[Video/Text] 06 Feathers

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

[The video isn't his fault. His SFC falls onto the floor and starts recording. There's only a flash of an orange wing and some orange ghost tail before...nothing. Just blue sky up on the island.

There's a long pause, as if the person is in a state of disbelief.]

Shit.

[He says this almost conversationally before an orange hand with deadly-looking nails reaches down, and turns off the feed.

A few hours later, the following messages are made:]

well
looks like were in some deep shit
dont think ive seen that woman in blue before
who the hell is she

[Private: Bro Strider and Dirk Strider]

back
not coming home for a while

[He's uncharacteristically curt about this.]

Comments

[Private]

[stridercentric]

[What.

What is this.

What is this bullshit.]

nope. no dice.

get your ass back to the apartment. right now. i just stocked up on like fifteen welcome back banners. and a cake.

[A pause, then more text.]

the city getting crushed in a tidal wave because the barriers wrecked is a legit excuse for not showing. but were not there yet.

you dont show down here, ill hunt you down up there.

[Private]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

[This is what happens when he goes away for years by his reckoning.]

save it for dave then

ok yeah what the hell is up with that
the fuck did i miss

[Private]

[stridercentric]

hell if i know. some kinda power failure.

and im not gonna ask you again.

[Private]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

good time to get on dry land then

and im going to keep giving you stalwart refusal

[Private(/Action)]

[stridercentric]

your funeral.

[Yes, he is grabbing his sword and Lil Cal so he can flashstep on over to the elevator. And yes, he will hunt Davesprite down on the island. If the sprite's not on the island, he'll go right back down into the bubble, but right now 'dry land' is his first guess.]

[Action]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

[Davesprite very much does not want to be found. He's a wreck emotionally and mentally and he damn well knows it. He also knows that Bro's good at reading him and can probably pick up on that, which he does not need or want at the moment.

So, yes, he's going to hide and turn this into a prolonged game of cat and mouse.]

[Action]

[stridercentric]

[Not to worry, Davesprite. Bro may be fast, but playing hide and seek in a huge place like Vatheon is nothing like playing it in their old apartment building. It'll take him a while to search every nook and cranny, especially because places like the island are still relatively unfamiliar terrain to him.

He isn't about to surrender, though. After all he's been through these past two weeks, the last thing he needs is his sprite bro avoiding him.]

[TEXT]

[bethehugejerk]

THAT WOMAN IN BLUE IS THALASSINO.
SHE'S THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE LOCAL RELIGION DEVOTED TO THE CORAL
THOUGH THE CHURCH HAS LONG SINCE BEEN DESTROYED, AND SHE APPEARS PRETTY SCARCELY.
THAT "SORS" SHE AND THE NURSE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS SOME KIND OF GAS, I THINK, IF I'M CORRECTLY INTERPRETING THESE PAPERS I FOUND WHEN WE FIRST GOT ACCESS TO THE ISLAND.
WHAT EXACTLY MAKES IT SO IMPORTANT I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY THALASSINO HAS SOME KIND OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SCIENTISTS, WHO I THINK WANTED THE NATIVES TO WORSHIP THE CORAL?
THE PAPERS SAID THEY STARTED DOING THAT ON THEIR OWN, SO WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THALASSINO IS FULLY ON THEIR SIDE, THOUGH, CONSIDERING THERE WAS A LENGTH OF TIME WHERE SHE JUST UP AND DISAPPEARED AND THEY COULDN'T FIND HER, AGAIN ACCORDING TO THE PAPERS, WHICH WERE FOUND BEFORE SHE SHOWED UP AGAIN.

[TEXT]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

ok so basically shes pretty important to these people
from the conversation i saw with her and the head nurse it sounded like thalassino is the one in charge of shit
or at least shes higher on the food chain than hello nurse
sors
sounds like some kind of energy they use or are trying to not use anymore
this saying im actually interpreting what theyre saying correctly

[TEXT]

[bethehugejerk]

I DON'T THINK SHE'S IN CHARGE, BUT SHE SHOWED UP LONG BEFORE THE HEAD NURSE DID FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE
AND SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME KIND OF IMPORTANCE IN THINGS.
AS FAR AS THAT GOES, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
JUST THAT FROM STUFF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED UP, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT ENERGY THROUGH EMOTIONS BEING DONE WITH THESE CURSES
WHICH ARE PART OF EXPERIMENTS BEING RUN ON THE CORAL, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
I WISH I KNEW THE DETAILS BECAUSE THIS IS A HEADACHE TO TRY TO UNTANGLE, AND THAT'S EVEN WITH ALL THIS INFO WE'VE FOUND.

[TEXT]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

huh
interesting
was she always a stone cold bitch or is that new
it definitely sounds like one
wheres this info stored
i should probably read up on it if we still got it

oh
heads up
finally got to dirk and cos session on the party boat on my end of the timeline

[TEXT]

[bethehugejerk]

SHE HELPED GIVE SHELTER DURING WHEN THE PIRATE GHOSTS FROM THAT PIRATE SHIP FIRST SHOWED UP
BUT I FRANKLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HER DEAL IS.
I SAY THE CORAL RELIGION IS A LOAD OF SHIT TO BEGIN WITH, SO HER LEADING THE FAITH DOES NOT PARTICULARLY EARN MY REVERENCE.
YOU CAN FIND THE INFORMATION ON A DATABASE SOME OTHER FOREIGNERS SET UP.

[He attaches a link.]

ANYTHING WORTH NOTING ABOUT THEIR SESSION OR THE REST OF THE TRIP?

[TEXT]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

gotcha
ill take a look when im not having a discussion
im rude but im not that rude

nothing about their session right now
we just got there but so far jades gone off to do something and john was asleep when i last saw him
me and the other 2 sprites went off into the great unknown
at least i was about to do that until vatheon decided to bring me back so there you have it
however daves group is due to arrive in that session at any moment but naturally i have no more info on that

[He's going to hit up Dirk about it, though, since Dirk has also been updated....]

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[findsrisks]

No clue, I have never seen her before.
But I think something bad is happening, everyone was warned to go up on the island.

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[cawcawmthrfckrs]

yeah im pretty much staying up where the sunshine is
or i could see about sneaking down to grab my shit before it hits the fan
how are you holding up nanaki

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[findsrisks]

I'll be alright.
I moved around a lot for pretty much my whole life so I take change pretty well.

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[cawcawmthrfckrs]

good trait to have in all honesty
especially in times like this when were sort of forced to adapt

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[findsrisks]

It's slightly better than the time I had to live in the woods for two months.
At least I'm sharing the experience with someone besides an idiot and a pre-teen.

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[cawcawmthrfckrs]

oh wow
that sounds like a disaster waiting to happen
how on earth did you survive those two months

[Private]

[shippingmath]

[What.

Dirk's first instinct is that this is related to the curse that just happened, that blowing Davesprite off just drove him away completely.]

Don't have to.
The curse is over.

[Private]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

[Poor Dirk.]

yeah i know
i remember what i forgot
thats not the reason im not going home

[Private]

[shippingmath]

What the fuck, bro.
Why not, then?

[Private]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

i just cant
as far as the universe is concerned im just a copy of the original recipe

[Private]

[shippingmath]

As far as the universe is concerned, I'm a copy of the original recipe too.
What the hell does that have to do with you leaving now?

[Private]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

you and bro have a different situation entirely
that would be the whole alternate universe bullshit
im a literal copy of dave that should have died but didnt because i cant even get that right