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[chronomancer]

i think this is a stupid thing to ask
but i cant think a any other wway to phrase it
so

wwhat are wwe evven Supposed To Do here?
just
not get culled by monsters at night an eat wwhatevver they feed us an just
survvivve





thats it?


[...someone is not taking well to being "aimless". Help? Also, if you want to run into him he's in the Network terminal closest to 1-10. I'm cool with action tags.]

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[tempustemporum]

Yes, you're correct.

[chronomancer]

can i ask howw long?

[tempustemporum]

I don't have an exact date, but my estimate is about six months.

[chronomancer]

an too many rats in the cage in that time huh

[tempustemporum]

I don't mind the number of people here so much as I do the fact that information on our surroundings is few and far between.

[chronomancer]

so
wwhat do you do?

[tempustemporum]

What do you mean?

[chronomancer]

wwith the information or to pass the time, wwhat do you do?

[tempustemporum]

I try to compile the things we have learned about the tower in one place; namely, a notebook.

Free time is spent either walking through the tower or reading.

[chronomancer]

could i
maybe
get a chance to read that notebook
one day

[tempustemporum]

Of course.

[chronomancer]

wwhen wwould it be convvenient?

[tempustemporum]

The book is in dormitory room 1-12. I will return there right now; if the door is locked, it means that no one is in at the moment. Wait there until I arrive.

[And right after he posts that message, Ienzo logs off and returns to his room. He knows enough by now to know what to expect: a troll with a jade-green symbol on their shirt.]

[Action]

[chronomancer]

[1-12 is not that far away. Eridan sort of lurks by the doorway, not having tried the door yet. He's pretty much just what Ienzo expects: A troll with a jade-green Aquarius symbol on his shirt.]

[tempustemporum]

...hello.

[So it appears Eridan got there before he did. Turn around, pal; did you expect this compiler to be three or four sweeps old?]

[chronomancer]

[Not entirely, but given his experience... why should he have expected any different.]

Hi. Thank you fer lettin me look at your notes.

[tempustemporum]

you're welcome.

[Ienzo slips out a key and unlocks the door, leaving it open for Eridan to come in. Meanwhile, he immediately heads over to his corner of the room; it's practically unmissable, considering the massive stacks of books all sitting there. He shifts through them for a few minutes and finally comes up with a book, which he hands to Eridan.] ...be careful. i don't want it to tear.

[Contained within the book:

- Basic Tower information, including documentation of every expansion he's been here for and a few recorded monsters;
- Notes concerning the names and collar colors of several residents, a few also marked with how long they've been here; there's an awful lot of trolls on this list thanks to Romeo scoping them out;
- A footnote to the first bullet, focused around the opening of the research library; he notes that the history, psychology, technology, and astral projection sections of the library have been missing since day one

...so yeah, it's basically worthless OOC since all of this information is available in assorted mod posts. But hey, it's good for the characters!]

[chronomancer]

I'll be careful.

[Eridan pages through the notebook, eyes unconsciously widening at all the names he recognizes. But otherwise he's silent, letting out a soft "hm" here and there.]

You're vvery thorough.

[tempustemporum]

i have nothing else to do. [Ienzo was watching his face the entire time; he did pick up the surprise evident on Eridan's face, but is pleased that he's not getting overly excitable about it.]

[chronomancer]

Yeah, I can see that.

[He fingers the pages as he reads, pursing his lips somewhat.]

I think all that free time might be wworse, in the long run.

[tempustemporum]

[He nods, watching Eridan flip on through. To use slang terminology that he would have no way of knowing: "Well, that's a duh."]

[chronomancer]

[Eridan finishes the notes after a long moment, seemingly reading and rereading certain passages, before he carefully shuts the notebook.]

Thank you.

[Just as carefully, he offers the notebook back.]

[tempustemporum]

you're welcome. [He takes the book back and promptly sets it back in its place, somewhere in the mountain range of reading material behind him.] did you glean anything interesting?

[chronomancer]

Aside the fact wwe're fucked, you mean?

[Eridan smiles humorlessly.]

The fact I'm goin to go stir crazy vvery soon, it seems.

[tempustemporum]

...almost certainly.

[Holy shit. Was that an undertone of amusement in his voice, beneath the monotone? Holy shit. STOP THE PRESSES--]