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[scorchednpcs]

[At first, all you see, all you hear, is static. And then a man's voice comes through - in pieces, and then more coherently.]

...us. ...elp.... ease.

...east... hel..... us..

Please help us! [There's a burst of static again, and then...] There are people... if you can call them people. ...came out of the sky and across the sea... they're

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[heartbetween]

[Eating? Those damned elves...they couldn't defeat them so they went on to attack others...

Wait, others?]

I'll help.

...I didn't know there were any people alive outside of Anatole. [It's partly a question, and partly just thinking out loud.]

[private voice] sobbing, the threadjacks never end

[break_onthru]

Kaien. Remember everything I said about getting taken advantage of someday?

That day has come.

[Seriously. Break would be exasperated if he wasn't in lethal tactician mode.]

Don't go volunteering for missions you don't understand.

[Then, almost as an afterthought:]

Please.

[STATIC STATIC]

[scorchednpcs]

...n't permitted contact, until now. Afraid of-- [STATIC].

But now is different. Now is desperate.

--ank you.

[STATIC STATIC]

[heartbetween]

What? Afraid of what? Not permitted by who?

[A beat]

Don't worry, we'll protect your people as best we can.

[agi_skills]

["Help"? "Monsters"? Consider Junpei pinged.]

On my way, dude. Sit tight. And stay away from the monsters.

[Good advice from Captain Obvious.]

[scorchednpcs]

...trying.

[He almost sounds amused, in a desperate kind of way.]

[tin_boy]

[Alphonse thinks his alchemy may be of use in a situation like this.]

Sir? Are you okay?

What are these "people"?

[Al waits for a response, but is already preparing himself for a ship ride... and battle.]

[scorchednpcs]

...o danger to me. Not me. But my people. They're peacef-... attackers are butchering us. Like cattle.

Like meat.

[STATIC STATIC]

[scorchednpcs]

..all and lean. They carry weapons - bows, and blades, and darts. They use magic. They bleed from their eyes and mouth, and sometimes their ears and nose.

And they brought the monster.

[STATIC STATIC]

[scorchednpcs]

-land. Past the mist.

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[halcyonthird]

My blade is yours. I cannot speak for my fellow warriors, but I see no reason they will not aid in your defense.

[They'd better have a damn good reason not to, and she can't think of any.]

[STATIC STATIC]

[scorchednpcs]

...ank you. Thank you.