01/09. testing, testing.
[ off the network // copies stashed at random around the City ]
'...exceeded the duration of a banal curse incident by 36 hours on the Clock, and by 41 hours since Mrs. Dafferty of the Curse Watch expressed with great diligence and consideration a most warranted concern about the fountain platform, which upon recent count forfeited two of its support pillars, when the City submerged. In keeping with the Mayor's counsel, I too have taken shelter in the locked Cathedral, and though we give praise and thanks to the Lord for His mercy, I fear it cannot extend much longer, unless the City should once more rise within the day. We are provided for with supplies of matter, but the greatest import now is the case of our lungs, which, Dr. Justinian has warned with no sound recommendation of treatment, will find fault in this penury of air. I do not believe we have given reason for this great punishment, and so I trust that the City shall rise in time with saving alacrity, so...'
[ off the network // in hardcopy ]
Mentioned & still here - curses, the Clock, the fountain, the Cathedral.
Mentioned & not here - Curse Watch, Mayor, fountain platform.
Not mentioned & here - deities, deity office, other worlds, carousel (part of the Clock?), barriers, Network. Written neatly in margins: It's just one page. They could have been mentioned elsewhere.
[Followed by printouts of this, this (highlighted: However, it's been confirmed that very rarely people can get dragged into another world's closing gateway and end up in that other world. and The fountains also appear to be the most popular point for new people to arrive in the city.), and this.]
It's tempting to form a working theory, but there's not enough information. I'll resist.
[Written in afterwards:]
No. One thing. At some point, rule of the City changed hands.
Perhaps God died and left whoever's behind the deities in charge. In the margins, not quite as neatly as the others: That may have been a joke. It's hard to tell, here.
[ voice ]
Has it ever occurred to anyone that the Network is a very convenient way for the deities to watch our every move? The devices even turn themselves on at inopportune times.
Perhaps I'm making something out of nothing. The deities certainly don't seem to say much on the Network.
If you found potentially useful information about the nature of the City, would you trust it to the Network?
[ filtered to the deities // unhackable ]
Actually, I have nothing against any of you; it's just that I've heard you're fond of destroying evidence. A sensible man takes precautions.
I've also heard you enjoy trades. Shall we talk about that?
[OOC: He is kind of baiting the deities, yes. Once he's tested their reaction enough, he may post the information publicly.]
'...exceeded the duration of a banal curse incident by 36 hours on the Clock, and by 41 hours since Mrs. Dafferty of the Curse Watch expressed with great diligence and consideration a most warranted concern about the fountain platform, which upon recent count forfeited two of its support pillars, when the City submerged. In keeping with the Mayor's counsel, I too have taken shelter in the locked Cathedral, and though we give praise and thanks to the Lord for His mercy, I fear it cannot extend much longer, unless the City should once more rise within the day. We are provided for with supplies of matter, but the greatest import now is the case of our lungs, which, Dr. Justinian has warned with no sound recommendation of treatment, will find fault in this penury of air. I do not believe we have given reason for this great punishment, and so I trust that the City shall rise in time with saving alacrity, so...'
[ off the network // in hardcopy ]
Mentioned & still here - curses, the Clock, the fountain, the Cathedral.
Mentioned & not here - Curse Watch, Mayor, fountain platform.
Not mentioned & here - deities, deity office, other worlds, carousel (part of the Clock?), barriers, Network. Written neatly in margins: It's just one page. They could have been mentioned elsewhere.
[Followed by printouts of this, this (highlighted: However, it's been confirmed that very rarely people can get dragged into another world's closing gateway and end up in that other world. and The fountains also appear to be the most popular point for new people to arrive in the city.), and this.]
It's tempting to form a working theory, but there's not enough information. I'll resist.
[Written in afterwards:]
No. One thing. At some point, rule of the City changed hands.
Perhaps God died and left whoever's behind the deities in charge. In the margins, not quite as neatly as the others: That may have been a joke. It's hard to tell, here.
[ voice ]
Has it ever occurred to anyone that the Network is a very convenient way for the deities to watch our every move? The devices even turn themselves on at inopportune times.
Perhaps I'm making something out of nothing. The deities certainly don't seem to say much on the Network.
If you found potentially useful information about the nature of the City, would you trust it to the Network?
[ filtered to the deities // unhackable ]
Actually, I have nothing against any of you; it's just that I've heard you're fond of destroying evidence. A sensible man takes precautions.
I've also heard you enjoy trades. Shall we talk about that?
[OOC: He is kind of baiting the deities, yes. Once he's tested their reaction enough, he may post the information publicly.]