[VIDEO .003 | username edward.elric]

[alchemyfreak]

Has anyone noticed the message board at headquarters?

[Yes, he's talking about the Perimeter Guard missions.]

I've had a really bad feeling lately, and my suspicions are that I'm not alone on this one.

[He knows how touchy some people can be about saying against this place, but Ed and gods didn't mix well. He spent too much of his life denying their existence just to spend five years under the power of them, or at least beings claiming to be them - and if he eventually could convince himself they weren't, he'd be much happier. That didn't mean he wanted a repeat of that.]

Some of the stuff going on recently has been a little too familiar for my liking, and if there's any possibility that some sleeping god is behind it, I'm going to go check it out.

[It's not easy spending your life afraid of glitter, okay. Between the carnival, the glitter, the sudden influx of people - which he's learned just began a few months ago - this place was starting to look suspiciously like a certain other event in his life. Even if he's wrong, he doesn't even want to chance that this thing waking up is going to change the dynamic everyone had grown so used to here.

If it being asleep is what's causing the portal to function the way it is, though? He doesn't want to kill or destroy it, either. In his experience that would send most people, if not everyone, home - and a lot of the residents here didn't want that. If he was being honest, himself included.]

[ooc: Chloe and Ed are at it again, Chloe will have a log up sometime next week to get this plot going. In the meantime, Ed's suspicions are super high and no one else cares so he's none too happy, atm. I will be throwing up a public plurk for plotting and discussion, and linking it here once I've put it up.]

Comments

@givesyouhell

[hititwithacrowbar]

[ Jay was at work, so, its easy to see he's in his perimeter guard uniform. As he holds his phone up like he's snapping a selfie. Mostly to try and look like he didn't get video chats as well as he did. Still trying to hide himself. ]

In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

[ Jason spoke, almost in a deadly serious tone. A sleeping god put the old HP Lovecraft stories to mind. ]

You want some back up Ed?

[alchemyfreak]

[WTF, Jay. Just... WTF. Ed quirked an eyebrow, pretty much debating if he was being mocked right now, but then Jay spoke again.]

Well, I wouldn't say no to an offer. No idea what's even out there at this point.

[hititwithacrowbar]

[ That quirked eyebrow got one returned. ]

Tell me you know what I was quoting Ed... Don't let me down on this.

[ He shook his head as soon as he said before shrugging. ]

I'm not scared of whatever's out there. Count me in, when I get in tonight we can talk shop if you want.

[alchemyfreak]

No idea.

[This is said fairly flatly.]

Sounds like a plan, we'll figure it out.

@Treasure.Princess

[thegreatninja]

[When Yuffie replies her face is too close to the screen and for some reason she has the phone upside down.]

There's a message board at headquarters?

[She should probably read that and she might, now that she realizes that it's there. It also means that she should have probably been paying more attention during orientation; oh well.

She refocuses on the rest of what he says and shakes her head.]

Leviathan is the best god. [Just to put that out there.] What is this sleeping god 'sides really tired?

[alchemyfreak]

[Oh, Yuffie. Sometimes you just come off like an over excited puppy. Very happy and curious, not entirely aware of what's going on. He might be making a mental note to show her how to do this next time he sees her.]

We don't know what it is, at least I don't - and no one else seems to care much. If it acts anything like the ones I've dealt with before, I'd rather not have to deal with it waking up.

[Why does everyone keep talking to him about other gods? Leviathan, Cthulhu. Is no one focusing on the situation at hand, here?]

[thegreatninja]

[She turns the screen so that it's right-side-up. See, she's got it.]

Does magic work on it?

Most of the large things I've fought to let you use spells like STOP or anything like that. [It'd be cheating if she was able to use her Materia like that but Yuffie thinks its stupid.]

Also, if we wake it up we can fight it, right. Is that really so bad. I bet between everyone here we can take it down.

[alchemyfreak]

[He's still sighing internally.]

I don't know anything about that.

[At the last part he practically shouts his response.]

No! That thing could be what's running this place, what do you think will happen if we destroyed it?

[Another, scarier god might take over instead. He's seen it, Yuffie.]

video | un: detdecker

[couldkillthedevil]

[It takes her awhile to reply to this. If only because she's still trying to make sense of the creeping sensation climbing up and down her spine. It's easy to get tangled in all the paranoia and superstition -- a kind of apophenia she's never been comfortable or willing to indulge in. Until now, apparently.

Because even she can admit that she's been feeling unsettled. An odd dream, the feeling of being watched. Of closing one's eyes and opening them, expecting to see someone staring down while one slept. Her voice comes out a bit reluctant, as if she's not sure how to relay this information.]

Something's been off to me too, recently. I've been... seeing things.

[alchemyfreak]

[He's honestly surprised by Chloe's response, considering she didn't seem to want anything to do with this. The reluctance doesn't seem at all out of place, after their earlier conversations about it. To say he'd been disappointed certainly wouldn't be inaccurate, but here she was now, and he wasn't sure how to take that.]

More than just that temple?

[He frowns slightly, thoughtfully. He didn't want to push it if she didn't want to get involved, but he wasn't sure what else to say.]

Al and I are going to check it out.

[That much was a definite already, and Jason offered to come too, but he's still waiting for him to get back from work.]

[couldkillthedevil]

[It's less that she doesn't want anything to do with it and more that she's reluctant to get involved without having more information. Whatever's out there isn't a human criminal or someone she can take down with a tussle or gunfight. And more than that, she feels wrong, on edge in a way she's not used to feeling. Like a pull in a certain direction that she's able to resist but is still unsettling.]

I don't know. It's hard to explain. It's like I'm remembering something I've never experienced before. Or dreaming, but in the middle of the day.

[She's not surprised to hear him and Al want to go, so her voice is steady yet questioning when she speaks.]

Just the two of you? When?

video; un: ghostking

[deathkid]

I'm counting on it being the god. That tends to be a constant in my life, anyway.

[alchemyfreak]

You and me, both.

[Not his whole life, but the last several years, at least. He's going to do what he can to prevent it from happening again.]

[deathkid]

I can definitely sense something stirring, which is probably worth looking into. Most gods aren't evil, just have certain plans that require people like us to see through.

in person; because i said so

[alkahestic]

[ al's sitting nearby, a book in his lap as he frowns at ed. not because he's angry with his brother. it's because he's got some of the same suspicions and when they share the same suspicions, usually something is up. ]

What should we do, Brother? Whatever it is, I'm going with you.

siiiiiiiigh, I mean sure.

[alchemyfreak]

[Ed glances up when he notices Al was listening rather than focusing on his book, but whatever - it's not like he was keeping it a secret from his brother, he just knew five years in other worlds had skewed his perspective a bit and there... might require a more delicate approach there.]

I don't know, Al. The first thing I'm doing is trying to find that temple Chloe told me about.

[You know, the quick flash in a dream or vision she had. That's totally solid evidence to go on a wild goose chase over, right?]

[alkahestic]

[ nodding, al closes his book. he's not reading it anymore anyway and he's worried about what might be going on. ed seems determined and that makes al determined too. ]

We'll go together. If it is that sleeping god, maybe it'll help us.

[ always the optimist. ]

voice / un: zorro

[neyouze]

That thing with the "deity," right?

[ yeah, he saw it, too. As always, Morgana's struggling to find his place here, but having a place to work at least makes him feel like he's doing something meaningful. Naturally, he's passed by that unusual notice more than once. ]

I've got a bad feeling about it... You shouldn't tackle something like that by yourself.

voice

[alchemyfreak]

I'm just looking for information.

[Ed's not stupid enough to go out there on his own, and try to take on a deity. He's more interested in getting something solid that proves this is an issue they should be handling so he can get more people on board. Even with the group of people he'd assembled to look into exploring the abandoned city - none of them had brought this up, and the ones he had brought it up to were less than enthusiastic.]

If there's something out there, I'm going to find out. I don't care who I have to convince to go with me, I will figure this out.

[He's not so much confident as stubborn, and honestly if it got him killed, he'd probably even be fine with that if it helped keep everyone else safe.]

voice

[neyouze]

You're pretty fired up about this.

[ it's a little surprising, honestly. all of these people got dragged here from somewhere else, right? He's pretty sure they did. This guy must be serious about protecting everyone.

He can respect that, though. ]

... Well, I guess I can help you. I am part of the guard now, after all. And this so-called god has been bothering me... You need someone that can track it down, right? That'd be a piece of cake for me.

@Link [Sorry I'm so late!!]

[bluechampion]

[Just with this post from Edward, Link has decided to finally join the Perimeter Guard since it seemed he'd be left out of the loop of very important things.]

What do you mean? What was the message?

np o/

[alchemyfreak]

[No idea what's actually available on the bulletin board IC, so Ed's just going to send him this broadcast information like it's an answer.]

Something is going on out there, I have a feeling they're related.

[The dreams, the bad feelings, and the message board announcement at the Guard.]

[bluechampion]

[Link frowns as he reads the broadcast. There is a silver lining though. Link now has something to focus on. Something to do.]

I'm in. Are you planning to organize a group?

voice | un: vakarian

[dispenserofjustice]

"God." C'mon... You don't think something like that really exists, do you?

[voice]

[alchemyfreak]

[Was the sarcastic tone not indication enough?]

Something exists out there, and I think I'm going to find out what.

[He's not going to mention Nico fucking with his world view all over again, there was too much back and forth in his head right now.]