august 5th, noticeboard

[shogis]

Hello, everyone. This is Hifumi Togo and Nari Nishitani.

We would like to report a discovery that we found inside one of the trees on the Western side of Umui.

Inside the tree was some sort of tablet with a single entry on it. I’ve (Hifumi) done my best to try and write out a summary of its contents, but if you’d like the entire transcript, please let me know and one of us will provide it to you.


The summary is as follows:

• Date: A.E. 105, Spring Solstice
  
• ARUM-9 was the first of their kind fo be built outside of mere prototype settings. New updates were added almost hourly to their programming. (NOTE: “IT WASNT ENOUGH” was presumably handwritten right after this in some sort of bright red substance.)
  
• Common civilians may have had doubts; scientists, engineers, “the council” and the like must have been relieved?
  
• Resources spread thin
  
• ARUM-9 and their predecessors will help “fill in the gaps where [they] have previously struggled” (repairs, gardening, etc.)
  
• Most importantly, they do not get sick. (NOTE: this line was crossed out with the same red substance. “WRONG” was written right beneath it.)

We hope that this will be helpful in our investigation of this island and what became of its inhabitants. Nari and I are available for discussion.

- Hifumi Togo, Nari Nishitani

P.S.: If y’all come across flowers you might think useful, feel free to bring them to me, Nari, because I found some that can be used for medicine. When in doubt, pluck the sucker and deliver it pronto.

Comments

[shogis]

That sounds like a good idea. I'd like to help uncover some of the mysteries behind this as well, so please tell me if there is anything I can do to help.

[thermalwind]

Sure. Come with me when I go scouting. We can gather more people and cover a lot of ground at once. We're bound to find something. Even supplies would be welcome at this point.

- Keith

[shogis]

Okay, sure thing. :) I'll ask my housemates to come along? Damianos-san and Laurent-san, if you know them.

When do you plan on searching?

[thermalwind]

I can ask Pidge, one of my team to come along. If we run into tech she'll be able to do more with it than we can.

Whenever we're ready. Better do it sooner than later. We don't know how fast this sickness will get to some of us.

[shogis]

Oh, I know Pidge-san. Yes, she's more than welcome to come along.

I'll contact you when I'm ready to head out? Do I just do that through the stone?

[thermalwind]

Yes and through the stone is the best bet. I'm going to be constantly mobile and tracking me down...that will cost us more time.

[shogis]

That's not a problem. I will contact you soon. Thank you, Keith-san.

[thermalwind]

Alright. Until then.