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.

Threaded | Flat

Thanks. I had been recording everything I could get information on myself, but I'll share what I experienced directly to begin with. The spirit that Law and Mary and I met with showed us it was previously a child of a town cartographer. We saw from up in the air, in a balloon, while they were working on a map of the town as part of siting the power station. The map itself was still in the library, just old and worn. Hard to make out much in some areas, but the power station looks like it's near the north coastline, directly west of downtown.

Dr. Ingram and I then later met with a forest spirit who was a scientist working at the Helix Station, again before the town went dark, but probably closer to its end. They were talking about how the researchers at the station were instructed by the military to take on a project for them, and they didn't seem happy about it. They had some sort of top secret folder with the project details. A weapon, I'm guessing, but it wasn't clear. The spirit thought the folder might still be in the station, but I'm not so sure since it's been so long. Worth a look, though.

I went to the spirits four times.

Time 1, Merwen: Can confirm many spirits were once like us. Saw one of our own "lantern havers" turn into the junkyard dog spirit. This is also where green-eyes come from, spirit confirmed. Spirits must make their masks, it grows from them (so do not try to remove ever). Maybe made a friend of the spirit that calls themselves Flesh Horse. Has a long tongue.

Time 2, Reiju: Saw lantern havers try to fight the world eaters and die. They were violent and turned away spirit help so most spirits turned on them, went green-eyed. Spirits that get too close to the world eaters go mad and try to kill, "become enthralled by death" they said. Felt it inside the spirit, fighting it, because they wanted to help not hurt. Spirit then said that if we are friends leaders uniters more would be able to resist and help against the world eaters. Maybe made a friend with the scarecrow spirit.

Time 3, Misty and Inspector Javert: Spirit was an original Beacon resident, Bryson Langstrom. Saw the aftermath an attack on a world eater through cameras right before he died. He thought it worked. He was very angry and very damaged, though the spirit seemed less angry now. He made a note to think "the power plant is the safest place in town". We should probably find it.

Time 4, Pudding: Rye-mother showed us fields that might still be fertile if we can find them. Where many lantern havers tried to kill her and her companions and steal her grain without payment. She suggested we should care for the fields in spring. It may have been a metaphor (I am bad at recognizing those) or it may have been literal.

It seems very much like having good relationships with the spirits will continue to help us, even against the world eaters. And that they are more like us than not, even the green eyes.

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.

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