#veilsmoke

Good morning, everyone! Exciting news!

There's a trick to producing purified sunlight essentia.

It's a little counterintuitive, so bear with me: Artificial sunlight is easy enough to make— Fire and light are easy to find. But finding the right traces to get a real radiance effect is difficult! Unless you do a reacharound operation. Weather essentia can be made with only basic elements, and you can extract purified sunlight out of it when it's properly aged. It's a self-balancing reaction! Plus, it works with both transmutation and assimilation methods!

Good to see the weather issues had a real silver lining!

Seems nobody else is covering this, but it's worth mentioning. As of this morning, a heat wave was officially announced covering the southern side of Lhasa, in Tibet, China. Unfortunately we don't happen to have any Advisory contributors who just so happen to live there, so our updates on elemental imbalances and other side-effects will be slower. If any of our readers are in the area, though, just send a message and one of us should be able to get your story and point you towards useful resources.

Weird. Right after Ark Paracelsus, we get odd weather in Ark Geng.

“I can hear you misspelling it.”

“I haven’t the faintest what you mean.”

“...Ugh. Yeah, I felt like we’d need something big.”

“To your credit, you were right.”

“You doubted me?”

“Someone should.”

“Well–”

“Enough pleasantries, then.”

“Not again–”

“Why birds?”

“You know what, fine. Why not birds?”

“It seems… Unintuitive. And out of character.”

“Out of– Look, hummingbirds are small, eagles pick prey off, rocs are–”

“Scarlet.”

“...They need names.”

“...Oh. I see now.”

“They’ll break, and get replaced. I can’t get too attached.”

“And your chosen theme…?”

“Avoids getting too cringeworthy.”

“The… What? You mean the legends were true, and–”

“No, not at all. We made the Holy Grail last year.”

“Oh, that’s…”

A pause.

“Explain.”

“How much do you know about the nature of magic?”

“Less than you. More than I should.”

“Magic is an art of change.”

“Yeah?”

“And not creation.”

“Oh. So, is that why you have the pretty lighter?”

“It’s mainly because it’s pretty. But yes, I can’t create fire.”

“Because magic… Doesn’t let you create things?”

“Correct.”

“And, the Holy Grail?”

I really didn't want to make this post.

Yes, there is a gateway that connects Oneiron directly to the Central Exchange. No, its locations can't ever be disclosed, and even people who know will get turned away. The thing that might have been missed during the whole debacle is that everyone noticed the portal open because the portal launched a massive shockwave. I still have the cuts from all the broken glass on the other side. It's just too massive a jump. Plane tickets aren't that expensive.

And, for the record: The Invern person was caught. By Alchemists, but still.

P: Show of hands.

L: Involved in a murder investigation.

P: Didn't know they still had those.

S: Vacation.

P: In?

S: Germany.

P: And?

S: That bitch kicks like a mule.

A: My housemate almost died.

P: Almost, yes.

D: Trying to find my brother.

P: ...Oh. Good luck.

L: He needs it.

M: Need a flight out of Hong Kong.

P: How the hell. Fine.

R: Is it okay to say I met the Covenant?

P: No. But, good job.

G: There were cops in my house.

P: And you got them out somehow?

G: Don't underestimate me.

M: Was this... Intentional?

P: These were literal coincidences.

D: Yeah, but, that doesn't mean anything, right?

L: Statistical question: Why aren't there any demons in Germany?

P: Care to elaborate?

M: Actually, the tracker... Kinda checks out. Sightings are ruled out as fake or marked as banished in, like, a week at most.

P: Give me a second.

P: I've got a better question. How come every single instance of sighting updates is coming from one access?

M: Is the implication that there's one single person investigating these things full-time?

L: Or one person running a demon-hunting ring.

P: Wait. The access isn't even flagging anything but [&k:00HLL].

M: So, someone who knows only about demons, and... Us?

D: It's a TSI thing.

EMERGENCY WARNING: Where do I begin.

The invisible thief struck again (details in the news, etc.) and attempted another escape.

There is a paramilitary anti-occult strike team in Montreal.

This doesn't make sense. I know military-grade gear when I see it, but Beast Theory holds that it'd be incompatible with magic.

Lists of confirmed and theorized materiel will be available in the morning.

If anyone has information on other instances of this, please contact us as soon as possible. I will be performing my own research.

The good news: If you are seeing this, the new server has been installed.