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[terrot]

[ the video opens on a table, spread with long cards, most of them face-down. the one showing is xvi, the tower. the camera pans out, a little jittery, to show physis sitting at her card table, turned to the side in agitation. blue is knelt on the floor beside her, glancing up at her with concern.

it was almost like it's all happening again, but this time she can't be quiet about it. she doesn't know the initiative as well, she can't really trust their efficiency in the face of something like this. the mu were always mobile, the moment they knew their location was compromised, they would find another one. that wasn't the case in exsilium, and the warning was necessary. ]

To those who don't know me, my name is Physis. I have the [ gift? not hardly. ] ability of foresight, clairvoyance.

We've made ourselves known, acted openly against our enemy, and they are preparing to make a retaliation. We are to be an example of how they retain their power, I have seen it.

Does anyone know what the Black Code entails?

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[Video]

[hornedomen]

I'm glad you're back, Physis.

[But was she safe? He did not know what the Black Code meant though he understood retaliation. All the attacks he had seen from the UE had been devastating. His jaw tightened.]

Are you hurt?

[Video]

[terrot]

No, I'm not.

[ ico you are too little, you should not have to face nuclear holocaust and she doesn't even want to entertain the idea of him suffering through such an event. they have to get out of here, they have to get him out of here. ]

Thank you, Ico. I'm afraid the troubles of this month are not yet done, however.

[hornedomen]

What'll happen? Can we stop them?

[terrot]

[ can they? with the level of power they work with here, there could be a possibility, but... she can feel blue next to her, his fatigue and weakness mingling with her own.

she doesn't know. ]

That isn't something I can promise. This one...it's simply too big, our only hope is to escape.

[hornedomen]

All of us?

[How were they going to move so many people at once?]

Does the Initiative know about this? Maybe they'll know what to do.

[terrot]

[ oh ico, she doesn't really trust that the initiative knows how to do much of anything. ]

If they didn't before, my hope in announcing it is to spread the information in a way that they will soon. Maybe this time they will find a way to solve it in time.

[hornedomen]

Do you know how much time we have before they attack? We're surrounded by sea. How far do we have to go?

[terrot]

[ it takes her a moment to understand what he's asking. a safe evacuation point is very different from seeking a place outside of the fallout radius. ]

The sort of weaponry they'll use will poison the land, make it uninhabitable for any living thing, even if we could escape the blast itself.

[hornedomen]

Poison? [So they could not stay here.] Then where can we go?

[Was it even possible to move so many people off the land?]

[terrot]

I don't know. [ but she's supposed to now, it's her job to know, to guide. uncertainty is not a realm she deals well in. ] Somewhere that isn't here, and quickly.

[hornedomen]

[So there were limits to her foresight. It did not deter him. A solution had to exist.]

I'll start asking the Initiative.

[terrot]

[ if she could be omniscient, if it could save the people of exsilium, she wouldn't hesitate. his willingness to do all he can as well is inspiring in its own way. ]

You're a very brave young man, Ico. If they can all have your resolve, we may just see this through.