Disappearances

[nysan]

[ There's nothing particularly out of the ordinary about this broadcast, save for the fact that it's Nurray's face that appears onscreen and not that of one of the Refugees. No-nonsense as ever, she gets right to it. ]

Greetings. As you know, construction on the rail tunnels has been underway for some time now. However, we seem to have run into a bit of a... snag.

[ She steeples her fingers, her expression grave. ]

At first, I believed that perhaps some of the workers had merely abandoned their work. But it has happened too many times now to be a coincidence. Each time we send people to expand the tunnels closer to Josa Forest, they simply vanish.

[ Her lip curls at the thought of it. ]

Until this is resolved, the expansion of the rail tunnels cannot proceed. It would be in both our best interests if you were willing to look into this for us... What do you say? Can I count on your assistance?

[ More information can be found on the ooc post here. Please use this post for in character plotting; Nurray will not be sending out individual replies. ]

Comments

text; UN: J.SHEPPARD

[impavid]

[ 'Too many times'.

Honestly. ]

I'm extremely curious how many times is too many times. You know, how many missing people it actually is. Or I guess, how many people have to go missing for it to be a problem.

[ And, you know, maybe he's curious how likely it is he will go missing. He likes being... not missing. ]

un; WrightLawyer4U

[objectionattorney]

Knowing how things tend to work within this world, too many times is probably far past the amount that would have normally been considered worrisome.

I'm also concerned considering how common it is for many of us Thessans to traverse the railways. It's only a matter of time before someone from the station vanishes with the civilians.

And if others from either Wyver or Olympia start vanishing as well I could imagine it wouldn't play out well for cultural relations between all three cities.

[impavid]

[ Ugh why did you have to frame it this way, as some kind of dangerous threat that will only get worse instead of random missing people. ]

Sounds pretty dangerous, good thing Nurray has got it handled.

[ Goodbye, John is going back to doing something that doesn't involve a spooky forest!! ]

[objectionattorney]

You say that but... Isn't she directly asking for help in this very post?

Doesn't sound handled to me...

[In fact, this makes it all the more worrisome.]

[impavid]

There are lots of people to help! I'm sure it'll be fine. They're probably trapped in a cave or something, and I don't have caving gear.

text, un: diablo (ota)

[thedarkbond]

have any of the older refugees been to josa forest before (・・？)
i mean, this sounds pretty interesting anyway...
but if anyone has more information then it might help us not disappear too (。･o･｡)

[He's not holding out a lot of hope that anyone has, but he's been told about weird forest shenanigans going on before, so he might as well try.]

but anyway i guess mostly i'm saying i'll help .+:｡(ﾉ･ω･)ﾉﾞ

text | un: yusei

[planetary_bonds]

I doubt many of us have been there. Nadril was only recently known to us compared to other territories. I might be wrong, though, since I never elected to stay there.

[as fascinating as the technological possibilities were, he never really found himself tempted. it was just too lonely, reminded him too much of Godwin.]

I dont think that should stop us from volunteering, but we should be careful, regardless.

[thedarkbond]

i guess it would help if we had a map of the area...though if they've been working on the rail for a while then it can't be that close to nadril... (ʃ︶,︶ƪ)

if people are disappearing though, doesn't it kind of go without saying we should be careful? (-ω-)ゝ
at least a little bit~

[planetary_bonds]

you say that, and yet there are still the type of people who'd go at this a little too recklessly...

[thedarkbond]

well, i get that it's boring to be too cautious...
it's the kind of thing that needs a good balance~ ٩(｡•ω•｡)و

@juno

[stuns]

might be a good idea to see if they've got some kind of blueprints for the expansion projects.

word on the street might have some hints about the forest too. we can look into that.

[thedarkbond]

oh, that could be good...though it might depend on how much nurray-san trusts us... (•ुε ू•)
if it's close to nadril, then since the people around there work so hard, maybe they've gone near it before when they were working? we probably have a better chance up there than down here, anyway ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)

[stuns]

look, if she wants our assistance, then something's gotta give.

that's likely. might wanna check out the area, see if anyone's left footprints or clues of any kind. footprints, claw marks, see if they were taken by force or i don't know

coerced or hypnotized. in a place like this, it could be anything.

text » id: killjoy

[motivation]

[ great. isn't this just great? fortunately, dutch is good at finding people. ]

anyone up for a field trip?

text | un: ROCKET

[beatupgrass]

Considering the last time people started vanishing? I'm in.

private.

[motivation]

so i'm not the only one whose mind went there, huh

[beatupgrass]

Rasyc's still got dudes out there. We haven't shook down all of 'em yet.

[deadthenred]

Are you going to the tunnels?

[motivation]

damn straight i am

[deadthenred]

Want company?

text | un: Nobody

[icingonthecake]

Sure, count me in. Recon is well within my area of expertise, after all.

[That and he really doesn't like the idea of people being kidnapped again. Screw that noise.]

video;

[wheresmyfingerbones]

What kind of assistance is needed?

( Davos is not sure if can provide anything at all, but he like to try, all the same. )

[latkje]

Probably someone to go to the Josa Forest, scout the area, and not disappear.

[wheresmyfingerbones]

( Well, that sounds like something a man from the Night's Watch would do. But perhaps . . . )

I might as well try.

[latkje]

I hope you aren't going alone. That's the easiest way to disappear I know.