Here you'll find short bios of who the Scientists and Soldiers are, so far as is known in-game.

( The Scientists )

[Soon after all witches have been defeated, the fire begins to fade. The storms become more erratic and a metal keening cuts through them. It still takes some hours for it to die down, even if it's clear the event is on its way out ( Read more... )

[At the same moment, everyone's PCD switches on and begins to play- though instead of the usual mixture of ghostly voices, a woman's face appears. She nods at the screen, smiling faintly- blond hair separated into two braids, an orchid ever-tucked behind one ear. The area around her is hazy, flickering.]Everyone. As has been tradition, it's time ( Read more... )

we thought there was a saying about this

but we've forgotten it

but enjoy the ride anyway
in a new pair of shoes or five

wait isn't that missing a foot

remove the haze from your eyes
HOC EST SEPULCHRUM INTUS CADAVER NON HABENS

look closer

i t ' s a l r e a d y h a p p e n e d
you're too late

look closer

HOC EST CADAVER SEPULCHRUM EXTRA NON HABENS

this is too straightforward

too expected
too familiar

let it fall to the other direction

reverse!

no appreciation
what can make you

what can bring you here

who do you think you are
if you can't remember that

[Static. Static that gives way to a blurry, shaky camera arc, clearing on a section of the wall outside of the Inner City. But like the Animus posts, there's no PCD on the other side of the recording. It just... is, transmitting itself with no apparatus ( Read more... )

something sprung a leak
sorry about that

maybe that will drown them

but the place looked dirty anyway

might as well clean it

it's dark, too dark to see

it's very hard to get a plumber in here

[There's the usual static hum on everyone's PCD, as the screen goes black. After a moment, a low flute tone starts up, continuing as a background melody throughout. For anyone who hears it, it would sound vaguely familiar, from their home world- though played inexpertly, as if they couldn't entirely remember how it was supposed to go.]

too soon, ( Read more... )