un: aurora | text

[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

[rootlessly]

Why aren't they here? They're asking a great deal of us to take simply on good faith.

[arora]

Echo has many things they are managing.

[rootlessly]

They have time to watch us participate in a labyrinth for days but not to offer a conversation?

[That's stretching the benefit of the doubt, even for Vash.]

[arora]

Yes.

[rootlessly]

That doesn't really make sense.
Why not shorten the labyrinth and set aside one of those days to speak to us?

[arora]

Echo is not available on the network.

[rootlessly]

[This is starting to go in circles, but he's not ready to give up just yet.]

Why not?
Or why not let us meet them in person?

[arora]

Echo is not available on the network.

[rootlessly]

Is that all you have to say?

[arora]

Yes.

[rootlessly]

It's counterproductive. All you're going to do is breed resentment.
If you really believe Echo has the best interests of the universe at heart, you'll let us speak to them.

[arora]

I am not keeping you from speaking to Echo. Echo is not available on the network.

[rootlessly]

You aren't telling us where they are or how to get in touch with them, either. It amounts to the same thing.

[arora]

If Echo becomes available on the network you will be notified. Until then the answer will remain unsatisfactory to you, Vash the Stampede. Good day.