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I was free of this place all too briefly. It is interesting that the Door chose me again, out of so many other living creatures in the cosmos...

But then again, even lightning may strike twice.

[OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON. Even through text, you can feel the animosity.]

When I was last in the city, a great wall had split the populace in two. It seems that is no longer the case. What happened, and how long has it been since then?

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[Mello just SIGHS LOUDLY and attaches the file he worked so hard to produce.]

Read this: Hadrielhistory.txt.

[Sorry, Mello. If it helps, he did read it the first time he was here? :'D ]

This has been kept updated. Impressive.

Is there more information on the 'inorganics'?

If there was more information available, I would have included it.

[So that would be a no.]

Very well. Your records are greatly appreciated. [And now that he's caught up, he'll go back to stalking everyone's conversations to try and keep caught up.]

The split did not last long? Weeks, or days?

You're welcome. The split lasted almost two weeks.

[But it felt like longer, honestly.]

Two weeks. That is quite some time to be under siege, with such limited resources available.

And how was the celebration afterwards received? [IT SOUNDS DUMB AND FUN AND LIKE SOMETHING MEWTWO WOULD HATE. BECAUSE HE HATES FUN.]

About as well as anything's received in this place.

[She wants to tell him to just read the updated newby guide, but Mello has taken care of that. Also, to be fair, most people probably don't want to subject themselves to that tl;dr. Sorry, Mello.]

what happened: fear put the city back together

how long has it been: about a month?

[At least she's helping confirm Mello's guide? And adding on a rather disturbing fact: ]

It was a significantly shorter period of time from my perspective. Two days, or perhaps three.

[Pause. That's...weird. Right?]

You are not one of those who have escaped and returned, are you?

that's happened to people before. some disappear and come back in a day or two, but where they're from it's been longer, or it's been shorter, or no time has gone by at all. sometimes they remember what happened to them here, sometimes they don't

[In short: it's not weird, bro.]

no. i've been here for over a goddamn year, ugh

I see. [Good to know, though. And suspicious, if not unusual. He's already wracking his brain about what this all means, how the Door truly functions, why they were all chosen...]

You are one of the longest remaining residents, then? Do you know any who have been here longer?

i don't know. my friend chris was here longer, then he was gone for a few months and came back. i'm pretty sure there are people who've been here longer than that, but it's not something i go around quizzing people on

you could ask yourself and start keeping track or something?

Yes. Perhaps I will. [He's not sure if there was a bit of sarcasm in there, but for the moment, he doesn't care. It's not a bad idea, and it gives him something to latch onto while he scrambles to unravel the mysteries of Hadriel.]

Where can I contact your friend?

find him on your phone and send him a message. he loves talking talking about shit he knows that others don't

dude, lightning definitely can strike in the same place more than twice

Given enough time, I suppose it is inevitable, in fact. Still, to do so - metaphorically - within days or months of the first strike...

I see that others have already provided you a plethora of information that you seek. I will not bother you with a redundant response, but if you have further questions, I will do what I can to answer those.

[He's not really used to such simple but earnest helpfulness. It's................................ok.]

Thank you.

[...actually, there are a couple of things he's curious about.]

Why have glowing pebbles been put into the ceiling?

I suspect they are meant to emulate the stars of a night sky, for those of us who may long for such a thing. [They don't really help with that for Glacius, not in the way that Tranquility's illusion or the glyph made by the combined efforts of his best friend and his partner did, but he acknowledges the effort nonetheless.]

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I see. [Mewtwo would....probably appreciate them more if he hadn't been able to glimpse the sky back home just a couple of days ago. And he has all the social skills of a test-tube-grown demented monster cat beast, but even he knows that it would be uncool to rub that in someone's face. Unless he disliked them.]

Are there other [um] improvements from within the last month? I flew over the city, but it is difficult to tell one building from another.

The bar was destroyed at one point, I believe. [Yes, he counts that as an improvement.] Aside from that, I do not believe so. The clinic has recently suffered a loss, however, so if you see any appropriate supplies it would be good of you to drop them by.

[Yes, that whole ordeal is still on his mind--and likely always will be. He'll do whatever he can to keep the operation running in his dear friend's absence, as if she could somehow see his efforts and be pleased by them.]

[Lul. Mewtwo doesn't care too much one way or the other about the bar, but he likes your sass, Glacius.]

I see. I will be certain to do so.

I am told that I also missed a "party". [Probably for the best. He would've just grumped through all of it. But he is interested in hearing more about what it entailed.]

Oh. Yes.

That was actually rather enjoyable, though. After we assisted the gods in fighting off some strange force that has apparently been hunting them, they expressed their gratitude by treating us to a week of events, none of their usual suffering or torment involved. It culminated in what the humans here called a "masquerade", in which all survivors were able to spend time together celebrating.

It was a good change of pace, honestly.

it's been a little while since the city got put back together... the gods gave us food to make up for it...

you went home?

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[He thinks he recognizes that username...]

Napstablook? Is that you? [It's weird to.....know someone's name, and be....maybe sort of hoping it's them? They had not spoken much, but he'd appreciated the conversation they did have. Plus, how can you forget a name like that.]

Yes. I was released from this place...but I was home only for a few days. It seems more time has passed here.

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