open to all investigators. (3rd day of Maiden)

[creatic]

[ okay so he's pretty well known to just drive you people up a wall in telepathic conversation but in rare instances he can be serious.

And one thing the veterans, at least, know? He never starts open conversations unless he's serious and with something worth hearing. And he only says things worth hearing when he finds it dangerous. ]

Right, so, I think we might suddenly have a really big problem. Like, really big.

[ yeah he means it literally concerning it physically as much as simply metaphorically. ]

Has anyone heard of anyone around the ships talking about something called "the Grasper"?

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[unabatedly]

It doesn't sound like something we wish to tangle with.

[Neria sighs. Nothing can be easy around here, can it?]

Where did you hear of this, Souji?

[creatic]

[ of course not. ]

One of ours that's currently one of those fish people. I've seen real fear for one's life many times [ he's been the cause of it so many times ] but her level of terror was the same as a person not wanting to die watching the blade in motion as it descends on them.

The thing is, I don't feel as if it's anywhere closeby despite the strange... activity in the water.

[ a pause ] At least, not immediately so.

[unabatedly]

Then it's no longer her problem. It's ours too.

[The creature Leonardo and Souji are describing sounds diabolical and destructive, a force to be reckoned with, but they have no choice.]

I doubt we can outrun it. We can urge the captains to try to get us to shore somehow or to set sail full steam ahead. But I doubt, if the merpeople are so frightened, that we will be able to escape so easily. The captains won't want to stop, either; something's pushing them, too.

We have to try to convince them to stop...or, at least, to help our friends.

[howexciting]

So we should focus on the mermaid school, and bringing them aboard the ships, and casting off as quickly as possible, should we not? The sooner we leave, the more time we have... but leaving our allies behind is not an option.

[unabatedly]

We need to convince them, as you said, that helping the mermaids is well within their best interests. And yes, we'll need to cast off quickly. Every minute we stay here, we're wasting time.

[creatic]

I hope it's that easy because it'll be really time wasting if they don't want to help willingly.

[ it's ok though they can just force them to no problems with that... ]

[unabatedly]

It's not going to be easy. We're strangers already taking advantage of their hospitality.

[It might come down to forcing them.]

They need to understand the danger.