[Ryan is sitting on the floor of his room next to Mimi, who is currently wearing what looks like one of those bows you stick on presents. You know what I mean. It's gold, and it matches the ribbon on Ryan's hat. There's a plastic cup in front of Ryan.]

First of all: welcome to all the people who've recently arrived here. I've attached a present for you.

Second . . . [Ryan places his hands on the cup and glances over at Mimi.] Are you ready, Mimi?

Ready!

( tl;dr: you're invited to a (kid-friendly) sleepover on tonight. )

attachment: record of events

[The feed comes on, and Alexandria's voice sounds perfectly fine, betraying no signs of what she just went through.]

Alexandria here. I've compiled the information I personally gathered from the foray into the Dark Field, and I'm going to relay it to you lot now. Any others who have relevant information, please share. The other idiots who went in, check in with your own findings as soon as you feel well enough.

Despite its name, the Dark Field this time rather liked light. It used it to burn and blind, and whip lashes to injure. It tried to inflict some emotional distress too, but frankly, who gives a fuck about all that. Its assaults were more focused on causing pain than doing actual harm- Whip lashes across the back, first-degree burns on the arms. Nothing debilitating. Hell, I could probably do more actual damage.

When it had finished playing games, though, it took me into a crater. Huge, deep, and sheer. I could calculate the exact forces necessary to make that crater, but frankly, numbers wouldn't matter to most of you, so I'll just say whatever made that was wielding forces orders of magnitude above ours.

I also saw... sort of, anyway. Sort of saw the being that I'm assuming made it. It looked to be made of light, and had red eyes. I thought it was an illusion, like that midget mentioned once before, but to confirm, I addressed it. ... I can't be certain, but I think it heard me. When I had finished speaking, it laughed. And its laughter shook the ground.

I've got a few ideas as to what that thing could have been, but frankly, they're all just guesses at this point. Maybe it's the sentience behind the Dark Fields. Maybe it's that master the flower bitch talked about. Maybe it's this world's god. Frankly, I have nothing useful at this point, past that it wasn't human. It gave the impression of a Digimon, but well beyond the capabilities of any we've seen so far.

I will also say, it wanted to punish us. I don't know what for. But it was about to wipe us out with a hand, but it stopped and came apart like a telly with no reception. That's when the whole damn field came apart and dumped our sorry asses back into the city.

From now on, be on the lookout for red lights. That's a dangerous sign. If you see them, turn around and start running. Treat red as dangerous until proven otherwise. And if you see the light thing I described here... Well, if you've got a deity you're particularly fond of, start praying.

It wasn't a total waste, though. I've now got a good idea of supplies needed for the next time one of you idiots decides to take a trip into the field. I'm going to start making packs for emergency Dark Field trips, and store them in the central living spaces, so when one of you feels the need to be a hero, you can grab it on your way. Anyone who feels like stealing from an unoccupied hospital to grab the supplies to bring to me, let me know, it'll make my job a lot easier until I heal.