Messenger Box

[eyeswideopen]

If you need to get a hold of Komaeda, here's where you do it.

Messenger birds, action, what have you.

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17/09; audio

[gottacatch]

Nagito, are you free?

[ It's after lunch time, and the first thing said once Komaeda should accept the hum that comes to his amulet, the presence more than a familiar one to him by now. Red doesn't sound panicked, but there's a tense feeling to the line, like a fabric pulled tight; stretched, and yet not tearing.

He's more durable than that, but there's a good reason to feel unsteady right now... ]

17/09; audio

[eyeswideopen]

As well as I can be given the circumstances.

[He sounds a bit clipped and testy but, he opens the connection wider sharing with Red it isn't the call causing that feeling. His emotions are swirling like a storm that's slowly building to hurricane portions.]

What can I do for you, Red?

17/09; audio

[gottacatch]

[ He understands, in the same instance a peculiar misplaced glee creeps up like a balloon inflating, pressing against the fabric of that tension in him and prickling in the space of their minds like electricity.

Just like that he feels his emotions shift, and he's aware enough to hate it. But it's why he wants to hurry. ]

We don't know how long this is going to last, but there's no way this'll be over in a day. I want to fill the devices I have from Jude with something to keep my head straight, and I want your help! [ There's a lighter note to his mental voice, but not without that wariness smothering it down. ] Can you make it to Diateris for a couple of hours? Please?

[ The last part sounds a little more desperate than it might usually. ]

17/09; audio

[eyeswideopen]

[Rage flows in so fast he grits his teeth as it fills the link with the fury of a storm. He is aware enough to try shoving it back. It edges right into far too inappropriate hope. But that's better than the alternative so he lets it rush in.]

Of course! I'm already on the move. I'll be there in more than enough time.

[His voice is far, far too light and he hates every minute of it]

I have a theory why this is happening and it is imperative we find a way to get that crystal back! Or this will get far, far worse.

17/09; audio

[gottacatch]

[ The brief recognition of that rage makes Red flinch, as it's always one to do with its existence too close to his thoughts. But this is Nagito, and the shifting emotions will need to do harder--as hard as Usaldr did--for Red to be any more on edge than he already is.

There's a reason why he's asked Nagito for help with this than any other person. He breathes outside of the line, keeping hold of that amount of control he has. ]

Let's talk about it in Diateris. It should be safer there. [ Safer might not be the right word, but it'll feel it, and that's what Red wants. ] I'm already at the teleporter, so I'll meet you there.

17/09; action

[eyeswideopen]

[ By the time he arrived in Diateris, Komaeda's clothes have suffered for his fluxing emotions. His hair is still tied back and spilling down his back. But a chain is fixed to his neck by a shackle and his clothes are shades of green and red under a black short jacket. He stands silently as dragons of multiple colors and elements swirl around him in time to the best of his heart.

Chains and wires spread out from his feet like ghastly tree roots. He looks up when Red arrives and starts forward to close the distance.] Red. Do you remember how the Arehtei said that Simpathis's remains kept the island safe?

17/09; action

[gottacatch]

[ For the ruins that Diateris are, they're stable, far more than the island of Empatheias, and the time that Elios's instability had nearly frozen them over in his obsession long thawed out, leaving nothing but a small amount of heaviness in the air that was easy to miss.

A little heaviness is far better than the trigger-sensitive problem that the island was suffering high above. Red finds himself relaxing, even if the sight of Nagito does bring him some concern--real concern, than anything forced upon him. ]

I do... [ He starts slowly, but remembers the theory that Nagito had mentioned, the one that he'd wanted him to hold on. ] You think there's a connection to that and the crystal?

[ Red stops a little before Nagito, if he'll permit it. Not minding the dragons, nor that of the chains and wire, of what they represent. ]

17/09; action

[eyeswideopen]

I do. [He doesn't reach out. He doesn't yet trust himself. With every breath he has a little more of himself under control. His body still remembers being damaged. The mindset of flashing moods is almost easy to stick with. But little by little the chains and wires retreat and the dragons settle to the green of calm winds. They swirl around him as free as birds.]

I think my theory is more plausible than I thought. If it isn't Simpathis remains, it's her energy. The crystal acts like a living being with a crystal. ...if it isn't her energy. Her remains. Then why does it feel like our protections and the world within a world is gone?

17/09; action

[gottacatch]

[ It's as those emotions recede that he takes a hand, the only one of flesh and bone that Nagito still has. He takes it gently at first, allowing him to easily slip it out of Red's grasp if he wants to, but then squeezing it if he doesn't, just around the fingers.

As for Komaeda words, there isn't much surprise. He remembers the theory too from long ago as he says it. ]

There's something about it. There always has been. [ He speaks with certainty. He's shared plenty his own theories about its part played in revealing the temple that first brought them, the tree's existence and then that of the teleporter. ] Whatever it's connection is to Simpathis, it's been playing a part protecting the island this whole time; it's the reason the people here focused so much on staying positive in the first place because of what would happen if they didn't with it.

[ He bites on his bottom lip, frowning. ] But who are they? Who are the people who took it? And why? Do they know something we don't?

17/09; action

[eyeswideopen]

That we need to find out. I'm inclined to believe this is the same people responsible for the crystal thefts. And possibly responsible for a lot of subtle mischief and the air ship part theft. If that's the case what are they truly after?

[He squeezes Red's hand and covers it with his machine hand. Are they being experimented on? The thought sends a dash of horror and excitement racing through his veins. As deplorable as that would be...it could lead to real answers about possible survivors.

Answers they need confirmed.] ...is this affecting the Arehtei as well?

17/09; action

[gottacatch]

[ The question of the Arehtei makes Red blink, brows lifting. It puts aside the rest of the theories when the question feels more immediate. ]

Would it? Usually it takes something big to affect them. [ Right...? ] Should we check up on them?

17/09; action

[eyeswideopen]

I think we should. They now have an entire population of people who can't control their fluxing emotions. If the protections being removed don't affect them.

That will.

[He sighs. Not letting go of Red. If anything he holds on a little tighter. Not enough to hurt but enough to clearly convey his worries.]

I'm worried for the plants on the island. Will they keep growing? Or will they die.

17/09; action

[gottacatch]

[ He touches his free hand over that of metal, then drifts under to the hand he already holds, and cups it much like what's been done to his. It's for reassurance, yet the optimism to follow it has yet to reach his face, his brow knitted together. ]

The Arehtei were okay after people lost their crystals before... but we don't know how long that'll really last if we don't find that crystal quick... [ Mmm.. ] Is there anything that can handle this in the mean time? ... The only thing that's covered the entire island before is Aiada's obelisks and when Daimonia and Thras called their interdiction. But an interdiction isn't going to work, and we don't really know if those obelisks will help the island stabilise... all they did last time was make a barrier and make it rain.

[ There's so much more to think about, and Red's mumbling towards the end. He can already hear Sosyne being upset about the lake and the animals in it. Regardless, he doesn't let go of Komada, no matter how unsure he really is. ]

17/09; action

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[He already has ideas spinning in his mind land weaving together like threads of wool. There has to be something they can do. There always is.]

Not the Obelisks. They pushed all the other Arehtei off the island. ...could we find ways to form small barriers? Shaarnath's people might have ideas for temporary measures.

17/09; action

[gottacatch]

[ Would it work? He wonders, but he's not about toe dismiss it. ] We can ask Theasthai too... they both know how to use crystals, and we've got plenty of those.

[ ... ] But we should figure out what the government are already planning about this. Would we be able to find out through the committee?

[ Maybe it'd be sorta...considered...Arehtei related. ]

17/09; action

[eyeswideopen]

I would think so. If we approach it as a concern about long term fluxing causing disruption of balance... [He nods to himself once.Yes and no one would think twice if he headed that inquiry. Komaeda laughs quietly. Business as usual, isn't it?]

If they're not planning about it. We can make the suggestions. Hopefully they are. Leaving things alone would be terrible!

17/09; action

[gottacatch]

[ Nagito would know. He's had far more dealings with the government, and it wouldn't be entirely wrong to assume that Sosyne would have an interest in the state of affairs if he was to come along and help--at least he would be able to verify that without even speaking to the Arehtei. Though, he'll do that too...

It's a plan, and Red finally smiles, something small and relieved. He remembers where his hands are, presses them together around the one he holds. An odd position, maybe, but not when it comes to them. ]

It's important to them too--I bet they're already making plans than just sitting around. But we can still see what's going on. [ He says it with more confidence than before, and gives a quick look to the strap of his bag. ]

I still want to fill a couple of these devices with something to help me use my dunamis, but I'll need to empty them first. But after that... calm should be a good deflector, right? [ His smile quirks, looking fond as he admits: ] And I know I'll feel calmer with you around than filling them alone.

[ A friendly face is better than none, in times like these. ]

17/09; action

[eyeswideopen]

[He can't help but smile and all the remaining tension drains from his face. Calm would do a lot to hold so much anxiety and turning emotions at bay. Or at least keep a clear head for weathering it. He slowly slips his hands out of Red's but offers his left one again to hold in to.]

Calm would be wonderful! It will help combat at a lot of the effects or keep one from panicking when they can't. Hope would unfortunately...it can be blinding and desperate hope is dangerous.

Faith as well. [One only has to look to history for the answers to what faith when misused can do.]

...And it would be good to resettle my mind. Ahaha, the way this weather turns brings back memories. It's a little too easy to think it's all just me.

17/09; action

[gottacatch]

It's been one thing after another, huh? [ He doesn't take a hold of the hand but reaches for the straps of his bag, kneeling down to open it up. ]

You can prepare on the surface, but with the island as it is, you don't know when you're going to get affected, or what emotion. It's a mess! [ Hooking the straps back over an arm he stands, two metal containers the size of tennis balls in his hands. ]

I was filling these to help with the ice over on Elios's mountain-- Usagi was interested in returning there sometime, and he needs the extra help. [ Elios, that is. ] I'll just let them out here, outside the city. It's a long way to go today.