@kira.solo and @xuanyo.mo

[forcevisions]

[Bad username or site: kira @ solo]:
Hello, everyone. There are a lot of new faces around the safe house so I'm going to try to make sure to catch you up as best I can. Insomniac Ball, a city organizer and apparent leader of the religious group that have painted shrines to us throughout the city since we fought those creatures, gave us the locations to something he called “gates.” ([Bad username or site: Loki @ Odinson] and I posted more about this group HERE if you want more information.) Ball claims the gates will prove something about the blue light in our chests, tell us why his people have been worshipping us.

Whether that's true or not, it seems safe to say that discovering what's there will give us more information on what was done to us, how it works, and maybe even how it's limiting the powers some of us used to have access to.

That's why Wei and I have been working on a way to get to them, and we want everyone together on it. The two most promising locations are Mt. Everest and New Oslo.

[Bad username or site: xuanyo @ mo]
Hi, I'm "Wei"! That's me, surprise! My countrymen and I spent our time in New Beijing looking into how to get to and from Mt. Everest without setting off alarms, and we think we're at least able to offer you all some idea of what the trek to the gate will look like.

I don't suggest that anybody who isn't extremely physically fit undertake the journey to Mt. Everest - a lot of people have died in the past on that climb in the past. That doesn't mean we don't need your help. Those going to Mt. Everest will travel under the disguise of eco-tourists creating art, music and more on social media to bring attention to the new, green wonders of the world and the need to preserve and maintain them. If you have connections that will support our disguise or get us a good boat that won't sink, we'd be happy for them.

Yes, I said boat! Travel after arrival to New Beijing will be along the rivers by boat, so this is an extended trip - make sure your jobs are flexible if you want to come. The boat is the cheapest option for this trip in particular. Knowing that, we could really use people good at fundraising and awareness-raising for the other two trips we'll need to go on. Even if you're not interested in making the physical journey, your help and ideas would be appreciated.

[Bad username or site: kira @ solo]
Right, because we’d like to do this again with the other gates once we know what’s waiting at these.

Those who aren’t able to make the trek up Everest can go to the New Oslo location under a different banner. The city is easily accessible by train. For Everest, it sounds like we’ll need food, camping and climbing supplies, and maybe even oxygen tanks in addition to the train tickets. It’ll be a long hike.

I’d like us to get moving in the next couple of weeks. If you can help, or if you want to make the trip with us, we should start making arrangements now.

[ ooc; This IC invitation ties in with the January plot! Further event information is in the calendar, including when to expect an OOC info post. As stated, Rey and Wei Wuxian do not have more information currently about New Oslo, so feel free to have your characters search more about that up on the questions part of the OOC post. ]

Comments

[unlucky7]

I suppose people looking for hope wherever they can, misplaced or not, is a universal constant.

[forcevisions]

I'd say so.
There's always some myth, or some god.
On Jakku, it was X'us'R'iia. The god wind that caused the sandstorm. If it existed, and it was real, it was possible to appease it. The people weren't helpless.
Takes all kinds.

[ For her, it had been the Jedi. It's different, now that she's one of them. ]

[unlucky7]

I think it's important for people to have hope. I've also seen what happens when hope is lost or when people learn the thing they put hope into is false.

I don't like the idea of people seeing us as divinity. Too much power, too misplaced, too easily misused.

[forcevisions]

That's cynical, given that it's only a tiny portion of the population that believes this. Most don't even know we exist, or think we're just a Morningstar weapon.

[unlucky7]

I suppose it is. But even a small amount of people can make big waves that have a lasting effect.

[forcevisions]

Then maybe we should stay focused on the responsibility of making sure our waves are the ones we want to make, instead of worrying about how people respond. The latter is outside our control.

[unlucky7]

And so we climb the mountain.

What do you think the gates will prove? Or maybe more accurately, what do you hope the gates prove?

[forcevisions]

If these gates really respond to us, it might tell us something about where we came from.
They might even take us to places we've seen in dreams.
The history of the gates becomes our history. The history of their religion becomes our history. We'll find more answers if we are who they say we are.

[unlucky7]

I really don't know about the history part, but then again I've only been here for a few weeks. I imagine the ones who have been here for awhile have more of a stake in all of this.

I'll pull my weight in getting people trained and ready for this trip, and I'll do everything I can to make sure people survive the climb if that's what we end up doing.

[forcevisions]

I appreciate your help.
Even if you have your doubts.

[ In fact, it means more than the help of people who are all-in on believing in this. Because it means that she's a team player. Rey could learn from that. ]

[unlucky7]

Maybe something will change my mind up there, who knows. I'm open to the possibility.

But if I get to climb that mountain and come back down alive with everyone else, even without answers the climb would be worth it.

[forcevisions]

[ grinning privately to herself. ]

I'm looking forward to it, too.

[unlucky7]

Keep me in the loop. And if anyone needs a crash course in climbing, send them my way. I'm hoping I can find a gym with a good climbing or bouldering wall or a solid VR sim, but there are plenty of buildings that'll do the trick too.