Empire City Network

[dean & cas]

I tried Occlumency. I [...] have a talent for it, but the similarities to [...] well, my other powers are a little unnerving. It doesn't require any [...] but I'm still not sure it's worth the risk.

My instinct is to say no, but anything else I do to try to reinforce the wall or protect myself from what's behind it is probably going to involve something similar. Anything involving using my mind to fight it, I mean. I can talk to Anna or Peter about it to be sure, but [...]

I don't know. This is the point where I was hoping you'd tell me what you think.

[peter petrelli]

I know we haven't spoken much, but Cas told me you might be able to help me with something. Whenever you have a moment, I'd like to talk to you about it.

Well, after a very exciting couple of journeys to both the extreme southern and northern parts of this country, I've had quite enough of travelling. Travelling and insane gods and insane amounts of magic that make me feel ill. That said, I have some information that may be of importance or use to everyone.

Going south to the portal, I attempted to study the magic powering it and figure out whether there was a counter. It took a bit of trial and error, but Life is the trick. Life vs. Death, Creation vs. Destruction. Where there was a pile of bones all bound together (wonderful imagery by the way, it will be haunting my dreams and I wouldn't suggest anyone else see it unless they have to), I placed some seeds nearby and encouraged them to grow; their presence seemed to make the portal's magic recoil. I don't know what amount it would take to properly disrupt the entire gate... but it's something. It's a definite potential, at least.

Then came the next journey, northward. I wanted to speak with this 'madgod' Glorificus myself. It was an enlightening experience and afterwards I truly realised how little taste Sirius Black has in women. Beyond that, she is capable of making a portal and getting us out of here. From the sounds of her tone, in-between the ramblings of course, she would be happy to be rid of us and relocate us elsewhere. I tried to ask her about why it was easy to send all of us through a portal and not herself, but all I got out of her was something along the lines of how I have a small brain and other insults directed towards my lycanthropy. Which she could sense. Which was another brilliant experience.

I hope this is useful. Right now my greatest desire is to leave this place before all hell breaks loose, even though I know that means potentially abandoning the locals to a very unhappy fate. But if it's what the daedra and the others want, is it really our place to say otherwise?

[Private to Peter Petrelli]
So don't come back. I know you're doing things and you have to because you're doing things could help us. Just be on the phone for a minute. If you're not dying or busy.

[Private to Izzie]
I'm gonna need you to take a blood sample. From me.

I remember seeing the name 'Don' mentioned here a while back and I don't know how much luck those searching for her have had, but I came across a few clues that might help. That is, I think I found the rest of her family. Nanette Don is an exiled necromancer and while that might be common knowledge, her location isn't outside of her being banished to the south. Her family seems to still be in contact with her though, so there might be a way to track her down through them.

Everyone who plans on wandering outside of the city, I wouldn't go off the roads - the number of daedra patrols on both sides have risen dramatically. I think that portal's strength is influencing the native wildlife or something, because I'm seeing the daedra fighting them more often and people are starting to get scared.

Watch yourselves out there and don't travel alone. Even those of us who have solid means of protecting ourselves shouldn't take that risk right now - at least that's the feeling I'm getting out here.

( Private to Nathan & Peter )

( Peter Petrelli )

I see we've received a few new people, welcome to our city.

Now, I've seen some chatter about organizing and we're not going to wait any longer. Even though I know some of you, we're going to do this anyway because it's important to know the strengths of each member of the team and any one of us could disappear at any moment. We should have this documented. I know we've done something like this before, but we're going to do it again anyway.



If you will fight, say so. Give me your name and your unique skills abilities, even if I know you.

If you don't fight (or don't want to), you might be support. Give me your profession so we know where to expect you to be.

If you don't want to be involved at all, you still need to be counted because you'll need to be protected. Tell me that too.



Responses can be sent to me directly, privately if you don't want to do this publicly. Nothing will be revealed to the world that you don't want others to see, just make sure to say so.

In order to keep the hospital powered, we're gonna need generators for a lot of the equipment - not just the lights, but I promise - we will keep its doors open and you'll receive service if any of you need it. We have it under control.

[Peter]
...Do you think your electric boyness can keep a couple machines running if we don't get enough generators?

I'm in New Glory. Figured with the storm gone I'd scout ahead to check the place out. It's a lot bigger than I was expecting. The settlements to the east and west must be stragglers, because there's hundreds of people here and it's incredibly organised and advanced in comparison.

If there's anything anyone wants me to bring back, or any kind of information you're looking for in particular, let me know. Otherwise I'm going to try and take in the whole city and learn as much as I can.

( Private to Nathan )