[VIDEO .002 | username edward.elric]

[alchemyfreak]

Do new people always come in batches like this? It doesn't seem like anyone's really been here long enough to notice a pattern. A lot of- relatives showed up, recently. Pretty odd coincidence, I think.

[He looks... frustrated. Everyone he'd spoken to so far had only been around for a few months - tops. There's something suspicious about the whole thing, and he's trying to figure it out. After a moment he sighs, expression changing for the following announcement.]

Some of us have been doing research since we got here, and we're looking to start exploring the abandoned city for more information. We'll be meeting up to make arrangements this week on floor six of communal housing, if that sounds like something you'd be interested in and can defend yourself, feel free to stop by.

[Ed will give the specific time and date for this log, but we don't have a specific one set up OOC - probably July 10th, after the festival excitement has calmed down. Once again, if your character would crash without an invitation they are welcome to show up on their own without knowing someone on Floor Six or replying to this post.

Characters who can't defend themselves are welcome to join for the research aspect, or try to lie their way into the exploration part.

If you need an excuse to have an IC reason, feel free to poke Ed here or whatever.
Also please note, Ed's a CRAU so appears different than in canon: more info here on that!
Any questions? Hit me up on plurk or PM Ed's journal: TransmutedSelf]

Comments

text @frankenstein

[500gallontank]

any chance of salvaging in this

'abandoned city'

which doesn't sound ominous

at all

text

[alchemyfreak]

[Ed hates text so much, why is it so popular in this place.]

That's what my brother and I do here, so I would say so.

[500gallontank]

[ Frankenstein doesn't really *like* text so much as *hate* video even more. Plus, he's a bit paranoid, so....even if things go sideways here, this guy won't know what he looks like. ]



ever come across any cars

?

[NO REASON. Just, you know, caaaaasual conversation.]

[alchemyfreak]

[well, if he takes up Al's offer he's going to be meeting Ed soon enough so that anonymity won't get him far.]

not really, but we're still pretty new here.

It's not exactly the sort of thing we've been looking for either.

[Not in the job description, probably won't help with repairs and it's not like either of them drives.]

[500gallontank]

[ ....it's not a well-thought out plan, ok? But if he takes up the offer, he'd cross that bridge later. ]

that figures

so what have you been looking for then

[Since you clearly have the wrong priorities, here.]

[alchemyfreak]

since we work for the Guard, mostly whatever we're told to.

Lots of scraps to help rebuild things.

[The tech here is too advanced for his brain, something about computers and space ships, usually. He just mends what he's told and moves on with his life.]

[500gallontank]

scraps


[If he knew emojis, there would be some obscene ones here. ]

so what are you looking for in this

abandoned city

that you don't normally look for
?

[How's this little jaunt different from what the guy says is his damn job?]

[alchemyfreak]

Information.

[That's in the post so he'll be kind enough to elaborate.]

Some things about this place don't add up, a few of us think there might be some answers out there.

[500gallontank]

[See, now, if this were video, there'd be an awkward scene where Frankenstein punched something in frustration. See what you're not missing? ]

information

is an abstract concept

how will you know you've fucking found it if you don't know what it looks like
?

person
book
vr disc
what
?

[alchemyfreak]

Information can come from anywhere. Like the landscape itself, or the ruins.

Maybe we'll find a lab that shows they were experimenting on people, or a library full of books we don't have access to here. The water could be poisoned. It's hard to expect anything with no idea what we're even getting into.

[500gallontank]

so

you're going to go out on an unofficial salvage mission

to try to find out things that would likely piss off our
'hosts'

without knowing what
if anything
you're going to find
.


I'm in.

[alchemyfreak]

Sounds about right.

[He's surprised, but he's not going to point it out.]

guess I'll see you then.