middleofsomewhere | What their Eyes See: Optional Ongoing

By day eight the Voidtreckers have made a good deal of progress in all their tasks but there is still a lot to do to help the people of the city.

It is around mid morning when there is a message on their comms. For those that want to help it is easy to either find Anan herself or ask for netpoints and scanners to be brought to them by Chiff.

Illusions have gotten worse, uncertainty and fear are rising across all tiers and the situation is becoming more chaotic by the day. Indeed especially on the first and second tiers it seems that the voidtreckers themselves are being targeted, with creatures stalking them and attacks on their minds to make them believe that what they are seeing is real.

Same inside the Spectura system, the vines seem to almost be on the offensive against the voidtreckers though things are getting better outside the game system as more of the vicitms are freed and wake up.

Almost opposite to the situation on the lowest tier, which is getting more chaotic by the day. Anger is bubbling over, people are frightened and in a place like this the only real way to express that fear is through anger.

There has been a lot of progress but there is still a lot of work to do, especially as many of the voidtreckers have started to realise, this all seems a little too familiar.

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She pulls up her sleeve, showing that she did have one though it is a bit different in design to their own. She looked at it with a small frown.

"Maybe. It is possible to track SCA's. Which makes it sound like this is a person rather than..."

A creature? A phenomenon?

"But if they can tell we are from the void... What is their goal? To get rid of us or draw us in?"

Sorry Ingio? Did you want to be in a conspiracy session, because now you are in a conspiracy session.

Inigo definitely didn't expect to end up with conspiracy o' clock.

But he also didn't mind it. Even though he doesn't think he's very good at thinking these things through, or bringing up good things, he doesn't mind trying. Especially when it seems like Anan is working really hard on figuring it out. And Inigo.. well, he isn't the type to want anyone to have to work on something all by themselves.

"Well, the monster illusions weren't exactly.. friendly." Which would lead towards the 'get rid of us' option, right? Why draw them in, only to kill them if that wasn't the intention? It'd be a waste.

He glances over at Anan, a hint of worry in his eyes.

"If there really is something bigger behind all this, maybe it doesn't like us helping out worlds. Maybe-- Maybe it was something to do with those shadows."

"Shadows?" She frowned, "What shadows? Something else you've found here?"

Something that was anti void-missions though. That was interesting, she typed that down, starting a new document for ideas.

He shakes his head.

"Not here. It was during a previous mission-- a pretty long time ago now." It's almost wild to think of just how long ago that was. So many people he's so close to on the train now weren't even present back then. That long ago.

"The train sent us to help out a world, but after we had only been there a few hours or so, these odd.. shadows started appearing. They almost looked like clouds at first." That's what he remembers thinking, anyway. "And they kept getting closer and closer, but right before they could reach us, the train forcibly evacuated us from that world."

She types as he speaks, world, shadows that looked like clouds and then...

"A forced evacuation?" She raised an eyebrow. "If they were threat enough for a forced evacuation..."

She pulled a face. "I really hope whatever they are aren't mixed up in whatever this is."

It really was the biggest threat Inigo has seen on any of these missions so far - and he's seen some pretty bad things. But the train never pulled them back over any of those, not even when a meteorite was about to crash down on them, so Inigo has to figure that whatever those things were, they were even more destructive than that.

But he does note Anan doesn't seem to have heard of them before either. Maybe they had something to do with that world..?

.. huh.

"Me neither, but it's the only bad thing I've seen on a mission that somehow felt like it.. didn't belong in that world, almost." It's a hard feeling to explain, but this is the closest he can get. He frowns a little as he shakes his head. "These illusions too now, but that's only since you and everyone else have been pointing out that they kept coming back during the last few missions." Look, they can't all be sharp geniuses who notice that stuff right away, okay.

"A threat from outside the world." She hummed, "Yes I think these illusions are something separate to this world. I've never seen the like before Erda. But there are reports from all over the void. Usually smaller stuff than this and Erda but... Something strange is happening."

Chiff vibrated, beeping softly at Inigo.

Something strange is happening. Something very strange, if Anan doesn't know anything about it, despite seeming more used to this whole void travel business than them.

Inigo moves up a hand when he feels Chiff vibrate like that, as if he's gently patting the little thing.

"I'll try to look into it more." As much as he can, anyway. He's not that smart, but he can do his best. "But.. you and Chiff need to take care too, alright? If something really is after us, then they might go after you if they figure you're the main person trying to investigate it. I don't want anything to happen to you guys."

"We're good at being careful." She paused and then blushed, "Despite what you might have seen on Erda."

That had been an embarrassing mistake. "And from what I know of your team, you are pretty good in a fight, if it comes to that."

"Yeah! Don't worry, we can handle ourselves."

They've been in pretty big battles and actually made it through, after all. Last time with the demons, that time before with the robots.. It seems that, through a combination of all of their powers, they somehow pull through against any enemy.

"I'm not sure if you'd have any way of reaching me when you're in trouble in this world, but.. If you ever send Chiff over while you're in trouble, I'll come running right over. That's what friends do, right?"

She looked at him and then smiled, a little taken aback by the sudden declaration of friendship.

"Thanks Inigo." Chiff vibrated and went into a long string of beeps and boops.

"Chiff says they will assist you whenever you need them as well." She waved her wrist. "I hacked into Gen's SCA so I should be able to call for help, should I need it."

Welcome to the Inigo treatment, Anan. It's wild.

Although hearing her translation of what Chiff is saying is even better, and Inigo grins madly, as if he's just the happiest bean ever to have Chiff's offer of assistance. That means they're friends too, right, right?

He tries to gently take the thing off his head so he can hug it in his arms another moment.

"That's good. I'm sure things will be fine then." No matter what happens. "I'll make sure to take some of those net points with me and get to work."

Chiff beeps again, metal arms patting Inigo's gently.

Anan smiled at the two of them. "Thank you Inigo, that will be a good help. Let me know if you need anything."

"I will!"

There, he's gently putting Chiff back on the ground so he can go back to Anan. Glad to have been able to hug you again, little pal.

"Good luck with everything." He smiles, taking a few of the netpoints before saluting at her with his free hand, and then turning to leave. "See you later!"

"Good luck Inigo." She grinned at him, Chiff beeped.

"I'll see you around."

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