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[impacter]

[Mm. Anyway, jokey tones aside--]

More precisely to the point, though... yes, I do have a few things. But we can go through them one by one.

Tatara and Lazuli arrived before the rest of us, but what happened to you afterwards has been a mystery. Even now, I don't think it's certain what sent you all away and fragmented you.

Do you remember anything, from those last moments?

[promittere]

[Gasp, more Japanese people?! God it's been so long...

Still, serious business first.]

Yeah, we were able to meet beforehand and they got the lay of the land...

[He sighs.]

My memory is a bit fuzzy, but Snow and White foresaw Tatara and Lazuli helping usher in more wizards that would be able to save us when things started getting even more unstable than they already are. They weren't sure on all of the details, but... their prophecies are never wrong.

[impacter]

[Mm. Not encouraging, but it's a start.]

The wizards who watched over the City of Ice, correct? I wonder if they would be able to know more, if they've returned with the rest.

It doesn't sound like this incident with the West was a cause, but rather a consequence of opportunity. [Disappointing, really, but eh everyone else and their dog is handling that, so!] But we did catch that there had been some tampering with stones left behind from the moon.

The largest of which is, well... [Gestures at the cow-sized stone here in the courtyard. Sorry about their bad decorating.]

Is this something the Calamity has done before?

[promittere]

Yes! That's them. They know more about basically everything than anyone else.

[Mostly because they're so old. Old as balls.]

Tampering with moon stones... Well, it did all originate from one of Murr's secret labs...

[Akira sounds so incredibly weary when he says Murr's name, like this isn't the first time complications have arisen because of him.]

He's been researching the Calamity for centuries, so while I don't think he remembers what was happening in that lab specifically he wasn't surprised he had fragments of the moon there.

[Typical Murr, really.]

[impacter]

Remind me to go find them for a proper talk, then, if they do not make their way here.

[Old to old communication.]

That could explain our source for all the troubles recently, then, but... mmm. The instabilities were happening even before all of you vanished, weren't they?

Were you aware of what was happening to you? We found you in a state that looked like you were trying to take action, but broken apart in the midst of it...

[promittere]

[Nodding.]

Things started getting strange shortly after, I assume, the trap was sprung and like I said, the twins had already foresaw what was going to happen.

[He looks over to the mech, frowning a bit.]

But none of us are the type to just give in and wait for fate to come to us, even if there was nothing we could have done to stop it. We couldn't just give up, but in the end...

[He shakes his head, turning his gaze back to Solomon.]

So I'm very thankful you were able to save all of the wizards. It truly means a lot to me, and I'm sorry you had to shoulder such a responsibility on no notice.

[impacter]

You put together a failsafe, then.

[So no knowledge on the cause... perhaps that's better left to Snow and White.

Still, at the apology and statement of gratitude, Solomon holds up a hand to stop Akira, before tipping his head and lowering into a bow.]

I won't speak for the rest. But do not apologize to me.

I'm more concerned with making sure this doesn't repeat in the future. While we were able to make things work temporarily, I fear what might have happened to the people if we'd been unsuccessful. If there's nothing to be done for it... then I'm just content that we've brought you home.

[leewards]

Strange, how?

[What could constitute as "strange" in this world of magic?]

Because many things have been happening here-- mostly due to the stones. But your circumstances... I would like to know about what exactly was happening to this world before we were forced to step in.

[troublereduction]

[ Day's been listening in on this, but at that last part, he finally decides to approach Akira. ]

I ain't gonna speak for the others, but you don't gotta apologize to me either. ...If anythin', I oughta be thankin' you and the other wizards.

[divineth]

[Man......he wants to meet these other wizard prophets.....]

[fallingsand]

[ ...do they really want to meet more Northern wizards, though? Do they? Well, maybe. Bruno would also like to meet them. ]

[divineth]

[Eh, they'd be fine. Probably. Hopefully.]

[leewards]

[Makes an annoyed noise all the way over here with his bf. Fucking prophecies, eh.]

[promittere]

[hey so how does ithaqua feel about stories of fratricide--]

[leewards]

[his fave bedtime story tbh]

[foresightis2020]

[ Huh.

Snow and White, eh. ]

[shadowkin]

[It's a little too on the nose......]

[fellheart]

[ not to interject, but (okay, he is interjecting, shh), ] ... I ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴀᴄʀᴏss ᴀɴ ᴇᴄʜᴏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴅɪsᴄᴜssɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.

Bᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇʜᴀɴᴅ, sʜᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ɪᴛ? Tᴀᴛᴀʀᴀ sᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʜɪs ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀ sɪɢɴ ᴏғ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. Tʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴡᴇᴇᴋs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴘʟᴏsɪᴏɴ, ᴡᴀs ɪᴛ ɴᴏᴛ?

[promittere]

Yeah, and Lazuli showed up even earlier than he did. Though he wasn't going by Lazuli yet...? So we knew it was coming for quite a while.

[fellheart]

Aɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴍɪɴᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴏʀ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ɪᴛ, ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇɴ...?

[ it's sounding like a no from his answers to Solomon, but just for clarity, ]

[promittere]

[He shrugs, a bit helplessly.]

It was more than likely an oddity of the Calamity, but I'm not much of an expert on magic.

[troublereduction]

[ Oh, Day's paying attention to this, since he talked about this with Robin back after North mission happened. ...Never wrong, eh. ]

sort of here

[fellheart]

[ hello, yes, this is a conversation he's paying attention to. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Also paying attention, he can glare at the westie and listen at the same time.]

[mirristry]

[Also tuning in to this...]