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lifenet2018-07-16 10:08 pm
shatteredlenses) wrote in lifenet2018-07-16 10:08 pm
[Lup-Net] Datapad Discovery 7/17
Gladio, Prompto, and I have been exploring a rather large square of area near the eastern coast, just below where the land starts to widen, over the last 4 days. There are quite a few buildings, the most important being a secondary lab marked as 'Beta.' We've found a fair number of robots here, much like have been found in other places, along with some tools and an old computer. From what I've been told, there is nothing of use that can be salvaged from the computer, unfortunately. On the other hand, the datapad we found on the other side of the building has proven more useful.
For those of you who know me, you are aware I'm unable to write down what I've found, though I do have a device that will allow me to read what the datapad has on it. If someone would be so kind as to add this to the information we already have, I will be in your debt.
[Ignis pauses for a few moments to let anyone willing to transcribe get ready. He then begins to read the below in a slow, but steady voice. It takes sometime as he is actually translating it into braille to read back, but it gets the job done.
Translation is here.]
There are more buildings down to the south of the area, but we have been here for 4 days now and it is long passed time we left this place for a while. Anyone who is looking for a new place to pick up there search from, please considering picking up here. The three of us will be spending a lot of time at our cottage over the next few days should you want more details on the location.
For those of you who know me, you are aware I'm unable to write down what I've found, though I do have a device that will allow me to read what the datapad has on it. If someone would be so kind as to add this to the information we already have, I will be in your debt.
[Ignis pauses for a few moments to let anyone willing to transcribe get ready. He then begins to read the below in a slow, but steady voice. It takes sometime as he is actually translating it into braille to read back, but it gets the job done.
Translation is here.]
There are more buildings down to the south of the area, but we have been here for 4 days now and it is long passed time we left this place for a while. Anyone who is looking for a new place to pick up there search from, please considering picking up here. The three of us will be spending a lot of time at our cottage over the next few days should you want more details on the location.
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Perhaps, finding the god that rules this island will give us more of an idea of what happened.
I am not sure if you have heard from others, but some of the writings people found have phrases similar to those in Ai'Tuoh, it may be that the survivers of whatever happened here are those in Ai'Tuoh and their rules are... Reactions to what happened.
[So whatever happened was so bad that casting their children to a void of eternal sleep was considered the better option. That did not bode well.]
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Well, that's certainly not the kind of news I wanted to hear after spending 4 days over there.
[Ignis tries to make it sound like a joke, but it falls very flat.]
I didn't think Ai'Tuoh and its laws would be turning up again so soon.
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He's relieved when he speaks even if it's clear that Ignis is upset.]
Neither did I... I hoped we were done with it. But Ceej found a memorial and among other things it said: "They lived and died free of the draperies of their fiction." That's pretty distinctive.
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[Ignis trails off suddenly as he does remember one thing.]
That's why everyone got so quiet. I thought maybe it was just because of the nature of the memorial, but it was because of the tie to Ai'Tuoh.
[And everyone was so surprised--and perhaps angry too--that they didn't stop to think he couldn't read it. After all, aside from Mira and Ardyn, he didn't know the others in the group that well.]
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I imagine they were all pretty shocked. Though we perhaps should have been expecting a link. The islands are not all that far away from each other after all. Ceej says that they are all a similar distance away from Enso as each other with Enso in the centre. I can't really remember... a lot of the trip back from Ai'Tuoh... it was a day? Perhaps more?
[He hadn't been in a good place, all he can remember from that journey was the fight with Gabe because it often replayed itself in his mind.]
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No, not more than a day. Six to eight hours max, but as out of it as you were, it probably seemed longer.
[Especially if he was drifting in and out of focus at the time.]
If the islands aren't that far away and Enso is the center, it would make sense we are limited as to how far out we can go on the water before being turned back. In some ways, it may be to protect us.
[In others, it may be to keep them from learning what they aren't suppose to.]
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[Either would work...] Perhaps it is as simple as the Story Tellers influence only extends so far.
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[That's how it usually works, but nothing is really 'usual' about this place.]
I know some of us probably find the limits frustrating, but I have a feeling the Storyteller is doing it with good intentions. After all, they do seem to feel at least somewhat responsible for us and if we go beyond their reach, then there is no way for them to help us should we need it.
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[His opinions on the Story Teller are complicated. He wants to believe that the Story Teller is doing their best, that any mistakes are that of a god who was not used to working with mortals.
But there are flickers of power. The Story Teller had power over them and in Shion's experience those with power over others were rarely benevolent, especially if it didn't benefit them.]
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[Ignis' own feelings about the Storyteller are complicated as well, though more positive than they were before. Right after he learned just how much the Astrals screwed them over, Ignis hated any deity that had power over him and his. The Storyteller's constant efforts and seeming empathy to them have won him over for now, but he will always be cautious. He can't help it.]
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And also, they had never warned them about Bliss. Even if they didn't think they would be as big a danger as they had been... They could have still told the islanders of the potential threat.]
If you wish to go searching for the god on Umui please let me know, I'd be glad to go with you.
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[Even if Umui's god may be the best source of information on what happened there, Ignis is uncertain if he wants them to be found before or after he can take Shion up on that offer.]
We have a pair of chocobo eggs that are about to hatch, so that's going to keep us busy for the next week or so at least. You're welcome to come visit them if you'd like.
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But his next words make Shion grin.] Chocobo eggs? You are going to have more baby chocobo's? [Yes he wants to visit them! Chocobo chicks are so cute!]
I would love to come and visit them, is it alright if Aster comes too? [Because if anything is going to cheer Aster up it will be cute fluffy animals.]
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[He can't help but chuckle at Shion's enthusiasm.]
Both of you are always welcome to stop by. We believe the actual hatching date will be on the 20th, since the 20th of last month is when Gladio got them from the Storyteller. It took about a month for Coco to hatch, so I assume these two will be the same.
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