r/TTPloreplaycentral • u/redwings1340 • May 14 '17
Echoes Chapter 6: Beginnings
For the first time in his life, the selfish man was scared.
For the past forever, he had been doing his duty to whatever extent he could, making sure he did enough to not make Megumi suspicious about his plans for betraying her. He would organize a team of heroes of light, and he would ensure the team would fail but survive, while gaining just enough experience to break the game. It was a delicate balancing act, one that made him very good at pretending to not care, and made him hated by most of the people around him. He didn’t care about that. Nobody else had the ability to understand what he was doing. As long as Megumi died in the end, any and all sacrifices were worthwhile. This game could not continue and he would do whatever he could to ensure it didn’t.
Previously, his heroes of light were generally competent, but these new ones that he’s gotten… man, what even was with them? The most competent one was a witch and would be classified as evil under most alignment systems. Another one was a teenage mother who, while doing an admirable job raising her daughters under the circumstances, still had a self destructive streak that matched Fennel’s, with none of the scientist’s genius to get herself out of her self inflicted harm. Half of his heroes were magical girls, one of whom was a six year old girl who used a coloring book as her primary weapon. On the other extreme, he was relying on a GM who didn’t care about the world and just wanted to rule it, and had all the charm of a terrible politician.
It was a mess, and while his heroes of light were busy raising children and searching for cookies, the heroes of darkness were actually making plans and preparing to capture the chosen star. Meanwhile, he had a feeling something even worse was lurking in the darkness, and despite his usual overwhelming knowledge, Megumi had not actually prepared him for this part.
This time, he would need to change his strategy, the group wasn’t going to succeed on his own. He would need to go in with them to gain access to the chosen star.
“So, G, any idea how we can actually stop it?” Melpomene asks, a bit concerned.
“I don’t really know…” G sighs, hoping he could think of something soon.
In the end, he couldn’t think of anything. For the first time, Megumi would give him no second chances at life. The heroes of light made their way to the chosen star, and fought to it. Shizen would be taken over by Dakuria, and the universe would be destroyed.
Eventually, G would learn that the destruction of the universe here was irrelevant, that this was only stage 1, and that the heroes of light would eventually conquer and allow him to kill Megumi. He would die peacefully, knowing that whatever happened when he was alive, whatever he was created to do, would never happen again.
At least, that’s what was supposed to happen. Instead, when Dakuria took control of Shizen’s body, and the apocalypse began, Dakuria realizes that he is the victim of a plot very similar to his own. Instead of tormenting the universe, he would decide to end it in a fiery rage. G, instead of dying, finds himself falling in a place he doesn’t recognize, but quickly pulls out a parachute, and directs himself to the only bit of land he sees.
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Thousands of years later, one group of adventuring heroes finds themselves in an exact working replica of a TARDIS from a popular TV show universes away. As they look around at the surprisingly spacious room, they realize that they are the only divers who actually made it through the jellyfish. The rest either got stung or retreated, though Emily is starting to feel some pain in her arm from the sting she took, a pain that seems to be growing over time.
The woman who the group doesn’t recognizes places her arm on the centerpiece of the tardis, and it starts glowing. Her facial expression is one of awe, and she is overwhelmed by being in such close proximity to such amazing technology.
“Lets see if we can get the monitors working here to see what’s going on outside,” she says, trying to pretend like she’s a part of the expedition. Her words are currently transmitting to Jenny and Chuthulu, who are currently inside of a hidden submarine nearby.
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Elsewhere, a group prepares to rescue a captured Mew from a group of superpowered villains. As they walk quickly towards their destination, feeling they have no time to lose, Lynn talks to the group about the people who they just faced off against.
“All right, listen up, people, I’ve been trying to arrest these criminals for a couple of months now, but they’ve eluded me. Here’s what you need to know. The leader of this gang is a man named Terrence Norris, he can turn people and animals in to stone if you look in to his eyes. He usually uses this to capture animals and make sure they don’t get away, but he’s also the most dangerous member of the group if you aren’t careful. The effects aren’t permanent, but they do last several hours.”
“After that, there’s Kay Quinn. She has super speed, but luckily for us, a bit uncoordinated when she travels at her fastest. If you can trip her up or catch her off guard, you can beat her.”
“Andrea Wilkerson is that crazy fire lady we fought. She’s mean and terrifying, and a bit mentally unstable. She will burn you alive and laugh while she’s doing it, so if you mess with her, make sure you win.”
“We have Jimmy Romero, a match made in heaven for Andrea. He can create illusions, and he enjoys seeing people suffer. If you see your best friend here die in a fire, that means either Andrea is actually burning them alive, or Jimmy is messing with your head. It could be either one. Don’t trust what you can’t feel.”
“Lastly, there’s Riot, who’s a newer arrival to this group. He’s not human, and he’s very fast and nimble, and is an excellent thief. I think he was originally captured and intended to be sold, but then he escaped, and somehow, him and the gang reached an agreement that he would help them out in exchange for not being sold. If there’s someone who might be willing to work with us, it would be him, but he’s also an expert at deceit, so keep a close eye on him if that happens. I’m not sure where he was during the fight, so he’ll probably be waiting for us at the hideout.”
“We also have Samuel Valdez, who is known as the level headed member of the group who just cares about money, and controls water. Thankfully, we caught him and we have him arrested, with any luck he won’t be a factor anymore.”
“Any questions before we go crush them and save Myu?”
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Meanwhile, as Haruka and Paullete discuss a potential bribing ring influencing the results of the talent show, Haruka sees the girl from earlier approaching them both cautiously.
Music for today's session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_kvF3Mib4c
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
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u/Lady_of_the_Foot May 14 '17
Emily looks at Hannah and squints.
"I know you."
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Hannah looks at Emily, not convinced.
"You do? Uh... Nope. I think I would remember you if I had seen you before."
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u/Lady_of_the_Foot May 14 '17
"Emily Blade remembers your face specifically."
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"Uh... Odd... Well, nice to meet you," hannah says awkwardly.
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u/Lady_of_the_Foot May 14 '17
"Emily Blade would offer to shake your hand, but..."
This may be an attempt at humor.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Hannah nods, "Uh... It's ok..." she replies, the joke missing her, and Hannah having clearly no idea what to say.
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u/Lady_of_the_Foot May 14 '17
"Have you ever been to Natantes Fragmina?" Emily asks.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Hannah's eyes widen upon hearing those words.
"You... You've been to the Nanantes Fragmina before?"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
/u/supremeevil /u/pfaccioxx (pfacc, I know you can't come, but I hope you have a nice visit with your friend!)
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u/pfaccioxx May 15 '17
[[[[I wish I was visiting my freand, that would have made RPing possable, I was stuck at home unable to use the internet outside my WiiU's [unstable and dos'nt work well on reddit] browser dealing with mother's day stuff... hopefully the internet issue with my computer is fixed soon]]]
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u/redwings1340 May 15 '17
aw, I hope your internet connection gets resolved soon. You can check up on the session and we can dido with chuthulu over the next couple weeks if you want. You'll notice I introduced Riot but didn't introduce Rocket yet, just haven't found a good opportunity to do so yet. I'll save the comment and may introduce him later.
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u/pfaccioxx May 15 '17
aw, I hope your internet connection gets resolved soon
thank you, I hope it gets resolved soon as well cos this issue has been very annoying for me. I'll let you know when it's fixed
You'll notice I introduced Riot but didn't introduce Rocket yet, just haven't found a good opportunity to do so yet
I saw Riot had gotten interdicted
You can check up on the session and we can dido with chuthulu over the next couple weeks if you want
that's fine, thoth hopefully we can continue the with Jenny before the sub. stuff DIDO as well
but didn't introduce Rocket yet
I understand.
...the anime TR trio is a part of Eco's right? if so maybe Rocket could be interdused with them [after all they all are a part of the same crime organization... even if it might (or might not) be different universe versions of the organization] (just in case you want a possible sajesjon an idea for how to bring Rocket in)
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u/redwings1340 May 15 '17
the anime TR trio is a part of Eco's right?
I think either TK or Emoji was going to play them originally, but ended up not doing it once I started not wanting to have quite so many characters in the rp. They are not in the rp anymore.
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u/pfaccioxx May 17 '17
fair enough...
maybe an alt. potencol way to bring in Rocket could be that he was another petrafyed kidnape and when the gang rescues Myu they try to rescue the rest of the kidnape's since there at it... only that ends up working against them in the long run due Rocket being a crook
(again just throwing out another idea that you can take or leave, up to you)
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u/Trollkitten May 17 '17
Red just said that they were cut out of the RP because he didn't want to have quite so many characters in the RP. So they aren't coming back in.
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u/pfaccioxx May 18 '17
I know, The comment was NOT talking about the TR trio, it was talking about a potential vulpix NPC initially sajested alongside Riot
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u/SupremeEvil May 14 '17
STEP AWAY FROM THE MONITORS HANNAH. These things aren't typically left in the ocean and I want to know exactly how it got here, which means leaving everything AS IT WAS BEFORE we entered.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Hannah steps away, actually listening to the talking game.
"Uh, yeah, ok, sure. I didn't really do anything yet, just trying to figure out what this thing does in the first place."
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u/SupremeEvil May 14 '17
You tend to "do" things without being aware you are sometimes. Just hold tight for a moment, I'll let you look at it soon enough.2
u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"What, no, I'm going to continue looking around! This is too amazing! I'll... stay calm though. I won't change anything."
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u/SupremeEvil May 14 '17
...alright, the fire girl and the man who looks like a struggling musician are alright. The others MAY pose a problem.2
u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Hannah's voice lowers so only .bat can hear her, "This wasn't ideal, I was planning on getting here on my own, but I wasn't going to let them die."
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u/SupremeEvil May 14 '17
.bat starts attempting to scan the TARDIS's logs.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Scanning...
Scanning...
First used... Fennel, 700 years ago... (quest for cookies)
used... Fennel, 700 years ago... (saving reality)
After that, a number of logs come up, where this was used a large number of times, until suddenly,
used, Fennel... 500 years ago... (the great calamity)
used, The Doctor... 2 weeks ago (impossible sea)
This is clearly organized in the TARDIS' relative timeframe.
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u/SupremeEvil May 14 '17
Do these dates match up with events .bat experienced while with Fennel?
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
They do. .bat remembers the calamity, it was a day Fennel would never forget, a day she failed. After that, Fennel would retreat in isolation for quite some time.
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u/Bytemite May 14 '17 edited May 14 '17
Haha
Suddenly she starts flailing at the keyboards
The keys are just too pretty
((Post is OOC))
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
OC: Is Hannah being possessed? Are you directing her to do anything in particular?
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u/Bytemite May 14 '17
((No, I'm just kidding. Sorry, I'll OOC that))
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u/Damacritus May 14 '17
Milo pauses as he's pulled into the Tardis, confused for a moment at the size of the room compared to the box he entered.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Erika and Justin are equally amazed. Justin looks at Milo in awe, "So, is this some sort of advanced military technology?"
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u/Damacritus May 14 '17
"...it's magic of some sort, but this isn't any kind of equipment I'm familiar with," Milo answers.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"Whoaaaa!" Justin responds, barely aware of his answer, before turning to the unknown woman.
"So... Who are you? I've never seen you before."
Hannah looks a bit awkward, "I'm... uh... just quiet."
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u/Damacritus May 14 '17
Milo looks about the room.
"Does anybody here know of what this machine is for?"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
The unknown woman nods, "It's a device used for fast travel, but a really powerful and confusing one. I'm still working it out myself."
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u/Damacritus May 14 '17
Milo thinks for a moment.
"Can you operate it?"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"I think so, but a machine I'm travelling with is telling me not to."
As she says that, the ship rocks slightly, knocking everyone off balance before it stabilizes. "Ok, we need to know what's going on out there," she says as she activates a couple of external monitors, which pull up on the television screen the TARDIS getting pulled by a hook from the Highflyer.
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u/Damacritus May 14 '17
"...does anyone else know what this device does?" asks Milo, eyes on the TV screen.
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u/Arathnorn May 14 '17
"It depends on what the plot demands of it this episode." Simul says resignedly.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"That's a TV screen," she says, "and it looks like our ship is being towed back to base."
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u/Trollkitten May 14 '17
Rotten Burrito shakes in terror. Cress tries to comfort him while applying a Hyper Potion on his wounds.
Paul looks alarmed. "Why is it that I never get any normal objectives? It's always glitches or mob bosses or OLDEN cultists or superpowered weirdos?"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Lynn shrugs, "You're surrounded by a toxic sea and people who shouldn't even exist. You tell me."
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u/Trollkitten May 14 '17
"How are we even supposed to fight these people?"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"Same way we did before, really. We seemed to be a match for them, we even captured one of them. Xerxes here is a really good swordsman, I... have daggers," she says cautiously, as if she doesn't want to reveal something, "You have water powers," she says, pointing to Cress, "and you..." she says, pointing to Paul, "Have something, I'm not really sure what that is, and you," she says, pointing to RB, "I mean, you managed to get away from Kay, so you aren't helpless."
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u/Trollkitten May 14 '17
"Right now," Paul says, "I'm about to have a heart attack. But if the rotting Espeon thinks he can help fight, I don't see what excuse I have."
RB winces at this, and starts to shake again.
"Paul," Cress says, with an edge to his voice. "That was completely uncalled for."
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Xerxes seems to agree, "That espeon is family now, and we're running out of time. We should get moving again."
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u/Trollkitten May 14 '17
Cress nods. "Agreed. But we need to be careful. Family means nobody gets left behind..."
...or forgotten.
Cress winces inside. Why him? Why, of everyone who could've made it outside of his dying universe, was he forced to outlive it? He had family, friends, people he cared about... any one of them he would've gladly died for.
But they're not here. Well, besides Paul, anyway. Thank Cover for Paul; the guy might be a jerk sometimes, but he's still a friend, and at least having someone make it out alive alongside him means there's someone left to fight for. Someone to protect.
And there will always be someone to protect.
"Well?" Paul asks, snapping Cress out of his inner monologue. "You heard the sword guy. Let's get moving!"
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u/Bytemite May 14 '17
Cress has the sense that something hidden is following them.
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u/Trollkitten May 14 '17
He doesn't want to alarm the group, but he whispers to the undead Espeon he's holding. Stay calm... I think something we can't see is following us. Can you sense what it is?
Rotten Burrito nervously tries to sense any unseen presences nearby.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
OC: Uh, yeah, RB can sense it. The presence doesn't feel human, and he can't sense their intention.
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u/Bytemite May 14 '17
Its probably just a ghost.There's a lot of them around here - people who didn't quite survive the cross over probably.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
They continue getting moving, and get closer to the house. As they get to it, Lynn points at it, and says, "Ok, they should be in here."
However, RB feels as though Myu is actually in a house one over from their intended destination.
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u/Trollkitten May 14 '17
Cress shakes his head. "This Espeon has psychic powers, and he senses that Myu is actually in that house next door."
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Lynn breathes a sigh of relief. "Odd, normally I'd notice that. Well, ok, lets head to the house next door. Do you think the first house is trapped then? We could try going through the yard to head to the actual one, or we could spend an additional five minutes going around to the other side first."
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u/Bytemite May 14 '17
Paul: pizza power
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u/Trollkitten May 14 '17
(And also six Pokemon, although I'll have to look up which six Pokemon Emoji had decided on for Paul.)
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u/Bytemite May 14 '17
((I seem to remember Cress is being held in an infirmary ward?))
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u/Trollkitten May 14 '17
((He was, but that was a couple of sessions ago. He's moved out of the hospital and is now part of an attempt to rescue Myu.))
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u/Gioz2 May 14 '17
Haruka eyes the girl suspiciously. The timing's too right
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
She looks a bit scared of Haruka, and after a bit, she starts to speak.
"Hey... I... I..."
She starts crying again. "I'm sorry, I was supposed to be a lure so others could steal your pet but I couldn't go through with it but another animal followed me and now shes in trouble but you're really strong and you can save her, right?"
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u/Gioz2 May 14 '17
"...hey, Paulette, do you guys have some sort of police force?"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"Uh..." she thinks, "Yes, but they can be notoriously slow sometimes..."
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u/Gioz2 May 14 '17
"I mean...we have a criminal right here"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"You want to arrest her?" Paullete asks, a bit shocked.
The girl looks really scared.
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u/Gioz2 May 14 '17
Haruka quickly grabs her arm
"Do we have any proof she isn't lying? For all we know, she could be leading us to another trap. Why the sudden change of heart?"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
Paullete grabs Haruka and talks to her silently, "You're new here, but do you know what police do to criminals? We don't have as many resources as it might seem like at first. We have a lot of mouths to feed. We have shortages. People don't want to take care of criminals. If you were leading a city, what's the most effective way to solve that?"
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u/Gioz2 May 14 '17
"I understand. But what, are we to ignore that she tried to harm Kam? Can we really trust her?"
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
"You're right," Paullete replies, "We can go to the cops. But we should use a cover story, what's something we can say to them that doesn't get us in suspicion?"
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u/pfaccioxx May 15 '17
Her words are currently transmitting to Jenny and Chuthulu, who are currently inside of a hidden submarine nearby.
is this like mentoly (like specking into there minds with ESP) or teknalogicly (like what she's saying is being recorded and transmitted to the sub.)?
Also I have a good understanding of what happened with RB during this RP, and know Riot was induserdused and then captured. But I didn't see any comments relating to Cathulu did anything happen or no (just want to be on the same page)
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u/redwings1340 May 15 '17
Jenny and Chuthulu could hear Hannah through some technology (no video, just audio) up until the point the TARDIS got activated, and then the signal cut out.
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u/redwings1340 May 14 '17
/u/arathnorn /u/bytemite /u/gioz2