NPC Inbox.

[imaginarymods]

NPC INBOX

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code bases by tricklet

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[imaginarymods]

Something gets a little smoother about the umbrella's movements. As if it's figured out how to play these memories in a useful order, it bounces from jellyfish to jellyfish to stitch together a message.

The first is that fizzled in Who? from before-- and then it plays into static. That image is left in its own moment, perhaps contextualizing or maybe just reminding? But it's very clearly not a part of the sequence that follows.

First, the image of Lucretia again, who is writing in two different journals at the same time where she sits at a table. The person behind the jellyfish 'camera' chuckles.

Hey, Lucretia~

Another prod, another memory. It's that bluejeans guy, again, but right in the flicker of the moment. Nothing about the memory besides the man himself appears clear.

--Find her--

A new memory. The dwarf from the beach. Again, just a snippet; the memory doesn't even properly seem to 'load' the dwarf's appearance from the neck down or the world around them.

Oh, she's not too far off.

--Find her--
A flash of Lucretia.

--Find her--
A flash of the elf woman.

--Find her--
One last flash of a memory and it's... the moon base? No, there's no question about it, it's the moonbase on Candlenights, though the angle seems almost as though this vision is being seen from the floor. From only inches above the ground the memory plays as a black static draws up the form of-- of the Director. That static starts to turn into an inkier darkness, then glimmers of color play-- but the memory gets foggier and foggier, and eventually stops playing.

And then it alternates between that 'find her' sequence of Lucretia and that elf woman. It repeats the image of that elf woman more than Lucretia though. It is not at all ashamed of having a priority in its request.

[mccreehaw]

Now that it's clear the umbrella has a method of "talking" to McCree, the seriousness of the situation sinks in even more as he sees the Director swallowed up by black static. Are those glitches? Or the Hunger itself? If so, why weren't they all swallowed up? Unless they were and this is what's on the other side of it.

Okay. It's a firm thought; focused and sure. If we're all trapped on this island, then the two of them have to be trapped here somewhere too. Or there's a way off this island that we need to find before we go looking for them. Since the island's a smaller search area than the whole of Faerun, I'll start here.

[imaginarymods]

The umbrella prods another jellyfish for a memory of he-who-is-still-jeansed poring over a map.

--she can't have gotten too far.

Another prod, this time more hesitant. Perhaps not hesitant; it is, after all, just an umbrella, it can't seem to emote. It's more as though its movements have slowed and become very deliberate, like moving it has become harder.

It nudges one more jellyfish, one last time, another memory. The viewer of the memory speaks now, to... someone, whose image doesn't seem to load properly.

I'm Taako. Y'know, from TV?

There might have been more to that message, but the umbrella doesn't prod at any more jellyfish, instead starting to float up, up, and up, no longer struggling against its buoyancy.

[mccreehaw]

She can't have gotten far, but where was her starting point? McCree is considering this and takes note of the name Taako again before he realizes the umbrella is floating away.

Hey, wait! He makes a grab for it, not wanting this valuable source of information to just disappear on him. Despite all he's been shown he still feels a little lost. What if he's misunderstanding the memories? What if there are more clues here in these jellyfish that can narrow down his search window? He's still flying blind.

[imaginarymods]

Unfortunately, it would seem that if whatever's in the umbrella can hear McCree, it can't respond again... yet. In the future, however, the umbrella may approach him again. For now, perhaps he should discuss his findings with those who have been in contact with the umbrella before.