[ v i d e o ] ☠ march 19

[perfectorder]

Greetings, everyone. I know most of you who went out to help with yesterday's mission are tired and recovering from your injuries, but this mission was a success. The team was able to dismantle and bring back the Madness Emitter and it is currently under study by research teams formed by both our own Shibusen staff and a group of guests who have agreed to help.

There are two Madness Emitters left so the levels are still abnormally high. However we can already see a decrease in levels, further proving that taking down these emitters is key if we want to regain an advantage and move to a more offensive position.

Those emitters won't be going anywhere, and everyone needs time to recover—especially since the areas have been noted to be more dangerous than this one. Thus the next mission won't be until around next week.

In the meantime, however, for those interested we will be conducting training lessons to help resist the Madness. A week is obviously not going to make you invulnerable, but every bit will be to your advantage. Even those who do not plan on fighting should at least consider participating in one or two to at least understand more how the Madness affects you. A schedule of the training sessions will be posted for everyone to sign up.

More details will be provided later. For now, rest up.

Comments

video;

[entreats]

... You were right, you know.

[ if she was more social she'd immediately bother to explain, but.. nope, apparently. ]

video;

[perfectorder]

About?

[entreats]

My ability. It actually kicked in when we were in that place. .. Or, well, it was there all along but I finally noticed it just from the difference between me and my partner.

[perfectorder]

[it takes him a moment, but then remembers.]

Your Soul Apathy....I see. How did your partner fare?

[entreats]

He did pretty well, considering the circumstances. Obviously I couldn't tell how bad the Madness really was back there, but he said it was giving him a pounding headache.

[perfectorder]

That's usually one of the common symptoms. But if he managed to at least maintain his sanity, then he did well. How far did you both go in?

[entreats]

Yeah, I don't think I'd even want to see that guy go insane. He's already hardly bearable when he's just being himself. [ tsun.. tsun..?? ]

And we went in quite a bit, although we didn't see any of the eggs. I guess that was just a bit too much for us, since it was our first mission and all. But we did fight some things.

[perfectorder]

[just admit you like Yuri, Ange. admit it.]

I don't want anyone to push themselves too hard, especially if this was your first mission. [he knew it was actually a first for many, and he still wasn't that thrilled about it.]

What did you find?

[entreats]

[ SHE'LL TAKE IT WITH HER TO THE GRAVE. ]

There were some insects that grew out until they were more like monsters. A centipede, at least, but I think there were some regular animals like monsters as well. Was that because of what was going on in those caves?

[perfectorder]

[concerned frown.]

Yes, that would be because of the increased amount of Madness, though I did not realize it was that strong and mutating them that much.

[or was there something else at play? if there was, that would be something that needed looking into.]

[entreats]

Yeah, it made even bugs that big. Is that seriously what that Madness is capable of?

[perfectorder]

It is and more.

[entreats]

How far exactly does this 'more' go? Were the things we saw just slight examples of it?

[perfectorder]

In terms of altering an animal's form, it's not impossible for it to change it completely. It's not dissimilar to how a corrupted human will lose his human body and warp into something else.

[entreats]

So we were lucky there weren't any corrupted humans or whatever in that place?

[perfectorder]

No, there were some. But they were further in, likely drawn to it as well as placed there by the witches.

Though considering the circumstances of your weapon being affected by the Madness, then yes. I suppose it was fortunate that you did not come a cross a more dangerous opponent.

[entreats]

.. Huh, really? I guess we didn't get very far in after all. [ She didn't want to risk it with Yuri having a headache and all either way.. ]

Although I have to say that would've just been my luck, running into something really bad right off the bat.

[perfectorder]

You make it sound as if you always have bad luck.

[entreats]

You'd be surprised how often bad luck hits me.

[perfectorder]

It surely can't be as often as you think. Perhaps you only notice them more often.

[entreats]

.. So you're saying I'm just overlooking the apparent moments where I actually have good look?

[perfectorder]

[small shrug.]

It's a possibility.