[@LiverisGood]

Blizzard listened closely to [u]Radiant's[/u] and [u]Medivac's[/u] reports. She let out a long sigh at the end, the team leader knew she had a lot of stuff to resolve. Although, she was glad she had a working team at hand and not everybody was lost to the storm that greeted them when they first arrived. "[color=lightcyan]You all have done well under these circumstances. I'm glad your training in the Institute is paying off. Even if... none of what's happening is covered in the courses.[/color]"

[quote=Radiant]"There were two more of us but we lost them to the forest..."[/quote]

"[color=lightcyan]I heard the Soothsayer talking about how the forest was dangerous.[/color]" Blizzard replied. "[color=lightcyan]How is it exactly dangerous?[/color]"

"[color=orange]According to a contact we have in Riventor, there's a force in the forest that can induce vivid hallucinations to make people go mad and also make them disappear.[/color]" Wu explained. "[color=orange]Well actually, he said that the forest itself is the one doing it. Either way, the strange happenings around here seem linked to Originium, called 'Cursed Rock' around these parts. Like Radiant said, we've lost Operators to it.[/color]"

"[color=springgreen]We've lost Rex and we thought we lost you to it too since he was the one carrying you while you were unconscious. It was miraculous that we found you in this radio bunker. We have no idea how you got here.[/color]" Ibon said. "[color=springgreen]We've also lost an Operator named Will-O-Wisp. They simply walked into the forest and were never seen again. Zasada, meanwhile, is still back in Riventor. Hopefully, the Archosaur's taking care of her.[/color]"

Another long sigh came from Blizzard. "[color=lightcyan]...This forest is something else, isn't it? And no, I don't know how I got here either. Hopefully, the 'how' doesn't become important later.[/color]" She pinched her temples. "[color=lightcyan]Anyway, you all did good going here before attempting any other action. Let's make this our base of operations and get the radio tower working. We'll try to contact any Haynek Operators still out there but most importantly, re-establish communications with Haynek Institute. Maybe request evac too since the situation is beyond FUBAR where I'm standing.[/color]"

"[color=lightcyan]We should split up: One group taking a look at the radioes themselves and the other looking for supplies or anything we can use in this facility. Any volunteers?[/color]"