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This will not be a gentle network post and I will not expect gentility in return. I've uncovered something I thought you will like to know and have decided to share with you ... Are you paying attention, friends? I was the direct catalyst in the decimation of Oros, a part of Beta Team on the relic retrieval mission given to us by flight deck crew member Lt. James. Single-handedly, I deactivated the planet's defence grid, resulting in the thermonuclear holocaust that wiped out countless species, as well as endangered the future of the Trilk and Fek refugees onboard this battleship ... Let me make myself clear: What this means to you, or the liaisons put in charge of these aliens, means nothing to me. If you want to whine about semantics, try contacting the ones who sent us down to Oros blind ... Ask them why they decided to give me a present for that job well done ... There is something happening on the ISC Eluvio and if haven't recognized this after the gory warnings we've been given, you're all fools and I was right not to trust you with this information until now Listen very carefully -.

I was left a puzzle box upon my return to HQ, it was sitting in my room. Heavily encrypted, meant for the hacker who took down the relic's arrays on Oros. Took all of my skill to uncover coordinates that led me to a data chip hidden inside of a fork dispenser that some of you assisted me in retrieving ... Which led me to another hidden inside of a fighter craft in the hangar bay. These data chips, also encrypted by technology and code I have never seen before, each contained a video featuring a man named Chris ... The first video outlined the location of the second chip. He was distressed and it was urgent . The second video was him again, injured, scared, pissed. The recording told me that he made a mistake, that "we thought we were helping them". Two coworkers he confirmed as dead on this video, saying that they're all being hunted and this no doubt applies to us as a whole ... It cut to another time, he said "it wasn't a distress call, it was a trap, they needed us to come, they're a part of it" and something about an "it" killing us all . A huge, black mass silenced him, then, but I caught nothing of what it really looked like up close - I am trying to describe this as best I can to you people who did not see it, but directly after the video went dark ... A text appeared like in some cheesy horror movie like the Ring. If I submitted this info to a couple of local movie producers on Bajikan, they'd laugh me out of the district. You feel me? - "It's too late, I'm already here" is what the message to me said You understand where this is going without me needing to hold your hands ... You probably didn't enjoy reading all of this and I didn't enjoy typing it because to be a harbinger is a pain in my ass, but this is my gift to you friends. For all of the people who were doubtful of the sanctity of this ship like me, this is our proof - you can take my word as truth or consider this post a liar's attempt to pin blame on others for the mistakes she's knowingly made. This does not concern me ... You have no words that can beat me down better than my own, I recommend you do not try or make an enemy of a teammate . If you encrypt replies or respond anonymously to this message, I will find out who you are and I will know what you are discussing ... Keep this in mind, as we eventually move away from the "safety" of Bajikan. Sleep tight Eluvio

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[ in the absence of having all the pieces to put this puzzle together, solo can only say something glib. ]

Well, that is certainly ominous. [ that, and start doing some research on the network. he's been admittedly distracted by the planet and what it has to offer. ]

Edited 2017-03-20 12:35 (UTC)

you've been busy
i guess time stamps on when those vids were taking is too much to ask for?

[ shiro reads this twice while still in acedia and then again after he's left the district, head clearer. it's no less worrisome without the sleepy haze. the opposite, really. ]

You think it has something to do with the deaths on board? [ it's only half a question, really. ] Any idea what distress call he's referring to?

Must you type things out in the most passively creepy way?

I'm heading to you. Not discussing this on the network.

You are not responsible for the destruction of that world. The aliens are.

I wonder if what attacked that guy is what attacked me and the rest of the crew.

Chris who? The captain of the fucking ship?

Thank you for telling us this.

I won't pretend I understand most of the technology here, or what you did beyond what the consequences were. All I'll say is that if this place is anything like where I come from, mass death, even by mundane means, has supernatural consequences.

What I understand is this- something hostile, powerful, with unknown abilities, and presumably intelligent is on the Eluvio, and we must deal with it. Is that correct?

[ Amazing. He knew this place was bad news and this just proves his paranoia even more. ]

Anyone with a defense grid easily taken down by one person seems like a set-up.

damn. i knew you were trouble, but not this much.

_{[ This is a lot of information to take in, and Karamatsu isn't the best at comprehension, as Sombra probably knows by now, but he is reading it a few times before deciding to respond, hopefully to prevent himself from saying anything flowery and stupid.

He's.. terrified, honestly, wondering who next is going to end up with their viscera decorated up in the atrium tree like a child's birthday party. Then, there is that sense of self guilt— he feels guilty about nearly everything, and now he wonders if he should not have helped the refugees aboard the ship. He thought about this when they found Rey and Ichimatsu quickly shut him up— told him not to bring up the possibility ever again. Should he bring it up to Sombra and go against his brother's advice? Should he be of actual use here? ]}

We're not all going to die.
We have people like you and carolina and washington and gabriel here with us. Unity is what we need, where our hearts all join as one!
I have faith in the people here who can protect us.
_{[ nope, still flowery and stupid, ok nice..
also going to avoid Sombra's confession about the holocaust. That's what he does. He hides and conceals his true feelings about, well, almost everything. ]}

[ Reading this, he almost feels he can smell a whiff of alcohol in the air. That tone is way too familiar. ]

Do you know anything about the age of the recordings? Meaning are those dead crew members the same as those who died following the ship blackouts? What about the locations you could make out in the videos?

We needed that defence grid down to complete our objective. I wouldn't say the blame's all on you regardless of how we put your talents to use down there.

[ because of course that's carolina's priority, making it a team thing. trying to spread some blame. her follow up is far more personal: ]

You doing okay? That all sounds a little unnerving.

So we kill them. We've got the practice.

I wish I felt more surprised. I really do.

[But he saw too many holes in everything. He'd thought - read: hoped, that his previous situation paranoia was just having a field day.

Guess again.]

I'll get right into it. Can you remember if there is anything in the videos to suggest that killer takes trophies or makes displays?

Edited (Edittied so we're not repeating ourselves) 2017-03-20 17:08 (UTC)

If it were a trap that would make the taking of refugees from a planet you destroyed make more sense. Why else would they be willing even if they had no choice? But there is still something missing. The pieces aren't aligning well. Why destroy the place in the first place? This relic you mention, was it so important?

Perhaps it was simply bait, what if the ship is like a tarantula and right now we're dealing with a tarantula hawk larvae?

How annoying I only just got here and not when the interesting matters began.

Let me preface this by saying that I have no expertise in this area.

But can we be certain that the videos you found are to be trusted, and not planted by those who may have ordered harm to that planet? I've spoken at length with the fek, and they've only been kind and caring, even if wary. It doesn't make any sense to me.

But if someone were to try to wipe out their entire race, it makes sense to put the blame on them.

[Sombra, that was a lot of text. Like, a whole forest full of teal deer. Please have pity on this monkey, he doesn't do great with subtext.]

okay but whats the it trying to kill us all

[English, please. Or even Spanish- Google Translate doesn't have a "scif-fi/horror movie cliche" setting.]

I guess it's not really any big surprise that we're in danger, right?

So what can we do? There are people on this ship who don't fight. How do we protect them?

[ so much for a quiet, peaceful life compared to back home... ]

there must be a way to defeat the black mass

we must hunt it before it hunts us

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