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[alephbet]

I know we have a captive-created guide to the floors of the tower. Do we have a bestiary of any kind? It would be helpful to be able to learn what we can about the monsters of the tower, even if it's spotty.

I'll start. Does anyone know of a monster that can summon people's fears? Because there is one.

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[Action]

[alephbet]

Everything was okay. I came back in the morning, and it was only my second death.

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[technologic]

... Right... [Apparently something he said has triggered the anger, since she grits her teeth and moves her hand away from her face, her eyes narrowing up at him.]

'Only your second death'? That's not something to sound so casual about, even in a place like this!

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[alephbet]

I've spent nearly a year and a half in a tower full of vicious monsters, floors that can kill you, something deadly happening about every month, and so on.

During that time, I've died twice.

I count that as a success.

[Aleph meets her gaze. He knows it sounds terrible, but that's the reality of life in the Tower to him - he honestly believes he's done well.]

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[technologic]

Even if that is a success, you shouldn't just say you've died in the same way as if we're just discussing the weather!

[Okay, she needs to calm down now and she turns away from him as she attempts to do this. The biggest downside of her anger is that she couldn't control it once it started.]

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[alephbet]

I'm sorry.

[He waits for her to calm down. There's not a lot he can say.]

[Action]

[technologic]

[She does seem to be calming down, though her shoulders are starting to shake now and her voice sounds choked.]

You... Y-you damn idiot...

[Action]

[alephbet]

It's true. I'm an idiot.

[He wants to do something or say something, but the thing to do would be 'not dying'.]

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[technologic]

D-dammit, I should just-! ... I should... [There's a sniff and a hand moves up to rub her eyes, though she still keeps her back to him.]

... I don't know what I should do...

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[alephbet]

I don't either...

[He sets a hand gently on her shoulder.]