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[justscribing]

WHO: (fussiest), (justscribing), (cashewlater), & (wreatharrow)
WHAT: Sumeru crew have a little huddle.
WHERE: Some little cafe with outdoor tables.
WHEN: Early July
WARNINGS: N/A







[It's been a couple days for them all to try and orient themselves in this situation. And, given it's already a strange situation, it might as well just get stranger when Alhaitham is the one who makes a decision that they need a gathering between the four of them that already know each other and have the same place to get back to.

In the morning, he scouts nearby blocks until he finds a small cafe, empty as every other place is but with small tables outside which are a suitable meeting space. Also, maybe he can take some coffee bags to go.

Then, he sends a message to Tighnari and Cyno:]

You're not busy this afternoon, right? [Trick question none of them are busy.] Come meet with Kaveh and I around 1 pm. We should establish a routine with each other and share what information we've found.

[And he'll send along the location, and a photo of the cafe front. Just in case.

Kaveh gets less warning, because Alhaitham decides to just tell him in person when he catches him: they're meeting with Cyno and Tighnari (did he know they were here? Well, anyway,). They'll walk there together. Alhaitham brings one of those blank books and a pen, because he's sure he'll want notes.

And slides into one of the cafe seats, just a bit before the designated hour.]

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[justscribing]

[Alhaitham is also, despite what he just protested, going to take the can Kaveh passes over to him and take a curious sip. His nose wrinkles at the intensity of the carbonation, but he keeps drinking it slowly like he's trying to pick apart the flavors in his brain.

He twists the can to read the ingredients on the side while the conversation continues.] I haven't been able to use mine, but I also haven't felt any adverse effects from it not working right.

[So, there's that at least. He sets the can back down to start writing, and then add to the round robin of information:]

I tried looking through the records room of the city hall, but it's all cabinets of blank paper. In fact, there doesn't seem to be any sort of written documentation in the city--even the books are blank, or rarely pages of unintelligible filler text.

[cashewlater]

Mmm..

[ cyno is silent for some time, thoughtful, grave, his expression hard and focused. tighnari's concern for the balance of life and death is understandable, and while cyno may not share his level of disdain, he certainly understands it. that death could be impermanent is.. frankly, alarming, and he can't help but wonder how it is achieved to begin with. nevertheless, the how of it seems less important to him than the why of their entire situation.

he frowns. ]

I can't say I approve of testing the law simply to find its boundaries, but petty crimes don't really concern me, so long as people aren't being harmed. As for my Vision, I'm experiencing the same as all of you.

My connection to Hermanubis, however.. remains, though in very limited capacity. My link with him is very weak.

[fussiest]

[ huh. kaveh considers this. ]

Weak, but not severed. That's fascinating - I've seen a few others here and there with powers of their own. But our Visions are inert. Could this be a specific case of anything to do with divinity not able to pierce the veil of this world?

[ after all, celestia's blessing is a divine one. dendro as a element is both natural and induced. though kaveh can't quite be certain - it is, after all, a mere hypothesis born from over the consumption of a terribly orange drink. ] Anyway, Tighnari has sense in him; I don't think the discrepancies between individuals is surprising, but I'd like to see some patterns emerge. The lack of clarity is going to drive me up the proverbial wall.

... that, and Alhaitham has no books. [ ugh. ] I can feel a headache coming on already. Tighnari, Cyno, if you the two of you see that I am about to commit some sort of murder, don't stop me. Know that Alhaitham would have deserved it.

apologies! been busy/depressed/traveling

[wreatharrow]

[ Tighnari gives this some consideration as well. Visions inert, but innate abilities - ones that seem to be woven into their very core - seem to be only slightly or moderately affected. His tail swishes back and forth in thought. ]

There is a chance of that. If the gods could not prevent this from happening, then it stands to reason that whatever has done this supersedes them. Again, it is only speculation. Unless we know more about the nature of the entities or phenomenon that brought us here, it's impossible to say for certain.

[ Because they don't even have answers to that. Nothing has come forward to establish or introduce themselves. While there is a little evidence of this place being a host to people prior to all of them... There are no signs as to who or what those people had been.

His ear twitches at the familiar complaints start to form. ]

And just what would Alhaitham do to warrant that? Here, you're on relatively equal footing, yes?

No worries!

[justscribing]

[Alhaitham raises a brow as he jots down the note. So Hermanubis is still there, and it's their Visions specifically that aren't working, huh? And yet, even Hermanubis is restricted in some way.]

It could be the difference between what's innate and external. [As ones Vision abilities are inexorably linked to the Vision itself, if reports from the recently opened Inazuma are anything to go by.

No comment on Kaveh's toothless threat of murder. He hasn't even caused any trouble (yet).]