♘ 01 || [text; anonymous]

[unkindnessof]

spare me the grand speeches.

what do you believe happens with those who disappear from the tower? not to them, specifically, but what causes it and why some, it seems, are able to return.

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[koncubine]

Oh, so it's a psychic-type feeling, huh? I understand what you mean, now that you mention it, though. There was something that brought those people here, and there was a big fight with it and the administrators. It might still be on the network, if you go back far enough, but I think they killed it. Ruana took over after that.

The games were like something out of an urban myth. I was only in one, but mine was in a dream. We had to find the missing fingers of this creepy old woman...

I was lucky. I got out in the first round. A lot of people in the game died in their sleep when they lost.

[unkindnessof]

think i might've noticed it because i've felt similar before. don't believe it's psychic, whatever that is. it's just a heavy sort of aura. magic's probably the closest thing. [He's fumbling; he has no idea how to explain the feel of corrupted El energy- which is how it seems to him- or the subtle change that occurred in the Tower when Ruana killed Dax and removed the visitors, not that he knows that's how it happened.] i can't be the only one who's felt it, i don't think. i wasn't lying when i said i'm not particularly magic-sensitive.

i suppose i'll see if i can go back that far and check. it seems like something important to know about.

a dream... that was a game? it seems more like a ghost story. those are what the administrators are fond of?

[koncubine]

Well, if it's like magic, it's probably close enough that a lot of magic users would have noticed! And since that energy can be felt by lots of different people, maybe there's someone who could more accurately pinpoint the difference?

Ruana likes them, at least. Most of the other admins are pretty straightforward in their torture compared to her. The second worst is Jason, who just like to experiment on us.

Ruana is the one who likes to play mind games. She's a grown woman, but sometimes she acts like a psychotic child. I don't know if you were here for it or saw it, but she told us she was a human experiment in this place a long time ago. It's pretty clear to me that something during that time broke her mind.

[unkindnessof]

maybe. apologies, i hadn't meant to derail the discussion so much.

... experiments. i see.

broken, is it... she rules by power, then, not merit? i can't imagine anyone would willingly allow her to lead them, if such is true.

[koncubine]

It's fine, don't worry about it! ♥ I may be a magic user myself, but my specialty is with more physical changes, so I'm sorry I can't help you with that.

Definitely power! Though, I don't think a lot of the administrators don't mind that. They're as creepy and dangerous to us as she is a lot of the time.

[unkindnessof]

unfortunate, but all the same not all that surprising for this place. and it's fine; it's only offsetting because there isn't much to do about it.

you've mentioned a ruana, jason, and a late dax. what of the others?

[koncubine]

The other administrators?

There's Riki, who's almost as crazy as Ruana. I think they're friends or something. Zo is just a kid, but he's the one who brings us here. He's got a lot of power.

Those are the only other ones, as far as I know.

[unkindnessof]

five in total, now four? i assume it's either zo or ruana who penned that letter to us, then. from what you described, it doesn't seem to fit the profile of the other administrators. perhaps dax, but you said zo is the one responsible for our arrivals here, and i haven't heard of the letters changing recently, so...

thank you for telling me this much.

[koncubine]

If you could find one of the people who've been here the longest, you might be able to compare. I don't know any personally, though.

No problem! Better to have information in a place like this, right? And it's nothing you couldn't have figured out on your own if you'd been here, so even if you're an admin yourself, it'll be fine. ♥