Me: /finished tasks for the day and is about to check if he still has anything left in his AVN backlog
Brain: Sup.
Me: ...If you're gonna shoot another cursed image at me I swear I'm going to start cutting our coffee intake until the next update release-
Brain: When was the last time we heard from the Syndicate?
Me: ...0.4. When they gave that letter to Orion prior to the Heist. Why?
Brain: ...What are the odds that they're somehow involved with WHY Orion and co are in Ekabar? I mean, if Orion and co are busy with the gem hunt, it's kinda weird for them to suddenly have some sort of side trip, no? Especially in a server that hasn't been foreshadowed in past updates to contain a gem, but rather an event that's going to happen in January.
Me: So you're saying that since finding the Syndicate is part of Nan's 4-point agenda during her presentation in 0.5, then-
Brain: Either the Syndicate is rumored to be poking around Ekabar so Orion and co go to investigate, or they got in touch with the horndog and told him to go there.
Me: And then all hell breaks loose?
Brain: That, or hell's already loose by the time they arrive in Ekabar.
Me: /ponders for a bit, then notes it down and puts it in the "predictions for 0.7" board
Aight. Anything else?
Brain: Well, now that you mention it I DO have a cursed image idea for-
Me: Lalalalala~ I can't FUCKING HEAR YOU~~ DX