[Neal looks tired, but serious. His hair is a bit of a mess right now and he clumsily brushes his hand through it before speaking.]

I've got a question.

When glamour failed a few months ago and things... things got messy, did anyone try and see what the world looks like outside of the tower?

[He's really dreading what sort of answer he's going to get, but he has to ask anyway.]

[Following his unpleasant encounters during infiltration, Rick's had some time to critically think about his place in the Tower. He's been here a month now, and it's been quite the month, surely; but what has he done here, to ease the lives of everyone else? Stalk around as random animals? Make lunch? Work the printing press? It all seems so ineffective, now--just distraction after distraction, all the while adding nothing. Somehow he has to make himself useful.]

[Thankfully--or possibly not, depending on how this pans out--Rick is reminded of a conversation he had recently over the network, and while he couldn't think of anything at the time, he has an idea now.]

Sephiroth? This is Patrick Dawn again. Are you still working on that bestiary?

I think I know a way I can help you.

((ooc: Official start of the Monster Souls plot! Still have spots open for part one, it's not too late to sign up--and part two is open right up until the 8th! Main forum "hunt" to happen soon! :3 ))

Good afternoon. You'll notice soon enough, but I've made a few changes to your collar checkups. We wouldn't want last month's fiasco repeating, would we? Now, I'm busy, so I don't have time to chat with all of you about whatever injustice I've committed this week, so just talk among yourselves if you'd like, alright?

-J

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