animus_network | [Video] Hello! I am a protagonist.

[Aleph is sitting at the terminal, with a winged girl in white hovering behind him.]

Nigredo and I have been discussing having a quick response team, and I apologize if anything like this already exists and I simply haven't run across it.

The main problem with responding quickly to any problem is that there are few methods of quick communication. For that reason, if anyone can make working cell phones, has telepathy, or any further method of communication across floors, please contact me. In the meantime, I'll make do.

This is Lilim. [The girl waves.] She'll be staying every day on floor fourteen, the media room, which is as close to the middle of the tower as I could convince her would be interesting to stay in. If you or anyone else need defense for any reason at any time during the day, please contact her. She'll get me from where I am. If you need the media room for normal reasons, feel free to kick her off the game console. [She pouts.]

Unfortunately I can't leave her alone at night with the monsters out and about. In that case, my room is 2-04. Please fetch me, and my roommates will have to deal.

This is as efficient a response as I can make under my current power. Again, if anyone has ways of improving this, please reply. My name is Aleph, and thank you, again.

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If you insist.

Just lemme know whenever you get data on one of the monsters here and I'll write it up. [Now she moves to inspect the arm terminal, her eyes taking on a pale green glow as she uses her technopathy to have a closer look at it.]

I'll be sure to. I have no doubts I'll run into a monster whether I want to or not.

Pretty much. Most of the monsters I've run into so far weren't too difficult to face, though I wouldn't be surprised if stronger ones were lurking about.

I've been avoiding most by staying in my room at night and not going onto the dangerous floors, but now that I've agreed to help out, that will change.

[April pauses in her examination and still glowing eyes glance up at him.] ... You don't have to help with this, y'know. If you would prefer, I could do the list without needing to use your arm terminal

Of course I'm going to help out.

[He looks confused at why she even brought it up.]

[April frowns and shakes her head.] You don't have to if you don't want to, since you did say you avoided going out out of your room at night.

I don't have to, but I'm going to anyway.

But- [She pauses and sighs.] ... I'll find someway to pay you back for your help.

You don't need to. This is just what I do.

... You sure?

I'm sure.

[April looks like she still wants to argue, but she soon nods.] Well... Okay. But if you think of a way I could pay you back, let me know.

[She nods, smiling faintly, before going back to examining the arm terminal. And after a while, she places the arm terminal back on the table.]

Um, thanks for letting me look at this, Aleph.

No problem. I knew you wouldn't mess with it.

You knew I wouldn't? But you haven't known me for that long.

You're not a bad person.

[She blinks and stares at him in surprise, but shaking her head.] Ah, I wouldn't make that assumption. I'm not above fighting dirty if it'll help me achieve my goal.

That doesn't make you a bad person. I can tell from the way you reacted to the stories of home I told you.

... But I'm not a good person, either.

I don't know. You seem like a good one to me.

... I'm a killer and a thief... I've learned that's not something good people tend to be. [Even though she killed to protect others and stole to help people out.]

Bad people aren't usually so concerned with why they're not good people.

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