five; video --> voice

[boughtabookstore]

[ Video for a moment. Roslyn's bent over the netbook, frowning. She doesn't look nearly as put together as normal, her hair shoved back into a messy ponytail as she rubs at her forehead. Her room behind her is a mess, none of the organization people who had visited her before would have seen. She realizes the video is recording almost immediately and sighs, clicking a button to switch it to voice. ]

I've noticed a significant uptick in people asking for the nearest bar. I believe someone out there is working on some sort of welcome booklet, but for now -

Welcome to Exsilium. Here's how you have a drink.

[ just before she disconnects ] You'll need it.

[ And attached to her post is a text list of the bars in the hold, question marks by the ones she hasn't been to and a few words' of description by the ones she has - size, activity levels. Well over half of them have descriptions. ]

Comments

Voice forever

[blondejokes]

[ She's not really interested in the bars. It's bad for reflexes and beer bellies are gross. ]

People feel safe enough to drink here?

ditto

[boughtabookstore]

I think people feel driven to drink here is more accurate.

[blondejokes]

Huh. I can see why with all the problems I've been seeing on here.

But I wouldn't trust anything I can't clean or cook myself from this place.

whoops

[boughtabookstore]

When they wanted to drug us, they did it through the water and the air.

Cleaning or cooking our own food won't help.

i didn't see anything..... <:

[blondejokes]

[ She pauses. Oh. ]

Hmph. Well that's a disturbing piece of information.

\o/

[boughtabookstore]

[ Yup. Oh. ]

They've given us their word they won't try that again.

Personally, I don't think that goes far. But it's all we have.

[blondejokes]

I don't think I'd trust their word. After everything that's ... for even just bringing us here, they aren't very trustworthy.

What was their reason for it the first time?

[boughtabookstore]

There you are. Clever. Never trust them.

An attempt to brainwash us into being enthusiastic about their cause.

[blondejokes]

I don't understand why people think brainwashing will ever work in the long run.

[boughtabookstore]

Who knows? Perhaps they feel that this time it will.

[blondejokes]

Well they're wrong. Just like last time, people will figure out what's happening and this time we might not be so forgiving to them.

[boughtabookstore]

Someone assassinated one of their generals last time. I wouldn't call our response forgiving.

[blondejokes]

How did they take that?

[boughtabookstore]

They backed down for the time being and gave into our demands for the hallucinogens to be removed, claiming that it hadn't been authorized by the top people.

It wasn't a good time.

[blondejokes]

It doesn't sound like it.

If they weren't lying, then maybe some of the lower-ranking officials are trying to get rid of us for some reason.

[boughtabookstore]

Perhaps.

Personally, I think they're just inept at their work and don't know how to win us over.

[blondejokes]

That, too.

[boughtabookstore]

You haven't been here very long, have you.

[blondejokes]

I've been here for two days. Pretty obvious, huh?

[boughtabookstore]

It starts to be easy to tell after a while.

Welcome to Exsilium.

[blondejokes]

Thanks.

How long have you been here?

[boughtabookstore]

Six months and a little.

[blondejokes]

That's ... a really long time.

[boughtabookstore]

I've been here since the very beginning.

I guess it is a long time.

[blondejokes]

The beginning of the Initiative bringing people here, you mean?