resolution

[rocketpunch]

Hey, everyone! Precis F. Neumann here. You know, the girl who’s always running around with her robot? I kind of died last month on a mission? You’ve probably seen me around or something, but I’m too busy working in my room doing genius mechanical things to come out sometimes. The introduction’s out of the way, so let’s get this started, alright? Try not to get lost here, because I discovered something brand new, and it’s a big one.

So, let’s start at the beginning. Some of you might remember a mission where we had to rescue some captives from a hostage situation at Desset Hopsital? On the fourth, there was a bit of an incident with a shift bomb. I tried to disarm it, but I died in the process. Sucks, huh? I saved everyone else, though, so Davis sent me a gift. Cheria and I used it to locate a new door in the tunnels. I’ve been spending the last month trying to find the code, but it wasn't something I had access to. Shikamaru was able to open it, though. I guess Claude was there, too, kind of helping.

Back on track. Something brand new. If you go look in the tunnels, you’ll see what I mean. Just look for the door you haven’t seen before. Are you still with me? Don’t give up yet. It won’t kill you to do a little reading.

Anyways, we found a workshop in there. Lots of computers and a whole lot of nothing. There’s actually a bulletin board I think you guys should come and check out. Some of it is useless information to someone like me, but some of it is pretty interesting. Something about monsters and February and not having children. That’s the boring part. A lot of things are faded out and useless, but I did manage to figure out a few things.

So, one thing I found was that the workplace’s mainframe? It was totally wiped. On purpose. The computer is old by Earth standards and pretty useless, but that much is clear. Whatever they were keeping down there, it’s not something we’re going to get back. There’s also a door we can’t get through right now. The map says that there’s an elevator behind it, but let that sink in for a moment. An elevator going up would lead back to our village, right? Or into the mountains. I think it’s pretty safe to say that there’s more of this place we haven’t seen yet.

That’s pretty much it. You guys should come take a look for yourselves. You might be able to make more sense of it than I did, especially since I haven’t even been here for a year yet, you know? That’s pretty much all the obvious stuff, anyways.

I guess I’ll sum it all up for you. I died (it’s still weird saying that!), I got a little gift, and we found a new place in the tunnels. It’s open for everyone now, so come take a look. I can answer your questions, too, I guess.

[ooc; Feel free to threadjack and discuss. Precis will try to get to everyone, but if I get overwhelmed, Shikamaru and Claude will jump in. The entire post is also text.

Also! This is forward-dated to the morning of the 10th, and the date of the discovery is being bumped up to October 9th. This was agreed upon by Pi, Trap, and myself because logs take time.]

Comments

[castbytheglyph]

You have a robot??? [With that out of the way, Pascal takes the time to actually read through the rest of what's here. The rest of her repsonse comes a few minutes later.]

Can I take a look too? I've not been here long, but it still sounds awesome. I want to see the elevator and the mainframey thing!

[rocketpunch]

Yeah! His name is Robbie. He's pretty advanced compared to what I've read about robots from other worlds in the library.

You're more than welcome to. I couldn't really police it if I wanted to, and it's better at this point if more people see it if we're going to figure it out.

[written]

[corrinesbell]

That's a lot of stuff to read.

Do we have to wait for you or Cheria or somebody to be able to check this out? I mean, do you have to be there in order to find it again?

Re: [written]

[rocketpunch]

Nope! I should've said that. Everyone can see the door now, not just me. All you have to do is walk through it.

[written]

[all7seas]

Dear Miss Neumann,

Very sorry to hear you died.



What's this about children?


--Captain Jack Sparrow

Re: [written]

[rocketpunch]

You don't have to apologize. The only reason I said anything is because it's part of the story. If I just got a gift from them, it wouldn't make sense.

Let's see...there's one about a child's wings who don't stop growing, and there's one that says "Do not have kids" on a list of survival tips for Luceti.

[voice. text is annoying when you have no hands]

[haveiliedtoyou]

Are any of those computers transportable? Preferably the mainframe, but I suppose I shouldn't be counting on miracles. I'd be quite interested in seeing if I can't do a bit of digging, myself.

voice;filtered

[redjacketthief]

Want me to see if I can bring something up for you, Glados-chan?

[Because look who has his memories, look who can (kind of) speak, and look who just gave you a nickname.]

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

[Before he processes her actual news, he takes a few minutes to take in what she said so casually. That she died. And came back. As someone who experienced something like that back home, it was scary to consider.]

I'm sorry this happened to you. But... what you say is real interesting. I'd like to take a look at it myself and see what I think of it.

[He's no technology person, but he's good and discovering secrets sometimes.]

[Voice]

[mirrorblade]

You should go for it. I think it's one of those things where a description couldn't do it complete justice.

[Written]

[healedbythelight]

[Cheria had been curious about what was beyond that door they'd found. Now, at last, it seems the truth has come out for the most part.]

There are a lot of people here who are good with technology. If you all work together, perhaps you can fix this computer and find a way to [Her writing actually pauses here, for a moment. Then, finally, she settles on a word.] unwipe the mainframe.

[Written]

[mirrorblade]

[Oh, you know what, he should probably answer this before Precis gets a chance to. Knowing her, she might argue about how it's impossible because she's "totes already tried."]

I completely agree, Miss. Someone out there might know some tricks that we don't yet.

[markofthewise]

So what you're saying is... there's a secret tunnel. In the tunnel.

[Except he's already packing up to go take a look. This could be big.]

[endgames]

Which may lead to another tunnel.

[Tunnelception.]

[eyesofstrength]

That is quite an interesting find. We should definitely record the information you found written in a safe place so it will not be lost to time.

[rocketpunch]

I've already written down everything I've found. I think more people should, though. Notes can be lost with time, right?

[goldenglasses]

It doesn't say why you shouldn't have children? [Is something going to happen to Noah?]

[rocketpunch]

You should probably read that stuff for yourself. [She's just being honest.] I can't really say for certain.

[voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

[A new place in the eastern tunnel. Hn. It was unsurprising the tunnels still held secrets, but to have access to it...]

Anything that may seem useless can still have meaning in the future. "February" and "Not having children" would mean nothing to those who have not had experiences related to those.

Thank you for reporting your findings.

[filtered]

[endgames]

You in particular would get a kick out of that useless information. I think you should come check it out.

[Like you weren't already. But lend your opinions, bro.]

written.

[redjacketthief]

[Her too...

He had remembered hearing that once over the journals at one point, when a sudden front had crashed in and the change in pressure screwed his balance up to the point where he didn't want to move for risk of vertigo. That was early on, or maybe during one of the periods when he had worked himself to the point of collapse.

Regardless, the oddly intriguing young woman shared a commonality with him. They both were dolls that had been broken because of the Malnosso.]

It sounds like you need an exploration party, with specialists in different fields to go get a better sense of things. There will also be more witnesses to confirm what happens.

With how the population here changes so much, more eyes are important in case we suddenly lose a pair.

[Voice because she knows he can't]

[rocketpunch]

[Switching the mic on just to be Precis.]

Ohhh, Lupin VII! It's good to hear from you again.

I'd check it out before all the good stuff is already investigated. I don't think there's any harm in just letting everyone in. If anyone figures something out, I'm sure they'll share it.

[semper_cogitans]

[This is immediately and incredibly intriguing.]

Many computers, you say?

Even if they are ancient technology, they can be analyzed. The parts themselves might give clues to the nature of those who left it.

[Or even something else entirely. And the fact that there's a potentially-workable lab space now has him nothing short of entirely excited.]

[rocketpunch]

Yeah, I did say that.[Seriously? Was that a question?]

You're welcome to analyze all you want. Like I said, everything's been wiped, and the parts look pretty generic to me. I'm not going to waste my time on them.

Pretend I'm doing the text font, too lazy to html on my phone

[screw_fate]

[The mention of children catches Neji's interest, given what he saw on the hospital mission.]

I believe I'll have a look at this. Interesting...

Sounds good! XD

[rocketpunch]

You're one of Shikamaru's friends, right? [They were both on the hospital mission together.] He did alright. It's worth checking out.

[Text]

[bibliophile_annex]

I never considered it before but is it possible that Luceti is never-ending?

[Text]

[rocketpunch]

That's a bit too deep for me. Who knows? I don't think anything is really permanent, though.

[trueknight]

[Yuri really doesn't like reading if he can help it, so when he sees all this text while flipping through the journal, he almost skips it. But thankfully, he remembers that type-written stuff is usually important, so he manages to force himself to at least skim through.

... That's when he gets to the part about "not having children". That's enough to get his attention to the point of stopping and reading the entire thing word for word. Dammit, why did something like that have to be just casually mentioned? What was a line like that supposed to mean for the kids born here - especially for his own son, Jonah?

Well, she did say things were open now, and there wasn't any point in him sitting around after reading this, so he quickly writes back--]

Thanks for the heads up. Is the writing you found in an obvious spot, or would we need to search around for it?

[rocketpunch]

It's no problem. There's a big board of writing, so it's really easy to find! I'd be more worried if you couldn't see it.

[Voice]

[everyonesconfidant]

You... died? Sorry... I'm still not used to the idea of people coming back after they die. How can you be so casual about it?

Can you tell me a bit more about the tunnels? Like, how to get to them and how to go through them to this place? I've never been there before.

[Written]

[rocketpunch]

[The glorious thing about typing? Is that Precis doesn't have to answer anything she doesn't want to.]

Really? They're pretty easy to find. You can ask just about anyone, but the entrance to the tunnels is near the fountain.

[doubleppk]

[Instantly pinged!]

How old are we talking about? 1970s old, like a computer that fills up an entire room, or 1990s old with Windows and an easily accessible DOS?

[Either way, that's something Fujiko can actually work with quite well on.]

filtered

[redjacketthief]

Either way, I can think of a few people who can give us a hand with the tech, Fujicakes. Not that we can't, but we might need someone more...scientific

[filtered | written]

[fellpool]

[Unsurprisingly, Leon's response doesn't come promptly at all; it's not his fault that Precis decided to go check out the tunnels while the Brigade was out of the village. It's late at night, and he has to write so he doesn't throw a fit into the journal.]

Oh come on! You go ahead and do something like this while I'm out?!

written

[rocketpunch]

Sorry, Leon. [And she actually kind of is. She could have included Leon at some point instead of trying to do it all herself...but pride.] You can go on the next adventure, okay?

Voice

[rashness]

[That's a lot of impersonal text he only really connects when he sees her picture and then goes to reading it again. And... what, so when she died she got a gift for it? That's sick is his immediate thought, but it probably was a moment of praise.

Hah.

Well then it's after a while he eventually just coughs to himself and pops in voice]

Oi, you did some good work there, Precis.

[Their last big unfinished but I'm slow sigh meeting didn't go as well as might have been hoped, so might as well give her some praise she actually deserves]

Voice

[rocketpunch]

I'm pretty awesome, right?

[She's glad to hear from Rin after all of these stiff information-o-philes or whatever they're called.]

I might not be able to fight bugs with my bare hands, but don't underestimate me.

[Voice]

[voidseeing]

Hmm. Well done.

[That's his way of giving both praise for what she accomplished and an apology for allowing her to die on his watch like that.]

I'll be there to take a look as soon as I get a few things together.

[Voice]

[rocketpunch]

[She doesn't know about any second meaning, and she'd prefer it that way. She's over dying. Or so she tells herself every day.]

You might want to hurry, Gai. There are lots of people on their way already.