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

Sonic | OPEN

[they_call_me_sonic]

Once the video has stopped play, Sonic does probably the most sensible thing anyone has done: went over to the player, popped out the tape and headed for the nearest trash can.

"Are you guys really going to sit here and write all of this down and consider this some sort of gospel?" Sonic questioned. "C'mon - the woman's off her rocker and I can see a few faces here considering godhood to be a good option!"

He stopped before he got to the trash can.

"First of all, what's so fun about letting everything live? Everything has a purpose and it can't stay around forever. Enjoy it while it lasts. Second of all, even if you accept 'godhood', you just bring pain and suffering because everyone else will want it."

A beat.

"Also, first person who tries to attack me, I'm set to counter. I'm impulsive, not stupid."

Re: Sonic | OPEN

[jadethenecromancer]

Jade sighed. He was starting to see a pattern with Sonic...

"Now now, settle down. Listening to Kalki's message is hardly the same thing as agreeing with her methods." Jade didn't sound angry so much as exasperated. "We've been trying to understand her mindset for a long time now. This confirms many things we've suspected but didn't know for certain. May I suggest you don't go throwing away one of the few sources of information we've managed to find after all this time?"

[they_call_me_sonic]

"Eugh, again with the 'settle down'. Y'know, when I first came here and got sent to the past, I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, but now..." Sonic said, shaking his head.

"Look, I get it, it's helpful in trying to figure out her level of craziness, but I think we should have reached that by her trying to tear this city apart just to perform time travel. And besides, there's the chance that we got some nut who might think becoming a god is a good thing and we're giving them the means to do so by keeping the tape here and giving detailed notes on it!"

[jadethenecromancer]

"If it makes you feel any better, I have no intention of letting anyone here dabble in godhood either. The idea is ludicrous." Jade was glad Sephiroth wasn't around to hear that last bit from Sonic.

"It's not just about Kalki. We need to learn about the Calamity as well, not to mention Palitutu and Garland. I'd rather not dismiss the tape entirely until we've gleaned everything useful out of it."