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[shookthesky]

[The message opens with a video. The audio is plagued with static and the picture stutters and fuzzes out occasionally, like the file's been corrupted in the upload, but it's still a video.

Pluto sits in her wheelchair in the foreground, and behind her is a large mess hall lit up with electric lighting. The cafeteria tables are packed with a few dozen people—a careful observer might be able to spot Alistair, Sypha, and the other Night Market vendors among their ranks. It seems most of the station has turned up to listen to whatever Pluto's got to say.]

Hey hey, fools. Miss me?

[She grins at the camera, flashing a peace sign.]

I hear the Wild Hunt paid y'all a visit, made their little plea, "oh, help us end the world!" What a crock of shit.

It ain't fair that they get to swoop in and play hero like it's gonna do their cause any good. You'll notice we never asked anyone to commit to shit. We were happy just helpin' out and working together! But now those cave-dwellers went and changed the game, so seems we gotta step up and make our own offer.

Here's the deal: why should we let the World Eaters decide our fate? You wanna deprive future lost souls of a second chance? Makes way more sense to fight back and build ourselves a new home than to, what, lay down and die? Fuck that!

The Wild Hunt wants you to be weak and they're all dressing it up like it's for the greater good, but who gives a shit? If you're that upset about this second chance being "unnatural" or whatev, g'head and off yourself. We don't got room for weaklings on my team.

And why's that, you ask? 'Cause we got a plan of our own to take down these World Eaters. I ain't broadcasting it until I know who I can trust, but catch me at the next Market visit. We'll talk. Hell, maybe you can figure it out already. You guys are lil smarty-pants, I've heard.

So! Seems to me like y'all got a choice to make, huh? You side with them, or you side with us. Feel free to play it safe and stick yourself in the middle if you seriously need more convincing, but if you sign up with the Hunt? Don't come crawling to the docks looking for our help. You made your choice, fam.

My signal's only gonna hold up for a minute or two here, but I'll be back in a couple weeks when the Market visits again. Hold your applause 'til then, yeah?

I'll see you soon, gang. Watch yourselves, in the meanwhile. Later.

[The crowd behind her erupts into whooping and cheering as Pluto signs off, and there's a brief moment where she starts to laugh and wheels on the Market to behave, jeez, I'm tryna send a professional message here!, and then the feed ends.

Pluto won't be able to respond to this message! You're all welcome to chatter amongst yourselves like on a bulletin post for now, and Pluto will be around at the next Night Market visit to answer all the questions you probably have.

Oh, and check out the mod announcement we've just put up to accompany this post!]

Comments

[sunborne]

[ day makes a noise of sadness and understanding when sir cao pi explains what happened in his world before coming to beacon. it's never easy to hear the fallout of someone's conflict affecting others, especially if it happened to people daylight cares and/or respects a lot.

the war- right- he recalls the memory opal that he had found a few weeks back, during the strange aurora borealis. the encounter of sir cao pi and his wife, lady zhenji, was in the backdrop of a war. ]

I'm sorry that happened to your kingdoms, Sir Cao Pi. That's not an easy thing for anyone to go through. [ and it's a testament for how strong and capable sir cao pi is, being able to weather that and his circumstances in beacon. ] I- I want us to keep working together in Beacon. We've done it so far and the results are amazing. We found places and information and even people-

I don't want that to change. Not when we've worked so hard and so long for all this progress.

[pure_havoc]

Then you and I quite agree.

Stay firm, Master Daylight. Do not let the Hunt sway your emotions. Remember this, if you are tempted - we are in fact all in this as one, and to turn on each other will be our downfall. If we are to succeed, we should strive for unity.

[what a good Daylight is, someone who can easily be persuaded not to fall to temptation]