luministi | ❧ Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood

[Nothing much has changed in the interior of Dr. Caligin's office since Nathan gave everyone leave to make their decisions. Nathan is still there waiting by Lab #3. If they are returning from doing whatever around the spacestation, they'll notice that all of the photos on the wall have been removed and stacked neatly on the desk, along with all of Caligin's possessions that had been shoved into a desk drawer. (Of course, if one had never left the office, one would have seen him pulling all of the photos down.)]

If you have made your decision, please let me know now. And, uh, if you haven't for some reason and want to ask me something, I guess you can do that too.

So what have you decided?

[ooc: When your character is ready to leave, please write "Going home!" in the subject line of your comment and that will be your exit from the game for the season! And if your character is staying, please write "Staying in this universe!" in the subject line of your comment once you are done with your conversation with Nathan. (This will also be your "exit" from the game, but just in a different sense.)]

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Pretty much, but...I'd advise you don't change much--not that you'll have much to work with in the first place. This is going to be our base of operations, so you might not be alone all the time.

Well why not? I'm sure that I can find some nicely colored fabrics and thread and such in our little town area - I can think of some spots that could definitely use some brightening up, maybe with some decorative festoons...

I want this to be a pleasing and inviting sanctuary, not some frigid stronghold. Especially if I'm not going to be alone all the time.

Simply put? Because you won't have the resources to do a mass transformation of the town. The town...isn't normal--though I don't need to tell you that, do I? [a slight pause] Listen. I'll see what I can do. Some areas could be a bit brighter...

You say that as if I was planning to tear the whole place down and build it back up again! Do I look like the kind of person who would have the strength or the energy to take on such a task?

[To demonstrate, he holds up his hands to show off the soft, perfect skin and the slightly long and meticulously manicured nails.]

These are not the hands of a person who could do something like that. About the "worst" I could manage is putting up some wreaths and ribbons. So it'll be fine, I'm sure! The town could probably tell me if I've overstepped some kind of boundary anyway, since it seems to have a mind of its own sometimes.

[he laughs] If it's that sort of thing, I think I can definitely accommodate. Check that general store in a few hours and you'll have what you need.

Excellent, excellent! Anything else out of the ordinary ((read: a shitload of cosmetics and beauty tools)) should be fairly well stocked in my home already, so all I really need is to maintain enough to live on.

-Of course, if things get too sparse and I'm not comfortable your visits will constantly be interrupted by my various complaints, and I won't make treats for everyone. Cake and peace will be conspicuously absent from your base of operations if I'm unhappy, and I'm certain that nobody wants that.

[he isn't exactly sure what to make of that, so he just nods and goes along with it] You'll have what you need. The labs are mostly self-sustaining now, as are the shops, so you won't have to worry about any maintenance work or cultivating food. If you wish, the faux townspeople can be around for company so you're not entirely alone when the others aren't around.

That's the sort of answer I was hoping for. Since I should be in high spirits given the conditions, I'll do my very best to make sure that everyone else feels similarly while they're visiting.

Fake townspeople shouldn't be necessary to keep me from being lonely. Knowing that they're "faux" townspeople... Well, that kind of makes having them as my only company seem pathetic more than anything. I'll pass.

One other thing, though - should I know where the door that I shouldn't touch is? That isn't something that I'd like to have to make guesses about.

[he nods] No townspeople. I can do that. And as for that door... [he gestures towards the Lab #3 one right behind him] Leave Lab #3 be. I'll have it restored to it's original location down in the main lab/observation area once I've gotten those who want to go home, er, back home. But the door will always be labeled quite clearly so you won't mistake it for any of the others.

Simple enough. Considering control over that particular room is apparently enough to make a certain number of people wish to turn the one with the laboratory into a bloody smear most of the time, you shouldn't have to worry about me getting into anything I shouldn't.

Is that all, then?

That should be, for now. [he hands Ichijou a small device that looks like the CAT when it's in its pin form.] If you run into any trouble or things start to get strange again, use this to contact me. Or, uh, if you need anything--but only in emergencies. Okay?

❧ Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood

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