@silent | text | Sept 6

[callada]

Soldat, Law and myself just got back from trying to find some sign of the Wild Hunt. Ran into a few roadblocks and thought we'd come back, go over what we found, see if anyone here has ideas.

We did find a building full of spirits. A train station I guess, with a train in it but it doesn't look like it's going anywhere any time soon. The rails kept going into a tunnel but it was closed off with locks we couldn't get through or even break, and another branch had some little hand cart that needs wheels to get going. If anyone knows a thing or two about locks, or has ideas for that cart, we're all ears. Might go dig through the scrap yard later.

We also found a notebook. We're all in it. Looks like it dates back decades at least, with detailed notes on everyone who's ever been in Beacon. I've got it at Solis' lab for now so we can compare it to her lantern notes but if anyone wants a look through, feel free. It was inside the train for some reason and it's been written in by lots of different people but I don't know anything else about where it came from or why it exists.

I'd like to go back out eventually. I feel like if those people were still around we'd have heard from them by now but I hate the idea of abandoning them to whatever fate found them before we did. We could use a few more eyes on the ground.

Then again maybe we have bigger priorities. Anyone been back down to the Helix Station with Weaver yet?

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[callada]

Now that we know the room and hall is flooded we can come prepared. A siphon, a hose, something.

I admit I'm at a loss when it comes to the notebook. It wouldn't have been Dr. Solis' at any point, as she wouldn't have needed to take these notes. Same with any lighthouse keepers. And as far as we know the spirits can't write clearly - you've seen the Librarian's efforts and that one is one of the few that's almost literate.

Decades' worth of people, taking notes on every one of us to come into town. We never noticed, and I'm not sure how impressive that is given all the darkness, but it's unsettling.

Found an entry in here that must be about you, by the way. "Black-haired male, probably archaic Earth-Asian. Well-dressed, well-armed, posture and tone suggest education. Nobility? Ruler? Watch this one."

[pure_havoc]

[oh that's just. amazing good work Rosinante]

Ohhh? Yes, that does sound like me. Archaic, how insulting. [dryly; he knows he's from an ancient timeline compared to most] But if they were watching out for the likes of me...is there any chance this might be a relic of the Hunt?

[callada]

I did wonder. Hard to picture who else here can write and would have been watching us all this time.

If that's the case, then it means we were on the right track. ... If you'll excuse the pun. We need more eyes out there searching. I'd like to see what else they had gotten away with that nobody knew about.

[pure_havoc]

Ideally, assuming our assault on the World Eater at the station has not put us onto a strict deadline, I should like to fully dig out every part of this town top to bottom, whether previously discovered or not. There could be small details like this hiding almost anywhere.

But that's a goal for another time. I suppose I had best stop fretting about other circumstances and start putting together a team for the station.

[callada]

I do wonder if that thing was able to call its friends for help. Let's hope not.

Helix Station first. Upending the town after. There's a lot of forest out there still to comb through, I agree, but the station feels like a high priority given we do know how to get there now. Deal with what we know first before wandering off into the woods to look for the unknowns.

[pure_havoc]

Agreed. I shall work towards that goal immediately.

I don't know what the status of the portal was, when it was wedged inside it. Such matters of technology are admittedly well beyond my understanding. If there is anyone currently here with better insight, I should like to hear from them.

[callada]

Unfortunately most of us trying to use the portal technology at Solis' place are fumbling our way through it with trial and error, but if we're fortunate, Dr. Ingram will decide he's in need of a good technological mystery to solve. I'm not sure how much of a look at the station's portal he got before, considering the state of that room at the time.

[pure_havoc]

How amenable, do you think, he might be to taking another look at it?

[nudge nudge convince your friend to come play]

[callada]

Now that there's not some world-ending monstrosity there? I'm sure he'll be interested.

[Especially with other people going because look, he knows well by now, Will doesn't put himself at risk if he can help it. That's probably why he hasn't been down there the whole time.]

[pure_havoc]

I shall have to make sure to find him and mention it, then.

[or call him out on the network, whatever works]

[callada]

Just message him if he doesn't see this himself. He's always on his tablet.