Hidden Truth [Log]

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

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.

Comments

[damn_juicebox]

Rukia shook her head. "I'm not sure. But I've never raised a chocobo chick before. I was wondering if you had any advice on the matter." Her chocobo's name 'Yuki' no longer seemed quite so fitting, now that she was a bright green color. She'd caught her sulking and preening ruthlessly at her feathers ever since. Maybe she should consider using dye, like Cloud had for his bird.

[neverfirstclass]

"Well they'll be able to lend a hand with it at the ranch. I know a little bit about it but I'm a bit more trained with caring for the adult birds." Cloud frowned as he stroked his chin. "I think the first thing would be to figure out who the Sire was. That way you can figure out what to expect from the chick. Some birds are better at digging and some at running. Knowing their lineage can help with figuring out care so you can bring out their best."

[damn_juicebox]

Rukia wasn't too concerned with the parent of the chick. Whether it dug or run well, she intended to love the little ball of feathers, and train it to be a fine bird no matter what its talents might be.

"Perhaps," she inclined her head. "How long do you think it will take before the egg hatches? I would like to be present when it happens, if possible." Because she couldn't imagine anything more cute in all the world, unless rabbits were somehow involved.

[neverfirstclass]

"Hmmm, depends really but chocobos tend to hatch quickly. I'd have to see it to make a real guess. We should go to the ranch after we're done here and check it out." And if he couldn't figure it out he was sure someone there could.

(ooc: I have no clue how long they take in this game but in FF7 and Type-0 it's like...instant, so that's not realistic. FF11 was 4 Earth days....which also equates to about 100 Vana'dielian days but that time measurement was always wonky, and I think is actually a bit too long for birds, even large ones.)