026 -- [Voice || Written || Action]

[endgames]

If I see another mountain again, it'll be too soon. Did any of you know that sirry means "ridiculous"? [He snorts.] Explains a lot. Avalanches. Yetis. More freaking snow. Man, that mission was a pain...

[/whine and complain]

Anyways. I'm back. [Technically has been for two days albeit not in town, so he'll make it official.] Anything interesting hap- [His disinterested tone gives way to irritation as he turns his attention to something off-screen.] Oi that's not for you-

[The journal snaps shut with a sigh. He never finishes speaking, but about an hour later the post is transcribed... minus the interruption, and now with complete sentences.

If you're out today now that the heavy rain of the few days is finally letting up, you might spot Shikamaru coming back into the village from the North... closely followed by a deer much larger than Luceti's usual fare ((think five feet at the shoulders, six at the head, and eight feet with antlers)). The stag seems pretty content to follow him around - even into town or just standing around when he sits - despite sticking to the tree-lined paths when he can. Shikamaru talks to him sometimes.

Yes, talks, shut up.]

Comments

[endgames]

No props or anything, huh.

[markofthewise]

We improvised, really. The show wasn't about authenticity, but about... message. I mean, they had Professor Raine as the hero. If you can believe that.

[endgames]

Having a woman play the role of a man isn't unusual in plays. Usually theater will give the characters things to make them recognizable to the audience, however. Wings, distinct facial markings... famous weapons. That was the sort of thing I was considering.

[markofthewise]

Well you're asking the wrong person for that. Vivi was the one in the costume, not me. I caught most of it from the sidelines.

[endgames]

Fair enough. [He can ask Ino, too. The way he understands it she was a designer for that.] Anything else to it?

[markofthewise]

Well they killed the General at the end of it. So that's four confirmed kills, so far.

[From Buffy, the Commandant, Davis, and 'The Hero'. Of course, he's well aware of how the Commandant did it several times. And that there's likely been more besides.]

[endgames]

This is only the third one I've heard of.

[markofthewise]

Well Buffy killed him. The Commandant killed him on the Moon. And I heard that soldier guy managed to kill him too.

[endgames]

[...soldier guy?]

The Specialist? Or do you mean some nameless mook.

[markofthewise]

Yeah. That guy. David or whatever his name is.

[endgames]

[Wow how did he miss out on that one.]

keeping track of info is hard when you never get to interact with NPCs 8|

[markofthewise]

Maybe it was a soldier who told me that.

[Now he can't remember. He never actually spoke to Davis himself. Not yet.]

Gosh, Masa, I thought Sokka was Batman 8|

[endgames]

I'll see what clarification I can get on that. Either way, it's at least three in the running total.

He can't eavesdrop on non-journal conversations!!

[markofthewise]

I'm going to guess, with how long he's been around, that it's a lot more than that.

He could if he bugged everyone with little boomerang transmitters!!

[endgames]

That's the hope. It spells trouble for everyone if it's not.

[If anyone from Luceti runs into him again, which they might. If the time Buffy killed him was a lucky break, and he's that much harder to defeat.]

[markofthewise]

Except he apparently just gets stronger. It makes me wonder if... killing him actually helps.

[endgames]

As if it worked in reverse.

[...could it? For people born in this world?]

[markofthewise]

So... we've been making things worse killing the cultists? Because that's not a development I'd be happy to know.

[endgames]

Seriously. If it were though, it could be why they gave the option for capturing them.

[Better reason than the idea that they're using their brains for those new droids...]

At the same time, the Malnosso have been fighting them much longer than any of us have been around. If it were true, they'd have probably caught onto it.

[markofthewise]

Yeah. I mean, as much as I'd like to call them idiots, the Malnosso tend to know what they're doing.

[endgames]

Public relations aside.

[markofthewise]

I think you mean 'residents perceptions'.

[endgames]

[He thinks they just slapped that name on it to get out of the other one. 8|]

Whatever.

[markofthewise]

[No, they did it for the pun!]

Either way, I don't think the cultists would hesitate killing each other if they actually got stronger from it.

[endgames]

They don't have much problem with it as is.