estoria | [Open] There's a Point Where It Tips, There's a Point Where It Breaks

Who: Everyone in Cerealia who figured out the code words for this meeting
When: Evening of IC 5/31, after Hawke's network post
Where: Sanctuary
What: "A pizza party" aka a meeting about the new masked figure that appeared.
Warnings: N/A, maybe some talks about what Alien-kun had to say, etc.

[It's evening by the time Hiro gets to the Sanctuary. Anyone who had seen him this morning will have spotted him with Baymax, both of them sans their normal armor and Baymax carrying what looks like a giant box. They had preparations to make, after all. He makes his way in and out of the building a few times but by the time the first of their guests arrive, everything's set up.

Upon entering the Sanctuary, Baymax moves to stand guard and collect your CereVice in a box at the door. Please don't cheat, he doesn't like when people aren't playing fair. In exchange for the CereVice, you will receive a form and a pencil before Baymax cheerfully waves you away.

Hiro's sitting on a table at the head of the lounge watching people come in. Hawke had promised these people pizza and cake (Hawke why) and he's delivering on that promise. The stack is about as tall as he is, more than enough to feed everyone who's shown up. He waits until a majority of the people show up before he clears his throat to gather attention.]

...uh, hey! [Well. That's a great, confident start.] I know this was sort of last minute and everything, but I really appreciate all of you coming by and actually listening to Hawke. [Sorry Hawke. But there's a grin which says he's more than appreciative.] I know you're probably here for free food, but there's a couple of things you should know. [Sliding off of the table, he moves to stand in front of what looks like a small mechanical box.]

When we all got back a few days ago, I started thinking about the fact that CERES can watch us from...pretty much anywhere. So I took some plans for something else I've been working on, improvised a little bit and created this thing. It'll deflect the signal from our implants and block them out completely as long as we're in this room. I've tested it out a couple of time already, the whole thing gets thrown off. It's...why I wanted to meet here! Because that sort of leads right to my next point.

[There's a small sigh as he paces the room, Baymax waddling after him. He moves back to the table he'd been sitting on to pull up the mask he'd been given a while ago.]

All of you probably received one of these either from that fortune teller, Aria, or it just showed up. And while we were out there? Some of you probably found the terminal like I did and spoke with a masked figure. [A beat.] I'm starting to realize that it told all of us something different, but the most important part is that it's with the Flamine Federation. You know. The guys who supposedly destroyed our planets. Baymax gave all of you a form--um. [And here he pauses, unsure if it's really appropriate to be ordering people to share information but then again that's what they all need. He's always believed everybody needs to be aware of what's happening.] Basically I guess just...answer what you can and tack it up on the board--[A gesture to a large bulletin board he pulled from who knows where.]--and talk amongst yourselves about what happened out there? Alien...the monsters, that weird altar? A bunch of you saw that, right? What was that about?

[Dear god somebody help him.] ...look, I tried. There's free food. This is about all I could throw together so fast before something else happens here. So...yeah. Let's just start figuring out what's really happening here, okay?

[Vague hand gestures? Vague hand gestures. He shuts up after that and sort of shrinks back into his hoodie, jumping back up on the table to hand out food and keep an eye on the room. All right, colonists. You know what to do.]

[ooc: Welcome to the info-sharing mingle! The idea behind this is for characters to ICly fill out this form (coded by the wonderful Fidgey/Katsura-mun) and have it displayed for everyone to view that information. You can post your sheet in your comment or link it to a post elsewhere in your journal, or even post it in the post I made that the form's posted into. HOWEVER this is open to everyone even if your character didn't speak to the alien and just wants to check stuff out! As a note: characters will start to feel sick after about two hours in the Sanctuary due to the frequency deflector. Sorry about that! Any questions hit me up via PM or plurk at

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Yes. Their motives at least seem straightforward, even if they appear to be somewhat obnoxious.

I'm more than willing to let them rip CERES apart, but it wouldn't do if the rest of us were caught in the fray... [ What a conundrum. ]

Yyyyyyeah, that wouldn't be so good. It made it pretty clear they were only after what they were due from CERES, but I don't think they'd be too worried about collateral damage if we were in their way somehow.

[ And this is probably a terrible idea, but: ] If we were able to work with them somehow, well...we might actually have a chance at bringing CERES down.

[ He nods, a smirk appearing on his face. ]

It may be possible. I have established a deal with them for the immediate future. Tell me, what resources do you have at your disposal? [ Because he got a little ahead of himself, and his resources aren't many. Whatever. He can find some people. ]

Really? ...What kind of deal?

[ Would his resources even be helpful? He's got some money, but not a lot. He doesn't have followers or anything like that. He doesn't have any magic or powers, but he has one thing he can offer. ]

The best I can offer you is my own mind.

Your mind...? [ He sounds halfway between dubious and intrigued. He can't decide if that's something he should find worthy or not.

Well, whatever. He just goes ahead and continues: ] They want me to bring CERES to them. If I am able to do so, then they have already agreed to allow me to be present for the interaction between both parties.

It said something similar to me, too. The question is...who do they want? CERES is allegedly a huge organization. Do they want all of them? Or just Bellona Recreare?

[ The company might be in her hands now, but she wasn't the one who signed the contract with the Flamines. It could have been Vincere, or even someone before him. ]

Mmmm...

[ He glances around at the walls where the forms are posted up. ]

They made no such specifications to me, but from the other forms, it appears they might be looking for her specifically, or at least someone with comparable influence. Bringing an underling will lead to an unsatisfying conversation to witness, even if they did accept that. [ Guess they'd better aim high. ]

That's a good point. Unfortunately for us, she'd also probably be the hardest person in the entire organization to actually get for them.

[ He has to wonder, though, what they would do with Mosley. ]

Well, if it were a simple task, they wouldn't need to enlist anyone's assistance. I'm sure it will be worth the effort.

How would we even go about trying to capture her for them?

Hmph... I'm not as familiar with the CERES establishment as I could be. I understand that others have had much more personal contact. I need to first assemble all of the information that is known to the public.

Well, this meeting is a good place to start. Several people who have raided CERES tower are actually here.

Indeed. With the surveillance deflected, it's best for us to accomplish as much as we can while we're here.

For as long as we can, anyway. Once CERES figures out what we're up to, I bet they won't be too happy and just let us continue meeting here like this.

Of course not. I'm not going to rely on there being any further meetings like this... But I do doubt that they'll crack down immediately.

You're probably right about that. They don't seem to pay very close attention to what we do, honestly.

It would be difficult, with so many of us. And when they already have enough power over us that they feel confident that there is nothing we can do, there's no need for them to.

I think that's exactly it. They don't feel threatened by us, but they should.

Hmm. You're rather confident in yourself for someone who only named one positive trait he has to offer.

[ SUDDENLY, A CURVEBALL IN THE CONVERSATION ]

[ TOUCHE... ]

I don't know that that's it. It's more I'm just stubborn.

[ Him? Confident? Even if he is, is that a good thing? More caution might be advised. ]

...I suppose that sort of thing is its own merit. It's not as if stubbornness has never gotten the job done. [ He says it a little fondly, in fact, if wistfully. ]

It seems to work for me, most of the time.

[ Except for...when it doesn't, but enough about that! ]

If nothing else, any idiot can serve as a distraction of some sort.

[ There's Togami being real reassuring and tactful and supportive again. How does he do it. ]

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