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I'll keep this short and to the point to give you guys time to strategize, catch up, all of that.

Congrats on your Magatus missions. Looks like everything's been cleared out as best as we can, but the region's been evacuated thanks to a couple of factors.

The new problem is we just added a bunch of people to city limits.

I've got some good news and some bad news.

Bad news: need some people out in Pesgare to do some deepdiving and recovery. It doesn't look like there's anything out there that'll kill you, but I need something from down there to stabilize Recollé itself.

Good news: got the subway working. Did you know it was just about coding? That's a little crazy to me and okay, I might have found out on accident, but…whatever was blocking exits from the city was just a false creation.

It means getting out of here and checking out the progress outside. The trains will be ready for departure in about a week, I'll get some maps drawn up and everything. I could really use some of you on location scouting.

Finally…who knows about machinery? We've got a problem we should probably look into, but keeping track of that eye's a huge pain in the ass.

Discuss, get in touch with me, prepare. You know the drill.

Zee Carlisle
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Keep in mind, I'm pretty sure these are from Vanderweele's own notes at the time:

”Has the planet set up barter and trade with ours?”
“Does the planet have resources we can obtain for ourselves?”
“Will this planet benefit us?”
“How pure is the family line?”
“Will reviving and reconstructing these souls benefit or hinder?”

I wouldn't be surprised if this all links in with Vanderweele's desire to use soul energy.

Yikes.

What do they even mean by 'how pure is the family line', anyway?

Who knows. Maybe it has to do with people whose abilities are genetically linked?

That's even more yikes.

Kind of makes me feel bad for those who are from relatively normal worlds and have no abilities or people who didn't exactly inherit theirs.

It's one of several things he had listed, so it might not apply to the rest of us. Then again, we don't really want to go with Vanderweele's standards, since those that don't meet them would end up as soul energy.

I see.

I mean, I wouldn't want to go with an asshole's standards to begin with, though. Better to just fight against it than to go with it, I guess.

If we don't want to end up as soul energy, then yeah, we've got to fight.

Or in this case go see if there's anything down these tunnels that Vanderweele didn't want anyone to have access to.

Being forced into someone else's war kind of sucks.

Although seeing what's in there might help, to say the least.

Well, they're kind of fighting over us, in a way. I'd rather have my own say in things, and I think you and everyone else would too.

Maybe we'll find something useful. Or maybe we'll just throw another hitch into his plans. Either way, I'll take what we can get.

Honestly, the concept of 'fighting over us' makes the whole concept seem like a tug of war. But you're right. Not having a say in things is kind of bullshit for me, so I'd rather do something. Even if I'm not admittedly combat-oriented, there's probably other ways I can help.

And yeah, maybe. We'll just have to see.