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[prosopopoeia]

DELACROIX to CITIZENS: 05-01-???? re: the CLOCK

Do not be so complacent and easily distracted. We are at a tenuous juncture. New methods must be put into place or this city is at an end.

I do not yet know how thoroughly entwined that clock is with this environment, but it is failing.

Comments

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However it pleases you to.

There have been dimensional shifts in the City in the past, however I am not convinced the current republic in charge has the capabilities. Nor am I convinced it would protect anyone. Any methods beyond that, they have not shared with me.

The curses are deposed along with the deities, so there should be a baseline of normalcy that is simple to monitor for deviation.

[extend]

All nice and clear, huh? Got it!

Say there is, though, that deviation from the baseline. What's your step two?

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How rapidly it progresses.

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Nah, meant -- what do you want done for it?

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If the progression is slow enough, there is time to plan.

If it is too quickly... something more drastic will need to be done.

Either way, the civilian role is to observe and report.

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Interesting.

We civilians getting paid?

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If you like, I will reimburse you for pertinent information.

[extend]

That'd be pretty nice, yeah. Nice to meet you then, boss!

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Dr. Marie Delacroix.

[extend]

[ . . . a very measured pause. ]

Lavi. Do I get to ask if doctor's a title or the name of the job?

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Doctorate. I am an engineer.

[extend]

[ . . . and another pause! just.

for a different reason. ]

Not... the kind that builds robots, though.

Yeah?

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I have built far more than just robots.

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Going to have to define "more" for me!

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An interstellar vessel.

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Starships and that kind of thing?

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Precisely that kind of thing.

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Yeah? Ever been traveling before this, doctor?

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Not inter-dimensionally, no.

[extend]

Y'know, I'm far back enough that I can't tell if that's counting between stars or not.

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What are the details of your universe?

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Haha. Remember anything about the nineteenth-century?

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Not personally, but I have studied history.