voice, un: x crow x

[unpromising]

Hey. My name's Qrow.

[ A familiar greeting, not that anybody is familiar with him! His voice is gruff and tired, but that's his everyday voice. ]

That guy everyone's been chasing after is dead. [ A slight pause, and in a softer tone: ] Killed himself.

He gave some details to the cure, though. Said that we need a plant called the Oshai Leaf for it, and it can only be found in Wyver.

Wyver's been hit with the same disease, too. No idea what the situation's like there, but they can't find the cure for it either. Another ingredient for the cure can only be found here.

That's all I know. If you've got questions, ask. I'll try to answer 'em.

[ The sound of liquid hitting metal can be heard, but that's just him moving his flask closer to his mouth. ]

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un: aranea - voice

[unweave]

Soooo, sounds like you had a long day.

[ She has to play this lightly - because this is a serious issue. ]

[unpromising]

[ She can approach the situation like that, no big. Meanwhile, Qrow's gonna be emo as usual. ]

Everyday's a long day for someone like me.

[ Ah... ]

voice; username: Crusader08

[panzersoldat]

Qrow, I don't know if you remember me, but did he say anything about who put him up to this. Did he say anything that would clear my friends of wrong doing? If so, I need you to tell the captain of the guard. I need you to do that. Please. Please. Anything he might have said. I don't want my friends to be made into criminals because of that coward.

[unpromising]

I remember, don't worry.

[ A beat, and the next time he speaks, he's a lot more serious. ]

I didn't get any intel on that tattoo of his, but I'll see what I can do. It's unfortunate that so many innocent people got involved in this.

[ Well, "innocent" in the sense that these people were framed. He could care less what their reputation might be where they're originally from. ]

voice / un: REDLIONRIGHTHAND

[emblazes]

So we need both pieces to come up with the cure?

[Implications...]

[unpromising]

Looks like someone's been listening.

[ He lets out a chuckle. (He doesn't mean to be a dick, really.) ]

That's about it, yeah.

audio / un: chocobro

[punshots]

Damn. A-are - are you okay?

[ Of course he's all ears the minute he hears Qrow speaking. The two of them had been investigating together, and it's no surprise the older guy found something out, as resourceful and badass as he is. It's - it's the only good news it seems like they've had in days, and Prompto grasps for it. ]

S-so, that - that leaf. Bet they're...not gonna give that up easily, are they. [ It's...not really posed as a question. ]

Hey, if we find the ingredient that's located here, maybe we could w-work out a trade, with them, or - or something like that.

[unpromising]

What makes you think I'm not okay?

[ Protip: he's never okay. :[ Craaaawwwliiing in his skin... ]

That'd be nice. If we can find it, anyway. I don't know who's been trying to look for a cure, but that's thinking a bit too optimistically.

[ Guess who doesn't do that! ]

audio; un: SKULL

[sakabroto]

[Dead? He.... Oh my god. Ryuji has no idea how to deal with this. They weren't supposed to die. No one was supposed to die??]

W-what do you mean? Why? Why didn't anyone stop him?

[unpromising]

[ Qrow's pretty pissed, too. At himself, for not being able to stop S-8. At S-8 for doing something stupid like that. At those people with the M tattoos who likely started all this. Everything's a mess. Mostly, his feelings of anger are directed at himself. Ryuji is helping him feel worse, too. ]

I would've if I could've. [ Cliche line, really. ] Didn't want to kill him, but he didn't want to be surrendered to that "beast of a woman".

un: blake | voice

[jettisons]

Do you know what the plant looks like? Any idea how bad this'll get?

[Straight to the point. Sorry, Qrow.]

[unpromising]

I don't.

[ Nothing wrong with being straight to the point. He didn't approach the network to gain friends. ]

But it's rare. Not only can it be found in Wyver, but it's only cultivated by the witch doctors staying there.

Voice | UN: link

[courageunforgotten]

Did he say what the ingredient here is?

[That may be too much to hope for but....]

[unpromising]

He didn't say.

[ An unspoken "sorry" is there in his tone, too. ]

voice; un: MagicMan

[immeasurably]

So, they hit Wyver too? [ The why is already eating at him. ]

Did he say anything about our ingredient?

[unpromising]

Yup. It was only fair, he said.

[ He's already got his own theories, but he's not going to say those out loud right now. ]

He didn't say what can be found here, though. He didn't really plan on "helping" us.

text; un: NOTVAX

[moneytwin]

So who was he?

[unpromising]

His name's S-8.

No clue what the hell the M tattoo means, though. He really had no plans talking about it.

video | un: c.fraser

[nineteenfortyfive]

[The inside of the Sanctuary is visible behind Claire, if only the areas blocked off for employees. She was taking a rest but she's rather awake now.]

Then we need to send people to Wyver, regardless. No one is getting better. I don't imagine he gave any information on the dosages of these ingredients or how they should be prepared?

[unpromising]

[ Qrow responds with a video feed of his own. It's the respectful thing to do. The lights are reddish and dim, but his face is way too close to the camera for Claire to be able to see where he actually is.

He's at a bar. ]

No info on that. He did say they're raw materials, though. [ Qrow has no idea how to make potions or antidotes or whatever. He's not a doctor. Hence the likely stupid assumption: ] Guess it has to be mixed into the antidote the way it is.

TEXT | un: beaker

[webdesigned]

wyver? how far is that? theres no way at all to secure it locally?

and what makes you so sure this guy was telling you the truth?

[unpromising]

Can't say. But the plant is only developed by the witch doctors from there.

And the guy wanted to live. At first, anyway. Guess his life was more important than what little he knew.

text | un: carter

[revlon]

You found him? You were there when he said all this?

[unpromising]

I was there. He was talking to me.

audio; un: s.rogers

[america]

Hey, Qrow. Seems like you got a lot of useful information from this guy before he killed himself.

You sure we can believe it?

[ Just speaking as someone who isn't going to take this for anything but face value at this moment in time. A lot's riding on the details of this so-called cure being true; they need to be sure that it is. ]

[unpromising]

Believe it or not, it's a lot better than the rumours going around.

[ Since they're... just rumours. Qrow's pretty relieved to have gotten some information. It's difficult to prove whether or not what he knows is factual, but all he can do right now is rely on it. ]

It's hard to trust just about anyone—whether they appear to be friend or foe. But it's a lead worth investigating, if anything.

un: Jae-Ha

[razzledazzles]

You found him?

Nevermind that. Did he say what the ingredient is that can only be found here? Of course, even with both ingredients, there's risk of it being a lie. - Jae-Ha

[unpromising]

No. He only told me about the ingredient in Wyver. Said that it's for them to figure it out.

Totally helpful, if you asked me.

video | username: xXx_trueblue_xXx

[competing]

[ he'd heard the rumblings. the blame being shifted towards wyver. but if that's truly the case... ]

If both places have been hit, can't we work together to find the cure, then? Especially since it seems like the ingredients for it is found in both places...

Shouldn't we try contacting them??

[unpromising]

[ Qrow will extend Lance the same courtesy of showing his face. It'd be weird if Lance kept talking to an anonymous figure. ]

Which we are you referring to - Olympia as a whole, or just us refugees?

[ Right now, it doesn't seem like they would be able to contact Wyver, given who's in charge of Olympia. ]

un: hawks eye

[strictdiscipline]

[ Oh hey, it's that guy. With some bad (good?) news. At least it's more believable than nieces turning into rose petals. ]

Why tell you all this, if he was just going to kill himself?

[unpromising]

[ Hey, don't make fun of his niece! ]

Didn't seem like he wanted to kill himself. It was more like a last resort type of thing.

( text ) FROM: °˖✧♔KING JJ♔✧˖°

[underwhelms]

cure?
so it won't just go away on its own?
what'll happen if we don't get the cure?

[ Not so low key panics. ]

[unpromising]

What kind of name is this? My eyes hurt just from seeing it.

[ SORRY. ]

I have no idea what's going to happen. I doubt this is the end of it, though.

[ "It" being the symptoms. People don't just release a disease that just gives people headaches and the flu??? ]

voice; un: r.lutece

[originallutece]

Those are some rather useful details. It was only fair, you said he said. Was that the only reason he gave for telling you what direction we ought to look for the cure?

[unpromising]

[ Oh, hey. It's that woman who was so... sceptic over his whole world. Madam, wasn't it? ]

That was all I could get... Madam.

[ Yeah... he went there. ]

text! id: romanée-conti

[vacuum]

So much for that bounty...

What's the name of that other ingredient?

[unpromising]

So much for it, indeed.

If I knew, I'd have told everyone already.

voice; un: seraph

[circulets]

.... I see. Thank you for letting us know. It's unfortunate that things had to end that way.

At the least, we'll have a lead on what to do next to help those who need it.

[unpromising]

I want to think it's a step in the right direction.

[ Hopefully, he's right! ]

Let's get rid of this sickness soon.

video | un: NINES

[idealog]

[ Sometimes the only way to complete a mission is to destroy yourself 9S can't say he didn't see that one coming. ]

Wow. Sorry it ended that way.

[ A beat. ]

Was there anything of interest on his body? Personal effects? Something that ties him back to who started this?

[unpromising]

The guy had a Simwe Institute ID.

[ He also found a coupon for Shades Darker, but that doesn't need to be announced to the whole world. ]

He was an android.

[badgerlock]

The rumor is that it will kill us.

Do you think that was his intention?

[unpromising]

That's definitely a rumour I haven't heard yet.

[ And it makes him think. . . ]

He was a good liar if he was able to make that stuff up on the spot. I wouldn't put it past a criminal to have that kind of skill, but he didn't even know he was going to get caught in the first place.

un: noir, voice;

[frombetrayal]

["Unfortunate" doesn't even begin to cover this. While Haru's imagined roughing up the person behind this - at least a little - she'd never actually wanted to see anyone dead, even him.

It must have been horrifying for Qrow to have to watch that happen...]

From the sound of it, then, there are two things that we have to do. Look for this plant in Wyver, and figure out what the ingredient we need that can be found here is.

[There's a light tapping noise as Haru drums her fingers thoughtfully while she considers that.]

Did it seem as though both Olympia and Wyver were hit at the same time? If so, then it's possible we should be seeking out a man like the one you caught in Wyver itself. He couldn't have been in two places at once, and perhaps whoever took the lead on things over there will reveal Olympia's ingredient to someone in Wyver.

[If they're not trying to be helpful, revealing something just out of their reach would be the best "fuck you" they could manage in their last moments, she imagines.]

[unpromising]

He didn't say when Wyver was hit. But an attack on both places at the same time seems like the logical thing to do. . . if you're looking at it from a terrorist's perspective.

[ "Terrorist" might be a harsh word to use, but what else would he use to refer to these guys as? ]

That man — his name is... was S-8. He has some associates here. I don't know if they would know what he knows, or possibly more, but it's still worth trying to apprehend those with the M tattoos here.

[ He sighs. He's not sure why he's getting so worked up over this. Maybe he just wants shit to be normal for once. Everything here is so unsettling. ]

We gotta get to Wyver first if we want to go ahead with the plan you're thinking. It's gonna be a long way...

voice | un: yusei

[planetary_bonds]

That man...

[All that effort, all that time prowling around-and he's dead, taking with him vital information and the means of a cure.

One half of a cure, the other half tantalizingly unknown, with no knowledge of motives, of the scope, and the only hint left in a distant country no one knows about...of the country Olympia was presumably in conflict with.]

How spiteful.

[He can't help but think back to a former colleague of his father, so intent on following his warped "destiny," so adamant against fighting back, of taking responsibility of his actions, of following said destiny to his end, dropping a sudden bombshell about a time limit and a new menace before dragging Yusei down to the underworld with him.

(he'd been saved back then, but what would have happened had he not been? how would they have been able to fight against the king of the underworld if half of them didn't even know it was coming?)

the anger in his voice is belied by his carefully neutral tone, deep and stoic.]

In this case...cooperation with Wyver must be a key in our success. If there's people suffering from this group's senseless actions in both countries, then...we can't face this alone. We need each other.

[unpromising]

Looks like that's the case here. And those people with the M tattoos seemed to bet on the idea that Olympia and Wyver won't cooperate with each other.

text | un: anonymous

[shashka]

How'd he kill himself?

[ also... he can't help but guess someone out there already has the cure. and soon everyone would be buying what they were selling. ]

[unpromising]

Poison.