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[voidtreckermods]

On day Ten of the month of Fiddlesticks the SCA's light up and a holographic screen appears.

It has three options.

Talk to All

Talk to Team

Talk to Individual

For the third option, a list of passengers appears and names can be searched for by letter. Anyone who has been working to try and make communications happen on their own devices will find those linked in to this network- though it is still only possible to use voice. The short distance radios in their helmets also automatically connect so they can use their SCA communicators without removing life saving equipment!

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Talk to All

[voidtreckermods]

Give your thread a day and timestamp. Replies to a top level should be in one thread unless you switch to speak to individual (and make a thread under that heading).

Day Ten - shortly after the option appears

[mtsilver_conquor]

Ok. Cool. So, anyone else notice these SCAs now function like walkie-talkies or really basic phones?

[longforgottenpromise]

Yes. [His voice is quiet, worried. There's the sound of howling wind behind him and the frightened sound of children.].

Day Ten again, some hours later - call to all, since it's not just Orange she needs here.

[unfavorableinstigation]

This is Nita from Team Orange again.

Could someone with Team Purple ask about the rituals? Maybe if we recreate it in as many places as possible, we could lend them more power.

And, ah, Team Red? What was that about a temple?

[She caught Lightning's response, but a little more light /brick'd on the situation would be nice!]

And just to repeat - those still on the island, there's something down here about making a beacon up there. I have no doubt you all are still in a fight of your own, but if anyone can help work on that, we seem to be working on a deadline here!

[aggressivelygood]

Nita? Nita-!

[He's breathing heavy, the noise of battle echoing behind him.]

Damnation! It's good to hear that voice. Listen to me--we've got a big stone structure down here, some kind of platform with creatures of light caged around it. And we've got a giant jellyfish giving them all a bad time. They're in pain, Nita. I think it's holding one of those light-spirits hostage, we're--

[There's a slam, followed by a grunt and water splashing as Sven narrowly dodges a tendril.]

...We're trying to take it down right now, but we've got trouble on all sides.

Day Ten -- shortly after the Giant Jellyfish is defeated by Red Team!

[rieper]

Red Team has defeated primary target. Captured energy sources--some people have been calling them spirits--are freed and...harmonious.

Mission accomplished.

[A beat and then:]

Medical personnel should be ready to receive injured and exhausted team members upon red team's return.

Re: Day Ten -- shortly after the Giant Jellyfish is defeated by Red Team!

[iamnotgod]

That is very fortunate to hear, Tobias Rieper!

[Have a pleasant audiobook-reader voice, Tobias.]

Admittedly, Orange Team may be a little late in receiving you - we are still contending with a rather vicious storm - but now that you have completed your objective, I suspect reaching the island will become easier.

Talk to Team

[voidtreckermods]

Give your thread a day and time stamp and specify which team. Replies to a top level should be in one thread unless you switch to speak to individual (and make a thread under that heading).

Note that you only have the option to speak to your own team here and all of those designated that team (no matter what mission they are on) can hear. (So for example a message to purple will go to all of purple even the member of purple who is currently working with blue. Likewise that message to purple will not reach those of red who are helping out and working with purple.)

Orange, sometime Day Ten.

[mtsilver_conquor]

Hey, we have enough techheads on the team that someone could figure out a way to hook the SCA up to my phone, right?

Then I can really go hands-free!

[She sounds way to excited by the idea, considering she hasn't exactly shared her phone is inhabited/part-powered by a pokemon. Oops?]

Because he IS on Orange~

[iamnotgod]

I believe Bluetooth is not impossible as an option, assuming the Voidtrecker Express keeps this function for the SCAs once the mission is over.

[And while messaging the train itself isn't an option on these things so he can't snark at it for holding out on them, he's still relieved that this Network exists now.]

[blue_ice]

I can do it, though maybe not with the electronic scraps we have. We need to collect more, or ask around.

To Red Team, day ten

[enthunder]

[From This Moment]

This is Light. Break the cages, free the spirits!

Talk to Individual

[voidtreckermods]

Specify individual (remember names will be those on the passenger roster) and give the thread a day!

Prompto Argentum

[callmegladio]

[Has no idea if this will work, but picked Prompto's name from the list and sit son his bunk, waiting nervously...]

Prom... Prom? Can you hear me?

Re: Prompto Argentum

[bethereprompto]

Gladdy? Hey! Hey Big Guy! Are you okay? Is Noct with you?

Ignis

[runs_on_batteries]

[He'll be able to hear the sounds of fighting around Tony's voice, which strains as he has to talk and keep up with the battle.]

Ignis! Can you hear me?

[faithfulsupport]

[The radio communication is somewhat of a distraction as he's trying to help heal with a team of ladies and a newborn infant can be heard crying in the background. So at first he's not even hearing the other.]

Congratulations, he's very handsome.

[And that's when Ignis is aware he's hearing Tony's voice and his attention is drawn away from the women in the hut as he goes outside.]

Tony? Is that you?

Alice²

[irrationally]

[ Okay, so there may not be an ideal time for this with all these unending terrible crabs, but this can't wait. The moment Alice realises they can talk to other teams now, she has to know if the other Alice is alright. She has to be. Or she's going to kick the orange's team collective asses once they're back on the train. ]

Alice-- Alice? Please say something if you can hear me.

[madcuriosity]

Oh, ah yes, hello, Miss Alice.

Wen Qing

[irrationally]

[ Okay, one more call. At least she could probably kick some crab.. butt(?) in the middle of talking with Wen Qing if she has to at some point without traumatizing the other, unlike little Alice. ]

Please tell me you're alright and haven't seen a crab in days. [ She's really trying to not sound unkind, since she cares about Wen Qing and likes her and is worried about her, but she's also just tired and really, really Done with these crabs. ]

[radishlobbyist]

[ At the beach with Blue Team, Wen Qing is still staring up in horrified disbelief at the giant water and sand creature which has appeared out of the ocean's depths when her SCA lights up. ]

Crabs? I wish we were dealing with crabs instead!

Nita

[flatteries]

[ There's so many voices coming out of the SCA all of a sudden, but Inigo doesn't pay it too much mind at first. There's so much fighting to do, and he'd rather pay attention to that and make sure he doesn't get dragged off by some monster.

But after a while he realises that those voices sound familiar. And when he finds the quickest break from fighting, he quickly browses through the list of names, trying to find one in particular-- ]

Nita? Erm.. [ Sweet Naga, what does he even say, he doesn't have much time to think! ] You're okay, right? I thought I heard you just now-- I just wanted to make sure.

[ He'd feel so guilty if she got hurt and he wasn't there. ]

Re: Nita

[unfavorableinstigation]

Inigo!

[Again, a voice that's practically a breath of fresh air!]

I'm- alright. Exhausted, but that's the worst of it I think.

[At least she's being honest?]

What about you, though?

Yuna

[blitzcheer]

[ These things let you talk now?

With the ocean thrashing and the sounds of battle reminiscent to the skirmish that took place on Mushroom Rock, Tidus's voice comes through whenever Yuna picks up. Breathy yet eager, the wind blowing against the call. ]

Yuna? Hey Yuna! Can you hear me? Yuna!

[ He will keep trying as long as it takes to get an answeeer. :( ]

[kabe]

( the call is picked up the moment yuna frees herself from the giant crabs that were after her. she didn't expect to go into battle so soon after arriving in this place, but she could wing it. that was what the gullwings did sometimes.

with a heavy breath and the sound of yuna shuffling about, she finally picked up. )

Tidus, are you alright?