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Um hey. I probably should have said this yesterday, but I just kind of woke up and I'm doing this quick before I get my phone confiscated.

Anyone else notice the big creature come out of the portal? It was kind of near the end and I might have been bleeding everywhere distracted, but I swear it looked like the one that created it in the first place.

And I hope everyone's doing okay. Yesterday was a lot.

NO BADDIES ALLOWED

I am just a humble rogue-paladin-druid wondering if we're still going to be fighting these portal assholes tomorrow, because it's my birthday and I think Vallo owes me a cake.

GILMORE

If you hear I got swatted out of the sky in a burst of feathers and needed to lay hands on myself to fix it--

Well then, you probably got accurate info.

I've had worse and I'm fine now, but I'm going to take a break while others are around to fight since it seems like this isn't going to wrap up anytime soon.

[ VALLO PRIME, RESCUERS, & REBELS ]
Got what we were looking and more. No surprises, but we'll do a full debrief after dinner for anyone that wants it.

Magic types, you're going to be needed asap though. Meet you at the command room.

REBELS AND RESCUERS

Why is waiting the worst. It's so boring. I hate boring things. Someone tell me something fun.

[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?

[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.

Ronan

I TOLD you to rest
What happens next time when you



Ronan, you scare me

Are you okay?



Adam

Hi.

I don't know if you saw, but, there was a mission yesterday to rescue our people who had been captured. Gansey's okay, I didn't get to see him a lot during it but I think he has some bumps and bruises.

Ronan was hurt more. It was pretty chaotic but I think he was limping when I saw him.

I figured you'd want to know, and if you could pass it along?

SANS REVENANTS AND CO CAUSE THEY SUUUUUUUK

I know some people on the other side were worried about some of ours that were captured. We've gotten everyone back to base, a few injuries but nothing too serious. The extra numbers came in handy and we're grateful for the the help.

I'll admit I was focused on other things with the rescue on deck, and I'm sure a few others were too, but those who had a chance to talk in depth with Bronislovas, anything we should be moving forward with on our end to get everyone where they belong? We've got a few people who could use a couple days before doing something else that might cause a run in with the Revenants, but we're good to start working on a plan if there is one.

The old cypress has never refused the axe. There is simply no one who could carry it away if it were felled.

[Filtered to Revenants]

We must analyze this loss and determine how we will prevent it from happening again. How can we increase security? How can we increase our knowledge of rebel activities? How can we crush them completely and prevent them from even attempting such an attack?

Those of you who conduct research upon the Echoes: is there anything the rest of us may do to help you reach a solution more quickly?

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Filtered to the Rebels

Good Morning, Everyone!!

We had a pretty intense day yesterday, but we made it! I knew we could do it! I'm so relieved to have all our allies back safe and sound! I got some coffee going and can see about scrounging us up a breakfast to celebrate!

If you haven't yet and you still need to, please get yourself checked out! Also, if you haven't done it, please join Tommy in this morning's Yoga Session. I promise you won't regret it!

Since we've about doubled our ranks, I want to make sure we're not running low on supplies, so I'll be doing a supply run. Let me know what we need so I can add it to the list.

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[VOICE POST: FILTERED TO FLIPPED VALLO REBELS, VALLO PRIME, AND RESCUERS GROUP.]

I speak into it? Just like this?

Like this?

Oh, oh. I see, fascinating. What marvelous aptitude civilization has in the year—no, wait, do not tell me the year. I would like to be surprised.

Ah, yes! Right! Hello, Valloians—or do you call them Valloites? What is the consensus you have all settled on these days? Yes, yes, certainly. Outlanders? I do like that one. Much better than the name I would have given you which would be

Outlanders! I am Bronislovas, First Regent of the Ivory Three, a proud member of the Beketh coven, and known to my students, none of whom are alive given the passage of time, as the Guide of Existence. Some of you seem to be in quite the issue with the portal, and to be of any assistance and not to be zapped by a raccoon

—As I said before, I would not mind a little zap. I'm interested to see—

To be of any assistance I am doing, is that the right word? Doing an ah-ma. Is that right? Is that how you pronounce the

Oh, the letters! I see. I will be doing an AMA. You may ask me anything.

[ooc: please assume all the comments are voice-to-text, Bronnie's not typing anything.]

[FILTERED TO VALLO PRIME, FLIPPED REBELS (THAT INCLUDES YOU ELI), & RESCUERS]

Testing, testing. Are you getting this? We're using my connection to the Black Lion and the quintessence tech in my arm to form a bridge between the networks. Basically, we're playing telephone through a giant sentient spaceship. Stop by and thank him for me? I'm sure he's stressed by all of this.

Anyway, assuming someone is reading this, on the other side of the portal is a parallel Vallo. We've made contact with a group of Outlanders here and confirmed that they are alternate versions of some of our lost people. Most of them have lived here for years and some have different memories of their home worlds. They've formed a rebellion against another group, made up of more of our lost people. They call themselves the Court of Revenants and they're the reason this message is filtered as best as I can get it.

Please be aware that Council members might look like someone you've lost, but they have apparently taken control of this Vallo through force and terror. There is a stalemate between the Council and the Rebels because any physical violence here creates what they call Echoes - spectral enemies that attack anyone close by and only stop when the fighting stops.

Now I'm sure you're wondering where our Outlanders are. I've been told the people here suffered a violent headache and a flash of memories that then faded when the portal opened on this side. It can't be a coincidence. I suspect our people are tangled up metaphysically with their counterparts. I have no idea how to separate them. If you have any theories, please don't be shy.

As for the rescue team, everyone is accounted for and safe. Our focus right now is planning a recovery mission. A few rebels were taken captive just before we arrived. Keith is We will get them back. In the meantime, please feel free to use this post to brainstorm and reconnect. Since I know it'll be a question on your minds, here is the list of the captured:

• Ashton Greymoore
• Dorian Storm
• Keith Kogane
• Luffy
• Nancy Wheeler
• Noctis Lucis Caelum

And a list of the Council and their allies:

• Caleb Widogast
• William Laurence
• Henry Townshend
• Kellach Donnallen
• Ostyia Rabalska
• Teddy Kaplan-Altman
• Billy Kaplan
• Abigail Blyg
• Lan Xichen
• Lee Thompkins
• Joshua Rosfield
• Julian Blackthorn
• Ronan Lynch
• Serefin Meleski
• Silas

Anyone not on either of these lists should be able to see and respond to this post. Okay, enough rambling. Time to see if this actually works.

[ FILTERED TO STRAW HATS ]
Cook, you're coming back with us once we have Luffy, right? Because people are talking about bags and armthings and I don't want to have to knock you out, but I WILL and you'll probably be pissed, but I don't give a shi-

RESCUERS

I kept some of the healing potions aside for us. Most were donated to the larger pool, please do not lecture me, but I wanted to make sure we had some as well, just in case. Find me if you want to keep one on your person.

Oh. Ah-- Is everyone relatively all right for now?

CALEB

This is a terrible idea, but I
Caleb
Are you
I am here for

Caleb? I have been told you are here, but I do not know if you utilize this network.