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Pyra/Mythra/Pneuma ([personal profile] iustaegis) wrote in [community profile] hugtopia2021-02-01 10:01 am

Regarding balance and conduits

Hello, everyone! This is Pyra, and I have important news!

For the past year,  Honerva and I have been monitoring the energy levels around us, specifically that which makes up the barrier. While the barrier appears uniform, it's actually made up of four distinct signatures of energies. These energies fluctuate throughout the year, and there happens to be one that tends to come out in greater quantities than the others. After studying these energies some more
[ And with greater concentration and effort on their part, certainly, because none of these energies can be detected alone-- ] we've discovered that at the point of touch or contact, this energy is undeniably generated, and the unique bands travel towards the direction of their corresponding temples.

If anyone is wondering, we haven't detected any energy generated by touch that might be traveling elsewhere, such as towards the Crawling One or Winged One as mentioned in the archives.

I'm sure some of us remember the following messages received two months ago, "Balance must always be kept"; before that from the Archives, "Balance, [The Winged Lord] told His followers, must always be kept"; and from Nalom last year, "Remember to keep the balance." It might just be that the balance that they're referring to is the four energies in relation to one another, and currently, it seems that Rawna's energy has been dominating for some time.
[ Hopefully, however, not for long. ]  It doesn't seem productive to simply discourage those aligned to Rawna from engaging in touch, since despite all of these messages of balance, we've seen some definitive changes in this city alone from what we've all accomplished together. We've come so far!

Since Ainir of last year, myself, Honerva, and Lup have been working on a conduit together, forged from nicean and sildar ores, the same ores found in the chasis units of the locals, to take in the excess, unbalanced energy into its core. We're hoping that we'll be able to help correct this balance in a few different ways. Our purposes for this conduit include:
    • creating an exoshield around us to help explore outside the city's barriers
    • creating a haven with the conduit like a checkpoint or a satellite base outside the barrier
    • powering and protecting vehicles as they travel outside the barrier
    • to be simply worn by individuals who engage in more touch than others to divert excess, imbalancing energy into the conduit instead of upsetting the balance of the barrier that protects us all.

I'm happy to report that we've presented this prototype and the goals to the researchers, and they seem interested!

Of course if anyone is interested in refining and continuing to work on these projects along with us, just let me know! A fair warning, though, that even though the researches are interested in what we can discover, the priests are not very supportive.

And if anyone is interested in exploring outside the barrier, I would be happy to lend you one of these prototypes to see how well (or faulty), our current version of the conduit works. I'm especially keen on anyone who is willing to explore further down the factory's mine shaft or those interested in finding the potential location of Fractured Hill.

(I would also like to thank Cloud for gathering all the scrap metals from the ruins to help with this project, Besithia for repurposing all the excess metal and continuing to investigate more on his own, Magolor who is no longer here but I've bounced ideas off of, and Noct for being so very supportive and tolerant of me coming home with metal shavings all over me.)


[ OOC: For fairness to all the people who wish to have their characters go beyond the barrier and limited slots, I'm going to only be counting those characters who expressed interested and responded on this post. ]
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[personal profile] astralera 2021-02-01 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She ignores all the rest for now because she hates gods with unrivaled passion, and instead focuses on the most pertinent issue: ]

For initial prototype testing and exploration of the mine shaft I can send Esteem or Carbuncle with a recording device. Should there be no catastrophic failures then myself and Ardbert can explore further.
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2021-02-01 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, if it's safe to go in, I'd like to head down with them to get samples.
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2021-02-01 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
When do you plan on all of these explorations takin place, yo?

[ He was keen on the rest, he just didn't have anything productive to add to what she said. ]
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[personal profile] astralera 2021-02-01 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
If the shafts are large enough to support a larger group (which I suspect they likely will be) then smaller groups can split up to better map and explore the area.

However, if they happen to be too small to safely house a larger party I would like to do so with Ardbert and only Ardbert.

The opportunity to adventure through a long-abandoned and possibly very dangerous mine by his side would be perfect for our honeymoon. Very sentimental and romantic!
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2021-02-01 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Honeymoon, huh? No wonder you were talkin like that when we first met. Congrats then.

I'll need to go in either way for samples of ore, but I know how much danger I can handle and when to call it, so I'll break off to let you two have all the snuggle time you like by yourselves, regardless. No need to worry about me. I just need to know if the conditions are alright to venture into.

How's that sound?
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[personal profile] astralera 2021-02-01 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Fortunately I suspect there will be more exploration trips than just one. I'll be keeping an eye out for smithable ore. Is there any type in particular you're interested in?

If there's time for snuggling I would be incredibly disappointed. I hope there are many, many hostile monsters so we can cull them. We are adventurers, after all. Monster hunting is in the job description!💃
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[personal profile] original_is_best 2021-02-01 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been involved in plenty of explorations well before I ever arrived on this world. So long as there is sufficient security present I will go.

[There was a bit more of an affirmative to that. He will go, one way or another, one time or another. Someone else can do the fighting, though.]

It may be an opportunity to check further into what is interfering with the monitoring equipment as well.
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[personal profile] carbungle 2021-02-01 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
i dont mind, only found metal in the bed like 1 time so thats less than usual
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[personal profile] astralera 2021-02-03 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
How fortuitous then that neither of them are alive.
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[personal profile] original_is_best 2021-02-03 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Get him some spiders and he'll let you know.]

Speaking of that, your work on an exoshield may also be of great use. The magitek engine I am working on will need multiple defense systems. I still need to build much of the interior, but the hull and engine for it are ready.

We could try it on a prototype to see how it holds.
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[personal profile] astralera 2021-02-03 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Carbuncle is mathematics.

[ And Esteem is a psychological disorder. ]
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[personal profile] original_is_best 2021-02-03 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Fortunately, a prototype will be much quicker than the full-sized one, and Prompto is assisting me. Perhaps we can do a test run soon after we explore the mines.

I will have to make equipment that can monitor the toxicity of the air within the prototype and see if it seeps through an essentially sealed container.
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[personal profile] astralera 2021-02-03 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
It is mathematics. Geometry. It cannot die. Just dissipate and be reformed.
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[personal profile] original_is_best 2021-02-03 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
The prototype?

Perhaps, if he is proficient with the controls...

[He sounded a little hesitant, though. This guy liked to be in the driver's seat.]

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