UFO hunting

[mindofathief]

Dear Everyone,

I've been away for about a month, so I'm not sure if you guys found anything new, but I've gone back to talking to farmers about the animal kidnappers. Some of them have said that they know a person who knows a person who saw their cows get stolen. This world is gigantic, so I need your help in finding out more.

I'm going to stay near Aqures Ixen and talk to the farmers in the area, and I'll keep all of you that wanted to help out updated. We'll meet up later this month to plan a stakeout. Whether it will be a peaceful meeting or a fight, I don't know, but we have to be prepared.

Sincerely,

Duster

[OOC: The UFO Stakeout player plot is underway! You can post up a log with your characters interviewing farmers and I'll have an NPC respond to it! This will culminate in a final stakeout where we wait for the UFO.]

Comments

[fearlessherosheart]

Dear Duster:

I have other business in the Calm Plains, so I will be sure to ask while I conduct it. I'll be in Mysidia for some time, as well. Do you think this craft would also operate on the other continenet?

Yours sincerely,

Tazendra Lavode, Baroness Daavya.

[mindofathief]

Dear Tazendra,

I don't know. It's more advanced than anything else I've seen here, so they might. I didn't think to look for farmers while traveling to the Crystal Forest, sorry about that.

Thanks for your help,

Duster

[fearlessherosheart]

Dear Duster.

You are welcome. Truly this manner concerns me. Why would such a being steal lifestock?

-- Yours sincerely,

Tazendra Lavode, baroness Daavya

[chondriosome]

Duster,

I've heard about this kind of thing happening before - it's usually not what people think it is*. In any case, I think you've piqued my interest. I'll be at this stakeout, just to see what's going on here.



[*Aya will believe in aliens when she sees them.]

[mindofathief]

Dear Brea,

What do you mean? They could be guys in masks from the past coming here to kidnap animals and use them for their experiments.

Thanks for your help, though. I'll see you there.

Sincerely,

Duster

[chondriosome]

Duster,

They could be, though you'd think there would be easier ways of obtaining animals in a less conspicuous way than this. In my experience, something else was happening with the cattle, but I doubt it's going to be the same case as the one I have dealt with.

I am curious to see what's being done with them. It doesn't sound like it can be anything good.

[mindofathief]

Dear Brea,

If they're all the way up there and we're down here, it'll be hard to catch them without a plan. And that beam that takes animals is easier than having to rope them up yourselves. But you might be right. We should wait until we figure this out.

Sincerely,
Duster

[chondriosome]

Duster,

They even have a beam to take the cattle up? That's a bit cliché impressive.

Anyway, I've done stakeouts before, so I'm more than happy to help figure out what's going on here.

[neverfirstclass]

Duster,

I'm on my way back from the Chocobo Forest with some of the others. When we get back I'll be sure to ask around the ranch and the other nearby farms to find out if they've seen anything new.

You can count on me! Let's get these chocobo thieves!

-Cloud

[mindofathief]

Dear Cloud,

Thank you! I know that with all of us working together, we'll be sure to keep them safe from further harm.

Thanks,

Duster

[unalive_them]

Duster,

I hate you for taking this idea from me. I so thought of this first.

My Hero absolutely did not. He's just angry he didn't think of it before hand.

- Deadpool and Deadmoog

[mindofathief]

Dear Deadpool and Deadmoog,

I'm sorry? I had help with coming up with this idea, so it's not really my fault. Besides, I still need your help with protecting Chocobos and catching the thieves later on.

Duster

[red_planet_blues]

Duster -

Saori and I have been checking the records to see of there are any cases that make mention of UFOs in the testimonies. Because most likely some officer took that down and completely dismissed it. Backwater planets like this don't know much better. Guess it's time to change protocols around here.

-- Sparks Nevada

[[OOC I have no idea if they'd find anything, but why not try.]]

[mindofathief]

Dear Sparks Nevada,

It sounds like you know what you're doing. The police in my world never dealt with anything like this, but I'm sure someone must have remembered it seeing one.

It could be that the UFOs (I think this is what most people are calling them) are a new thing, and so few people spotted them that no one believes them.

Sincerely,
Duster

[red_planet_blues]

Police in this world never dealt with it either, but I have. I'm almost certain UFOs are a new thing around here. Been pretty sure this planet is tucked away in some corner of a dusty galaxy. Once I get some leads on these old cases I'll go out and talk with folks and see what they've got to say. Maybe it'll get us something.

-- SN

[rialynn]

Hello Duster,

I hope you're doing well! I kept a lookout for several nights, but didn't see anything unusual. I'm not sure if that's much help or not. I'll be happy to meet up with you whenever you're ready. Stay safe out there, all right?

Your Friend,
Rialynn K.

[mindofathief]

Hello Rialynn,

I'm doing fine! I've been fighting for almost all of my life, and I can handle some walking. I'm more worried about you, actually. I heard about what happened in Mysidia, and a lot of you guys haven't been looking good recently. Visions of a bad future can't be a good thing at all, but you haven't said much about it since. Are you doing okay?

We definitely should meet up sometime soon, Chocobo guarding or not.

Your friend,
Duster

[rialynn]

Dear Duster,

You needn't worry about me, I wasn't affected all that much. I haven't said anything about it since I died pretty early on, so I missed out on most of the story. To be honest, it wasn't much worse than an unpleasant dream. I've had scarier nightmares. But thank you, you're very kind to be concerned. I'm fine, I promise.

Let me know next time you keep watch? I'll watch with you.

Your Friend,
Rialynn

[mindofathief]

Dear Rialynn,

Imagining that you're dying is an awful experience. Even if I ended up surviving the end of my world, it was the scariest moment of my life, and dreams are known to feel real. And the worst nightmare in the world, in my opinion, is believing that your friends turned against you and kill you.

I guess I've had worse nightmares, but it still sounds terrible to me.

I have a stakeout planned in two weeks. Can we meet up earlier and hang out for a while?

Your friend,
Duster

[rialynn]

Dear Duster,

Of course we can, whenever you like! But please believe me when I say that I'm absolutely okay. I'm not trying to put on a brave face or anything like that, it just didn't bother me that much. It was just another story, you know? And I don't have a mark on me, so no harm done. Why, were you part of it? Did it shake you up any?

Your Friend,
Rialynn

[mindofathief]

Dear Rialynn,

I wasn't part of it, but I heard others talk about how terrified they were. And I know how bad nightmare visions can shake you up, because I went through a really bad one back home after I ate some weird mushroom. No one else at the Crystal Forest wanted to talk about it much, but I'm offering to help if you ever need it.

But if you're okay, that's fine too! You're a very positive person, did you know that? We all can use someone like you around here.

Thanks,
Duster

[rialynn]

[Now she's starting to get embarrassed. Time to turn the attention back to Duster!]

Dear Duster,

Trust me, I'm absolutely fine, it's not an excuse just for you not to worry about me. I'd like to hear about the mushroom, though. How did that come about? Did the vision actually mean anything, or was it just a nasty experience? I want to hear the whole story when we meet up. See you soon!

Your Friend,
Rialynn