networkinthenight | voice; @kingofwei

[he opens with a deep sigh, tired and slightly pained]

My fellow citizens of Beacon...

The recent visits by spirits appear to have been fruitful, in the sense that some of us have learned new things about this world and the past. If you have something valuable to share, I encourage you to speak up. I am less concerned about network security these days so we need not purposefully meet in person. I should like to know what you all know, and in turn, I have some disturbing news of my own.

The spirit who met me...I believe, strongly, was actually one of my own people, from my world. A foe, in the past, whose death impacted me personally. I have no evidence aside from the sensations of his thoughts, which in the dream state is hard to be sure is real, but my experience is difficult to interpret any other way. This means that the spirits are not just the former residents of Beacon from before the darkness, they are also...us. Our own. Others like us who were brought here upon death and forced to try to rectify the situation before it's too late. It is very likely that in time, we too will become masked spirits.

Hence, 'what is death to a dead thing?' Their deaths brought them here, and the world turned them into what we see.

[a long pause. Not because the rest is difficult but because that's such a heavy thought and he's not managing it well]

Additionally, through his memory of still being human, I have discovered the location of some sort of bunker, a storage space hidden behind a thick metal door. The 'plutonium' that the Night Market wanted so badly is apparently kept there. If the Wild Hunt is no longer a threat, it may be safe to mount an expedition to recover it, I have the location written down as I remember it being given to my mind. However, I think the more urgent and prudent expedition should be to Helix Station, if Weaver would be so kind as to transport us. I will have plans made to leave within two days of now. Do let me know if you wish to join me, I have already spoken to some but would like to settle it.

Please, share with me what you have all learned.

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I know that I'm on record, possibly multiple times, stating that plutonium in its raw form is rather harmless unless eaten or inhaled. I would, however, like to caution against blindly entering a place with a large amount of it stored inside.

[This is a general PSA, but he doesn't think it warrants its own network posting.]

We don't know what form it's in, necessarily, and sizeable quantities can prove terribly fatal. This would not be a pleasant death. Perhaps we can find some equipment for protection or detection in Solis' lab, or we could fashion something from the junkyard's scrap, but going without any precautions is probably a bad idea.

["Probably".]

That said, while Rosinante has already described our encounter, I'd like to add that if those plans are for a weapon that could be used against the World Eaters, that's an opportunity we can't risk missing.

[thanks Will, he literally knows nothing so...good cautions good post]

Oh? I see. You would surely know far better than I would. This is what powers those weapons Master Daylight described, the utter destruction that they all feared...

That is the information we need, then. We will plan that expedition later, when we have the precautions in place. Helix Station first.

Nuclear weapons are particularly insidious that way. Not only is the initial blast enough to vaporize cities off a map, but the resulting poison kills everything in its path and makes the land itself toxic. You can't see it, you can't taste or smell it. It's the closest thing to black magic that exists in a non-magical world.

In any case, I agree. There's quite a bit to learn at the Helix Station, even beyond whatever might be in that folder.

[jesus fuck future humans what the hell...on the inside]

Master Daylight's description was far too gentle.

I understand now the hesitation toward using such a weapon on a living world. But if it becomes the only one that can even slow down a fully-grown World Eater...well. That will become a nasty decision to have to make someday.

[What the hell future humans indeed.]

Yes well, there's a reason they're almost universally banned in my time. Here's hoping we find something useful that doesn't require us to make that choice.

Agreed. Yet, I plan to have all the possible options at hand when the time comes, so that we are not left scrambling for a backup plan in case all others don't work.

Oh, make no mistake, I'd be willing to drop ten of the damn things if it was the only way to kill a World Eater. It's just not the preferable option.

Naturally. I do so enjoy being on the same page with you, Doctor.

We may be immune to radiation. Atomic bombs were already dropped on Beacon in the past maybe more than once. I think that's what the bombs in my memory were, and Solis told Daylight about this, too. Daylight was very upset but passed along that Solis said being dead means it should not hurt us.

That's possible, yes, and I am aware that nuclear weapons were deployed here in the past.
But they weren't dropped on the town proper.
They were used against a creature in the lake.
Water is a very effective radiation shield, so it's likely nowhere near the full impact of the fallout was felt on land.

It's also possible that the smaller amounts that did reach Beacon itself are relatively harmless to us, but that an overwhelming amount could still be fatal.
Other environmental factors can still kill us, after all.
Solis was a very intelligent woman, but she also wasn't standing in a nuclear reactor.

[That's a lot of talk from an actual doctor and Soldat is not great at arguing. They make one point, at least:]

In the memory I saw there was a crater and a dark stain. Not on the lake.

[God. They need to invent vision recorders asap, this is frustrating not to be able to see.]

Where?
Were you able to make out any points of reference?
Solis didn't say that the event was centuries ago, so that crater should still be quite visible if we could find it.

No points of reference directly in the memory. There were cameras on towers, feeds into the power station. The power station may have maps to where cameras were placed. Could find it that way.

God what I wouldn't give for a simple geiger counter.
That would solve this mystery quite quickly, I believe.
It's possible there are some hanging around in Solis' old lab. I'll have to look around.
In the meantime, the power station is already on our priority list of places to locate, I believe, so at least there's that.

Good. If I can I will come too. Javert and Misty saw the same memory, so one of them can help, too.

There will likely be a call for volunteers when the time comes.
I'm not going to claim any responsibility for the thing, but whoever wants to come along, I'm also not going to stop them.
Do what you want.

[There's a pause as Soldat tries to work out what sort of tone "do what you want" is supposed to be.]

Just meant if I have time I will come.

[It's Will. Hard to tell what his tone is at any given time, though it's typically safe to say it's somewhere bordering on sarcastic.]

Right, I got that much.
And I'm saying I'm not the boss of you, so you do as you please.
I'm sure we could use more bodies, but I'm not here to recruit.

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