barbecue.

[lostcompany]

[Night, and a campfire outside of town, in the lightly forested scrubland of the Neloi Flats. A good rendezvous point for a ragtag bunch of abductees; a point of interest for any stragglers, where fellow otherworlders can be found.

Just follow the smell of cooking meat. There's...there's a lot of it.

And while you're all feeding yourselves, there's a lot to talk about. For instance: who the fuck were the people that brought everyone here? What did they want? Who's interested in finding a way back home, and what's the best way to tackle that question? Where will everyone stay? How will everyone get along in this place?

All that and more, at the campfire.]



[[ooc: Meant to be a rapid-fire IC conversation kind of post, with rampant threadjacking, but do as ye will! Proper toplevels are welcome, as are new characters.]]

Comments

[maximumest]

Aliens.

[The mutter comes from the other side of the fire, just audible enough to be heard.]

[lostcompany]

[you're terrifying.]

O...kay. I mean, they succeeded, so...uh, anyone else?

[corruptedcoil]

Primals.

[ She's firm in her speech, even if she's writing while talking. ]

[lostcompany]

Primals! I don't know what that is, but we're getting somewhere. Any other guesses?

[maximumest]

We might be exactly what they wanted, just not as easily contained as they hoped.

[lostcompany]

Uhhhh.

[Looks at Broly. Looks around.]

...Maybe that's just you.

[corruptedcoil]

Primals. A summon of a dead God. Bahamut is one, but there are lesser ones.
[ She shakes her head, getting out notes. ]
With enough prayer and crystals, any being can exist. Recently, Saint Shiva was summoned - and before that, Ramuh, Phoenix, Leviathan, Good King Moggle Mog XII, Garuda, Titan, and Ifrit.
Their existence enslaves Man, unless they are blessed.
[ #infodump ]

[photoshooter]

...Wait, what? I mean, yeah, I remember us working on Ramuh, Titan and... and Leviathan. [The last he says quietly and moves on quickly.] But some of those sound.... I mean, who's the Good King Moggle... what?

[maximumest]

[Well that DOES explain a few things, at least on Broly's end.

At least by way of assumptions. Slavery by perceived gods? That sounds saiyan elite to him.]

What about live gods? None of us are dead.

[photoshooter]

Can people even summon things that aren't gods? I mean, I've only ever seen Noct summon the Astrals, so...

[n_octis]

[ Have a nod from Stella, and Noctis following. Stella seems to be talking in Pokemon Language (telling him Astrals is a term some people use for Legendary and Mythical Pokemon) to Noctis before he says: ]

He's right. For once.

[ it's a joke, he's Trying. ]

[photoshooter]

Wow, dude. [Light shove. He's Succeeding.] Thanks for the vote of confidence.

[n_octis]

It's what I do. [ A smirk. ] I can't summon any. I've only got Stella.

[ He was meant to train to even summon Zekrom and now he can't. ]

[photoshooter]

And you're very lucky to have her around, because otherwise, you'd be a lost cause, buddy.

[Just tellin' it like it is.]

[planetary_bonds]

If they sacrifice enough souls, it happens.

[Oh my god, Yuusei don't bring up cultist card games here.]

[maximumest]

I didn't see any dead that wasn't them. Did they sacrifice anyone we didn't catch?

[Maybe that's just 'him' that resorted to murder, who knows.]

[planetary_bonds]

I'd hope not.

[Personally, he doesn't think he's worth the trade. He's had quite enough soul summoning in his lifetime!]

[corruptedcoil]

Exactly. Like Primals.
[ She is sure of this. ]

[planetary_bonds]

And yet, they got us, instead of these...Primals.

[What went wrong...?]

[corruptedcoil]

...I'm a Primal.

[ She just then says. Might as well. ]

[lostcompany]

Well, yeah, you can summon any kind of demon as long as you have the right stuff. That's what my phone's for.

[Brzap. Chironnupu is here! And brzap, now he's not.]

But I can't summon a demon I haven't already, like, met, and made a contract with. That's...way beyond me. Or the summoning app.

[photoshooter]

Wait--waitwaitwait. Daemons? There are daemons here, too?

[Ohhhh boy, this could be a real awkward misunderstanding.]

[lostcompany]

Just Chiro, I think.

[And...me.....]

Which! Is. Probably a good thing.

[planetary_bonds]

[Yuusei brandishes his own disk, as well. Clunky looking device, isn't it?]

Where I come from, anyone with a disk and a deck can summon. It takes psychic abilities to make them real, however. I don't think it's along the lines of your demons.

[lostcompany]

Yea...h. Demons are definitely real all the time, they're not safe to be around.

[...wait]

Unless they're allies. Chiro's fine.