[text] ; a few days after the breach is sealed

[shroudedsecrets]

Greetings.

The conditions outside of the barrier are extremely poor, confirming what had been indicated to us previously. The atmosphere is heavy, and full of toxins, and currently uninhabitable.

I have attached some images for those who may be curious.

Be aware, however, that for those of you who might have the ability to withstand such conditions in your previous universes, it will still pose a danger to you here.


... That is all.


[And as the text indicates, attached to this fairly open message are quite a few snapshotted images, and even a brief shaky video or two taken of the outside just beyond the breach, indicating the state of the wall from the outside just before the repairs were completed.

A few shots focus on the conditions of the broken and corroded buildings, ones that indicated that the city had once been larger. One of these shots even captures an odd looking small lizard, hiding among the rubble.

There's a few wider shots of the area, revealing some bleached bones of a large, unidentifiable creature among empty expanses of dry, cracked wasteland, a little further off.

Lastly there seem to be slightly blurred images of some of the monster activity, from further away.]

Comments

[shroudedsecrets]

bringing us here ensures them energy. it is not likely they have thought further of other uses for us, when generating the energy at all was their initial goal.

[Which was why it was important to research and not simply take all that was said by their hosts at face value. As residents, though, their own perspectives on how to handle it would vary. Perhaps enough of them had seen dying worlds before. Or worse.]

our being here is stirring up... changes, within the world. perhaps ones that have not been observed in centuries, or even millennia. perhaps that will assist to alter their views.

[iustaegis]

[ "Stirring up... changes".

She re-read sthe text twice over before responding. ] What sort of changes have been observed, since us otherworlders arrived?

[ What with all of this talk of touch-restoring-the-world, she's wondered if there has been any concrete proof that it's working at all. The barrier is broken, there has been an attack-- either they're not doing enough, something is missing, or the rate of decay of the land is accelerating more quickly than any of them might combat. ]

[shroudedsecrets]

the immediate shift observed was when the god ainea seemed to receive a surge of energy. her statue began to appear less tarnished, and the familiars from that temple infested the city until they were captured and returned to it.

[that's one.]

there have been other occurrences. with no indication as to why, colors began to vanish from our surroundings as well as from... us. restoring them to the surroundings required the use of platforms. these only activated to those standing upon them with the required contact.

[two.]

in addition, there are often haunting conditions that push for the need for contact to be fulfilled, even subconsciously. sometimes, to even attain sleep. this has been more persistent. particularly before the recent attack.

[iustaegis]

[ Her doubts assuaged, she takes a moment before she replies. ]

With this breach, it seems that we are not doing enough.

[ Or what if-- and she hasn't heard this mentioned within the temples, but what if-- ]

Does negative touch, such as fighting, harm, or malice cause the opposite? Such as more harm than one would experience from a strike, or statutes wearing down?

[shroudedsecrets]

that we are not doing enough, or that there are not enough of us.

[Otherwise more people would not continue to be summoned to the world. There simply were not enough to overturn the state of it, the way things were now.]

a negative result... there is yet to be evidence of that, in face of these current battles. it has not yet been mentioned in the archives, the actual conditions that led the world down to this situation. a clear imbalance in energy exists. whether the natives know more... remains to be asked of them.

if they are willing to answer for it.

[iustaegis]

They act out of a want to save and help their world. To help their world, we are needed.

[ To be needed-- how strange. It's difficult to wrap her head around that concept. ] Somehow, we need to gain their trust. Trust always takes time. I hope that one day we might obtain it. This world cannot be saved if we all do not work together.

What is your name?

[shroudedsecrets]

we are not yet without time. or without use.

[In her experience, those designated as resources do not necessarily end up with a say, and the world had managed to hold on for this long before the intervention of the gods, even if this truly all were that was left. This is the view she holds, ever cautious about what information they were fed to keep them compliant.

There is a pause, before she delivers her name to the device as well. To the point, without any attached titles.]

my name is Honerva.

[iustaegis]

My name is Pyra. :)

When you're feeling better, let's meet in person to talk, okay?

[shroudedsecrets]

[A genuine request for a meeting... strangers never cease to surprise her, somehow.]

well met, Pyra.
if that is the case... then you may contact me in a week's time. if I do not contact you sooner.

[Not that she knows how much time her recovery may need or if she will remember to do so, but. It was an offer.]