[OPEN] Maybe someone should call an exterminator...

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Who: Agatha Heterodyne, some dingbots, and you
Where: The Pisces apartments, and possibly also the other apartments via the teleporters.
What: Agatha has built herself some small assistants. They've gotten bored and are wandering around unsupervised.
Warnings: Precocious little robots. Potential mutilation of household appliances.
OOC: Let me know in the subject line if you want the Dingbots, Agatha, or both.


[Agatha has been busy since her arrival in Hinoto-Ri. The first order of business was to build a more reliable death ray. But, as she preferred to work with assistants, she'd built a handful of dingbots before she started in on the project.

This is all well and good, but while she is occupied with tests and adjustments on her new gun, the little dingbots decided to make a few new friends. And then those dingbots decided to go exploring.

By the time Agatha looked up, she was facing a single dingbot. The rest of the room is littered with parts and tools, but all the other dingbots are nowhere to be found. ]


Oh, no....


[So, those who live in the Pisces apartments may have noticed the tiny clanks rushing about. They can be found poking around rooms, exploring the greenhouses, and perhaps even trying to be helpful by fixing or improving any small appliances they might find.

If not the clanks, perhaps you might see Agatha, wandering the apartments, peeking around corners, peering into rooms, and checking behind potted plants. She's clearly looking for something. Those with sharp eyes may notice the dingbot in her pocket.]


Ugh, why do they always run off like this?

Comments

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That long?

[Hmm, Agatha is beginning to wonder if maybe helping this city out is going to be more complicated than she thought.]

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Nod nod.

"Yeah, apparently people started showing up here a year ago. There was even an anniversary festival a while back."

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And.... how much progress has been made in the war effort so far?

[Because she definitely heard there was a war going on. At least three people mentioned it the day she arrived.]

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"War...effort?"

What war?

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Um, the war against the forces of chaos? The reason we were summoned here?

[At least, as far as she was told....]

[unbroken_chain]

"Oh, that. Whoever told you it was a war might have been overselling it a little, you know? Generally it's just weird things that happen every couple of months. Not really active enough to call it a 'war'."

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Wait, what? If that's true then why were we summoned here in the first place?

[unbroken_chain]

Kotoha pauses.

"Well. Um. If you go back on the Visitor's Network about seven months or so there's this entry..."

Okay, please hold still while Kotoha is HELPFUL and brings up the Network!

"Okay, see this entry? This guy claims that it's basically a game or something between that Beautifly dude and, uh...let's call him Mr. Nya, I dunno how to pronounce that name."

Kotoha regards the archived entry critically.

"All those shouty capitals didn't really help his case, but he might just not have been very familiar with how the Internet works. I'd take his claims with a grain of salt, but it does seem like he knew a bit more than most of us."

A brief pause.

"...it's kind of weird seeing all these responses and thinking that like half of these people aren't even in the city anymore."

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[Fumi had explained the network to her when she arrived, so at least she already knows how to use it. She frowns as she reads.]

He is pretty rude. But that doesn't mean he's wrong. And he claims to have prior experience with this 'Philemon' person.

[And if he is right, then this situation is a lot more complicated than she first thought.]

I don't suppose this guy is one of the people who are still around?

[She would really like a chance to ask him a few questions.]

[unbroken_chain]

Pause to consider.

"I'm...not sure? There's a list of active Visitors, but I don't know how often they update it..."

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[Agatha shrugs and smiles.]

That's okay, I'll just ask around.