no_compromise | 1st Chapter [Voice/possible Action] Forward Dated to May 8

[It was raining, something that rarely happened in the arid region of the Far East on his homeworld. It was raining when he pulled himself up out of the mud three days earlier with a soreness in his shoulders and a baffling block of missing time that he could not explain. With his immortal body, sleep was optional and even unnecessary--the last time he slept was over seven years ago, just before the fall of the Spiral King and his army.

The black out bothered him more than the wings, but his inherent pride as a warrior and a beastman kept him from more than a cursory question here or there over the journals. Soaked to the bone and thoroughly irritable about the information he absorbed via the strange journal that arrived with him, Viral finally emerges from the silence he had built up around himself.

The video feed opens to the beastman sitting in relative comfort in a shabby fort he built for himself amongst the fallen branches from the winter. It was obvious that this wasn't the first time he had broken his needless exile, as the new feather pants had been traded out for his comfortable travelling gear, including a very ragged brown cloak and an equally worn red scarf. Though dry for the moment, his hair was still tangled and not fully cleared of the mud.

Clearly his isolation was more important than finding an apartment. Though, if pressed, he would explain his thoughts on that manner.]

[Very Broken Filter away from all possible members of Team Dai-Gurren]

Luceti. I am Viral. [Pronounced like the word 'virile.' There's a subtle pause, either from the inherent awkwardness of this or his noticing that the filter is terribly broken.] If any of you here have ever encountered someone by the name of Simon [pronounced 'see-mon.'], from a place called Jeeha Village, who also calls himself 'the digger' and is currently ranked at High Commander in our world, if you have met his brother Kamina or any of their friends in Team Gurren or Team Dai-Gurren, I will not ask you to disregard anything you may have heard about me. Whatever they said is likely true.

[From a certain perspective and point of view.] I only ask that you keep an open mind.

Also, is there someone on this network who can explain why the animals are talking? Does the rain normally last for this long? [Another beat.] I've been here for a few days now, so I understand enough, but this climate is unfamiliar.

[With that he ends the feed, not wanting to say much more. Though tempted to just shut the journal, his questions about the local fauna and climate are pressing enough to be a bother. He's there, in the woods toward the west. Feel free to find him.]

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Oh I'm certain you can be. What I mean to say is that it's likely that you won't be able to avoid fighting.

[Viral sighs at this, resigned.] One prison is just like the other then.

Yes, I suppose so. A prison is a prison, however they choose to disguise it.

Right. [The irony of it left him irritable.] And no one yet has found a way to break out?

No, not that I have heard. Difficult to believe, no?

It is. Willpower has a tendency to turn the tide of conflict and battle in my world.

You'll find a distinct lack of willpower here, I'm afraid. Most everyone seems rather.. comfortable.

...That is unfortunate. The humans in my world never stood for such containment. They continued fighting and fighting until, one day, they won.

Then perhaps I will hold out hope that your friends arrive here.

...Simon and Kamina were here once before, but not as I remember them. If Simon were to arrive here as I last saw him? I still can't be certain that he would entirely succeed.

I'll be sure to keep my fingers crossed!

Wishing for Luck doesn't help us on the practical side. Is there truly way to better defend this place?

Oh, I'm sure there is. But getting enough people together to make a difference..

Well, it seems that no one thinks of it as a priority.

That could cause problems in the future, but there's no way to make people care if they don't want to.

Which is exactly, I imagine, why we are still here.

[He ponders this for a moment, gut rebelling but his curiosity telling him to find out more. Seven years earlier this exact same situation existed in his world, and he worked on the other side of the barrier. Even though no one understood it until moments before he fell, Lordgenome had his reasons for doing what he did. The Malnosso had to have them too.]

At least they make it so we want for nothing, although it's hard to imagine that any human would be fully satisfied in this situation.

[ oh yes of course, people always have reasons to justify the terrible things that they do. well, most of the time. but it's of no concern to vincent. ]

Oh, I think you can include most non-humans in that statement.

Probably. This place is going to be very strange, isn't it?

Oh yes indeed. Welcome to Luceti.

There are worse welcomes.

Thank you.

1st Chapter [Voice/possible Action] Forward Dated to May 8

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