vallo

[Not Hank Henry]

I've been here for a few days now, and I think I've finally figured out how all this works, and I can see where I went wrong. See, I was looking for a badass chick named Revy, all covered in tattoos, who swore like a sailor and is way, way too trigger happy.

What I should've been looking for was Becky Lee. I bet she loves pink. And pigtails. And cute little ruffled mini-skirts. Probably knee-high socks and high heels? Oh, and she loves puppies and kitties and might even have a pony? Was definitely a cheerleader in high school.

Does this ring any bells? Will the real Becky Lee please stand up? And if you see this post and want to shoot me in the ass, I'll be waiting for you.

[Shared Network: Catradora]

Hey guys. How's things over there? How's Chris doing?

[FILTERED AWAY FROM THE REVENANTS & EVILS]

So, the DOA and network scrolling caught me up. I know there is SO MUCH going on right now — hi everyone, I hope you're staying safe and have food and aren't being tracked down by evil people — but waking up in a pile of leaves in the forest and finding out you disappeared for two weeks is still jarring as hell.

[PRIVATE TO YELENA BELOVA]

Yelena, Nat's gone and you're not here and I'm trying to st your bird is being so needy. Where's Licorice? No way he just disappeared, he's a Vallo cat. And is there a MAN staying at the house? There's a lot of man stuff here but no man. Don't tell me you suddenly moved a man in here. You can't have been that lonely.

[Post and replies are done via voice-to-text]

[Sounds of confusion in the background]

Hey, Kara? Rocket? Anyone? You know those portal things that someone - who was it? Octavia, I think? - posted about just a while ago? What do they look like? 'Cause I think I found some.

[more unsettling background noises]

Oh shit!

[Rowen can be heard summoning his armor] Armor of Strata! Dao Inogi!

[Muffled noises before Rowen comes back]

I can try to keep'em here, but I could use some help!

VALLO PRIME, RESCUERS, & FLIPPED REBELS

Full disclosure, I am not a full-time employee with the magic department at the DOA, but so many of us are gone and you are stuck with me, delivering good and bad news. Hello!

The good news is that thanks to the brilliant researchers in both our Vallos looking into where Bronislovas's resting place might be located on the other side of the portal, we're pretty damn sure of where it is, between his notes, so many books, and what info we got from Beketh. The thought is that it's within a cave system in one of the mountains by the city. Here's a map, for your reference:

[pretend there's a cool looking map here with probable mountains highlighted]

Unfortunately that's more or less all we can do on our side for now, so it's up to all of you fine people over there to pick up the trail. If we can do things, we'll do it, just let us know.

And now the bad news: the portal is causing some oddities. The portal monsters from a few months ago are back, seemingly being created by or summoned by the portal itself. If you have fighting skills of some sort but aren't already involved with defense, please reach out to Evie and Kara and they'll get you sorted as needed.

The other odd thing is that the area around the portal seems to be, for lack of a better way of putting it, turning into what we can only assume the other side of the portal looks like. Buildings are suddenly in disrepair and there's a lot of graffiti talking about your Revenants and how disliked they are, missing people posters, that kind of stuff. This started yesterday and the area affected has only grown today, so it would appear we're on even more of a timetable than we thought.

All right, that is all I have for the moment, so...go team?