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beaconkeeper) wrote2019-08-20 07:54 pm
beaconkeeper) wrote2019-08-20 07:54 pm
IN THE NIGHT IC INBOX
@keeper
Hi! I looove chatting so please come talk to me any time!
@keeper
Hi! I looove chatting so please come talk to me any time!
Hello Robin, my name is Bruce. I'm one of the newest arrivals.
I had a question for you, after reading through your messages. If you have time.
I had a question for you, after reading through your messages. If you have time.
Hi Bruce! Good to meet you. Sorry it's under these circumstances, though.
Fire away!
Fire away!
We've got a pretty low bar of what DOESN'T count as progress (which I'm honestly all for, the less murder the better and I'd prefer it if that didn't need specifying, yet here we are...), but what ARE we looking to achieve?
Doom and gloom and realistic chances of survival aside, are we looking at fighting these creatures? Or we just looking at a way of distracting them? Waving our hands and going 'hey, don't eat this planet, try THAT one?'
Which leads me to: are they eating any other worlds or is it just this one?
Doom and gloom and realistic chances of survival aside, are we looking at fighting these creatures? Or we just looking at a way of distracting them? Waving our hands and going 'hey, don't eat this planet, try THAT one?'
Which leads me to: are they eating any other worlds or is it just this one?
Hello? I was told you had been here for a while, and might be able to help me with a few answers?
LOL yep, you've come to the right place! I'm Robin. Welcome to Beacon.
What's up?
What's up?
Are we dead? Like, really? Dead-dead, as a door-nail? Because I think there's been a mistake? And I was thinking maybe that could mean we weren't dead.
I don't think my friend is supposed to be here? And he did go through a portal, so maybe this is just another test and there's a way to find him a portal back?
When you mentioned the resets, you compared it to a saved point in a video game. That locations discovered would revert to their undisclosed positions as it were.
Is the same true of the items within Beacon?
The museum, for example, has a very unique collection. Do you know if the items within are originally from this town, or is it possible that they've been sourced as disparately as we have?
Is the same true of the items within Beacon?
The museum, for example, has a very unique collection. Do you know if the items within are originally from this town, or is it possible that they've been sourced as disparately as we have?
Sorry to say, but I don't think one possible not-dead person is enough to mark this whole thing as some kind of setup... :(
As far as I know, we're all dead. Since this world is dead, the only people that can come into it are dead ones. Apparently.
I don't really know how it works, but nothing I've seen has contradicted that.
As far as I know, we're all dead. Since this world is dead, the only people that can come into it are dead ones. Apparently.
I don't really know how it works, but nothing I've seen has contradicted that.
[Well... she might as well tell her if she doesn't want it to get lost]
I left something for you. If you can get spirits to bring it to you.
I left something for you. If you can get spirits to bring it to you.
So, you've never seen someone here who could go back? Or, who didn't belong here? I've heard that out of everyone, you've been here the longest. So.
Nothing?
No one's ever been a mistake?
Nothing?
No one's ever been a mistake?
Whoa, really? Can I see it? Where'd you find it?
Hand to god, buddy, I don't know anything about other lighthouses existing. I'm like pretty sure this is the only one.
Hand to god, buddy, I don't know anything about other lighthouses existing. I'm like pretty sure this is the only one.
[There's a couple of hours between Xayah's message and Robin's response, as if she immediately went and sent the spirits to collect the thing!!!]
AWWW THIS IS SO NICE... Thank you so much!!! These aren't Rastus's feathers, are they? LOL!
AWWW THIS IS SO NICE... Thank you so much!!! These aren't Rastus's feathers, are they? LOL!
I was worried the spirits were about to break the bottle to get to the feathers
And no, they aren't. They are from a dreamcatcher. If you have a spare string and something round, you can do a makeshift one for yourself from those.
And no, they aren't. They are from a dreamcatcher. If you have a spare string and something round, you can do a makeshift one for yourself from those.
Phew! I'm glad you feel that way! It kinda seems like some people think I got my hand hovering over the reset button, ready to axe you at the slightest slip-up... That's definitely not the case!
But... In terms of what I want you to do, exactly, it kinda depends! All that stuff you listed sounds GREAT to me if you can figure out a way to pull it off. If there was one answer to this problem, I would've told you guys!
Personally? I think the best idea is to find a way to make super duper sure that they either lose interest in us or just uhhh die, I guess. Killing them kinda seems like the simplest path to take, but then it's like, what if there's more?
Maybe our first step should be learning more about them to figure out what kind of plan is gonna work best... And then figuring out what all you guys in town both want to do and are best suited for? Like, fighting them won't make a ton of sense if we don't have the people and resources to do it, you know? But you're a smart guy. I'm sure you've already thought of that.
But, uhhhh, that I don't know! Whether or not they're eating other worlds, I mean. Like, probably? I do know that the World Eaters aren't native to this place, if that helps.
But... In terms of what I want you to do, exactly, it kinda depends! All that stuff you listed sounds GREAT to me if you can figure out a way to pull it off. If there was one answer to this problem, I would've told you guys!
Personally? I think the best idea is to find a way to make super duper sure that they either lose interest in us or just uhhh die, I guess. Killing them kinda seems like the simplest path to take, but then it's like, what if there's more?
Maybe our first step should be learning more about them to figure out what kind of plan is gonna work best... And then figuring out what all you guys in town both want to do and are best suited for? Like, fighting them won't make a ton of sense if we don't have the people and resources to do it, you know? But you're a smart guy. I'm sure you've already thought of that.
But, uhhhh, that I don't know! Whether or not they're eating other worlds, I mean. Like, probably? I do know that the World Eaters aren't native to this place, if that helps.
Hmmm, well, first of all, I haven't been here the longest out of everyone, actually. Pretty long, yeah! But Rastus has been here longer than me, and so has another person in town that you guys haven't met yet. She's from Beacon before it went dark, and she'd be a better person to ask these questions to. Once she opts for the GRAND REVEAL of her presence, that is. I'm thinking (read: hoping!!!) it'll be soon.
But okay... I guess to answer your question simply, no, no one's ever been a "mistake", at least not to my knowledge. That's the thing, though - I dunno if "belongs/doesn't belong here" is a good way to be talking about people? I'm not sure we're, like, here for some great purpose anything. I don't think ANY of us belong here, not really!! We just kinda got caught up in it.
I've never met anyone that hasn't passed the "you gotta be dead" entrance exam, though.
But okay... I guess to answer your question simply, no, no one's ever been a "mistake", at least not to my knowledge. That's the thing, though - I dunno if "belongs/doesn't belong here" is a good way to be talking about people? I'm not sure we're, like, here for some great purpose anything. I don't think ANY of us belong here, not really!! We just kinda got caught up in it.
I've never met anyone that hasn't passed the "you gotta be dead" entrance exam, though.
Hm, that's a tricky question! Sort of.
The resets are carried out by the forest spirits. Part of the reset command seems to tell them to trash all evidence of the previous group, but I don't know what they do with it and, more to your point, I've heard of them missing stuff before.
So like, is it likely that there's stuff on display at the museum arrived between resets? Nope, but that doesn't mean it's not possible. Does that make sense?
The resets are carried out by the forest spirits. Part of the reset command seems to tell them to trash all evidence of the previous group, but I don't know what they do with it and, more to your point, I've heard of them missing stuff before.
So like, is it likely that there's stuff on display at the museum arrived between resets? Nope, but that doesn't mean it's not possible. Does that make sense?
Ooh, yeah, fair worry! They came intact, though. :)
Oh, pretty! That's right, I remember getting those now. Did you like them? I tried to get some good ones.
Oh, pretty! That's right, I remember getting those now. Did you like them? I tried to get some good ones.
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