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trusthell2017-01-22 06:03 pm
wordsmithery) wrote in trusthell2017-01-22 06:03 pm
Induction.
| Today seems to have been an exercise in providing more questions than answers. After all, aside from the rules on the walls, it's not as though there's much here that's going to help you understand what's going on, or why you're here in the first place. Some of you are angry; some are more confused than anything. Some are dealing in the best way that they know how. But perhaps one question remains at the back of mind, regardless of what you choose to make of the situation, and rightly so: Who is responsible for this? It's a question that doesn't seem to have a ready answer; after a while, though, you will receive something. It's not a solution, and it's not a way out, but it's contact – the sound of the public address system crackling to life somewhere above your heads, an indication that someone, somewhere, is aware that you're here and has something to say. 'I trust that all of you had a good night's sleep. Now that you have hopefully familiarized yourselves with your fellow Apprentices, allow me to make a formal introduction myself.' The voice is male, that much is obvious; it isn't recognizable to anyone present, however. 'Welcome and congratulations, new Apprentices of Chronos University. You have been chosen for a valuable exercise of higher learning within these walls. Both the rules and a list of your fellow Apprentices have been provided for you in several locations, and I advise that you study both very carefully. Knowing them well can only serve to help you.' 'As for my own introduction, I am the equivalent of a headmaster to this educational institution. For our time together, you may refer to me as the Wordsmith. I do hope that you all endeavor to make the most of your time spent here, however you may choose.' [OOC: You can be heard just fine through the PA system, so feel free to ask/say anything your little heart desires!] |
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[She frowns.]
I don't trust any of the "higher learning" this Wordsmith would have us do. It's best we all keep fairly close, when it comes to finding an exit.
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[Being buddy-buddy with the tallest person in the room seemed like a solid plan. Even if everyone decided to cooperate and not kill anyone, he could always a hand when it came to reaching those blighted high shelves.]
Now we just have to convince the rest of our flock. [Hopefully they were just as agreeable as Jasper was.]
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[She looks around the room, as though she's trying to figure something out.]
There must be a way out without being tempted to play by... those rules of his.
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[Someone else had suggested as much before. It was a far-fetched plan, one he wasn't particularly fond of. He'd much rather find the Wordsmith and be more direct about it.]
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He seems interested in watching what we do.
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[He was pretty sure it was a universal constant, but perhaps in Tall-Woman land, things were different.]
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[no arguments there]
That's why we must find him, before he has a chance to try to convince someone to act on one of these rules.
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[Which meant more questions, and more kicking around in various corners. Hopefully, something would come up. And if whatever that something was, was up high, he'd hope that Jasper would catch it.]
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Of course.