fifth evocation ✧ orthrus

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Minako Arisato June 9th near Birch Hills

Hi everyone, it's me again. I'll try and keep it short and sweet this time. First. Last month, during that week when everyone was super tiny, there were a lot of people who wandered into the woods because they heard voices calling out to them. It doesn't seem like whatever was calling to us is there anymore, thankfully, but I think this is a perfect chance to go back and go deeper into the forest, as deep as we can go to see if we can find the source of those voices, or anything else that might be there. I'm planning this thing for the 18th, and I wanted to know if anyone else wanted to come with. Keep in mind that even if nothing is likely to lure us in again, there's still a potential for danger. So in my opinion, the bigger the group, the better. We can all watch each other's backs. Which brings me to my next point. I know a lot of people have been exploring all the weird places in the city, and eventually I'd like to get accounts from you guys to compile together-- but for now, I wanted to ask if we could make a more concerted effort to explore together, instead of splitting up into our own tiny groups. The main reason being: Jim is constantly watching our movements and reading our posts. He's the only one we have any kind of contact with from Retrospec, and he's shown us in the past couple of months that he likes commenting on what we do and how we act. There's no telling if anything he says might be able to help us down the line, but in order to get him to talk at all, we have to get his attention. And a big group of people poking around for information on Retrospec is a lot more comment-worthy than tiny groups. Obviously there's a risk of exposing ourselves too much to him (though I'd argue we're pretty exposed as it is already). And I can't stop people from exploring on their own. I just wanted to put the idea out there that it might be better to do it together. There's one last thing I want to mention. Yosuke recently suggested that my dog Koromaru should try sniffing out a Retrospec employee by smelling something that was sent by mail. I'm not sure if it'll work, but me and Koromaru are willing to give it a try, so if you get something in the mail from Retrospec and want to let us have a go at it, text me any time of the day or night, I'll come running. Oh, and just to be safe, don't touch the box or wrapping it comes in. Thanks for reading. Hopefully I'll have something more fun to talk about the next time I post here.

[ooc: the open log for this mini expedition will be up on the 18th, for anyone who would like to have their character join! Nothing too exciting other than getting stuck in an infinite loop and attempting to escape said infinite loop will happen...probably ;3 I decided against making a post in the OOC comm for this so if you have any questions, feel free to PM me!]

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I don't think it was a good experience for anyone

but now that it's relatively safer to check it out, I think we should

if there's something in the woods that might put all of us in danger, better that we find out about it now

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yeah

(says the girl whose kid cousin was the first to comment to this post)

I'm used to being put in a leadership position but I'm going to be stretched thin if there are this many volunteers, and a lot who I don't know

I might need to nominate someone to help me organize this

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it's okay, I'm under the assumption that most people want to open their mail from Retrospec asap so they know it's not a bomb

if you're okay with me and Korochan visiting you, we can see if he gets a reaction of any kind

it's worth a try!

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thanks for volunteering, and glad to have you, I'm Minako!

I hope we don't come across a scenario where we'll be lost enough to need your skills, but the more prepared we are, the better off we are, right?

I'm debating bringing camping equipment, even...

[complementing]

we'd be glad to have you, Father

wilderness hiking experience will definitely be something we could use once we get deeper into the forest

any tips you have for me now? I'm making a list of things we might need

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a good of a reason as any!

I managed to avoid the worst of it too and I want to make sure there isn't a chance of what happened last month repeating itself

got any camping equipment?

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bring some camping equipment if you have any! We should go all out prepping for this trip

haha we'll have to see, Korochan is a Shiba Inu and from what I know of them they're not meant to be tracking dogs...but he's a lot smarter than the average one, so he might be able to manage something

where can we meet you?

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I remember what happened last time

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and don't worry, THIS TIME I'm not going alone

I'm also not tiny, and I'm also going to be armed to the teeth

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S-Rank or bust

yeah idk what we're gonna be up against, if anything, but any help is better than none

I'm bringing Korochan and my weapons with me, regardless of any stares it might get

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ahaha talking smack, Cleo? I love it

I have seven guys to four ladies right now and considering one of the guys is my kid cousin I'm slightly worried

[strawberrypunch]

Ill come too
This is a good idea

[She's really good at these, he's noticing.]

[cattack]

No, I would never.
It is simply my experience that men have rather easily bruised egos when it turns out I can lift more than them.
Or lift them, for that matter.

[So, talking a little smack.]

How old is he? If it's dangerous, it may be best to leave him behind.

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haha most people have thought it's a good idea and while that has no bearing on what happens it gives me hope we might figure something out together

[complementing]

[Talking so much smack.]

ngl I wanna see you do it

he's seventeen

but he's also as stubborn as I am

if he does come I might just handcuff him to me

[mincingminuet]

Well good.

I ended up buying that gun, too. So, don't...freak out about that. It felt safer to have it than not.

[cattack]

Lift him specifically, or just in lift someone in general?
If he comes, I'll guard you both, don't worry.

[seeker]

i'm alison. thanks for setting this up. playing the waiting game was beginning to drive me nuts.

camping equipment i can help with too. i've got tons of it.

[frostythehitman]

I'll see what I can dig up. I think we've got some camping supplies in a closet somewhere.

Meet me by the park, at the entrance along Thurton. When?

[ He has no idea what the least inconspicuous area of town would be, but he hopes the park would be a good 'hiding in plain sight' tactic for this. ]

[toushiro]

You'll need to have a list of qualifications. Combat experience, survival skills, etc. Especially if you're planning on it being a huge expedition.

[true_noir]

[Diversions were a lovely thing.]

A tiny army is good. You can all make sure that nothing goes wrong that you can't handle. If you have that many, I am not sure it is so reckless, but there is still at least a little risk.

But, as you say, organizing against them is something we really haven't done well yet. It needs to happen.

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yeah, and better safe than sorry

the group of volunteers is getting kind of big, and I was thinking I might need to split it into two

would you be okay leading one, me the other?

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there will probably always be a little risk, if Retrospec has anything to do about it, but yeah, I'm glad I'm getting a lot of volunteers

any other suggestions for things we should do?

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in general! Sora is thin as a stick and wouldn't be a challenge to lift up anyways (๑•ω•)

thank you, Cleo

I want to respect his decisions but he's also family and I would never forgive myself if something happened to him

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basically go the whole nine yards huh? Can do

I have someone in mind already

btw are you volunteering to join or no? ( ・◇・)