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[acquirement]

{ it’s later in the day after the guilds have opened, giving him enough time to firstly speak to the power holders, but then assemble his notes into what could be considered concise enough to share with the public. olwen had clearly had worries of overwhelming people on arrival, but without information in place it’s impossible to actually assess the situation and make their own choices on what to do. }

Greetings. { and at first glance, it seems as though the man who appears partially in the camera doesn’t know how to use it. only part of his face shows, along with the tell tale sign of someone holding onto papers in their hand. his voice, at least, will be recognisable for anyone who has met him before. } I have information to share regarding our situation, since I imagine many of you are rather busy, I’ll try to keep this as short as possible. For any of you who may have doubts about my sourcing of this, all the information I will present here is free for anyone to search for themselves in the library or by asking the power holders themselves.

According to the history books Amberfall library has on this world, no one can remember the world being anything but the seasonal segments and the neutral ground in the centre, though they have obviously adapted and grown over time. As for the seasonal powers, they appear to be blessed to humans who entered a particular segment, though not everyone was blessed with these powers. Magic differs from these powers, and people here can learn that with practice.

Now, the topic of interest is the ‘Tragedy of Greed’. This describes a group of people who were overly eager for more and wished to have the powers of all the seasons. They would absorb powers from others, essentially murdering them, until one day one of them was able to possess all four. It’s quite extraordinary how grotesque this next section is, so I’ll save the commentary, though a warning of how their powers went berserk and caused destruction will hopefully be enough to deter those of you who may have been considering this. I should note, this happened to all of those in that group who managed to steal powers from others. For those who hear this message and fear the worst, I can confirm that Olwen ensured that there was magic involved with our summoning that will stop any of us from doing the same.

{ he takes a pause, and a sharp smile is visible on the camera - still partially obscured but it’s there } We wouldn’t want anything bad to happen, now would we?

Next, the Darkness that inhabits this world now has been sealed to stop it from spreading, but obviously that is not enough to restore balance. Anyone who has been curious enough to step further afield has likely seen for themselves the state of the segments, which is why we have been brought here to help.

As you may have noticed, many of the locals are apprehensive of us being here and fear the worst. For the time being, it may be best for those willing to help them feel more comfortable, aid them however you can. Time is likely the only means we have for their unease to fade.

Unfortunately, as they have said, the summoning itself is entirely random and there is recognition that there are many of you { not ‘us’ } will never have experienced danger like this before. I’d like to recommend that a support group be created for those that are worried about what they can do to help or how their safety can be ensured going forward. Experience in battle should not be the only skills that are honed, after all.

Meanwhile, I’d like to suggest that those of us who are able to explore the segments do so in groups to ensure safety. From what Olwen could tell me, there are still a lot of unknowns there and concerns of how we can proceed until more resources can be built. Please do not listen to Sawyer if he encourages you to go alone to show your bravery, if anything that would only show your foolishness.

Ah, goodness me, this was awfully long. There are more details I uncovered about the Fairies, Sirens and Mermaids of this world, but as they seem less important at the moment. Feel free to contact me if you wish to learn more. Of course, you can read all about this yourself at the library if you would prefer.

{ ooc: details were obtained through reading through many books from the library and speaking to the power holders

TL;DR: anyone who wants to try and steal powers from others won't be able to. let's help those that are worried/scared as they aren't used to this danger i'm so sorry this is so long skdjgdg }

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[scattershot]

We simply don't know enough to, no.

[Can they even be sure that the power holders know what's truly at stake? This could still be an absurd overreaction - or, more concerningly, an underreaction.]

Did you happen to come across anything, in your reading, that explained how the balance between the elements might be restored? Is there perchance any source of the Darkness, that we should be aware of?

[Like a 'Darkwarden' of some sort, perhaps.]

[monoceroscaeli]

[No matter if Ayato gets lost, Childe is a patient man. He manages to find somewhere that suits them, clear of any bystanders that might potentially get caught in the cross fire with no real obstacles to hinder them either. He texts the location to Ayato once he reaches it, and waits.

Waiting for this opportunity is worth it to him. Even if all they're doing is having a little fun and working off some calories, he'll enjoy himself nonetheless.

Once he spots the Commissioner, Tartaglia gives a friendly wave of his hand as he walks up to approach him, happy to see that his opponent showed up. Not that he had much doubt.]

It's a pleasure meeting you face to face, Commissioner. Now, have you prepared yourself? We may be going a bit easier on each other, but don't think I'm going to go too easy. I want to see your skills.

;u; loev flowers

[essenceborn]

[ This is what happens when you have no real world experience :'c ]

Really? I don't need any credentials?

[nihilmancy]

[ She carefully keeps any sense of true grievance out of her voice— at worse, she sounds somewhat annoyed and put upon by what is nothing less than being thrust into an utterly alien world. Inside, she feels like a great weight is bearing down on her. It's hard to think too hard about, and yet she keeps doing it anyway. ]

It's rather nice, in its own way. We shall all accommodate ourselves to it, one way or another, I suppose.

[ She's not familiar with a lot of the social media either, not quite as it exists here, but knows enough of online media to understand what she's doing. ]

[localweirdo]

Oh? I wouldn't mind joining. I like to think that I can be a rather impressive singer myself.

[More like a rapper but...]

[rustyhonesty]

Yeah. Sorry, I was just curious since that's a new thought for me. But I suppose all worlds are different and some of them can just be full of crap.

[acquirement]

{ considering they've seen what the darkness did before it was stopped from spreading further? they most likely have an idea. as for what caused it, he's as at as much of a loss as everyone else here. }

Everything I knew I presented to everyone who was willing to listen here, I promise I wasn't holding anything back. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem as though there has been sufficient evidence one way or another to have any concrete ideas on either of those questions.

[acquirement]

{ perhaps it would have been smart to let people know who he was meeting up with, especially as the location is out of the way, but part of him wants to use this opportunity to gather intel as well. it would be rather difficult to do that if ayaka or thoma were panicking about him meeting up for a one on one with the fatui harbinger.

still, as he makes his way towards where he can see childe waiting he's on guard, even if he offers a smile in return. }

Of course, I wouldn't dream of taking it easy given my opponent. I see you found somewhere quiet.

too soft for their own life

[acquirement]

I sincerely doubt it. For what it's worth if I owned one I would hire you.

{ alas he does not own one :( }

[acquirement]

In its own way, yes { she'll at least get the same agreement on that part. it's certainly kept things interesting since he got here. there's plenty to do, enough to be a distraction when he wants to be out evaluating the situation and understand how much danger he and his family are in here. }

Time will certainly make it easier, I'm sure.

[acquirement]

There will likely be sign ups at some point, feel free to put your name down.

{ how is he recruiting when it isn't even his job. }

[acquirement]

Indeed. We can hardly say this one is full of sunshine and light either, especially when we're unable to get all the information that would help us progress either.

[localweirdo]

Oh, I plan to. For the 77th owner of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor will make a performance to remember!

[acquirement]

I have to say, I'm surprised you're choosing to sing when you wanted a career in comedy.

[glidinglight]

That's interesting, isn't it? You'd think they'd be quite unified in things. But that last one...

[scattershot]

Oh - my apologies. I didn't mean to imply you were holding aught back. It's...

[Okay, how to put this in a way that 1. makes sense and 2. doesn't take literal bells.]

'tis more that this isn't the first time I've found myself in such a position - and one of the difficulties that world faced was that, even once a source of the... corruption was destroyed, there was nowhere for that corruption to go. It merely remained, and corrupted the previously uncorrupted, and so made itself a new source. It wasn't until a way could be found to remove the excess entirely, at the moment of the previous source's death, that any progress could be made...

[Ephemeral though it proved to be. Ephemeral, and costly, and painful.]

If that were to be the case here, we'd have to approach it quite differently to if it were not.

[localweirdo]

Who said that I can't do both? You make it sound like it's impossible!

[rustyhonesty]

It's still better than the world I originally came from so far. Not that I'm going to relax just yet.

[acquirement]

Not everyone is good at dealing with responsibility.

[acquirement]

Hmm, I see. { it makes sense in some ways, the similarity they have in their world still isn't explained other than it coming from the abyss -- so he can't offer any insight in comparison. }

That would certainly complicate things. How was that way to remove the excess entirely found? You said at the moment of the previous source's death?

[acquirement]

Oh? I'm not in the organising committee so I certainly can't make that judgement. Feel free to apply for both if you'd like.

{ it honestly depends on how many sign ups they get, he assumes. }

[acquirement]

Even though parts of the world are succumbing to Darkness and may not be salvageable?

[scattershot]

[Well, of course that would be the next thing he asked. If you didn't want to tell him, Alisaie, you should never have started the conversation.]

A - an individual was required, an especially gifted individual, to take all that Light upon herself.

[It's not a pleasant memory.]

And even then it only worked, up to a point. In the end, there was so much of it, that even she found herself quite overwhelmed. In the end, we very nearly caused an even worse catastrophe than that which we had hoped to stave off...

u_u it's true

[essenceborn]

[ clearly it's time to become a flower mogul ]

That is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. Thank you, Ayato.

[localweirdo]

Then I shall! Although, what about you? You seem the type who could do comedy yourself.