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[philancer]

[ The message that comes through is jumbled and disjointed, since the sender is still in the height of his fever and the vision that had blanked out everything else for its duration has left him shaken and disoriented. But he tries. ]

Himeka! They gave ù̸̹̻s̴͉̈̕ ̵̹̓̕s̷̻̕o̵͔̐m̴͓͒e̸̢̓ṫ̷͔͆ȟ̶̯̱̎i̴̗̓͐n̴̝͍̉g̵̗̦͑͒ ̷̧̻͂͠t̸̩́͑h̶̟̆̈ä̴̠̙́t̵͕̓̋ ̷̥͓̓g̷̪̫͆a̶̢̐̈́v̵̡͆̀ȩ̴̰̇̚ ̵̗͕̆u̴͚̓s̷͙͎̔ visions, after w̸̺͋ḥ̴̔͠ă̶̻̯̔t̶̜͈͐̇ ̶̟͔͗t̶̬̩̔̇h̵̼̾̚e̶͍̒̓y̵̛̲͔ ̷͇́d̶̢̙̑i̴̦͝͝d̵̫͕͂̎ ̵͍̜̏̅t̷͕̺̍o̴͈̗̓̃ ̵̱͚͐͆ṷ̵̈́͜s̸̟̐͛.̷͚̐ Others saw ̷̘͐s̷̨̕͜t̷̹̚r̶͖̺̆͝ă̷̩̲n̷̔̿ͅg̴̱̘͋ê̴̬̐ ̵̬͊͗t̴̙͂̅h̵̪̓i̷̯̠̒n̵̯̭̊g̸͔̏s̵̺̈̉,̴̖̉̆ ̸̣͆ẗ̶̠̗́̒o̵̝̘̓̀o̷͇͓͗,̸͔̇ ̷̙̟̿̋b̶͙̖̑ü̶̬̲̂ẗ̷͜ ̸̛̦̟́ I saw it. The maze! Where w̴͉̥̽͝ę̵̖̿ ̷̨͚̑͊w̴̢̘̓́e̷̥̝͝ṟ̷́e̵̗̽͜ trapped in the horizon! d̵̼̼͆́o̶̟͂̽ ̶͖̅ȳ̷͖o̷̦͑́u̵͈͌̆ remember? İ̴͔̪̽ ̸̙̳͛́t̵̙͕̅h̸͔̿̚i̷̟͖̒͝ň̴̹k̸̬̹̈͛ ̴̧̔͝i̵̝̙͐͠t̵͙͈̿ ̴̲̌͗m̶̗͑̑i̷͉̎g̶̮͑h̴̪͘t̸̛͈̃ ̵̗̾͝b̶̘͂ė̶̲̚ important.

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[ She's heard of the strange messages coming through from their missing comrades, but this is the first she's received. She can almost feel the distress in it--although maybe that's projection... ]

Sylvain?

I'm here! Your message isn't full but I think I get it. I remember the maze in horizon! That was when the Harolds were wrecking havoc.

[ Visions...the visions they all began to see? ]

You think they're responsible?

[philancer]

t̴͈̹͠h̴͖̟̀e̵̙͑̽ÿ̷̺̜́͊ ̵͖̲̋̀s̸̽͜a̵̖̳̔̊i̴̗̾d̵̤̀̚ ̶̗͉̈́̊w̶͊̑͜ĕ̸̥̭'̸͚̌̚v̶̡̀̏e̴̯͒ ̵̨̬̇b̶͔̾e̷͔̼͂̚é̶̛̥̼n̸̢̄ chosen. want us t̵̩̍͘o̷̡͐ ̸̲̑̌c̷̜̕o̶̮̭͗m̸̥̤̋m̴̥̹̎̕ũ̶̬̮ṋ̴̈́e̷͎͕͘ ̵̪͐̍w̴̖͠i̸͙̋̈ṭ̶͋ḩ̷̛̃ ̸̙̑t̸̡̢͝h̷͉̰͌e̵̙̚ gods. why we were taken. ț̵͍́h̷̟͇͂e̸͇̤͐̆ỷ̶̤̣̓ ̶͕̈́t̸̰̳̃̓o̵̗̯̍ĺ̸͔͆d̸̺͍͝ ̸͙͆ǘ̷̧͐͜s̷̬͚̓ ̴̞͉̌w̷̤̐́͜ē̸͔͉̕ ̴͚̣́̋n̷̩̓̈́ê̷͈͝ę̸̇͊ď̵͙ ̴͈̈́̿t̷͍̔ͅō̸͉͐ ascend ̷͔̟̊͗a̸̜͑n̷̳͈̑d̷̼͆̚ ̶̭͋́p̶͎͖̓u̵̞̚t̴̮̓̃ ̴͈̀̑u̸̢͍̚s̵̯͉͝ ̶̞̂͠t̴͔͍͋͠h̴̞̔̀r̸̡̙͑o̷̮̾ů̷̳̹͑ĝ̷̝h̷̥̉͂ ̶̠̌̍s̶̭͛ó̶̘͚͂m̸̦̗͆̚e̸̝̱̋ ̴̘͑͂͜ṡ̷̯͝o̷͇̟̔ṛ̴͚̀̈ẗ̵̘̹́ ̵̝̋ǫ̸̩̀f̵̝̖̿ ritual. it gave us visions. ë̵͚̝v̸̳̀͌è̶̖̑r̷͈̰̐y̶͖̐͜ȯ̶̩̼n̸̗͒ė̵̖͝ ̴̜̱͑s̴̱͗a̷̾̈́ͅẅ̸̫́ ̴̩͆d̶̲͗í̴̟͜f̸̟̰́f̶̼̀e̷̩͐̈́ř̴̰e̸̝̣̍͠ň̵͍̫̓t̵͙̳̎ ̵̟̒t̷̢͈̏h̵̦͋̈i̶͎̤͝n̶̻̋͛g̷͓̃ś̷̙̩,̷̠̈́͠ ̵̠̀̋a̶͙͉̔l̵̻̖̃̍l̸̞͛ weird shit. the maze w̷̱̔̄ͅȁ̴̹͉̾ṡ̸͍͊ ̴̧̣͂̄ò̶̪̌n̶̙͒ẻ̸̛͓̯ ̸̞̯̍̏o̴͈͘f̵̖̬̓͐ ̵̱̠͊̈t̴͖̽̓ĥ̵͖̯e̷̛͇͠m̴̻̱̕

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[ Chosen. Gods. Ascend. Ritual. Visions...

This is. Bad news. ]

I'll let the others know. We'll all see we can we can remember from those times.

[ And it definitely reeks of Solvunn. ]

The ritual, can you tell me anything about it?

We are for you, okay? Just hang on a little longer.

[philancer]

T̸̙͌ḧ̸̪ẽ̷͚ ̴̬́͝d̴̰̐̋ĩ̵̹͙ḓ̶̀ǹ̷̮̞̎'̴͔̞̔͝ṯ̷͋̍ ̶͇̦̓t̵͙̕ë̶̹̠́l̷̨̑ͅl̷͍̑̂ ̸̱͌̀ủ̶̡̲ş̶̪̆̎ ̵͚̥̽̈́m̸̙̂ǔ̸̢̦č̸͔͝h̷̯̐.̴̧̗̊͝ ̷͇͚̍͗T̷̝͇͂̐ĥ̴͎̜͆ĕ̴̩͂ͅ natives are having a lot more trouble with it. Maybe being Summoned i̵̻͔̍s̶̲̙̀̀ ̶̠͋̚ġ̶̬͠ḯ̸̟̖̊v̵̤̈͠ị̷̬̌ṇ̸̿g̶͙̀ ̶̗̹͗̒u̸̞̠̍s̸̫͙͘͠ ̸̠̼̇̕t̷͙̺̍̈́h̶̨̧͒͛ḙ̷́ ̸̨͑̏a̶̹̝̚d̵̺̜́v̸̩̅à̷̮̪n̸͔̳̋t̷̮͉̊a̵̠͑g̶͇̭̐͠ě̷͍͠ ̸̯͂͊h̶̨͖́e̶̡̫͝r̸̙̄ĕ̸̻?̷̦̝̍ ̸͕͉́̃Ṯ̴̈́ȟ̴̠͕ḛ̸͕̈́ ̵̣͕̀͝r̷̗̃͘i̷̡̝͒͛t̵̠̊́u̸͔͛̀à̸͉͘l̴̺͒ ̵̙͠w̷̡̕͜a̸͉̼̿s̴͓̰͝ terrible. The shrines are bleeding. A̵͈̞̐l̵̩̮̃l̸̘̀͠ ̴͙̖̉t̴̨̮͠h̴̺̥̊ē̸̺̻ỹ̵̱̀ ̵͕̯̚t̵̲̚o̴͈͚͠l̶͚͕̿̚d̸̛̙ ̴̬͔̈́ụ̸͈̈́s̸̺͎̍͊ ̷̟̟͋͋w̷͇͍̌a̵͎͚̎̎s̵̪̮̓ ̵͉͠t̵͓̦̔h̷̘̔͝ḛ̶̇y̵̜̍̈́ ̴̻̽͛͜ẃ̵̛̱̦a̴͖̤̓͒n̴͎̭̔ṱ̷͋e̵̪̺̿̔d̷̨͒͐ ̷̩͗͒ǘ̴͙̻͗s̷̡͛ to ascend, that we have some connection to the gods. Ì̶͓ ̸̙̙̆d̵̫́̔ò̷͍̠n̴͓̍'̴̰̿́t̴̢̼̒͗ ̵̹̠̒̄t̶̢̤́h̴̰͉͌i̸͇̥͐n̶͕͝k̵̥̏̅ ̶̞͝t̸̬͌h̸̻͆͌i̶͙͊͜s̶̪͉̔ ̷̈ͅi̶̛̤̖̓s̷̘͉̉̽ ̸̠̝́̏a̴̤͑̓ ̷̡̛̭g̸̥͐͘ȏ̶̭͘d̵̥͎̑͌ ̴̹͐w̸̟͉͛ḛ̸̈́ ̴̭̍͌w̶̤̻̏ȁ̷̞͝ñ̴͕͚͋n̶̩̖̔͗à̸̹̍ ̶͍̬̿͝m̴̰̬͑ẹ̶̃ẹ̴͛t̴̻̋͝ͅ.̶̭̊

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[ They're using the natives...poorly, it sounds like. Something that only the Summoned can withstand. (Powerful magicks?)

Ascend. Ascend. Keeps saying ascend.

Does she believe they can become gods themselves? Or meet one in particular? ]

Okay, I hear you.

There are shrines? Solvunn is full of shrines to all sorts of gods. Can you tell me what they look like?

[ Bleeding isn't good. But Nero bled on a shrine once, Himeka offered a scale to it.

Maybe there's a certain god they're connected to. ]

[philancer]

[ He can feel his grasp on the connection fading rapidly. There's not enough time to recreate an image of the creepy shrines, just to recreate the image that they've found etched into them, hoping it means something to someone outside of this place.

All Himeka will get is the purposeful focus on a single image for several heartbeats before Sylvain's connection is interrupted once more. ]