second truth | second level

[truthvalue]

[Souji's been practicing the whole second level thing. Seems like as good a time as any to pose an open question to the rest of Meridian's residents.]

Does anyone know how many of us are here, now? That is ... is anyone keeping any sort of record of our arrivals?

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[grantmeamiracle]

[Oh, boy! She knows the answer to this!]

I've been keeping track! With... With my sensors. A lot of us have arrived in a short amount of time. [A nod.] We're at over forty now.

[truthvalue]

Forty? That does seem like an awful lot ... but I guess with a city this size, we'd all be fairly spread out?

[grantmeamiracle]

That's right! I've only seen a fraction of that amount myself, but I know there are more.

A few of them look like they're sticking to only one side of the city too.

[truthvalue]

Really? Which side?

[negcapability]

[Raf is only vaguely aware of the second level, but he sometimes finds himself there by accident. He hasn't interacted with anyone on it yet, so he is a little surprised to see someone there. Tiri, his fox, isn't, but he would be surprised to know that he can be both seen and heard here.]

{I don't think a census is high on anyone's list of priorities.}

[Raf ignores the fox, looking at the man instead.]

I don't know.

[truthvalue]

[Souji nods calmly, addressing both the fox and Raf.]

It's not so much a census for formality's sake ... more like an accounting of who's here, in case of anything odd happening. There's been more than enough weirdness already, as I'm sure you probably already noticed.

[negcapability]

[Raf isn't going to so much address the content of what was said as the fact that it was addressed to Tiri. He looks at Tiri, trying to get him to speak again so Raf could gauge the young man's reaction to that. Tiri doesn't oblige him, though, so Raf speaks after a moment.]

With more people arriving almost daily, could we expect to keep a list accurate?

[truthvalue]

It would definitely take some work. It might be too much for one person to handle ...

[orphaner]

Does it even matter how many a' us are here now?

We should be gettin' the fuck out.

[truthvalue]

I agree, Eridan. But if we're going to find a way out, we'll need to all work together. And I'd hate for anyone to be left behind because we didn't know they were here, too.

[orphaner]

Work together, with an -- Alien?

Well, if it gets us out a' here... Possibly...

Have you seen the other trolls, yet? No one has been lookin' for me, they would probably leave me behind if they got the chance to...

wow i didn't get a notif for this >_< so sorry!

[truthvalue]

You won't be left behind, Eridan.

[Souji's oddly sober, all of a sudden.]

You have my word on that.

[smellyoudie]

[Terezi thinks the second level? SO GOOD. And we all know how she feels about Inspector Mistyhair.

He's fun to bother.]

I have private records!

[Aka she's kept track of everyone SHE'S met or heard about.]

[truthvalue]

Ah, you do? [Souji is ... actually not all that surprised about that.] Are they the sort of thing you'd be willing to share?

[smellyoudie]

I could take it under consideration. If you were willing to provide compensation.

wow thank lj, i didn't need a notif or anything X(

[truthvalue]

What sort of compensation?

[bladedskies]

That's...a really good question. Huh.

[Pi would, of course, have probably already taken notes on everything upon arrival...]

[truthvalue]

I thought it might be useful to know who's here. That way, we can make sure nobody gets lost.

[bladedskies]

That makes sense. [...Though after a moment, she snorts, amused.] Not like getting lost would be all that difficult, right?

[truthvalue]

[He nods.] Exactly. And ... there are other dangers, as well.