thefoundation | Week 0 || ACT: ATTEND

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

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

[No naps, only yelling.]

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

Please, Lord Watanuki, hear me out. O5-5 and I have been researching extensively to see the source of the darkness through my visions and other data.

[ ehhh kind of a half-lie. they've just been sitting and hoping for the best. ]

However, we have been able to pinpoint a location that is not affiliated with the Foundation, so I have high confidence that this was not started by someone from..."my agency." We are sending a reconnaissance team to the area, however. Myself included.

Edited 2020-07-26 18:28 (UTC)

Don't give me that bullshit! How many times has someone from your fragment tried to summon an Abyssal creature? Too many! And it's happening again!

You better put a stop to it, and fast. This thing has exponential growth. It's a nasty one too.

Fair point. [ his demons are proof of that ] How much mana does one even need to have for them to summon something of that magnitude?

[ ... ]

We have a lead. Two of our agents went missing in the Underground section of our fragment, so that is where we will be headed.

Is one of them a singer? Because I keep hearing singing in my visions of the future, but I can never seem to find them. Only hear them.

[Aaaaaaaaaaaa]

Red! It's Red!!

I...believe so. I apologize, but she went missing before I returned.

[ look he doesn't know that much about red. MAYBE THE OTHERS WILL HELP. ]

What was your latest vision like?

It was dark- not Abyss-dark, but 'underground'-dark. And there were people there, standing around a...

[He frowns.]

I couldn't see it clearly. But there was a group and then I heard the singing, and then one of the souls down there shattered.

...an execution. We've all seen plenty of those.

Wait...

Then... is Red helping them execute people...?

['Or being executed', he thinks but doesn't say]

Maybe- she had to do that in the Camp, after all. I doubt she'd go back to doing that unless she had no other option though.

[We don't say that!!]

Red...

[ HE'S NOT LIKING THIS, THANKS. ]

...Did the soul have a color? Was it gray?

It did have a color, yeah. It was purple.

[Oh

well there goes any ground he might have had for "maybe she was helping with the execution" instead of...

...]

I think I might need another cup of coffee.

[ he is So stressed ]

That is far beyond what I could see...you are certainly at a level far beyond what I could reach. Thank you, Lord Watanuki. We will deal with the situation on our end. [ ... ] Is there anything that can be done to recover those fragments that were consumed, or no?

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foundfate - 2020-07-26 19:21 (UTC) - Expand

finalring - 2020-07-26 19:27 (UTC) - Expand

Red! Here, hold on-

[He grabs his phone and plays his ringtone]

Does that sound like who you heard?

[He frowns as he listens to it.]

Maybe? The voice was a little different though. But it was like-

[And he hums the first few bars of this song.]

[He visibly shivers- even without the lyrics that song still disturbs him deeply]

Yeah, that song is hers. I'll probably still be hearing it when I die.

Then it's the same person. That's the song I heard, in my dream.

So that means... she's probably still alive.

[He bows his head deeply to Watanuki's projection]

Thank you, Watanuki-san. From the bottom of my heart, I mean it.

[It's amazing what a sliver of hope can do]

foundfate - 2020-07-26 19:18 (UTC) - Expand

Pardon me, but I want to confirm something. Was Moriarty sent because He's not a 6350 like the rest of us?

Correct. Unlike you who was brought in as an instance of SCP-6350, James Moriarty was summoned through the normal channels.

Thank you for confirming that. You were hoping since he would not have the 6350 hallmarkers that he may have luck in figuring out what is going on than Miss Red did.