Week 0 || ACT: ATTEND

[foundationmods]

["We will tell you later," they had said. "We need to gather more information." Defer until later, let others investigate.

Truthfully, they had been hoping a solution would materialize on its own. That calling in a team for assistance wouldn't be needed. But time has passed, and the silence has only stretched on longer.

So, when the email comes, telling everyone of an important meeting, it might not be a surprise. After all, this conversation is one that has been a long time coming.

The two who have called the meeting- Solomon and Frisk- have prepared a meeting room for this occasion. It is set up not unlike a lecture hall, with several rows of chairs facing a whiteboard and projector screen. The two O5s are at the front, with Frisk going through one final check to make sure everything is working while Solomon watches. Both will nod to the arrivals, but neither will speak to them.

Once the last few who are coming have found their seats, Solomon will clear his throat to gather everyone's attention.

It is time.]

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[finalring]

Welcome, everyone. Thank you for coming on such short notice. I hope your vacation was pleasant.

[ solomon's the first to speak up, his gaze and posture still as he begins addressing the crowd. on his shoulder, peeking out from his hair, is a creature that most will be familiar with--azrael, also known as spice block. ]

We sent agent Red on a reconnaissance mission on January of 2020. We were in contact with her during the first month of the mission but since then she has gone completely dark. On May of 2020, agent James Moriarty was sent on a retrieval mission...but he too has gone dark. We do not believe this to be a coincidence.

[ he takes a deep breath, reaching for his mug of coffee to take a sip, which has become his new best friend as of late. ]

Their last known location was Mount Ebott, located in the Ebott mountain range in the state of Oregon.

[foundationmods]

[Frisk is there, doing the tech things! They click a clicker to show a map of Oregon, along with the location of Mt. Ebott. It's deep within a mountain range, far away from any towns.]

We didn't want to send a whole team in, as getting into Mt. Ebott requires stealth. And as much as I appreciate you guys, stealth isn't your strong suit. But we're at a point now where we can't really send anyone else. Other attempts at reconnaissance have ended either with dead bodies or agents getting turned back without any memory of what had happened.

Long story short, we need you guys to go in there for us. We don't know if those two are even alive still, but we're hopeful. Plan A is 'rescue mission', Plan B is 'take out whatever took them out'.

Any questions so far?

[improbablenotimpossible]

[Sherlock gives Frisk a silent 'speak for yourself' look at Stealth not being their strong suit, it sure didn't apply to everyone.]

How do you plan on getting us through the obstacles then?

[le_mat]

[Ren is here.

Ren is Pissed]

Stealth isn't our strong suit... bullshit. You know if Red is dead because you guys fucked around too long I'll...

[You'll what, Ren? There's not shit he can do to them and he knows it and hates it]

[dereban]

[...Of fucking course they're the ones that need to be sent in. Well, she supposes that there's going to be a lot of people from Camp that are going to yeet themselves in there, but first-]

Well, at least it's not California for fucking once.

[SOMEONE HAD TO]

Also there are some of us who are somewhat decent at stealth so don't count us all out yet. [Like hello??? But also questions-] But maybe we should get more information first - I want to know 'why stealth is necessary in the first place' as well as 'what kind of recon are we talking about here' before I have any further questions.

[Also she is absolutely keeping an eye on other people just in case.]

[homeecspacecop]

Do we know what kind of thing we're going to be up against? If it's something that could take out those two, this isn't going to be as easy as "just send in a bunch of us".

[Especially after, you know, the whole "watch a bunch of videos about 6350s that vanished in a place" round of murder nonsense that just happened.]

[sageking]

[ Gilgamesh didn't seem to show up on time, but coincidentally once Frisk starting speaking, he manifested from thin air into view. He also had a wine glass with him just because.

He had no questions 'so far' at this time, letting the others ask them as he took a sip. Though he may have let out a chuckle at 'rescue mission', as if finding the idea incredulous. ]

[noneforall]

Hmmm.

[Well, I guess we have more people who are distinctly not Foundation tuning in over Zoom or Nyoom or Vroom or who knows.

There’s no AIndroids though so there’s probably no proper bootlegs. F. Subete looks hale and hearty and probably a little tanned. He’s been having a good time.]

Another rescue mission where you don’t know the status of the agents, the reason for that status, or the situation you’d be walking into? Where have I heard that one before...?

A THING

[foundfate]

[So. You know that projector at the front of the room?

The image is suddenly switching over from the map view to a shot of Watanuki's face at the shop. Time to facetime everyone!]

Hey, not to be alarmist or anything, but WHY IS THERE BLACK STUFF IN THE SEA OF FRAGMENTS?!

[Yelling totally isn't alarmist.]

[le_mat]

...did you spill diet coke in it or something?

[foundfate]

I don't even drink diet coke!

Re: A THING

[improbablenotimpossible]

What?!

Is it... starting?

[foundfate]

It depends on what 'it' is.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Be more specific!

[foundfate]

Right. Specific. Er.

It's like...ooze? Or tar, maybe. And it was just a small spot at first but it's been spreading really fast and it's kind of worrying now.

I think it might have eaten some fragments too, I don't know.

[respring]

[ drops a teacup in the shot behind him

what. ]

[foundfate]

[Yeah, he may have been quietly stressing this for the last month or so. Sorry Sakura.]

It can't get to us here at the shop, but it's still dangerous. Especially to them, in that world.

[finalring]

Lord Watanuki! I was just about to contact you...

[ why does everything keep happening he wants a n a p. ]

[foundfate]

[No naps, only yelling.]

You! Your agency did this, didn't they?! They're always summoning monsters from the depths of the Abyss!

[dereban]

Good afternoon to you, too.

[foundfate]

It's not even afternoon, it's only ten-

[Wait.

He looks at his computer clock.]

...right. Timezones.

Re: A THING

[justonezero]

[He's here! He's definitely been watching the whole time and also listening to you all dunk on each other! And-]

That sounds bad!

[homeecspacecop]

Monsters that humanity trapped underneath a mountain are probably trying to end all known universes and we're going to go fix it. At least that's the mission brief.

[noneforall]

So you're Watanuki.

[He seems to be entirely ignoring the stuff about the Sea of Fragments for now (what even is the Sea of Fragments, fam, he hasn't gotten to that point in his reading of probably illicitly obtained Foundation information yet); just setting his chin on a hand and evaluating the noodle onscreen.

Hmmmm. He doesn't seem impressed. But well, it is screaming kind of loudly.]

[golden_dream]

... You don't need to shout.