[Backdated to August 3rd](Lupnet broadcast )

[thermalwind]

Hey, we have a situation over at the memorial on Umui. We have people trapped under it. Bring something to cover your face with and anything to help you dig.

...if you haven’t been to Umui best you stay away. [His mind is on the Stage One Alert. He has to camp on this island now.]

Who else has talked to Arum 25? We should pool what they said together and see if we have any further clues.

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[want_to_belong]

People? Survivors from whatever happened before?

[thermalwind]

That doesn't seem right. Why would they appear now? Either way, they need help. Two of us have been digging here.

...and be prepared. We found bones.

[want_to_belong]

Not good... Can never trust these places. I'll see if I can come, be careful.

[Course he was going to feel sick soon, but he didn't know that.]

[thermalwind]

I'll be cautious. Should still be here when you show up.

[Well, misery loves company because he's starting to feel ill.]

[counterblows]

Which of you decided to excavate the houses and not the memorial?

[He...kind of assumed they were just Digging wherever, I guess.]

[thermalwind]

Let's focus on what needs to be done first. We can kick ourselves over that missed detail later.

Arum 25 said 'Stage One detected'. Since I was here when they said it I'm camping out on the island. Just in case I have it.

[counterblows]

Do you feel sick? Do you know if anyone does? Stage One is the first sign, according to all the people who died here.

[Just gonna. test those waters here.]

[thermalwind]

[There's a pause. He doesn't want to admit to shit but-]

I...haven't been sleeping well, but that's because my best friend is missing. Spent a lot of time looking for him.

Arum told me that the pathogens were detected. I couldn't get anything about where it was located or what their standard procedures were. Someone or something removed that from their memories. Or it could have been the passage of time.

[counterblows]

It doesn't bode well that they're the only one still working. Do we have any idea why?

[He hasn't talked to them any. He's been...preoccupied.]

[thermalwind]

No idea yet. I was asking about the sickness and what we're to expect if we get it.

[fireindreams]

Greetings Kieth. I am currently speaking to Arum-25 at the moment but I did speak to them in the past when they were first discovered. They said some rather concerning things.

[Very concerning, if Grimm was being honest. He did not have the experience nor knowledge that long-time residents of this world had but even then it put him on edge.]

[thermalwind]

They’re saying concerning things now. What did they say before?

[He pauses and says, carefully.] They tell you some sort of assignment? [The more he thinks about it the more he feels a sick relief Shiro isn’t around right now. He’s...as safe as their lives ever are.]

[fireindreams]

I inquired about Ai'tuoh as it has a connection to this place, yet every single data related to the subject was removed. Arum-25 stated it was likely done on purpose.

[And given how secretive the city appeared to be it should not be a surprise.]

They also had a warning to share about the Storyteller. "Let them be forgotten. Let us never again see their fiction. And do not make them angry." I do not know much about the Storyteller as I am a newcomer to this place, so I cannot say how accurate that warning is.

[But warnings about Gods were ones to keep in mind, from his experiences.]

What have they said to you, my friend?

[thermalwind]

They said stage one pathogens have been detected. Around the subject is all missing. ... [Do not make them angry. He tastes that. He should talk to Storyteller. He’d wondered if Ai’touh had any connections to the rest of the world. Well.]

I think anyone has seen Storyteller would realize they can be dangerous. We all can be. I’ll keep it in mind. ...you ask about Tempide?

[fireindreams]

That is a fair point.

[Gods were subject to the same emotions as others (at least in his world) and the anger of the one the Troupe Master had been close to was devastating. Yet he himself was in the same boat and he has also not met the Storyteller in person.

The people of Ai'tuoh may have had their own opinions on the Storytelling God and their method of forgetting them was something Grimm was eerily familiar with, however.]

I did not. Will to explain it to me?

[thermalwind]

[Maybe some of them will escape this. He grabs that hope and runs with it. There’s a pause as he covers his mouth and coughs. That itch in the back of his throat is starting to piss him off.]

Tempide was mentioned in the scroll we found by the dock. I’m wondering if information about it is restricted too.

Tempide and Rapsho. Just to cover both bases while we can. Rapsho was also called Bliss.

[shogis]

[ while hifumi's still trapped underground, she hears someone talking to her from her knapsack. she digs through it, because maybe help is on the way, and she finds some sort of communication device--it's a rock. okay. this is weird, but she'll take it. ]

Hello? Can you hear me? I'm trapped--I don't know how many others are here with me, but I'm underground!

[thermalwind]

Hey, I hear you. [He hadn't expected this. But that doesn't matter now. She and the others down underground need help.] Talk to me about what you see underground. The more details we have the sooner we can find you.

[shogis]

Alright...

[ she sees bones. a lot of them. but that probably won't be helpful right now, considering that they're supposedly below a memorial. so instead, she looks up at the ceiling. ] There's something like a wooden structure above me. I'm not sure if it's a floor or a wall...maybe even a ceiling, but...

[thermalwind]

Does it have supports? If it does we'll have to be careful when we dig down. [What the hell had they put beneath that memorial? He stops to think about it. ...they were trying to contain the sickness.

Axes and shovels.]

Scratch that. Can you tell me the state of the wood itself? What you can tell.

[shogis]

There are walls holding it up--ah, but the state of the wood...

[ it's hard to tell in here. it's extremely cramped, the air is thick, and she's starting to get dizzy and lightheaded. but from what she can make out: ]

It seems old. I think it's safe to say it's rotting.

[vagabone]

What?! Why are there people under it?? Living people??

[He'll be there as soon as he can, despite the lack of anything remotely close to being a shovel. Digging with his hands is better than doing nothing!]

[thermalwind]

It looks like this is where the new people are appearing this time. If we work fast we can save them.

[vagabone]

[Every time he thinks he's heard it all, Enso comes up with something new and horrific.]

Come on! Whatever's doing this could at least give them a chance!

[Beats him who he's yelling at, honestly.]

[thermalwind]

You'll have to ask it that when we find it. Right now, this is our focus.