un: nami (video)

[cartographie]

[ Instead of pointing the pendant at herself, Nami aims it so that the top of the table she's sitting at is what's in the frame instead. ]

This is a book I took from the chained god's room. [ She begins as she opens the book and starts leafing through the pages, making sure she lingers on each so the people watching on the other end of whatever this not den den mushi based network can get a good look at the contents while she thumbs through ]

There's a lot in here, and, weirdly, some of it looks like it was written recently. From what I've read, it sounds like the men of Ephes turned on the god and chained him up. One historian in here, Gallia Salusa, mentions that because the god didn't have a physical form to start with, the men waited until the timing was on their side, and this god - put himself together, or whatever it did, gaining a form - they think just from slowly accumulating power - so could be chained in the first place. [ She's seen that thing, it's gross. ]

The book also talks about how that worm god thing isn't the only being like this around, but like the chained god before whatever happened to him, happened - they don't have a physical form, and want one

[ Nami shuts the book finally turning the communicator around on herself so she's visible, along with the interior of the rundown windmill she and her crew have posted up in. There might even be one or two straw hats or perhaps an errant clown pirate milling around in the background, who knows? ]

Oh, and, that whale fishman told me about how the borders of Ephes - both land and sea - are much bigger than the space this place is occupying, but after the chained god was captured the dark water's been encroaching from many sides - something that's obvious to the farmers and the fishermen but not as much to everybody else.

[ She sits back in her seat, shrugging plaintively at whoever's on the other end of this not-a-snail, tempted to just end the message there before she remembers herself– ]

I'm Nami, by the way. If you want to meet up, take a look at the book, and tell me more about what's going on here, that's fine with me. I've got a crew to get back to the East Blue and any information is useful at this point.


[ ooc: a link to the initial comment with this info about the book, since Nami is slowly paging through it for the network, feel free to use the info in the comment if you want to let your character clock a snippet or two as she goes or something.

and threadjack away, ]

Comments

[somebadnews]

[ Hm. He never thought it had to do with the box itself, he just assumed it was because they got it away from the man using it... ]

Good question. It's been warded since, so it can't be opened to check. [ ...by him. He'll have to debate bringing it up with Wrath. ] There's another floating around that I couldn't tell you about. As far as I know, it hasn't exhibited any other powers.

And I don't think the severed hand is being guarded at all. [ Which is another load of bullshit, after all the grief he got over keeping possession of the tongue. ]

[cartographie]

So just an unprotected severed hand that might be made of dark water?

[somebadnews]

Attracts dark water. Theoretically. [ But the case could be made... ]

You'd have to find it if you want to test that. It's with our group, if whoever was playing with it hasn't lost it by now.

[cartographie]

Not the kind of thing I'd do without having a better idea of what I was dealing with. If somebody with more knowledge wants to run those tests, I'd come and watch though.

[somebadnews]

...Generally the people who know the most won't touch them. But given this new information, we might be able to find a middle ground.

[ It's a complete mystery what he means, but that's usually how he has to operate over the network. ]

It might be worth the trouble. The worst that could happen is it summons some monster and we have to deal with the casualties.

[cartographie]

If they're attracting the dark water, and you're all carrying them everywhere, it might be smart, yeah.

Can I watch?

[somebadnews]

[ He does have someone in mind, considering he asked to see the tongue before, which Five refused at the time. Not that he's offering that up. ]

We need to track it down first. [ If she wants to watch, she can help. ]

[cartographie]

You don't even know who has it?

[ She's no expert on safeguarding potentially evil body parts, but, Nami is very sure these guys are doing it all wrong. ]

Who had it last?

[somebadnews]

Vaguely. I was occupied when it happened. [ Posing as an undead lady's advisor while simultaneously stalking his family takes up more time than she'd think. ]

Finding out should be the easiest part.