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

[zerotohiro]

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 alternatively]

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[anthropophagite]

[ when he arrived, of course he saw Baymax, but he tried not to stare. it's rude to stare, after all. But now that he is closer, kaneki has to wonder: what is that thing even?

it's not creepy, so that's a really good thing. Creepy things are way too common in this place. But it's still weird and Kaneki has to wonder if it's an alien of sorts? maybe? he is totally going to assume it is.

In fact, Kaneki bows his head a little ]

I'm alright, thank you- i'm just not used to crowds. [ and people in general ]

[zerotohiro]

Do crowds make you nervous? [What a direct question, and yet Baymax seems genuinely concerned about that. He'd hate for anybody to be uncomfortable.] I have several recommendations for treating anxiety.

[anthropophagite]

[ at least he is a nice alien thing... ]

Please don't worry, it's quite alright. [ he smiles wider, bowing his head a little to silently thank him for his worry ] I'm just not used to it, but I can handle it.

[zerotohiro]

It is my job to assist. [And before Baymax can even further that, Hiro turns and joins the pair of them while skidding to a halt next to his brobot.]

Baymax, what're you doing? [And it's then he looks at Kaneki for a moment.] Sitting there can't be that comfortable, can it?

[anthropophagite]

[ IOh another person. Kaneki politely shakes his head ]

It's alright. Like I was telling... Baymax? I'm not really used to gatherings and meets. [ and people in general. But he offers a smile, of course ]

I'm Ken Kaneki. It's nice to meet you both. [ a small bow follows ]

[zerotohiro]

[Yeah, he knows that feeling, buddy. But the bow allows for Hiro to give Kaneki a quirky little grin. Very formal of you, dude.]

Hiro Hamada. Annnd you already met Baymax. Good to meet you, too. [He glances back around the room.] I'm hoping to start doing stuff like this more often just to make sure people are actually aware of the things happening here.

["So maybe that will help you get used to things like this."]

[anthropophagite]

[ he came because he had information to give. He isn't sure about the next times, though if he is allowed to come then, Kaneki won't say no.

even if he never really will be used to things like this. ]

Hm- it's a good thing. After all, we all find different things and the smallest thing might be important.

Though, after talking to the masked person, we should probably start worrying- [ he says that as a mutter, more to himself than really directed at Hiro. it's fine to ask about it, certainly. ]

[zerotohiro]

You really think we have a huge reason to start worrying? [He hasn't had a chance to read everyone's forms, after all, but he's very interested in Kaneki's opinion on the matter.] I'm still trying to piece together everything it said to all of us.

[anthropophagite]

[ he pauses, to think about the things he spoke of with the masked figure. He doesn't want to alarm anyone, but Hiro set this meeting up and will eventually read Kaneki's huge tl;dr ]

The masked person said they were the Flamine Federation , like you said. But they also mentioned that CERES owes them money for their services - and if they don't pay, they will come and destroy CERES.

Since they destroy worlds, all of this would be... [ well. Destroyed ] ... Erased. And we are here too, so would we.

[zerotohiro]

Somehow I kinda got that impression. [He frowns lightly.] They spoke with me and said that they wanted to find CERES, but they didn't exactly specify the rest of that. Guess it shoulda been obvious.

...maybe what we could do is start planning an evacuation strategy, too. How hard could that be?

[anthropophagite]

They implied it, though they didn't say it word by word.

[ but Hiro's next words make him pause ]

How do you evacuate a whole planet?

[zerotohiro]

If they have a way of bringing all of us here in the first place, you really don't think there's a way for us to escape? Maybe we build a ship or something, or we sneak on board one that lands here. We've gotta be getting imports for supplies here, not everything can come from Cerealia.

It's just a thought though.

[anthropophagite]

But- [ he isn't just thinking about the people who came here thanks to CERES and whose worlds were destroyed; he means the aliens that already exist here. ]

Does anyone know how to build a ship? [ that sort of technology didn't exist in kaneki's world. They only ever went to the Moon a couple of times 2016 tech world ]

[zerotohiro]

Not off the top of my head, but I could probably figure it out with some of the other mechanics around here. You really think it'd be that complicated? [Says the brat from 2032.] Even if it doesn't work, we have room and time for another plan.

[anthropophagite]

I'm-

we had no spaceships in my world. I mean, the ones that we did have were expensive, really hard to build, and only carried few people.

[ a beat ]

Do you really think we have time?

[zerotohiro]

You from Earth at all? [It's a curious question but not the thing he should focus on.]

If we start building it now, we should have time. Especially if CERES doesn't know about it yet.

[anthropophagite]

Er- yes. [ of course he is from Earth. A very messed up version of it. With cannibals.

MOVING ON. ]

Hm, you are probably right. Which means it'll be necessary to talk to others about this and figure out who can build something like that.

[zerotohiro]

[He gives Kaneki an unreadable look for a moment.]

Think that's something you'd be willing to find out for me from other people?

[anthropophagite]

Wait- me?

I'm not- [ a people's person. But right now, he does want to help, so kaneki isn't going to refuse. he does reach for his own cheek, thinking for a moment ]

How do we even go about that without having CERES figuring out we might be interested in building a spaceship? [ it should be kept a secret, right? Kaneki doesn't want to find out what CERES would do if they found out they are even thinking about leaving this place. ] - I guess I can ask on the network who comes from a world familiar with space-travelling. And from there, we can try to figure out who has any knowledge on -

[ a pause.

he is rambling ]

Ah- well, I will try.

[zerotohiro]

[Kaneki you have made him a very happy person. He's nodding along, absolutely agreeing that it should be a secret for now but that's not a bad way to approach it.]

That's a good start. I mean Hawke got everybody here by advertising this as a pizza party. There're always work-arounds for this kind of stuff. And anyway we could also always say it's just for ViViD. A hypothetical or something.

But I'd appreciate it. We're all gonna have to pitch in and start pooling resources if we want to make this work.

[anthropophagite]

[ Kaneki nods after ]

Yes, you are right.

I will do it soon, Hiro-san. [ he will pitch in as he can, and since he can't build anything, talking to people it is ] I will contact you when I have something.