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[noprophecies]

Who: Tempest
Broadcast: fleetwide text
Action: The Golden, should you feel inclined
When: now

i will make this quick as to not waste my time and yours

those of you who have been down to the planet - do you sense anything strange at all? and if so, what? do tell, inquiring minds, etc

if not, then feel free to disregard and refer to the first sentence

thank you

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[axiomed]

I suppose that is a succinct way of putting it.

[noprophecies]

are you critiquing me professor?

dont make me come over there

[axiomed]

It was a compliment.

[noprophecies]

oh, then thank you. i take back my threat

[axiomed]

Why thank you.

[greensights]

I've not gone down to the planet, but I felt something strange when we got closer.

[ It caused him a seizure and wigged him out too much to actually want to step foot there. ]

[noprophecies]

was it when the machinery started acting strange?

[greensights]

Yes, it was. I think that they're related events, mayhaps.

Have you been on the planet?

[noprophecies]

a friend of mine said he felt that, but i could not. but he cannot feel what i do on the planet

i have a few times, yes, trying to figure out what it is

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[save_the_souls]

I did.

It took me a little while to place it, but I think it's something I've felt before. Or at least, similar to it.

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[noprophecies]

what do you mean youve felt it before?

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[save_the_souls]

It was at the last place I was. If you went too far away from the castle, it'd try to call you back.

It felt like this.

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[noprophecies]

how strange

are you usually sensitive to this sort of thing? you are not a wizard right?

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[ontrial]

[ there is a 95% barriss is just texting tempest from her room but she's not properly dressed for going out and it's not like this isn't a perfectly acceptable way to have a conversation. ]

The planet is equal parts invigorating and unsettling, if you ask me. I hope you haven't been exploring alone. I wouldn't.

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[noprophecies]

[besides, coming out of one's room takes effort and all that]

you feel it too?

no, if i do go down alone i stay close to the ships

[ontrial]

That's for the best. I can't identify the sensation exactly, but I don't trust it.

[noprophecies]

i do not trust it either, but i want to find out more about it

actually

are you busy tomorrow?

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[astrobleme]

I felt like I was being followed.

[...]

Maybe. I don't know.

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[noprophecies]

why do you say maybe?

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[astrobleme]

It didn't feel that way all the time...

But when it felt that way, it was really bad. It felt like something was right behind me. Freaked me out.

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[noprophecies]

that is a little freaky

i hope you do not go down there by yourself

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[killedwithlove]

It's alive.

[Cole's voice has an odd, resonating quality to it, like it comes from something not a mouth with lungs.]

It's beautiful and alive.

voice

[noprophecies]

[oh no someone wants to talk. She wrinkles her nose but responds in kind]

Well yes, it is. On its own, it's a lovely feeling.

It is what comes with it that I am referring to, though. The wary feeling. Do you not feel it?

voice

[killedwithlove]

[Cole doesn't do well with written words at the best of times.]

No?

I'm being watched. We're all being watched.

Not just by the audience now.

voice

[noprophecies]

I know, I have felt that.

It does not bother you? The way they watch.