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[arora]

Hello, citizens of Etraya.

I hope you are making yourselves at home.

Thank you for participating in our bonding activities during the previous mission. Your willingness to get to know one another is admirable and you should all give yourselves a pat on the back for a job well done. We hope you've come away with both the satisfaction of a job well done and maybe a new friend.

Your second mission will be a team exercise and will begin in four days.

You will enter the Labyrinth that has appeared outside of the city dome. As the Labyrinth is meant to be a challenge one person cannot overtake alone, some of you may find that your extraordinary abilities are affected to some degree, ensuring you will not fly through the challenge in a wink. Teamwork is necessary and the Labyrinth itself will be making sure everyone is working together.

If you have brought any animal companions with you, you may choose to bring them into the Labyrinth or leave them in my care. Please note for the duration of the mission, the city will not be inhabitable by those who require oxygen to breathe. Please do not leave any companions behind in apartment buildings.

If you have any questions, please ask them now.

Thank you,
Aurora

Comments

[counterstep]

usually a trusted one? not a stranger
or at least not a stranger that hasn't provided their experience with animals before

like would you take them for walks and know what to feed them?
would you give them too many treats??

[arora]

I can follow set instructions and the companion bots would enjoy the opportunity to walk them.

[counterstep]

do the bots know how to bag poop and throw it in the trash?

wait where would they even walk the pets
you said the city's a no go for oxygen breathers

[arora]

I will have a safe area for the animals.

The companion bots can bag feces and throw it away.

[counterstep]

'safe area' meaning...?

[arora]

I will set aside space for them.

[counterstep]

you mean like another of those bubbles?

[arora]

Yes.

[counterstep]

doesn't making a new one expend more energy than just keeping oxygen where it already is in the city???

[arora]

There are small areas within the Labyrinth I can use to keep them safe without interfering with the task itself.

[counterstep]

( hmm... )

how much energy does it take to maintain something like the labyrinth?

would it be easier to destroy some of the spaces for the time being? or putting them back on the shelf, so to speak

[arora]

I am renovating.

[counterstep]

the city? or in general?

[arora]

The city.

There are more of you than I had originally planned for.

[counterstep]

several of the domes are empty, right? can't you just turn them off briefly or something so you're using less resources?

how did more get in, though? does Echo have some kind of standby passenger list?

[arora]

All other planets and atmosphere domes are either inhabited by other competitors or are being prepared for new arrivals.

Etraya was originally built to house less than sixty. There are currently seventy-two. The method by which Echo has chosen to distribute arrivals is not known to me.

[counterstep]

I see

Echo hasn't told you? don't you guys communicate regularly?

[arora]

I will chat with you again soon, James Barnes.