enough of a clue, the place names are a dead giveaway. Half of them are named for the Heroes from Crystallis. Even I got one - Sparks Goldsaucia. Pretty cool. Reckon it's all a bit too much to be a coincidence.

Bonnie also brought up the map to me, and... [He looks that over in a separate window.] If ya squint just right, and slide some bits around, sure as heck does look like Crystallis. Durin' that whole apocalypse thing, the planet did get kinda messed up and broken, so I guess we wouldn't have known what the continents looked like after all that. Woulda taken some time to re-map, and I was only there for a month after the whole ordeal was over. Had a planet to get back to marshaling, ya see.

What's my point to all this? Guess my point is that I don't believe in coincidences. The universe is, like, both too big and too small at the same time for that nonsense, if'n that makes any sense at all. It does. I think.

zanarkandian

[Tidus is out by the water on the Curti Center island, as he usually is. There's a sunglasses-wearing moogle, Zunne, sunning on the beach behind him. But for anyone who knows Tidus, it might seem more odd that his eyes, usually bright blue, are now red.]

Hey guys, me again. I hope everybody's doing okay after that trip---and if you've run into any chocobo eaters, rest up. They're really tough!

Anyway, I've just been thinking. Does something about this place seem off to anyone else? I don't really know how to explain it, I know it sounds crazy, but I can't help but wonder why we're really here. It's just...I see these little things everywhere that are familiar, but they aren't? And I have to wonder if something big's lurking out there that we should know about?

Maybe I'm just homesick. Or hungry, that could be it.

[Distantly, from the Moogle's direction: 'How astute.' Tidus mumbles and ducks his head.]

All right, he's right. That's enough. If anybody's still up for blitz practice, I'll see you tomorrow!

topgun_textiles

[Hey, it's some guy standing in his bedroom wearing street clothes. But in the next moment, with a rush of power, he's adorned in a set of armor. It's a mingling of steel plating, chain, and coarse fur draped over the shoulders, topping a cloak down the back. The giant hammer was lifted, swung like it weighed nothing, and settled against the fur-covered pauldron. The grin he gave the camera was pretty toothy.]

Yo! Name's Kanji. I said I'd go all out and be myself, so here I am.

I make stuff! Y'know, dolls, knit blankets, a whole bunch of cute shit. And there ain't a damn thing wrong with that, y'hear me? But I'm officially offering my services in makin' stuff like that for... y'know, birthdays or whatever.

But this right here's my gear for my Berserker Asterisk, and I can put somethin' together for you guys, too. I'm takin' commissions for job outfits, either to make 'em myself or work up design sketches to have made later once your mind's all made up.

...Uhhh... [He paused, and his expression faltered as he tried to think of something. Then a gloved hand went to mess with his hair as he gave a small, unsure growl in his throat. He had to be forgetting something, and it wasn't coming to mind.]

Yeah, I think that's it? Never advertised before. But I gave it a good shot.

[He nodded to someone off-camera, and the feed cuts.]

( But an hour later... another video pops on the network. )

promiselisting

( cut for an embarrassing amount of glittertext and emojis )

promiselisting

[ It'd kinda taken a backseat with everything else going on, but there's still something that's been bothering her a bit. She could just dismiss it as a kid making things up but... after everything she's experienced here, and back home, she's got a gut feeling there's more to it.

She can't search the internet like she used to but... well that doesn't mean crowdsourcing is off the table. ]

Hey, did anybody else run into a weird girl on their first day here? A little kid, blonde hair.

Also does anybody know what the name of this "linkshell" means? Kali Shashidhwaja. She mentioned that, along with telling me that "she" would try to hurt me if I ever lost it and was alone.

[ As a final note, she added the two pictures the girl had doodled, described as follows: " There was a crude drawing of a feminine figure with purple eyes standing over what appeared to be the corpses of a human and a moogle, looking a bit eerily similar to Futaba and her moogle even though the drawing was crude. " Along with "This time the figures looking like Futaba and her moogle were standing alive, and were surrounded by other figures. They faced toward the purple-eyed figure, who seemed to be fleeing."

And now, to see what information others might have... ]

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