[video] (OPEN)

[taktikos]

[ For all that this is a video post, Robin's hood covers most of his face, and he voice seems somewhat tinny thanks to the device. It may take a bit more fine tuning before he can use it to the extent that he would like. Still, his message should be broadcast network wide, which is all that he really wants at the moment. ]

This is your tactician speaking. I am trying to ascertain a count of all of us who ended up... [ He's pauses, searching for the right word ] transported... to this location, as well as make sure that we can get in contact with each other.

[ He turns away from the screen, as if checking his surroundings which can be vaguely seen behind him as a brightly lit black monolith-like structures, very urbanised. ]

I am in the 'district' I believe that is the proper term Crystalden. I am near the only tree I've managed to find in the area, and as such I am assuming it is the only one.

If all of you could try to find a similarly unique aspect to each of your districts and head to that location, as well as call or send a written message back to me, it would be greatly appreciated.

[ He sighs, and pushes a hand up under his hood, possibly to rub his temples. ]

I won't let this interfere with the 'situation' we must face back home, but I will need your cooperation.

Thank you.

[ The video is terminated, but the line seems to be open. ]

Comments

[video/action]

[headbanging]

[The video image is leaves.

Morgan actually climbed up that same tree, presumably for a better look around, just in case anyone in the immediate area could be recognized. No, it wasn't Robin's idea. As much sense as it might make to take a higher vantage point, he probably wouldn't want her climbing up like that for fear of falling out and either hurting herself or landing on him.]

[Action]

[taktikos]

[ Morgan. Morgan. What are you doing. Why are you in the tree you are going to fall. ]

Morgan! Why are you...

[ Oh, nevermind. Dad will just stay here on the ground and mildly panic. He does know you are an adult objectively. somwhere deep inside he tends to ignore because YOU ARE HIS CHILD. ]

Please be careful.

[voice]

[wyverns]

...

[Ain't nobody got time for that, Robin.]

When I'm done looking for Minerva I'll do what you ask.

[Not a moment before.]

[voice]

[taktikos]

Gerome.

[ He'd say go find the others first, but he knows that isn't going to happen. And, by this point, he's kind of worried about Minerva, too. ]

Have care, and keep an eye out for the others as well.

[ A pause. ]

Someone has probably seen her.

video.

[delicaxe]

Hey! So you're the phony running around pretending to be Robin, huh? Why are you doing this? Who are you?

[ have an angry Lissa quickly assaulting you with questions. Lots of questions. ]

Nice try. I'm not gonna tell you where I am, creep! If you wanted to impersonate Robin, you could've at least put a wig on or something.

[Video]

[taktikos]

...Pretending?

[ Does that mean Validar's copy has come here, too? ]

I assure you, Lissa, I am not pretending. Is the other "Robin" here?

I pray he has not caused great trouble. I fear there is greater evil involved.

[ It takes a bit for some of what Lissa has said to sink in. ]

Wait... a wig?

What is wrong with my hair?

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[teabear]

[ Though the hood is familiar, the rather masculine voice is not, sparking Maribelle's suspicion. Thankfully, she's had sufficient outside help to understand how to at least see and respond in good time (typing is another matter). ]

. . . Whose tactician is this, exactly?

[Video]

[taktikos]

Robin, tactician of Ylisse's Shepherds. [ In hindsight, he could have probably made that clearer in his initial video. Still... ]

Maribelle, you should know this. We've been fighting a war. [ Well, sort of two, from his point of view. ]

[video]

[tipping_scales]

[Robin is left staring at the screen for a little bit. The hooded man here is eerily familiar, like her spitting image in dress -- the specifics are hard to tell -- but with a man's voice. She is feeling really, really bewildered by this. Still... she works up the courage to reply.]

[She has her hood up. It makes for the same effect, except that her voice is feminine. And there are some long, silvery locks of hair hanging out.]

Is your name really also Robin?

[video]

[taktikos]

[ You, he takes the hood off for. Suddenly, Lissa is making a lot more sense about the wig. ]

....
I take it you are Robin as well?

It seems that this world is not bound to any timelines...

[ Give him a moment, this is rather strange. ]

Is there really a world where I am a woman? Interesting.

May I inquire as to your, uh, past exploits?

[ It would be bad if she was the Robin from the doomed timeline, after all. ]

( video )

[gamefaqs]

How fortuitous for us that our self-designated tactician is as knowledgeable as any other resident.

[Did someone call for a little snark? Rose, herself, is sat in the center of Astralfield, enjoying the perks of the daytime hours while she can. Rush hour is going to be weird.]

[Video]

[taktikos]

[ If nothing else, the sarcasm does snap some sense into him. ]

Forgive me. I failed to consider the other new... residents of this place.

I am Robin, the tactician for the Ylisse Shepherds, a paramilitary group hailing from the Halidom of Ylisse... though I suppose our members have expanded to individuals of the entire continent, now.

[ Still, he's going to need as much help as he can get if he wants to get his group... home. IF that is even possible. ]

Might I know who you are?

voice

[kouhi]

[speaking in a professional, almost fake-sounding tone]

I am also, apparently, a resident of Crystalden. I have heard of the information from our fellow citizens while conducting my own personal exploration. We are, apparently, quite technologically advanced. The handheld I received is almost fascinating. Too bad that I have done better.

Please explain your role as a tactician. You do not sound like you have the qualifications so far, so I am not sold. What is your experience?

[voice]

[taktikos]

[ More people from places that are not Ylisse. He really should have considered this possibility more strongly. It is certainly factoring in now. ]

I've led my troops through one successful war, [ Even if Emmeryn... It was thanks to Emmeryn, Robin has no doubts. ] and we are in the midst of another. At least in my time. [ With this second Robin, and others showing up... he is somewhat unsure as to how true this is for his acquaintances. ]

I could not claim to be tactician for any other, unless they choose it

[ Just because he has that ability to see other's stats doesn't mean it truly applies here. To that matter, he hasn't tried using it yet. Perhaps that should happen soon. ]

[criminalities]

Crystalden, eh?

[ Impassive on that. It's someone he knows, sure, but Gaius doesn't really care one way or the other. ]

I'm over in Whitewood, Bubbles. It's kind of all in the name—a bunch of trees that are white.

Anyway, got any great ideas on how to get out of here? Or, maybe a sugar boost would help you out some.

is it safe to assume [video] ?

[taktikos]

No sugar, thanks, Gaius.

[ But Whitefield. He hasn't heard of that one. More investigation to the exact nature of these districts is necessary. ]

I am working on possiblities, but at the moment I am just trying to gather more information. I fear what may happen because of the delay... [ It weighs on his mind, Walhart, his apparent double (the twin, not his... feminine counterpart), and the voice that calls to his mind. ]

But it would be worse to rush in unprepared for as many possible alternatives as I can possibly predict. [ He made such a mistake once. Never again. Emmeryn weighs like a lodestone on his conscience, a mark of failure. ]

video;

[ex_finalspark15]

Oh, you're in Crystalden too?

[ Here's a bubbly and cheerful girl to answer the call. ] I didn't know we had a tactician!

[ Wait. ] What does a tactician do?

[Voice]

[taktikos]

[ That was one question he wasn't expecting. Doesn't everybody have one? ]

Well, a tactician is a person who organizes troops and decides on what paths are best to take as well as what maneuvers and formations and actions to take on the battlefield.

Someone who studies tactics, you understand, and presents tactics of his or her own. For winning battles and wars, or the simple planning of a series of actions and working with a group of people to do those actions with the goal of achieving some particular end.

[ That's a pretty crummy description and Robin knows it, but he isn't sure how to otherwise answer. ]

video;

[googlekrom]

I'm in Highcrest. It's good to see that you're OK, Robin.

... [ There's a slight pause. He had already met the other Robin, the one others seem to know. At this point, he doesn't really care. In the end, they're both someone he cares greatly about. He just needs to make it clear that they're both good and not... Impersonating each other. ]

I've met with Lissa and Henry already.

[video]

[taktikos]

[ You have no idea how relieved broski is. ]

It is good to see you as well, Chrom. Please stay uninjured if you can manage it.

[ It's as much a friendly tease are a reminder. please take care of yourself since he isn't right there to mother you. ]

It is good to know that we are not alone in our districts.

[ Now, there is this one thing... ]

I don't think your sister knows me, Chrom. Or, well, this version of me.

[ It's both somewhat frightening and also very fascinating, his... alternate self. Much better than that doppelganger Validar had, at any rate. ]

[Voice]

[promotedpawn]

[This response comes later than others, once this person has had more than enough time to hear people, whom he wasn't searching for, replying to his message. Primo's tone is clearly amused though not to the verge of be mockingly.]

Regretting already how you forgot to specify to whom this message was aimed?

[voice]

[taktikos]

[ Given the individuals he has met, Robin can't exactly call it a loss. ]

The responses were unexpected, perhaps, but not wholly unwelcome.

[ His army is built on connections and making friends, after all; a few more can't hurt. ]

It complicates some matters, but opens new avenues for possible strategies.

[ Robin is rather amused by the whole ordeal himself, now that he's mostly over the shock of having a... feminine self. (By far the most... unexpected of events). ]

[voice]

[panne]

[The video feature unnerves Panne at the moment, so she'll be using voice, thanks. She's listened and watched the other conversations thus far, and while she grasps the concept of two Robins, she's not entirely convinced yet.]

Explain yourself.

[voice]

[taktikos]

Yarne is here and I have been keeping an eye on him

[ That seems like the most important bit, so he better get that out first. ]

As for explanations... I take it you are more familiar with my other self?

[ Heh. Well. ]

I am not entirely sure that I can explain, Panne, there isn't much of it that I understand myself.

I speculate that we may come from alternate timelines, much like the doomed one that I am more familiar with.

However, we are both at a ost to fully explain why... we are both ourselves.

[ This is so strange, talking about himself as a plural entity. Even if it is rather accurate, given the other Robin. ]

[text]

[hollowbutnotempty]

taktishon?

*guess who doesn't yet know how to spell that word, much less what it means?*

[text]

[taktikos]

Tactician. It means someone who plans out strategies for battle and such.

[ He's been explaining himself a lot recently, it seems. ]

video;

[plegiancurses]

Crystalden? ...I don't know where that is. [ She knows she's in Highcrest, and the object of her affections is not there. And that's NOT okay. ]

Stand still. I'll cast a curse that brings you here. Make sure you don't breath for at least 10 minutes while I cast it.

[video]

[taktikos]

I believe it is nearby to Highcrest and... Astralfield? It appears to be a very... advanced district.

[ Tharja. If he holds his breath for ten minutes that means he died. ]

That's not necessary, Tharja, but thank you.

I don't believe I can hold my breath for that long anyways. NOt without some other serious problems being involved.

[ He doesn't want to be a Risen. Ew. ]

Where are you?

Voic

[atmagecamp]

I'm in Highcrest, near the horse stables. And Minerva.

The last time I talked to our tactician, she was a lady.

[voice]

[taktikos]

Please notify Gerome as soon a you can about Minerva's whereabouts if you have not already done so.

[ Multitasking at it's finest. Only not.

As for the second statement ]

That does not seem to be an uncommon situation, I have found. However, we are both confident that we are, indeed ourselves.

voice;

[unavailing]

[.......Wait a minute. The tactician she knows is a lady!!

...Welp. Weirder by the moment.]

Our... Our tactician? From Ylisse?

Um. This is Noire. I'm in Astralfield.

[voice]

[taktikos]

[ Noire. Gerome had wanted someone to check in on her, but she seems to be doing well, if finding him somewhat strange. ]

Indeed. Noire, are you all right?

[ He's a bit concerned, especially since there are regularly disturbing things occurring in Astralfield, from what he has heard. ]