The passage of time in this place is not easily tracked, not without a clock of some sort, anyway. The days may even begin to blend together, only occasionally interrupted by confrontations with the robot spiders or discussion with whoever is on the other end of that terminal.
It seems like things won't change any time soon. But something is off today, and some of you may notice it sooner than others.
The mind-numbing drone of the nearby builder going about its work has been with you from the very start. Located behind the terminal and far down below, it was the first sound you heard upon arriving here. It has been arranging walkways in increasingly complicated and baffling designs, extending them ever outwards into space. This much has not changed at all during your time here; the drone of the machinery moving and metal being slotted into place may even have become somewhat comforting background noise.
It is completely silent today.
The skittering of spider robots through the vents or patrolling the area is not heard either, and though the atmosphere remains as gloomy as ever, the lack of sound will undoubtedly be noticeable to some of you. Thankfully, you can still hear; it's simply that the machines have stopped their usual tasks, for whatever reason.
[Oscar watches this silently from the side. Then, just as silently, he lifts his own hand, topaz shard on the back glowing with a warm light.
Wolfwood will find that, for whatever reason, his healing suddenly seems to be just a bit more powerful, more effective. Oscar will keep this up for as long as is needed or as long as he can hold out, whichever comes first.]
well. that's useful. fortunately there aren't a lot of people who need to be healed (right now). he'll use oscar's boost to heal lucifer and basilio, though. ]
We better be careful to not trip our way up the stairs, then.
[Because clearly that's the biggest threat, now, someone tripping over the stairs and beefing it. Yep. Nothing else scary here. (We may be manifesting a little.)]
O Lord. If we get defeated by stairs then I deserve to be paid for my services.
[ is he joking? is he serious? who knows. either way, if this manifests then wolfwood is going to feel extremely tired and demand that people don't ride his ass ever when he chainsmokes like a train. ]
Best I can do is dinner. What'll ya be wanting, then?
[If the resident healer has preferences, then the resident healer gets to make requests, that's the law. No, cigarettes are not on the menu, you get those on your own time.]
[Noodles are so easy? Wolfwood will have all the noodles he could ever want, especially once they're wherever they're going and he can, like, do grocery shopping himself, probably.
It's the least he can do, since you're going to be doing so much heavy lifting, dear healer.]
I'll be waitin' then. I'm curious to know what kind of dish ya'll up with.
[ the bar is low for wolfwood, actually. he's a simple man of simple pleasures...
and look!! this healer is still plenty capable of many things!! he's just very aware of how valuable his ability is in the grand scheme of things. if he's hurt then it's going to get a lot more complicated for the others and that will just make things worse for him. ]
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Wolfwood will find that, for whatever reason, his healing suddenly seems to be just a bit more powerful, more effective. Oscar will keep this up for as long as is needed or as long as he can hold out, whichever comes first.]
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well. that's useful. fortunately there aren't a lot of people who need to be healed (right now). he'll use oscar's boost to heal lucifer and basilio, though. ]
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Thanks. Make sure y'get some rest later, after all this, yeah?
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Oh, I plan on it. It just depends on no one else decidin' to play too roughly with the residents here and me needin' to fix their boo-boos.
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We better be careful to not trip our way up the stairs, then.
[Because clearly that's the biggest threat, now, someone tripping over the stairs and beefing it. Yep. Nothing else scary here. (We may be manifesting a little.)]
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O Lord. If we get defeated by stairs then I deserve to be paid for my services.
[ is he joking? is he serious? who knows. either way, if this manifests then wolfwood is going to feel extremely tired and demand that people don't ride his ass ever when he chainsmokes like a train. ]
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good and/or favors can work as payment. ]
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WOLFWOOD ISN'T SOME SHADY MAN WHO WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS!!! ]
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wolfwood is guilty about many things. scamming people isn't one of them.
at least anyone who didn't deserve it. ]
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[If the resident healer has preferences, then the resident healer gets to make requests, that's the law. No, cigarettes are not on the menu, you get those on your own time.]
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[ understandable about the cigarettes. he wouldn't feel right if people came and gave him that for anything, really. but hmmmmm. ]
I've always been fond of anythin' with noodles, but I haven't seen any in all of the supplies we've been given.
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[Noodles are so easy? Wolfwood will have all the noodles he could ever want, especially once they're wherever they're going and he can, like, do grocery shopping himself, probably.
It's the least he can do, since you're going to be doing so much heavy lifting, dear healer.]
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[ the bar is low for wolfwood, actually. he's a simple man of simple pleasures...
and look!! this healer is still plenty capable of many things!! he's just very aware of how valuable his ability is in the grand scheme of things. if he's hurt then it's going to get a lot more complicated for the others and that will just make things worse for him. ]