Well. It seems that Nuadoria has installed a revolving door to Gaia. Now if only it operated on command.

[A soft sigh.]

It appears that I'm back for the indefinite future. It's a little surprising that Nuadoria hasn't spontaneously ended in the meantime, given its tendency to attract trouble. So, has anything interesting happened lately?

( Locked to Turks )

All that work and nothing to show for it. The casino remains out of bounds, I presume?

I wonder how many lives one has in this place before you run out of tries. Is there anyone here who's given their lives up more than once?

( Private to Aeris )

( Private to Magisters )

( Private to Gamma )

( Private to Elena )

Rude, Elena, ascertain what that was. Stay together, and watch each other's backs. [Pause] And if you can, Reno's.

I'll rendezvous with you at 0200 hours later. Keep me updated via communicator if you find anything.

[From the background noise, it sounds like Tseng is moving around. There's a brief scuffle, someone or a few someones shoving past, perhaps -- before Tseng curses suddenly.]

Aerith?!

[OOC: I'm going to be away for a week, and probably won't have much access to the internuts. Tseng is going off to do his own reconnaissance, as he said, and he'll be absent for a bit. Hopefully I'll be able to drop in now and then - why do events always happen when I'm away baw.]

Reno, Elena.

The new addition to the city... shall we go check it out?

[Amused] Or perhaps Reno is already there...?

[There's a small hiss in the background, and Tseng makes a shushing sound. Whatever his familiar is, he's not telling.]

( Locked to Dai, unhackable )

( Locked to Aeris, unhackable )

...He's gone.

After all that...

Just... gone.

[Pause for Tseng to pull himself together]

Turks, how did it go? I saw the explosion from all the way across the city...

( ETA: Locked to Angeal )

... There seem to be a lot of ghosts around the city lately. It must be something in the air. Or it is the time of the year?

( Locked to Turks and Rufus )

( Locked to Angeal, Zack, Aeris )

[OOC: Tseng has died in Nuadoria before, so--! Partially ghosty.]

Alright. Now that half our number is off to the Seraphim, who is left? Aerith...? We seem to have a new visitor...

Or maybe that was the plan all along. Divide and conquer, as they say. Right, magisters?

( Filtered to Rufus, hard to hack )

( Private; hard to hack )

Cissnei - I understand that you've arrived in Nuadoria? Welcome to the city. Even if it might not be a particularly pleasant location.

( Filtered to Reno and Rude, unhackable )

A ball.

I suppose it's not like there's anything else to do around here...

...

Well, that was exciting.

Reno, Rude. Are you around?

( Characterisation notes )

[Filtered to Turks, completely hackable]

[Location Ping]

Assistance requested.


[OOC: Yeaaaaaah so I'm buried by work. Going to semi-hiatus for the week while Tseng is busy recovering from Giovanni maulage. Auto rights to Reno if necessary. Kay? Kay. 8)]

( Private to Rufus, open to Rude, hard to hack )

( Private to Dai, hard to hack )

( Private, hard to hack )

[Public]

Didn't there use to be some manner of task force around here?

Public

As embarrassing as it is to request for information on a fellow Turk in such a public manner I understand that there are a number of people here who are familiar with Reno of the Turks. I would be grateful for any information on his condition or whereabouts.

As for the persons responsible - consider this your only warning. Start running.

( Private to Rufus, open to Turks )

( Private to Rude )

[Private to Reno]
Keep an eye out for Kadaj. He may show signs of stirring trouble. I assume you know about Kadaj. You had better know about Kadaj.

On the same vein, I understand that you are in contact with Yazoo.

[Private to Rufus]
Sir, an enemy of Shinra on Gaia may be targetting you. I would advise keeping a low profile for the duration and not informing any one but us Turks of your location.

With respect to possible accomodation - it seems that there is housing on the south end of the city.

[OOC: Gonna be slow, getting killed by work. Sry.]

[ The communicator flicks on and off erratically throughout the entirety of this entry. ]

He's.

gone.

Again. Again and again and ag--

Just when we ne--

[ Gunshots. A lot of them. Tseng snarling, more angry that anyone's possibly ever heard hm being. ]

Too good for us? Too good for us? Leaving us incompetent idiots to clean up your mess?

Fine. I'll settle this myself!

I don't--

[ Gunshot]

Damn well

[ Gunshot]

Need you anyway!

[ Gunshot]
[ End. ]

[OOC: Okay, Tsenguu is going after a monster. I'm not sure which one yet -- are all the monsters currently being engaged? Oh and for avoidance of doubt, he's talking about Veld 8)]

[ The sound of Tseng's teeth grinding against each other is soft, but audible if one is paying enough attention. ]

As much as I hate to admit it--

Veld. We have a situation.

Reno. Locate the Vice President and stay with him. If he gives you that crap about being fired, feel free to knock him out and bring him to safety.

I swear my patience with this fiasco has come to an end. Trust that bastard Duke not to be around when high explosives would actually be useful.