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[medousa]

Greetings,

I have just arrived to this place. I could not help but notice the amount of sick people, is this something normal?

Any and all pertinent information regarding this tower will be appreciated; details concerning this collar would be of priority. Incidentally, if there is a library somewhere in this place, I would like to know; apparently exploring the floors blindly is not a wise idea.

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[fusedstars]

[Rider? No, not the one he knew of, that he doubted. Still, might as well answer her.] To answer your questions in order:

No, this is not normal. While no evidence has been shown, it is believed that the ones running this tower are involved, since medicine is not working.

The Tower is in a place not within Earth. I have no idea where we are exactly. The ones controlling this tower are few in number, but great in power an ability, and a desire to torture us. At least once a month, experiments are held with various results for their own entertainment. It is unknown if our worlds are truly destroyed, and I am still in doubt, despite protests made by others.

The collars are apparently what keeps us alive. Removing them means a painful end, but people are revived within a few days anyway.

And there are two libraries, though the one on the third floor is more reliable, as the other lacks some material and is used for research. Some books there also have missing pages as well.

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[medousa]

Could you tell me more about the ones behind this?

I assume people have repeatedly tried to escape and/or revolt without much success, correct?

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[fusedstars]

As far as I know, there are a total of five people who control the tower, though four, if the child is not involved. Dax, Ruana, Jason, and Riki are the ones in charge. I was there when they decided to have a competition as to who would run the tower. Experiments then were on a weekly basis, and escape was impossible.

Yes, from what I have heard. Those collars can also nullify our abilities whenever they see fit, and are used to monitor us. To attack them directly is impossible, and their defenses are too strong without our abilities to use. And the rebellions I assume have punishments to them.

There are however exceptions it seems. Outside the tower, there was something that managed to pierce their defenses, termed as a "space whale." Unfortunately, that made rebellion impossible as well, as it caused an increase in monster activity and other troubles lowering our numbers temporarily.

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[medousa]

A child. It's hard to believe.

It sounds like a hopeless situation. Is there anything for us to get from this? Or are we positively prisoners?

I have not introduced myself. You can call me Rider.

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[fusedstars]

[Definitely not the same Rider. It confirmed his suspicions.]

I was in a similar situation, on a facility in space, a cloning facility. The situation was similar to hear, only experiments were weekly, and a computer AI controlled a lot while scientists observed, and death could be permanent because of the disease.

We overthrew them, and the odds were stacked against us. It may seem impossible now, but it can be done. However, a lot of people here work against one another. Escape will be impossible unless differences can be settled.

And you can call me Hei.

[puppy_lancer]

its probably an experiment
we tend to get these once a month
it's shit
but the admins keep on doing it
as for the collar, hell if i know
all i know is that you go for check-ups once every two weeks
how much else do you know about the tower at the moment?

[medousa]

Are the experiments generally centered about suffering?

Is there a way to communicate with them? I am currently being briefed about it.

[puppy_lancer]

sometimes
jason is a huge asshole
but Ruana seems to just wanna play games
and Dax's experiments are only annoying

they put up network posts
you just gotta watch closely
sometimes jason does it to gloat over how much he fucked us over

[medousa]

And they answer to no one?

It seems they are trying to test us or gather information of us on some level.

[puppy_lancer]

haven't tried to call them out yet
but don't think they'd anwer
and nah they don't ask too many questions
but they answer a lot of them
dunno what that means

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[whiteblackknight]

Sickness?

[A little more thought and...]

Oh, you mean this little epidemic we're having. Well, can't say that it's anything too unusual...except some who can't possibly get sick are getting it. I'm kind of new to it all myself.

But, er, I haven't introduced myself.

My name is Allen. I kind of hit the books, too.

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[medousa]

What do you mean by people who "can't" get sick?

You can call me Rider. Is always a pleasure to meet people that enjoy reading.

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[whiteblackknight]

I met someone calling himself an angel. I personally don't believe it, but he didn't strike me as being human like I am. Not by a long shot.

Not much else to do here. Fighting monsters all day is hardly anything healthy.

[Neither is the gambling, but he's leaving that part out.]

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[medousa]

Given the nature of this place and my own experience, such a claim might not be too difficult to believe.

It appears to be an alternative way to obtain food, if the comments regarding the one provided here are true.

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[whiteblackknight]

Oh yeah. The food here is...well, it's usually terrible. Although it's not always monster fighting that gets you what you want. This one time I had to find an owl statue. Long story short, it was under my bed the entire time.

The objects are random, so consider it lucky when it requires monster fighting. It is, I admit, what I am suited for. Despite my saying. Funny, right? When I want to be something else.

[doesnotgetit]

The sickness is new. I haven't really noticed anyone getting sick until the past few days.

There isn't really any information on the collars. None that I've been able to see, at least.

There are two libraries, actually - floors three and nineteen. Nineteen has more research stuff, while three is the one with fiction and fantasy stuff.

sticking to text for now

[medousa]

It seems to be something without a treatment right now, but that's what I know.

It seems unadvised to remove them.

Thank you. I will be certain to visit both.

orz should've mentioned that was text

[doesnotgetit]

Probably. If it's something that was started in this tower, it's likely that there isn't a cure other than waiting it out.

I've never tried, so I wouldn't know how bad it would be to remove them. Kind of hard to, with how snug they are.

Oh, you won't be able to find any history on the tower on either floor, so don't bother checking.

it's okay bb~

[medousa]

Inconvenient.

It was mentioned they "keep us alive" and have some remote control over us.

You mentioned fiction.

[doesnotgetit]

And more than a bit annoying.

... That's news to me. I didn't know either of those things.

Sure did. I haven't been through all the books in the library yet, but it has a decent enough choice, in my opinion.

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[blackwitch]

Looks like everyone was just dumb enough to get themselves sick! Hey, isn't this what we call natural selection..?

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[medousa]

Does that mean there was a way to avoid getting sick?

Natural selection implies a process of nature that is not controlled by outside sources, so it seems unlikely.

[blackwitch]

Who says this isn't just picking off all the weak people? It's very possible to just make something that only targets them, you know!

[medousa]

Apparently people that wouldn't normally fall ill are doing so, so it doesn't seem to be the case.

[blackwitch]

Nobody said it isn't the people in charge of the tower picking off people they think are weak. Same deal.