SOLVED: Fragment Ten: Gladitor : The Office of Kemetic Solutions

[ConstanceCalls]

Trying to answer them now.

[ConstanceCalls]

Part One

@Revenir

Who are you?
Constance.

How did you get involved with the Low?
Aether found it. He was my best friend. It’s a long story but he can look into machines and technology, like send his mind out of his body. He was having a hard time and his parents put him on stuff for depression. When he took it he found out he could do that. He used to stay over and we’d screw with people at school, mess with their social, check their email… then h e saw a bunch of sites online when he was looking for stuff about what was happening to him. It’s when he started finding people talking about magic and stuff. That’s how he found the Low. He showed it to me. I’ve always been obsessed with that sort of stuff. We kind of went crazy getting into it, finding a way in.

Do you know why the Low is so quiet?
Not really. There are sort of tiers of access. But s site I’m on started talking about “guidelines” and how talking about the Low to anyone who was already in could get you booted. And people were saying people were getting kicked out for talking, but also suddenly forgetting about the Low. Nobody wants to risk it getting booted or their memory wiped. I don’t know.

Is there some kind of organization that controls the Low?
Not that I know of? I’m not sure, like I said.

[ConstanceCalls]

Part Two"

@Revenir

Who is Aether and why is Kemetic Solutions interested in them?
He’s my best friend. Aether’s not his real name that’s just what he was called online. I don’t know who Kimetic Solutions is. There was a guy who was calling A back before he “ran away” saying he knew what he could do and could help him. The guy kept saying he knew other people like him and wanted to meet him. Maybe that’s him.

How do you know Aether?
We’ve been friends since we were eight.

Why are you concerned about Aether/why do you need our help?
Everybody said he ran away or killed himself. I knew it wasn’t true. I’d been waiting to see something from him. But he found you guys. I don’t know what to do but I know I can’t really do anything by myself. I’m glad he told you guys to find me, but I don’t know why. I don’t have powers or anything.

How can we find Aether? If you don’t know, where were they last spotted?
His mom said she dropped him off at my house, but he never showed up. That was back in November.

What do you know about Kemetic Solutions?
Nothing.

Do you recognize the voice in the Kemetic Solutions video?
No.

[Revenir]

Oh, here is a link to the video that sent us to you. Seeing as the thread’s pretty big, I thought I’d link it again. Is there anything at all that you recognize in it?

[ConstanceCalls]

I’ve watched it a lot (lurking) and I see his mom’s truck at the beginning and the playground in the park behind our school. I see A’s feet in there for a second, his shoes.

[ConstanceCalls]

His purple hoodie.

[ConstanceCalls]

I think he was just trying to tell me he’s alive. I can’t do anything. You guys can though yeah?

[OracleSage]

I am so sorry for your loss, er rather Aethers absence. He sounds like he could be a Flinterforge based on his abilities, but his name has ties to Gossmere… odd.

Do you still have ties to the Low?

We will get him back Constance, I promise.

[OracleSage]

Or try our best at least.

[omega12]

We’re fairly good at tracking down items or people

[Revenir]

Hey, don’t put yourself down like that. You’ve already filled us in on a lot and Aether wouldn’t have called out for you if he didn’t think you could help.

Aether is most likely alive and calling out. Possibly he’s in a bad way, though - if he’s the one with that IV hooked up to him. It seems likely that KS is holding him captive.

[ConstanceCalls]

I have low tier permission to a few sites, can request super basic library access now. I don’t wanna say too much because there are people in the Low watching you guys. You’re kinda like the Lestats of the magic world, going public like you did. Aether was def Gossmere.

[ConstanceCalls]

I see that part too. He needed to be medicated to “Escape” so maybe that’s what they’re doing?

[OracleSage]

Then personally I’ll make it my mission to help him, we are kinda like family us Goss.

We have wards now, I don’t think they can watch us anymore. Or if they can what could they do to us?

[ConstanceCalls]

No clue, but the ward only protects against people that want to cause harm. People could still see me spilling the T about the Low and kick me out.

[omega12]

Are there any secrecy wards that we could put up?

[Revenir]

That’s a very logical conclusion. Seems like they’ve upgraded to stronger drugs than antidepressants, unfortunately.

The good news is - we have a general idea of where Aether is. Our good pal Marty knows the location of the KS headquarters and, if the glitched photos he took are courtesy of Aether, then that’s probably where he’ll be. The big problem is how to get into the place and get Aether out. Do you know of any spells that might be able to help us out in that department?

[ConstanceCalls]

I don’t know. I lied and said I was starting my own forum about practicing enchanted knitting and needed the Safeguard for it.

[ConstanceCalls]

That’s way above my access. Like miles…

[omega12]

I guess that there is no one else who might be able to help us?
Also, how would we get higher access in the Low?