Later in the week...

[truerevelation]

[Kanji's mental voice is carefully monotone and neutral, here.]

Guys ... we might have a problem. The imperial assholes here are pissed off. I ain't quite sure of everything that's happenin' yet, but ... they never looked like they were here to be our friends.

Looks like this is it. It's us against them.

If anyone can get down south soon enough... well, we could probably use the backup.

[Otherwise... well. He'll be calling from Liminal, he doesn't say.]

Comments

[fridgeninja]

I'm on my way.

Can you open portals, or is there anyone where you are that can?

[truerevelation]

I can. But just the Liminal 'n back here sort.

[fridgeninja]

I can open them on this end...

[truerevelation]

That's good. Just gotta coordinate on this stuff somehow... I'm pretty sure I'm the only Investigator in the place.

[leftbehindagain]

[See, Kanji, this is why we needed you there.

...Naoki doesn't say, because that would only exacerbate Kanji's issues.] Meet you in Liminal in an hour?

[truerevelation]

Ngh - I...

[He knows it's the best way, but equally, that's him gone, leaving the people he made a promise to...]

Shit, how'm I gonna do this...

[leftbehindagain]

...crap, I forgot about the cooldown.

Souji-san, maybe we should coordinate so Kanji doesn't have to actually come through and we're both there to help as soon as possible. Once we're there we can help get people through, at least, if anyone else wants to come over.

[fridgeninja]

We can synch our timing.

[leftbehindagain]

Perfect.

[amadine]

Pick a rendezvous point near Mibu village, and I can send some people to you direct.

...Though I'll expect anyone who needs the help to turn out for instruction once we hit Liminal Space. We can't afford so few Investigators knowing how to make this sort of jump.

[leftbehindagain]

I've got something sorted out for this time, but I'd been planning on asking about that anyway. This is the third time in as many weeks it would've really come in handy.

[amadine]

And this won't be the last time we'll be this spread out. I don't know what changed to have us visiting multiple worlds concurrently, but it's certainly made a wide distribution of skills more critical than it once was...

Consider me asked. Once we're done here, we can make arrangements.

[leftbehindagain]

Thank you.

As for what happened, my original theory's been disproved, so I'm going with 'it seemed like a good idea.'

[truerevelation]

No kiddin'. After this mess, I'm gonna be there. Need all the help we can get for next time...

And yeah, I'll find a spot - d'you need me to show it ya, or are directions gonna be good enough?

[amadine]

Directions should be fine. I remember the area from the time I spent there, I just don't know where the soldiers might be distributed. And the fewer questions asked, the safer you'll all be.

[truerevelation]

Alright. Last time I saw them... lemme think.

[He runs off directions to a quiet point somewhere on the outskirts, where he can't recall seeing the Imperial forces coming through-]

That should do it.