１ｓｔ ａｃｃｅｓｓ》 ［ｔｅｘｔ］

[decompose]

Excuse me, everyone, but I have a question. ▐

Is there any proof that our planets have been destroyed? ▐


[And, of course, you can always go exploring with Nigredo!]

Comments

[Text]

[alephbet]

You don't have to apologize to me. I don't believe it either.

[Text]

[decompose]

Whomever keeps this facility running can't possibly expect us all to "be happy together".

Not without proof that we've been supposedly saved. Who is this "I" in the letter?

[Text]

[alephbet]

I don't know yet. Someone I have a lot of questions for.

[Text]

[decompose]

Everyone is going to have questions.

Hopefully, that person/persons will choose to answer them.

[Text]

[alephbet]

We can hope so.

[Text]

[decompose]

What keeps people in this tower?

[Text]

[alephbet]

I'm not sure. There are exits to the outside, but it's just air.

[Text]

[decompose]

Just air?

[WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON]

By now I guess this is all something many have asked...

[Text]

[alephbet]

The floors that open to the outside are far too high up for anybody to leave the tower successfully unless they know how to fly. I don't, and Lilim wouldn't try it. She said that she was grounded there.

[Text]

[decompose]

[Eh, flying people isn't the weirdest Nigredo has heard of or seen, so that's... not really far-fetched to him.]

So everyone is strapped here.

[That's no typo; it's meant as a statement.]

[Text]

[alephbet]

[Aleph knows all kindss. Most of them are demons, though.]

It looks like it.

[Text]

[decompose]

[...well, he's not going to dwell on something he can't change right away. Back to more pressing matters.]

I've looked through the internal network this place has set up. [It's nothing like U.M.N. communications, that's for sure.] Is it possible to narrow it down to contact a specific person?

[Text]

[alephbet]

I don't know. It seems like that should be able to be done.

[Text]

[decompose]

I see. I'm not completely aquainted with the system, but I'll keep trying to narrow it down.

[There has got to be some way he can contact his brother...]

[Text]

[alephbet]

Electronics aren't my forte - I only really know how to work the terminals, virtual battlers, and my COMP at home. And the first two are designed to be user-friendly.

[Text]

[decompose]

That's understandable. I still appreciate the help, and answering my questions to the best of ability.

[Text]

[alephbet]

I'm Aleph. I'll let you know if I find anything else out.

[Text]

[decompose]

My name's Nigredo. I'd appreciate that.

[And a moment later, because Nigredo has to face the fact that he can't hear Rubedo at all, the mental link is completely severed:] My brother, Rubedo. If there are any communications from him that I may have missed, if it's not too much trouble, would you please inform me?

[Text]

[alephbet]

I'll be sure to tell you.

[Text]

[decompose]

Again, thank you. Is there any other information that can possibly be of use?

[Text]

[alephbet]

I can tell you about the layout of the floors, if you took the elevator instead of walking.

[Text]

[decompose]

I walked. Though that would still be extremely useful.

[Text]

[alephbet]

Unfortuately I didn't go into most of the floors, so all I can say is just which floors looked most dangerous, and you can tell that yourself.

[Text]

[decompose]

It's still appreciated. The layout can mean one thing, first hand recollection is more useful.

[Text]

[alephbet]

The most dangerous levels seemed to be thirty and thirty-seven. Those were perpetually dark and clearly had monsters within them. The sixth floor, with its forest of mutated animals, also didn't seem to be one I wanted to step onto.