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[animusnpcs]

[At first what Dax is saying is completely incomprehensible--a good ear for languages may notice it's the same language the worker units are speaking. Dax has some sort of device in his hand, though, and after fiddling with it a little eventually his words become understandable to anyone listening:]

--Testing, testing--aha, there we are. Alright--well, to get this out of the way for our new residents, I'm Dax, and I'm an administrator of the Tower. Anyway, as you may have noticed, we're having a few minor malfunctions when it comes to our usual translation process which wasn't helped by having to divert all that power to quarantining and scrubbing radiation. I'm using a portable device to translate this to all of you and to translate any of your responses, but it's a bit fussy.

We should have everything fixed within a day or two, however! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

[He sounds just a bit nervous about the prospect of Q&A, though. It's as if these situations often bring long discussions and arguments, or something.]

Comments

[puppy_lancer]

...That actually doesn't sound too bad. And here I thought all of you were assholes.

[animusnpcs]

Some of us tend to give a bad impression.

[puppy_lancer]

I've only seen two and heard a little about the rest. None of you give particularly good impressions. Jason especially is a dickface.

[He smiles slightly.]

But you? You're alright. Compared to the other two, that is.

[animusnpcs]

I try to do what I can to make you all comfortable, especially considering your situations when I'm not in charge.

[puppy_lancer]

Then why are you still working with the other administrators? Wouldn't it be better to make sure nobody was fucking with us?

[animusnpcs]

Ruana is in charge of all of us. The rest provide services that the rest of us cannot replicate. Jason, for example, is responsible for keeping you all alive within the Tower, as well as repairing the injuries you receive which you are incapable of healing yourselves.

[puppy_lancer]

Tch.

[He growls in irritation.]

So that's how this Tower is set up. Fuck that. So, what are you in charge of?

[animusnpcs]

General day-to-day Tower management, as well as coordination between ourselves. PR, too, for obvious reasons.

[puppy_lancer]

I see.

[A long pause.]

...Thanks.

[He had been taking things in the Tower for granted before that.]