[ AUDIO | JOINT POST ] OPEN COMMUNCATION BETWEEN SEDORUM AND TAEUM ;

[bijective]

[After numerous attempts at getting a hang of Taeum’s particular use of talisman arrays, Hermann has finally cracked the code to allow open communication between Orbers in both Taeum and Sedorum.

The transmission starts off shaky, at first. The white noise soon reveals the British voice of (1) resident engineer.]

Hello?! This is Doctor Hermann Gottlieb! Are there any Ximilia crew members not currently stationed on Taeum?

[Another voice cuts in then, just as staticky. This one sounds rather posh and aristocratic, but there’s a real relief there.]

This is Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III. [Yes, he got all that out in a single breath. He’s had years of practice.] Yes, there’s plenty of us in Sedorum—I can’t tell you just how good it is to finally hear from your side of things. Any news?

[Hermann takes a short pause for a breath.]

I will leave that to my colleagues, Percival. Best not risk passing out in the next five minutes from an information overload. [Quick beat.] But I believe I’ve managed to bridge the link between communication channels between crew members in both locations. A little tricky at first fiddling with talismans and symbols of all things but I’ve managed to develop an application that will work on all crew-wide devices.

It will be listed under the Talisman Handshake Inter-Communicative Channel. We can communicate with each other but none of the other personnel from either Taeum or Sedorum will hear us.

[Percy pauses for a moment, processing the application name.]

So—THICC, then? That sounds good to me. [He sees no problems with that name whatsoever.] I spoke to Entr’i, by the way—the leader of Sedorum’s military forces, such as they are. She’s very determined to bring Taeum crashing down, and she’s obtained what she calls, and I quote, “magic powerful enough to stop the best of arrays”.

[A beat. Deadpan:] So, good news, we know who has the orb, and who was responsible for the communications jam in the first place. The bad news is—well, I’ll let my colleagues here speak to that, I’ve been mostly focused on this problem.

Likewise. Then I will keep this channel open and have the rest take it from here. Let’s hope that no further drastic measures are to be taken at this stage. Although I’m already beginning to have my doubts.

That makes the two of us. I’ve a feeling this won’t end well. [A sigh.] Be careful, Dr. Gottlieb.

[ OPEN INFO SHARING POST! GO NUTS YA'LL! Threadjacking is highly encouraged!! Font color key - Purple = Hermann, Blue = Percy. ]

Comments

Audio; un: belova

[laviny]

[Holy shit, this is amazing.]

I do not know either one of you personally, but this is very good. Excellent.

Nicely done, Doctor Hermann Gottlieb and Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III.

A quick question for people in Taeum: How full of sinners is Heaven?

[bijective]

[Having already spent a good minute on Taeum, Hermann will simply answer with:]

It's repulsive! Never in my life have I ever seen fewer discrepancies be taken with psychedelics and fruit. We have truly landed ourselves in the honeypot of hedonism.

un: mccoy

[homeostatic]

Yelena, it's good to hear your voice.

( Hermann's already answered her, but he adds, sharply: )

There are plenty of good, innocent people and children here that keep far from the godforsaken assholes. I'm guessing there's a fair amount of decent folks in Sedorum, too.

How are you holding up?

audio; un: p.derolo

[whitestonelives]

[That's actually very impressive, because even Percy's friends have trouble pronouncing the whole thing, and this girl just rattles it all off no problem.]

You're quite welcome. I'm sure Taeum is full to the brim with assholes, people with money and titles tend to be unpleasant to deal with. [Says Percy, a person with money and titles and guns. After a moment, he adds, with some self-deprecation:] I ought to know.

audio; un: mccoy

[homeostatic]

Lord in Heaven, you're both geniuses.

Mr. de Rolo, do you know if Jim Kirk is in Sedorum with you?

( Yeah yeah he'll get to mission intel in a hot minute. )

audio; un: p.derolo

[whitestonelives]

You're quite welcome. [He says this with all the confidence of someone who knows he's a brilliant genius. As for the rest, though, he sobers up:]

I can't say for certain. I haven't met him, but if he's not in Taeum, he may well be here instead.

audio; un: megatron

[flickerandfade]

Doctor McCoy, Kirk is here and in fine shape last I saw him. We've been doing some work together.

audio; un: stargirl

[bossily]

I could kiss you both, for figuring this out.

audio; un: p.derolo

[whitestonelives]

[A little teasing:] Thank you for the offer. I'm sure the good doctor might appreciate it more, though.

[bijective]

No snogging will be necessary, Miss Oswald. It was a very tedious venture, but a fruitful endeavour into comprehending an entirely different set of computation coding nonetheless.

audio; un: finn

[hatejakku]

Thank you.

[ And he's just gonna stare at this post to see what Sedorum replies come through, particularly for the doctor up there.

But uh-- ]

But... I could swear that I feel the Orb in Taeum...

Whatever I'm feeling, I'll look into it.

[ And what an adventure that's about to be. ]

Audio | Un: Star-Lord

[spacedisaster]

FINNN!!!! Are you all right?

[ Someone is happy to heard from you, man. ]

Did you, now, uh...I'm starting to think there might be two orbs? Entr’i hadn't been in the city for as long, and when she got here, she immediately started to rally people to build an army to storm Taeum. Maybe that's why she wants to go there so badly.

Audio; un: belova

[laviny]

Yes, I am going to second Peter Quill. Jim Kirk also expressed a theory that there might be two orbs, and I think it is worth considering.

audio; un: zewu.jun

[calmness]

It is good to hear your voice, Finn.

Orbs in both places seem even more likely. In this case, the war may be them pushing for reunion. [which, great, but unclear if that is entr'i or the orbs themselves.]

audio; un: Sabriel.Abhorsen

[bindsthedead]

But... Percy said that the Orb was in Sedorum, that Entr'i had it. Unless there are two?

[Well, that will put them even closer to their goal, but if their aims are in conflict, it means they'll have to walk a narrow line between two orb holders.]

audio; un: p.derolo

[whitestonelives]

Ah.

[FUCK.]

Well. That rather complicates things, but it does explain why we were sent to different places this time.

audio, un: blue

[firstroar]

Thank goodness... [hh.] None of you...have been harmed, have you? Is everyone still safe?

audio; un: hgottlieb

[bijective]

Ah- quite good to hear from you, Blue.

[It's only beginning to dawn on him on how long it has been since they have been separated.]

Yes, most of us are safely accounted for. I assume that the lot of you have managed to acclimate to your new environment without too much trouble.

Audio | Un: Star-Lord

[spacedisaster]

God, I could kiss you both on the mouth. Great job fixing the comms. [ Peter sounds the most animated he's been in a long time. ] That is an AMAZING name.

How's everyone holding up?

audio; un: hgottlieb

[bijective]

Not necessary, but your gratitude is duly noted.

[ At this rate, a proper nap for the next three and a half hours is far more pleasurable. ]

And while I can't speak on everyone's behalf, there has yet to be any ground shaking disturbances.

audio: (un; major.yzak.jule)

[coordination]

Aah, it's good to hear your voice, Doctor. Great work, you two.

[ Shortly after that: ]

Assuming there are those on Taeum's side of things who have been working on moving up in ranks in their military, we should probably talk. I've heard of leaked strategies on your end I'd like to confirm the validity of, for one.

And if we're not going to be able to avoid both sides clashing in the near future, we can at least work together from here and see what can be done by way of using what we know about each side to mitigate damage and casualty. Or influence things enough to make obtaining the orb... orbs...? easier for us.

audio; un: Sabriel.Abhorsen

[bindsthedead]

It would be difficult, and I'm not even sure if it would succeed, but- I still have Remi's notes on travel between worlds from the Kilnan missions. If what Percy says about Entr'i wanting to combine Taeum and Sedorum into one afterife... maybe the notes can help somehow?

audio; un: megatron

[flickerandfade]

Well done to the both of you. Medals all around when we get back to the station.

[ For all his sarcasm, Megatron does sound a bit relieved to be back in touch with the rest of the team. ]

I've been working on making myself valuable to Entr'i and the Sedorum forces, so there may be an inroad there we can take advantage of. I must confess I find their cause more than a little compelling.

audio — un: the.doctor ;

[lateness]

Oh! Oh, I can hear this! Hello, other side!

Well done, well done, both of you!

voice - un: nightmoves

[ruinously]

Damn, nice job you guys. Nice to have communications back up and running.

voice; un: zewu.jun

[calmness]

Thank you for this, both of you.

I hope all on the other side are safe and well.

I am also working with Entr'i and the Sedorum forces with a few of the others here. Whatever information we find, we will share with everyone.

HEADCOUNT THREAD

[bijective]

[ Have your characters report/check-in for others to see that they are accounted for. Comment with a simple present/checkmark/reporting from so-and-so etc. ]

audio; un: Sabriel.Abhorsen

[bindsthedead]

Sabriel, checking in from Sedorum.

voice; un: clarke

[romancekiller]

Wow— it really is working. I don't know how you did it but it's a relief to hear from everyone on the other side of things in Sedorum. Thank you both for this.