[Kidd looks around at the group gathered before her, a mix of people who had gone along on the Diamond WEAPON mission and those who wanted to learn more about what had happened. She frowns at the absence of a particular person. She'll be fine handling this but she'd feel better if it were Malik doing it. After one last look around she raises her voice so that anyone nearby can hear.]
I apologize for the delay in keeping you all updated on this, but other things wound up consuming our attention for the past few weeks, as you all well know, and it took some time to follow up.
As many of you know, the Diamond Weapon was being excavated at the north end of the Lost Continent, and it was our goal to do something about it before Palitutu or the Calamity claimed it. We didn't want to face either turning it against us. The forces we met there were clad in Heran dress, and were mostly moogles and tarutaru with some humans with them as well. I doubt that they were operating under orders from the Empire itself but more likely they were with Palitutu and her faction.
[She frowns as she continues.]
As we secured the area and were discussing amongst ourselves what to do with the Weapon, an old friend of ours decided to show his pom. Artemicion was there long enough to reveal to us that Palitutu had abandoned uncovering the Weapon in part because of Narashima, and the concern that the Weapon would be turned upon us.
He then chided us for "messing up enough things" and acting "without plans". His opinion that we should all leave it as it was and go on our way.
[She allows for a beat as the oddity of Palitutu's "concern" sinks in. She also scans the crowd for general reactions, given the recent horrifying events. It wasn't like their foes' words were without merit.]
Myself and the other members of my guild who were present were in favor of destroying the Weapon, making sure that it wouldn't fall into any hands, right or wrong, and to wipe it from the board. The risks seemed too great and I'm still not convinced that wasn't the right path.
In the end though we came up with an alternate plan, and I suppose it was a good one. It's true that we may be able to make use of the Weapon's power, but many of us know what may go wrong if it's left blindly in our hands. In the end we decided the best plan was to contact Esdham and turn it over to them.
[She looks around for Sephiroth or Jade, or even Sparks, to see if they wish to take over.]
I had to write this tag three times before it posted ><
I apologize for the delay in keeping you all updated on this, but other things wound up consuming our attention for the past few weeks, as you all well know, and it took some time to follow up.
As many of you know, the Diamond Weapon was being excavated at the north end of the Lost Continent, and it was our goal to do something about it before Palitutu or the Calamity claimed it. We didn't want to face either turning it against us. The forces we met there were clad in Heran dress, and were mostly moogles and tarutaru with some humans with them as well. I doubt that they were operating under orders from the Empire itself but more likely they were with Palitutu and her faction.
[She frowns as she continues.]
As we secured the area and were discussing amongst ourselves what to do with the Weapon, an old friend of ours decided to show his pom. Artemicion was there long enough to reveal to us that Palitutu had abandoned uncovering the Weapon in part because of Narashima, and the concern that the Weapon would be turned upon us.
He then chided us for "messing up enough things" and acting "without plans". His opinion that we should all leave it as it was and go on our way.
[She allows for a beat as the oddity of Palitutu's "concern" sinks in. She also scans the crowd for general reactions, given the recent horrifying events. It wasn't like their foes' words were without merit.]
Myself and the other members of my guild who were present were in favor of destroying the Weapon, making sure that it wouldn't fall into any hands, right or wrong, and to wipe it from the board. The risks seemed too great and I'm still not convinced that wasn't the right path.
In the end though we came up with an alternate plan, and I suppose it was a good one. It's true that we may be able to make use of the Weapon's power, but many of us know what may go wrong if it's left blindly in our hands. In the end we decided the best plan was to contact Esdham and turn it over to them.
[She looks around for Sephiroth or Jade, or even Sparks, to see if they wish to take over.]