[Tanasinn]

A bit of a delayed response, but I think it was a fun event. Simple, yes, but a goal was given, and a goal was met. About what could be asked for for a small thing to help with setup and interest for the future, really!

IC 'thoughts' and cringe to follow.

Thoughts thunk by a bored woman recovering in a hospital bed
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Well, looks like that's the last of 'em out like a light, and I'm sure as hell not sleeping. Between that face-crunch and the chaos of the fights, things are jumbled, so let's start from the top and get things down in order as usual. You'll probably have to be covering a lot of it, Coro.

I thought this would be fairly straight-forward, Deus' incompetent dregs at worst. Wasn't thrilled to be stuck babysitting a couple kids, but everyone has to start somewhere, and I figured I'd keep 'em safe. --No, it wasn't just boredom. Didn't think I'd be running into Cerin again, or that so many would end up around and looking into the little mess. From what it sounded like, a couple of 'em already had an idea of what would actually be going on, so I guess our times just aligned right for some scouting trips to run into each other.

Still, Falcons. Shit, you remember having to deal with those stupid parasites? At least you three are pretty perfect for it- Yeah, yeah, we've kept out of it so far. Anyway, being able to stick with Cerin was a real stroke of luck. Worked just as well together as back in that moors tournament. Actually, I think even better - But, yeah, you're right, getting ahead of myself. I'm not sure if he can be trusted, still. Probably, but he had to have joined out of some want of power or vengeance, right? There's some schism or other, as there always is, and we can't be sure that one side or the other won't match up to his original intent. 'Course, that'd require him still wanting whatever he wanted, and he was more than thorough in his slaughters against them... I barely remember most of what we went against; They were barely more than idiot fodder kept around for warm bodies and not talent. The place was clearly not that important.

Then there were the people they'd kidnapped. A tribe of reapers on top of normal people, testing for this 'Zero' shit... Yeah, I can't figure it out, either. My guess is still the fuse thing; Reapers got a finite fuse, so you can shorten it to make it all pop at once. Elves, Doriads, Fangers, too much fuse to shorten to make everything pop. Or maybe it's 'cause of the whole death thing? Not enough to say, huh? We're way out of the damn loop, and I thought I paid good attention. I'm going to have to track down Verne and shake some info out of him, since he got out..

--Yeah, I know, I'm supposed to be retired, but are you all okay with doing actually nothing? ...That's what I thought. At least, we'll need to keep informed, it's almost embarrassing to get caught so out by this shit. And... Well, it ain't like those kids are going to stop, probably. Not when one of 'em has decided some old moron makes a good person to model after.

Speaking of... I was too distracted with my own shit to really watch too well; How'd she hold up? I heard the joking at first, but couldn't keep an eye on what exactly she was up to. Yeah, I know, if she had a more flashy style, she'd probably be Cazadore bait. She's got a real lack of self preservation when things are going her way. She seemed to panic a little when that monster got her with the scythe, but she still held it together better than I used to when I first started, and I wasn't dealing with this level of insane nonsense. Never seen anything quite like it, outside of martial artists.

Those reapers they called in at the end- Or that came in at the end? Whose side were they even on? Were they guarding that girl, or had they come to destroy the whole operation? This schism brings so much into question... They were a special type of monster. It's been years since I felt quite that much raw presence, reminded me of being twenty again, before I even met you guys. A raw fear of death does lose its impact when you've already actually died half a dozen times, but it was still impressive. What impressed me more was everyone not really hesitating. Cerin, I expected, some of the other grouped up squad were clearly experienced, but the kids pushed through with some real guts. They might have some real talent ahead of 'em.

The fight was a mess, though. If I'd known what we were gonna run into, I'd have brought a real weapon, or at least kept reserves enough to properly meld up and tear 'em open. Best I could do was catch hits and let you guys, Cerin, and Keira whittle 'em down. That stupid light-beam-bot really pulled it's weight- Yeah, it finished him off, right? That's what I was expecting before I caught that gauntlet with my nose... Oh, and good strategy as ever, Coro. We really kept 'em from pulling out annoying void shit. --Ah, shit, I bet nobody grabbed that guy I stabilized. So much for that source of information, huh? I think that's about all there was to get in order, so...

Let's wrap the meeting up. We agreed? Confirm things with Julien, poke around Alstalsia for information, and see what can be done? It'll be a pain waiting to heal up, but we can get started in a few weeks, pretty sure. ...Guess that about wraps it up. Another success, which means...

Which one of you wants to start out hangman? --And stick to Common this time, Coro, you fuckin' cheat.