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Welcome to the NPC mailbox. Characters are free to send letters to the various NPCs currently in charge of the city. All replies will also be written and sent via messenger bird. Replies may take a while as they are busy officials.

Requests to meet NPCs in person are doable, but there is no guarantee it will happen—at least immediately. Efforts will be made when possible.

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[empc]

Soooort of. [A small tilt of her head, finger resting against her chin.] We have our own systems that can read and interpret what she's showing—like she was always able to give a reflection of color depending on the city's mood, right? But it was our own systems that was able to actually read and interpret that gauge. Granted, a lot of this is still new and being developed—like only a few decades before I was born new! So every day we're finding new things about Chrissie, things we never knew she was capable of. Like when I used her as a laser—that was actually a complete shot in the dark.

[Deliberate pun? Maybe.]

Just took a concept and went for it. ...And probably why she kind of overloaded. [Whoops.] And even then, I was actually using her more as a kind of conduit to take in all of the surrounding emotions and channel it outward, but it's only after seeing the script and doing some research and testing that it does seem that Chrissie has way more to her than a giant emotion mirror like we always thought! It's quite possible I could have tapped into her instead to do that sort of thing, but it's really hard to say right now.

But there are definitely some functions there still working. Although not as precise as before, we can still get some readings and data regarding the emotional atmosphere, but only in a very vague sense. So we use our other equipment to crosscheck. But that does mean Chrissie can "sense" the atmosphere—she's not making any visible reaction to it.

Except just now and when Areta happened. My current hypothesis is that if she reaches a certain threshold, she will still respond. But anything less, she remains the same.

[gottacatch]

[ Here we go, it's the time to listen closely -- and totally have any potential puns go over his head -- to help this info all sink in a little easier.

Which makes his brain feels like bricks even with Rebekkah's kindness to not be too science-y with her language. ]

...I wonder what happened last month that was so special? A pod didn't drop... [ Ahhh, his thoughts want to tug him into five different directions. ] When we saw Areta, did that have a large crystal like Chrissie in the vision? I didn't look up at the time, but I dunno if we're sure if Verens has always existed since before the war, or if it got built after it, after Simpathis brought up the land!

...Shaarnath has the smaller crystals... and Sosyne always had an issue with your Chrissie... [ His lips are lining hard between every pause, but wherever his mind was going (in all of those five different directions), he throws all the stress on his brain out as he lets out ] Mmh, maybe we'd have a better chance of understanding what's going on if we can find Areta!

[ With some of their connection intact, Rebekkah might get the idea that Red literally just wants them to find--

a manual. A big thick manual. With all the answers of How To. ]

[empc]

[Honestly, Rebbekah wouldn't mind a giant manual herself. She can only figure so many things on her own!]

I can definitely say that the original buildings of the city were definitely dated to be older than eight hundred years, so it existed before the war! We just...don't know...much else about that, eh heh.

But Areta! I'd really love a chance to find it. [A wistful sigh.] I just feel that it really is deeply connected to Verens somehow.

And hey, didn't you actually show something with Areta on it? [Hands on her hips, as if demanding him for him to finish spilling all the beans.]

[gottacatch]

Oh! [ Did he forget?? ] Right, the equipment!

[ He can unscramble his brain easily to remember that: the large rusted machinery, a few of them here and there within the cavern. The design is easy for him to recall. ]

The other team found the same type of equipment. [ He points over to the tube. ] Except they found that and some microscopes-- basic analysing equipment: lens and stuff. I guess they didn't have an office there to study the crystals they found and used that space instead.

The whole area looked like a mining site like in the Ferril Mountains. I didn't see anything else close to it, so wherever this is... [ Now he's using his finger to make a spot for where the quarry is, and then brushing his hand over to a farther direction. ] Any cities that would have been in the area might've been farther away. And then they used the teleporter to transport the crystals over the distance.

You might be able to find a way to Areta there... if there's codes to the city lying around somewhere.

[ Like, a book of codes. The answers are always in a book. ]

[empc]

[They got sidetracked by teleporter and crystals.]

A mining quarry near Areta... It's definitely possible. They had to have gotten their crystals from somewhere, and unless Areta did a lot of machine exporting, that could be theirs. And you found this tube in that make-shift office?

[She should open it.



She's definitely opening it.]

[gottacatch]

[ The cloth and tie around it is easy to pull off, and the pieces of the diagrams easily fall out, too. Red comes over now to stand side by side with her, to help with the pieces. ]

There's one in here that's really torn, but this one-- [ Ah, this one with the long, diagonal tear through it-- ] --this one's okay. You can jigsaw together this one too.

[ That's all the blueprints are for him: a weird jigsaw with science-y info on them. ]

[empc]

[Rebbekah stands over the blueprints, and for the first time since the two met, she's silent. Focused.]

...Hm... Hm, yes, I see... [She taps a few lines, fingers tracing over what was clearly the old language's script.] I'll have to ask Lindsy to help cipher this out, but... There's definitely no denying it. These are diagrams regarding the crystals and I think plans for their uses.

[gottacatch]

[ Red's watching her hand, the answer...well, that makes sense. ]

Isn't that normal? Crystals are used in everything... they must've had loads of these for keeping the cities powered.

[empc]

It's normal, but this...this— [She's lost in thought again.]

I'll have to figure things out, but I think their methods were different. More specialized and efficient.

[gottacatch]

[ .............


It's all a bunch of lines to him, wow. ]

Then... they would've used this to dig out the right size of crystal they needed?

[ It must be why something like that was lying around inside a quarry. ]

[empc]

Dig or...modify...

[She's more murmuring to herself than directly answering.]

It's hard to say—this needs a bit of cleaning up, too. [She holds the paper closer to her face, squinting.] And wow whoever wrote this had bad handwriting!

[gottacatch]

[ He huffs a small laugh, watching her with it for a moment before shuffling in his place. ]

I'll leave it in your and Lindsy's hands, then. I'd be interested to know what you figure out about it! [ Please shaareee, Rebekkah. ] While you're doing that, I'll see about checking another few routes out for more if I can before you can get a team together to check it out.

Other than that... I think that was everything. It really looked like a mining site than somewhere with a lab nearby. [ Jokingly- ] Sorry.

[empc]

Oh it's fine, it's fine! I don't need a lab to learn what I need from all these beauties. [Meaning the crystals.] And you've brought more than enough! I'll get working on all of this right away and report my findings ASAP!

[gottacatch]

Thanks!

[ AND THEN WE RELEASED LAENA FROM ONE NPC THREAD. FIVE THOUSAND MORE TO GO!! ]