lucetilogs | Mission: Building the Future in Pagoda

[Pilouette nods. These people will probably need help for a while. She still can't get it out of her head that Luceti could have ended up the same way, torn apart with people dying every day.]

Yeah, it would. I wonder if they would even let us, though. There's just so much to do and so many people that need help and just like...four days just totally isn't long enough.

The Commandant mentioned changes to the mission system in her announcement, maybe that's a sign we can get more involved. I'd love to know more about the world as a whole and the people in it.

[Pilouette nods, recalling the Commandant's message and takes another sip of her hot chocolate.]

Me, too. If we could learn more about this world maybe we could figure out why exactly people get dragged here in the first place.

[And in doing that, finally figure out how to send people home at will.]

But, I wonder if they decided to change the mission system because we wanted to do more or because they needed us to do more...

There'd be a mystery to solve.

[Find a way to send people home at will, but maybe find a way to bring people here to keep people here too. The place isn't natural, no one should be here, but Ginia knows some people have better lives here.]

My guess? A bit of both. Luceti seems to be the favored child of the enclosures.

[Pilouette thinks about that for a moment. The Malnosso really did seem to favor Luceti, didn't they...?]

Don't you think that's kind of weird, though? I guess it's because people from Luceti do a lot of stuff for them, but I mean, Luceti is like, supposed to be super strong compared to some other enclosures or something, right? [She's never taken the time to really think about it before, but one can almost hear the gears turning in her head as she starts to really contemplate it.] But why? Do they just dump lots of strong people there or something? Like, why do they put certain people in certain enclosures? I wonder if it's random or what...?

[She frowns a little bit. Now that the idea is in her head, it's really got her thinking. It's certainly possible that it's just random, but one never really knows with the Malnosso.]

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[Ginia nods slowly as she mulls more on the question. It's one she's thought about before and she knows from missions people from other enclosures have a bit of fan-ish reverence for them and they're seen as one of the strongest. So are the Malnosso deliberately stacking up their enclosure with people with certain skills or is there something else in play?]

I don't think it's random. Who gets pulled here by the world may be random, but I think the Malnosso assign people to enclosures. It's possible they're stacking the deck by putting certain people in Luceti. Building up a strong enclosure instead of spreading the strength through multiple enclosures.

[She furrows her brow as she considers that. Building up one exceptionally strong enclosure instead of building the strength of all of them.]

But that's kind of weird, too, right? If they built up the strength in other enclosures, wouldn't that make them safer? Like, why make one enclosure so much stronger than the others...?

[Though, she briefly thinks that if Luceti hadn't been so strong...well, certain incidents may have gone much, much worse.]

Maybe it might be worth looking into if we get the chance...

In theory, but as the saying goes, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If everyone in Luceti was sent off to a different enclosure, the strength of each enclosure would go up a little, but it'd average out overall.

[No doubt there were strong people in Pagoda, but look what happened to the enclosure. It could even be a game of numbers. Better to have a few strong enclosures and a few weak ones and lose a few weak enclosures then lose everything across the board. A cold thought, which is why Ginia keeps it to herself.]

There are a lot of things I'd love to know about this place. Like does this world even have a name?

[Average out. Pilouette wonders if just a little more strength would have been enough to save any of the enclosures the Third Party got to. One can't really tell, but for now, she puts those thoughts aside.]

Yeah! Or like, even how big this world is. ...It's so weird that we don't even know like, simple stuff like that.

[She thinks for a moment how often she just took for granted that everyone just knew things like that back home. She hadn't thought about it before now, but there's so much they don't know about this world that they're all stuck in. It's really a bit worrying when she really thinks about it.]

There's so much we don't know. Name of the world, the size of it, how old, so many things.

[Ginia stretches, back popping a little as she straightens and rolls her shoulders. Too many questions, not enough answers. Third Party bad, Malnosso good, it wasn't that easy. Couldn't be.

(The scarier thought was what if the Third Party were in the right?)]

I went on a research mission once. What I would give for a day with unrestricted access in that library.

It makes me wonder just how much information they have in there. I'd try going on a research mission myself, but...I never was good at that kind of stuff.

[After all, back in school when researching for assignments or papers, she would write down anything that seemed even vaguely important only to end up with page after page of notes.

Not to mention her trust of the Malnosso has waned quite a bit since she first arrived. Researching things for them without knowing why they need to know makes her wary.]

I wonder how many of the Malnosso have gone through those books themselves...

The library was pretty large and there was an electronic database too. Very impressive.

[Better than some of the libraries from her own world. It was an impressive library and a shame it was so locked down.]

I admit my mission was fairly boring; I was stuck studying desert plants from different worlds. Being able to talk to people from other enclosures was worth it though. And I wonder that myself. I wonder who catalogs everything.

Well, whoever does it, it must take forever. To think that they have like, all that information but they have to bring in other people to go through it for them. ...Maybe I should try one of those research missions. It probably can't hurt to learn...well, anything.

[Maybe if she's lucky, she might learn something useful beyond what's in whatever's in the Malnosso's library.]

Plus, if I ended up working with someone from another enclosure...like you said, it could be totally worth it, right?

Definitely. And if you wanted company on the mission, I'd be happy to go with you.

Thanks.

[She smiles appreciatively.]

Um, I'd go with you, too, if you needed me! I-I'm not sure how much help I'd be, but I'd do as much as I could to help out!

The more the merrier, always. It's nice meeting other people, but it's good having someone from Luceti too.

[Especially when tasked with a boring subject.]

And I'm sure you'd be good help. You have a good head on your shoulders.

[Pilouette smiles a little bit at Ginia's praise.]

Well, like, I don't know about that, but...I've been trying to get better. Maybe it's paying off! [She laughs quietly before setting down her hot cocoa and going back to her supplies.] Um, is there anything you need? I think I can spare some stuff if you need it.

I'm good myself, but have you picked up any first aid supplies? I'm keeping an eye out for anything the clinic could use.

The only supplies I've got are the ones I brought with me...I haven't picked up anything new. But if they need some more at the clinic, I can totally spare some! I've been popping in there to help out when I can, but maybe I should be in there a little more...

I hate to say they could probably use all the help they can get. There are a lot of old injuries to treat and new ones too.

[The reality was things were still fairly grim. Supplies were short, the unstable buildings meant injuries and death were likely, some untreated injuries were beginning to show signs of infection, and the few doctors and healers were being run ragged.]

Oh...W-Well, once I'm done organizing all my supplies, I'll run over there and ask what I can do.

[She had been treating small injuries out and about during of her time in Pagoda, but her time in the medical center had been brief. However, if they need people then it's only right that she should see what she can do there.

Pilouette does her best to stifle a quiet yawn. Moments of rest have been few and far between, but sleep just isn't a thing that's happening right now. She can't really just go to sleep now, can she? Not when there's still work to be done.]

[The stifled yawn doesn't go unnoticed. Ginia's expression is sympathetic; so much work to do that resting feels selfish, but working tired serves no one.]

Don't forget to get some sleep. You need to save your energy. Working tired is dangerous around here.

[She smiles a bit sheepishly. Despite having told other people to rest and not exahust themselves in the past, it seems she's having trouble following her own advice. It seems a little more effective coming from someone else.]

...I-I know. I guess I'll try to get some sleep once I'm done organizing this stuff, then. Then I'll try to get up early in the morning and see how I can help out in the clinic...

[She hopes she can wake up early, anyway. Given how tired she is, she can only hope she doesn't oversleep.]

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[Ginia gives Pilouette's shoulder a light pat. She's a good person, hardworking, what's needed right now.]

I'll let you get back to things then. I should check on a few things myself. Keep the thermos, I can always grab it again later.

Okay. And um, thanks again for the hot chocolate and for...for just, you know, stopping by. ...I like, really appreciate it.

[Really, any chance she gets to just talk to someone that's not sick or dying or injured is something that's so valuable to Pilouette right now. She knows it's a terribly selfish thing to think and she feels guilty about it, but...she just can't seem to help it.]

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