[She's on an airship.]

...there are a lot of things I need to address, but I should start with the most important. An illness from another world is spreading through this world's monsters. Extended contact with monsters, especially with their blood, is likely to result in it spreading to humans. There's a few cases of it happening already.

I'll be searching for a treatment, with the aid of the scholars of other nations if they offer it, but for the moment there is no cure but keeping yourself in good health and allowing your body to combat it. Potions and Remedies can take the edge off the worst of the symptoms, but nothing more.

Greetingway should have explained how to contact the healers. If you feel unwell, let us know. Anyone who's arrived recently who is capable of using white magic and willing to help, this would be an opportune time to speak to me.

And if anyone wishes to know more of that dream from a few nights ago, I'll tell you all I know. I believe that's all.

[Filtered to the Healers and Talons]

I'm sorry to ask so much of you, but would any healers please move to the nearest town and stay there? I need to be able to know where everyone is, now more than ever.

Talons, I realize this isn't what you offered to provide aid with, but I have a request. Given the nature of this illness, it's very likely that healers are going to be called to aid people in areas where there are many monsters. I need volunteers to make sure they get to whoever needs them safely and to help the ill back to civilization.

This is...somewhat of an emergency. Thank you for your understading.

[Filtered to Terra]

I need to speak to you. Immediately.

OOC: Feel free to handwave that your characters joined the groups if they would have done so by now!

[Hi everyone! Hopefully you weren't sleeping or concentrating too hard on something or whatever, because this dumb loud voice is about to interrupt you.]

Hello!? Hey! You out there, Sis!? C'mooon guys, you gotta be there somewhere!

Uh, I dunno who else can hear me on this thing! [A short laugh follows those words. Whoever this idiot is either doesn't seem to notice how loud he's being, or simply doesn't care.] Met the weirdest li'l guy though! Gave me this thing. Yep! I'm guessing it's some way to communicate, since I heard people talking!!!

Uh... well, I'm gonna come lookin' for you guys if you don't answer! Heroes don't sit still for long!

[Terra snaps awake, shuddering as she detaches from Kain enough to sit up. That strange, dream has shaken her and she almost feels as though she's still trapped within it, such is the vividness of those images. It's going to take her a bit to calm down enough to focus.

Sometime later, she'll turn on the linkshell, visibly troubled. There's barely a need for the the device to transmit anything emotion-wise since hers are so blatant, but nonetheless anyone who sees her message will also feel her unease and confusion.]

Did anyone else dream about the crystals?

Uh...is this thing really on? Oh, okay. Um.

[ At first, it's just a voice; Hope isn't sure it's okay to show his face after everything that happened. Then he decides that on one hand, it probably won't work anyway. And on the other, so what? If people can't find him they can't chase him, either. ]

L-look, I'm kind of new to this going other places thing, and this has all gotten weird enough, so if someone could tell me how to get back home, or at least closer to it, I'd really appreciate it.

Oh, right. My name is Hope Estheim. A-anyway, if someone can actually hear this, can you answer? Thanks.