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Captain Jack Harkness ([personal profile] theendiswherewestartfrom) wrote in [community profile] melodiesoflife2016-03-15 01:15 pm

Hidden Truth [Log]

What: A log for everyone to gain the information in the Hidden Truth video tape.
Where: The Observatory.

There had been a flurry of letters sent out from Jack and Chiaki, first to Zelda to ask to borrow the Observatory, and then to every Hero of Light, alerting them that they had uncovered some intelligence received in the Heran Empire before the Capital had fallen to Crystal, and that everyone needed to see it immediately.

Jack, Chiaki, and a few others brought in a screen connected to a machine that some would recognize as a VCR. "With our peace mission to the Imperial Capital over Christmas, we returned with a recording made on 20th-century Earth technology, the kind that doesn't have an analogue on Crystallis. It took us time to build a machine to be able to play it. This information comes from Kalki, recorded what appears to be years ago. We obtained it from the Imperial Spy, Jenni. As of right now, we still have no reason to believe that Kalki is alive. But this comes from her, and I apologize to everyone who might be upset by seeing her again."

With that, Jack plays the recording. He stands by the screen and repeats the words for everyone to hear, for those who cannot understand English. Since Kalki's first words are to explain why she is recording it this way, it makes sense why he has to do this. He keeps his own emotions in check throughout, until the explanation of the Bard song that everyone gets to hear. That seems to upset Jack.

Once the recording is over, Jack pauses. "We will need some help from any other English speakers to create a written transcript of the recording so that anyone can access this information at any time. The tape and player will remain here for any Heroes to review. We ask that you please be careful with the machine."

Finally, Jack sits down to let the room descend into the inevitable chaos.
jadethenecromancer: (to be a troll or not to be a troll)

[personal profile] jadethenecromancer 2016-03-16 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"All we really know is that it requires sacrificing a certain number of Heroes and by extension, their worlds. How exactly Garland does this, I can't say."

Jade was mulling over this as well. Finally getting more information was well and good, but they still weren't much closer to finding a strategy.

"If it were that simple, this would all have been settled by now. No doubt past Heroes have already tried it." He turned his white crystal over in his hand. "Supposedly the Calamity is not only devouring the planet, but it's also an inseparable part of us... No, I don't think brute force alone is our answer."
fearlessherosheart: Tazendra, a hand on the side of her face, looking intent (interested)

[personal profile] fearlessherosheart 2016-04-04 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, that is a shame," Tazendra liked brute force -- it promised a quick, exciting battle and then either a glorious death or a celebration afterward. She could do subtlety, though. And knew enough that messing with world-destroying magic required it.

"Perhaps... if we knew how the Heroes who arrived three weeks ago were different from those who came before, even those others who were summoned by Kalki." She removed her own white crystal from that experience. "Though the Calamity was... I do not know what triggered it, but it started growing on our escape, or shortly thereafter."

"Do you know, I almost rather would have Kalki answer these questions than challenge her again." Which indicated Tazendra's level of interest; Kalki's ability to utterly take apart a lone Hero made Tazendra want to fight her as a measure of her own skill. Delaying that indicated how much Tazendra wanted to know what was going on.