VOICE

[animusnpcs]

[Dax's voice can be heard, first muffled.]--is it on? Oh, good, we've got communications-- [He pauses, and shouts, obviously to someone else in the same area as him] Communications are up!

[There's another pause as he collects himself, and then his voice is calmer, more even-toned--though still worried.]

Okay, so I know things are kind of rough up there and we haven't really been able to do much. That attack damaged things down here, too, but we've got a lot of it back online and we're going to do what we can.

Since the dorms are gone, for the moment, we'll be moving revival to the infirmary for the moment. The room will be guarded by the retrieval units, so while it's not--foolproof, it and the floors below it are probably the safest places right now. The creatures are moving downward, but we have a plan--we just need time to repair one more thing down here before we can enact it.

Can you manage for another day?

Comments

[Voice]

[alephbet]

Yes.

How likely is the plan to be successful?

[animusnpcs]

Unless something completely unexpected goes wrong between then and now it shouldn't fail.

[video]

[warriorscribe]

*'Sup, Dax, it's one of those people you had to kill that tried breaking into the pods. Enoch rushes over to the terminal that he heard the familiar voice from, jumping and double-jumping over the fallen bookshelves to get to it. His armor has been damaged, neck guards gone and half his chest and the entirety of his left arm uncovered.*

We've been defending the lower floors in rotations, and I think I can hear another group fighting above at times. We'll be all right - is the one of you that was in pain well?

[animusnpcs]

He is recovering for the moment; he's much improved, don't worry.

[Voice]

[technologic]

Yeah, I think we can.

... One of you was not doing so well, from what I remember. [Judging by the texts she had got.] How are they?

[animusnpcs]

Zo is recovering. Attempting to maintain the barrier under the assault from the whale was the source of the problem, and as there's no point in maintaining any sort of barrier when we would just be locking more monsters inside, we has been able to rest.

[ voice ]

[immortalia]

Query: Would it be possible for those who have ammunition-based weapons to receive more supplies, as well as building materials if sealing the cafeteria is needed?

[animusnpcs]

At the moment no, but once repairs are complete I can have them brought up.

[text]

[lilpuzzleteer]

[Time to say something he has a feeling nobody else is going to say-]

Please make sure you take care of yourselves, as well!

voice

[animusnpcs]

[Dax's tone is surprised enough that it's obvious he certainly didn't expect anyone to say that.]

We'll do our best. Thank you.

text

[reddeadvirtuoso]

you got it
think we could get an explanation for what the fuck has been going down after all this?

[animusnpcs]

I have time now, as long as the questions don't require the others' input.

video

[hero_of_smiles]

We don't have much of a choice now, do we?

[animusnpcs]

I suppose not, but it's good to know if you all think you can handle yourselves for another day or not.

[Video]

[dragonspooker]

[Lina's obviously weary - she's taking a breather after reviving, and finding out that the admins are talking again, time to get some information.]

I do hope you realize that you're gonna owe us big-time for holdin' these things off this long. We're savin' you guys' bacon just as much as our own out here, y'know?

[animusnpcs]

I can give you an uneventful remainder of the month, at least. ...And I suppose I can talk to Jason about next month.

text

[beknightedheroine]

So we've already heard from all four of you other guys.

Where's Ruana?

[animusnpcs]

...Not available at the moment. [This is the tone of a man who cannot or will not be more detailed about that.]

[great_king_of_evil]

I wonder, is the whale the most dangerous threat on the outside?

[animusnpcs]

As far as we are aware, yes.

[video]

[floreatnoctem]

[Chidori is so unimpressed with you guys.]

You are all so unbearably useless sometimes. Everything this tower contains and a giant flying space whale is what undoes it all.

Really?

[animusnpcs]

It wasn't a space whale, actually. It remained within the atmosphere.

[skullphones]

You guys want to give us a cheat sheet on all the other giant space whales you thought were extinked before now? You know, jsut in case another one decides to come knocking.

[animusnpcs]

It's not a space whale. But anything else shouldn't pierce the Tower's defenses.

[hundred_power]

Hey! I need to have a very important word with you. Something has been bothering me all this time...

[animusnpcs]

Yes?

[audio]

[marchwarden]

Another...day?

[ A breathless Haldir lets out a deep sigh as he tries to think of how he could possibly survive another day of this nonsense. ]

Very well, we'll see what we can do. However, try not to get yourselves killed in the process before a proper plan is hatched.

[animusnpcs]

I understand it's a fair amount of time in the situation, but that's the absolute fastest we can complete these repairs. We will do our best.

[cure_moonlight]

If you're actually concerned about our well being in any capacity, a lot of problems could be rectified with us knowing more.

Such as the make up of this world, and how something like this "whale" could have even existed.

Or perhaps why would were having weaknesses with their powers the moment this thing hit us.

[animusnpcs]

The whale is an animal in this world; it exists in the same way many animals in many worlds do.

[fractus_animus]

[ ... Oh, it's the only admin he even remotely likes. ]

We'll be fine. Though in the future, ammunition... for when this sort of thing happens? Might not be a bad idea to have, given our supplies being limited and magic not always working.

[ He'll be... behaved, since, well. It's Dax. But only because it's Dax. ]

... Good to know that's all okay, I guess. How bad's the damage, overall? Sounds like you guys got blindsided.

[animusnpcs]

I won't lie and say the damage is insignificant when a good quarter of the Tower is gone or nearly ruined. We suffered a large blow, but we should be able to repair things, though a few things will be lost in the shuffle.

We are admittedly hesitant about giving you all ammunition and weapons, given you are not all disinclined to use them against each other. Still, given the reality of Tower life, I will see what I can do.

Voice.

[bewareofdog]

All of my shit was in my room... is it gonna be okay?