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[animusnpcs]

[The network has rebooted, and with it the translation systems--everything is in working order once more.

The following files have appeared, apparently by accident, on the network:]

security037-055
experiment037-009

[These files will be available for two hours before being deleted, although those with particularly good computer skills will be able to find the deleted files again.]

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[animusnpcs]

a security file and an experiment file

permavoice

[liquidouroboros]

And was this something released to us willingly or through happenstance?

[animusnpcs]

i think it was an accident

[liquidouroboros]

How remarkable. So even those running this place are fallible...

[animusnpcs]

very fallible

[liquidouroboros]

Fallible enough to be human?

[animusnpcs]

yes

[liquidouroboros]

I had almost expected otherwise, at this rate.

So how many humans does it take to operate a monster-infested Tower of Babel?

[animusnpcs]

that sounds like a joke

and it's not called the tower of babel

[liquidouroboros]

It was sarcasm. Good work picking up on that.

Never mind the name for now. This 'Ruana'...she's like Psycho Mantis, isn't she? Psychokinetic, perhaps a telepath?

[animusnpcs]

we call it psionic here

[liquidouroboros]

Very well. Psionic, then. And this Ruana, she is or was one. Is that accurate?

[animusnpcs]

yes

[liquidouroboros]

And does this power have something to do with the near-supernatural workings of this place?

[text]

[warriorscribe]

I apologize for interrupting, but may I ask if the tower does have a name? There is a tower simply called "the Tower" in my world, and it is rather confusing.

[animusnpcs]

tower designation animus

or tower of animus

tower of animus is what most people use

[warriorscribe]

Animus...a rather ominous sound for a shelter. Do you know why it is named so?

[animusnpcs]

no

[crouching_sin]

One of the meanings of animus is 'soul'.

Ominous indeed.

[crouching_sin]

[Incoming ragesplosion...]

Is that just what you call it or is that what it is?

[animusnpcs]

that's what it is

i didn't name it

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[temptestament]

Why is it called Animus?

[animusnpcs]

because it is

it's always been

[wittlich]

[ ... ]

The tower of souls.

[animusnpcs]

is that what it means?