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

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[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

[bindsthedead]

I've been well. Sedorum is... Well, it's chaotic. There's no law, beyond what any individual can enforce through raw power. And most people really don't want to be here.

[hatejakku]

[ ... Huh. ]

It's a bit of the same here except they want to be here. Everyone just does what they want. There's even entire rooms dedicated to playing out war or poverty or... anything.

I guess they don't want for things, though. [ And that's likely the biggest difference here. ]

[bindsthedead]

Really, I can't see why they'd object to letting people from Sedorum in then. Unless it's like Scorpion's bend, and doing so would set off some clause in the bargain with the orb.

[hatejakku]

Object to-

Wait, is that what's going on? They just want to come in? They've been saying the people in Sedorum wants to come over and kill everyone, take this place for themselves. I knew there was something else.

[bindsthedead]

I mean, I'm sure some of the troops in Sedorum's army won't shed a tear about fighting anyone who tries to stop them, but most of them... just want to come to a better place.

[hatejakku]

They should be allowed to.

[ A deep breath while he considers and quickly dismisses trying to talk to Angrial. ]

The people in charge here must already know about this.

[bindsthedead]

Which raises the question of why not. Is it that they're just snobs, or they're somehow reliant on the funds from people paying their way in?

Or is it like Welford Branson's deal, where keeping them out is a condition of a bargain with the orb?

[hatejakku]

It could be any of it...

But I do know that Angrial, at least, feels very much above everyone else. She even thinks the people here are less deserving than her, just pawns to use as she wishes.

I wouldn't be surprised if everyone in the top brass was like this.

[bindsthedead]

So convinced of their own superiority that they won't listen to anything that threatens their sense of it?

It could be that simple. In which case, we'll just need to make them listen.

[hatejakku]

Got any ideas on how to do that?

[ Because Finn doesn't. Not that it isn't a good plan. ]

[bindsthedead]

Work with those among us who are still ingratiated with Taeum's military and find a way to sabotage them?

I've also got Remi's notes on travel between worlds- if we can find a way to use them, perhaps we could just force a path open, and get around their stupid rules.