# HR Update **Hominid Resources** *Attention, @everyone:*\ \ *@Mega Gold has instructed me to promptly distribute the attached audio file to all relevant parties. She is currently engaged in an urgent mission and is therefore unable to post it herself at this time. The contents of the file are unknown to me, but it appears to be of significant importance, so ensure that you listen **immediately.***\ \ \&#xNAN;*Your timely cooperation is appreciated. Thank you for your adherence to this directive!* {% file src="" %} **Mega Gold** *All right. I've managed to procure most of the required materials for the revelation of terrestrial alignment and Demons should be getting here soon with the rest. Good news is, I've seen no indications that Veil is following me.* *Okay. This enormous slab of obsidian will serve as the base of the map that will manifest as a result of this spell if all goes according to plan.* **Mega Demon** *Hey, I've got the geo mantic dust in the lattice of ethereal metals.* **Mega Gold** *Oh, thank you. Would you mind helping me set it up?* **Mega Demon** *Sure.* **Mega Gold** *This is more complex than most of the other magic I've done recently.* **Mega Demon** *So first we lay the lattice over the obsidian so it can bond with the magical properties of the stone and serve as the framework for the energy flow. Then we place the rock from your last spell on the exact center of it so the metal can capture its vibrations.* *I can't believe it's still shaking and glowing so strongly.* **Mega Gold** *What I really can't believe is that Veil is somewhere on earth.* *Next step is sprinkling the geo man dust. Any particular way I should do that* **Mega Demon** *Just a little bit at a time. Slow circular motions. We need to give it time to react to gravitational lay line forces so it can eventually form a map of planetary terrain.* **Mega Gold** *This is bringing back memories of all the rituals we did in the Simeon Path. Having alchemy and magic play such a prominent role in my work again, just feels right.* **Mega Demon** *Isn't it funny how our past diverged so wildly last year, but now we're casting spells together once again, albeit for a totally different purpose.* **Mega Gold** *It feels like despite every kind of chaos you could imagine, the trio we formed in grad school will always reunite somehow. Speaking of, we should probably get Doc in here before activating the incantation. Would you mind arranging the vitreous crystals and preparing the moon water while I go find him?* **Mega Demon** *Certainly.* **Doc Gibbons** *Oh my. When you said it was glowing, I was not expecting it to be this bright. Your pseudoscientific achievements never fail to boggle my mind.* **Mega Gold** *Are we ready to do this?* **Doc Gibbons** *Yes. I am quite curious to see what happens next.* **Mega Gold** *Okay.* *Pervesera tarorum*\ *a periant vestigia fugidate*\ *Nunk mihi digititae Veil*\ *Per loca secreticima helios mundi* *I think it's working!* **Doc Gibbons** *Are the crystals just moving by themselves?* **Mega Demon** *Well, technically they're moving with the energy infused through the lay lines into, I mean, I guess they pretty much are moving by themselves.* **Mega Gold** *It's actually starting to look like a map. See the latitude and longitude lines. The crystals are changing shape and color too. I think I can differentiate between the ones that represent land and water now.* **Doc Gibbons** *I can't barely believe my eyes.* *I see it.* *It appears to be taking the shape of the Eastern United States and the Atlantic Ocean.* *Is it...is it zooming in?* **Mega Demon** *The location gradually becomes more accurate over time as the substances continue to interact and harvest energy.* **Mega Gold** *It looks like there's zooming in on the northeast.* *New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, maybe* **Mega Demon** *Long Island. The Hamptons.* *Is Veil on a seaside resort vacation?* **Doc Gibbons** *Not quite.* *I am keenly aware of this location because I was just looking at it on a certain transponder.* *Veil is on Plum Island, the same minuscule land mass where the scientist and I track Dr. Mandrill's location.* **Mega Gold** *So this could mean one of several things. Veil has been holding Mandrill captive like the Megas or Veil and Mandrill are working together in cahoots.* **Mega Demon** *Or could it be that the two of them are somehow one and the same?* **Mega Demon** *Honestly, I don't know which of these possibilities are scariest, but I definitely don't feel good about any of them.* **Mega Demon** *Hey, maybe there's a secret fourth thing we haven't thought of that's even more terrifying.* **Mega Gold** *Thanks. That's helpful...* **Doc Gibbons** *Helpful. Whatever it is. We must stop this idle speculation and take action. We need to go there immediately.* **Mega Demon** *Wait, do we need a boat?*