Whale Man Tries to Turn Around And Walk Back Into the Rift

[encoreinthedeep]

Type: Text
Sender ID: encoreinthedeep (Ulpianus)
To: Everyone
Subject: Return
Warnings: None

Requesting all available information on how to return to my own world.

[ He sends this message within ten seconds of receiving his shellphone. ]

Comments

[encoreinthedeep]

[ He's an autistic WHALE, thank u, he has... probably has nipples. Don't ask me why male humanoid whales would have nipples this is Arknights we just do whatever's most fun here. ]

I will.

[ He will... what? Come by for a debate? Contact Emet-Selch and Cid? He doesn't clarify.

But he does know some very basic landwalker courtesy. ]

Thank you.

[empyrean_mirror]

Eh, no need to thank me. We're all stuck in this mess together--sharing what we do know is natural.

[Kaveh shrugs a bit, but then belatedly--]

Oh. I didn't catch your name--I'm Kaveh. I work with Cid, among other things.

[encoreinthedeep]

Call me a Hunter.

[ ... the man works with this Cid? That's to his advantage. The sooner they meet, the better... ah, and there is another matter to address. ]

I have two more questions. What happens if one dies here, and who is the strongest fighter in this world?

[empyrean_mirror]

Hunter, then.

[Kaveh...pauses. This is a tricky question.]

I'm not sure, as to the first one. I tend to try and avoid brushes with death, I have too much work to do to go and die.

[He hums, thinking about the second question.] It's hard to say exactly--people aren't usually interested in testing their strength on each other unless necessary. But it's probably Emet-Selch. [...] If you're looking to test your strength, he's unlikely to want to.

[encoreinthedeep]

[ So... it still comes down to those two names. ]

I will need to test his strength.

[ As threatening as he makes it sound, it's really just about finding someone who can reliably kill the Seaborn Ulpianus might turn into if things somehow go wrong. ]

But that can wait. Let your Cid know that I want to speak with him.

[empyrean_mirror]

...Yeah, that's a conversation you need to have with him, good luck with that.

[SORRY, EMET-SELCH, THIS ONE'S A YOU PROBLEM AND KAVEH AIN'T TOUCHING IT.]

I will, but he'll probably reach out to you directly instead of through me.

[encoreinthedeep]

You harbor doubts about Emet-Selch agreeing.

[ Look he's got that "questions worded as statements" thing you like, Kaveh. ]