{51} ...Home sweet home?

[moe_rapier]

This is Locket with the Wilderness report. My apologies for the late write-up

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oh bad bad pings

[pompous_today]

An empty city...

[moe_rapier]

I could almost say the place feels wrong, but I can't put my finger on why. We haven't seen any sign of life.

[pompous_today]

[Pentap pentap.]

It sounds familiar. Almost disturbingly so. Of course, I cannot say that for sure without seeing it...

[moe_rapier]

Well, you're welcome to come down and have a look while we do our final rounds.

[swissarmybot]

GUESS I PICKED A GOOD TIME TO NEED EQUIPMENT.

SO, IT'S COMPLETELY EMPTY?

[moe_rapier]

Of what we've seen so far, we haven't run into anyone else.

[dwn_infinite]

Locket, I found those teammates of yours. They were in the space station, past the rip.

[A brief pause. He re-reads her description. Something's missing, and she's not the sort to omit.]

...Didn't you see it?

[moe_rapier]

I... no.

Some of the reports I'm getting back involved finding holes in some of the walls, but I wasn't given any clear details beyond that. Can you elaborate? If there is a rip in the Wilderness...

[dwn_infinite]

There's a rip. A few of them, from what I hear. And they lead into someplace completely different. Then again, we only started hearing reports of them this morning.

It looks like a space station. Or a space colony; the place is huge, and it's got everything from shops to a botanical garden. It looks nothing like that other city. And if your teammates' reports are any indication it doesn't sound too safe. They were horrified by the time we got to them; they wanted out as quickly as possible.

[moe_rapier]

I've never heard of tears in the Wilderness leading to another before. Nothing about this feels right...

[She's got to ask, to confirm.]

The elevator. Did you see it there, too? I'm going looking for one of these rips now, and see what I can find. If they're feeling a little too nervous, I won't force them.

Please tell them they can go back up if they can't continue.

[spandexisyouth]

I see. I think I would like to see this place.

[viva_la_materia]

Equipment? Like...what kind of equipment?