voice;

[faceguy]

[The voice coming over the radio is pretty upbeat, despite the nature of the topic he’s about to discuss. And also on the young side - for people who don’t know him, it’s an easy guess that Leo is a teenager or very young adult.]

Sooooo… I’ve been thinking, since we picked up new people. Last time, when our group got here, the convoy was totally empty, right? But this time we were already here. So, were we the first stop? Or did everyone before us get… uh, well, you know.

[He makes an uncertain noise through his teeth.]

But personally, I think we were the first stop. But not the first convoy! Maybe there’s multiple, or maybe the train goes in a loop. I dunno, but it’s probably something like that.

But what about those weird summoning circles? Does someone activate them when the convoy is coming? Or do you think it’s something about the convoy that activates them?

[There’s another option, that they activate regularly and some people who are summoned here get unlucky, but… yeah, he doesn’t feel like suggesting that.]

I guess I’m just spitballing theories here. There’s, like, nothing to look at right now. Just bush after bush. Seemed like a good time for some… thorny topics. Heh.

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[undyingcrow]

I'm still of the mind that this is a cyclical voyage, and we're guinea pigs meant to reenact the failed ritual.

[The recent notes he covered in his post make that rather clear, at any rate.]

But it does beg the question of why we're here now. If the ones who summoned us are long gone, why the delay?

Voice

[guidemyway]

Heh. Thorny.

I'd agree that we're probably the first ones on this particular convoy-

Unless they had a clean up crew come by after the first group.

You know...

[She had experience showing up to places that had been massacred before. She knew how messy that could be.]

As for the summoning circles- No idea. It could be either of those- But we need to learn more before we can really figure that out I think.

[Voice]

[constantvrunning]

That does align with what we've discovered so far.

If they have to run the summoning circles in person, they have a very quick method of leaving - and if they did, why make everyone on the Convoy travel by vehicle instead? Some kind of remote sensor, or something tied to a geological-

[Well, more likely stellar or lunar-]

-cycle, makes more sense overall.

voice

[discolouredwings]

Are you saying this is like... A bus route? Where it goes around picking people up.

[Thinking about it for a moment. That did make sense, as much as anything could make sense here.]

I wonder how the circles choose people.

audio

[hexrot]

[ thorny topics.......... after a short stretch of silence, something on this end gives a gruff "heh". he'd definitely be more inclined to jokes if he were a) more comfortable and b) not dead. anyway— ]

The summoning runes weren't fresh, independent from which garage they were in. It's highly likely to have a catalyst connected to the convoy somehow.