Time

[makes_you_tick]

I'd like to remind everyone that I'm still conducting horology classes on Wednesday nights, if anyone else is interested. I'd be happy to start from the beginning for anyone who comes by. For those that have been here awhile, I think we might get started on building your own timepieces. We can do a few large-scales. They tend to turn out more

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[notexactlyhuman]

Horology, huh? Sounds like time well spent.

[makes_you_tick]

It keeps me busy.

[notexactlyhuman]

Better than sitting on your ass all the time.

[makes_you_tick]

Oh, I never do that.

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[a_silent_due]

Ho... rology?

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[makes_you_tick]

Horology. It's the science of measuring time. What I teach is how clocks and watches operate, how the pieces fit together to make a perfectly working whole.

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[a_silent_due]

Just say you're a craftsman.

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[makes_you_tick]

Not impressed, I take it?

[discessum]

It's gone. It's all gone.

[makes_you_tick]

So they got to you, too. I tore apart half my living room trying to catch it.

What do you want to bet those little things hit everyone who had a copy?

[discessum]

Clearly not a coincidence.

Did you manage to see what it was?

[makes_you_tick]

Something metal. It was very small. There was a red eye. I couldn't catch it with telekinesis, and electricity was entirely ineffective.

It must've been the City's doing.

[abdicate_you]

Such devices.

Why do they fascinate you?

[makes_you_tick]

Because they're analogous to many other systems I see in life. Timepieces are intricate, and it's difficult to see how every piece influences another, at first glance. The movement is beautiful, but to an outside observer, it's impossible to see what orchestrated the dance.

Once you understand the individual pieces, what they're there for- why a balance wheel is necessary, how the quartz can power a watch- it's understanding a new language.

Once you understand how a system works, you can influence it in your own way, make it do anything you'd like.

[abdicate_you]

You seek a peculiar sort of power in this manner.

Small pieces, as you said.

[makes_you_tick]

Any search for knowledge is a search for some kind of control.

And yes, it's the small pieces that really matter in these systems.

[starfleet_pimp]

All of our information on the Clock was destroyed too.

[makes_you_tick]

I figured, after you were talking about the noise in the walls. Did you see it?

[starfleet_pimp]

You mean the rats from robot hell? I did see one. Tried to catch it but they were too fast.

[makes_you_tick]

Ah, rats. That does makes sense. I couldn't even catch one with my telekinesis, and that's impressive.