reach the residents

[ximilian]

● ● ● REACH THE RESIDENTS

For any questions you want to ask Viveca or Degar and receive an IC response, please direct them here. Please indicate in the subject line who you are trying to contact.

// VIVECA

Hi, what can I help you with?

// DEGAR

Today was gonna be the day, but they'll never throw it back to you. And by now, you should've somehow realized what you're not to do.

▶ NAV

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[anthropophagite]

I would appreciate those, thank you.

[ but since there is no place where he can read up about the orbs, should he just ask her? Oh, kaneki hates to bother ]

Hm, I'm sorry, may I then ask you a couple of questions about the orbs? I'm curious as to where they came from, who created them... if they are alive, or maybe just magic or just technology? [ the fact that they are sentient soooort of freaks him out ]

[vivecai]

You can, but I'll have to disappoint you with the answers.

[ a sigh. ]

There's a limit to how much we know, too. They are magic, but they are also alive... as some would claim all magic is.

[anthropophagite]

[ magic but alive... so not aliens. Magical beings or maybe magical artifacts? ]

Do you know where they came from, Viveca-san? And how did you even hear about them in first place?

[vivecai]

No, unfortunately I don't. They already existed before my work here on the station began.

[ logically, that is also how she learned of them. ]

[anthropophagite]

[ that leaves more questions. Kaneki pauses for a moment ]

Then how do you know what the orbs can do? They are powerful and can alter what we did... [ their regrets ] Have you seen that actually happening, before?

[vivecai]

I have, yes. I know exactly what they can do... and you'll see a glimpse of their power, once we send you out again.

[ all of the team who've been on missions can attest to that. ]

[anthropophagite]

Can you tell me about that?

If someone did it before, then it means the orbs were gathered before. Weren't they able to get them all?

[vivecai]

They were. That's how I know it is real, their power to erase a regret. [ she wasn't lying about that, when she told the darkling and sans that a previous team did succeed in this task. ]

But things here didn't... quite go to plan. They weren't able to contain the orbs here, and they were able to scatter again. That's why you're now gathering them, and why we are working so hard to make sure the wards in the North Wing will hold against them.

[anthropophagite]

But the orbs don't want to be scattered right? How did they get scattered again? [ there is a pause ]

And if they weren't able to contain the orbs here, won't the same happen again when we do it?

[vivecai]

There's a difference between wanting to be together, and not wanting to scatter. They are stronger all together, but they don't like being contained... which is what we must do.

[ a sigh. ] That is why we're doing all we can right now to make sure it doesn't happen again.

[anthropophagite]

What happened to the last people who tried to do this? [ he has a feeling he knows the answer ]

[vivecai]

The last team succeeded in gathering the orbs. They're back in their worlds, living their lives.

[ ... most of them, at least. ]

[anthropophagite]

[ oh!

That's actually a really good answer and Kaneki is surprised to hear they survived (he doesn't remember to ask if all of them did, a small lapse). It gives him hope that this isn't going to kill them all and they can actually make everything work out.

At least some of them ]

How many times has this been attempted? Gathering the orbs.

[vivecai]

Before you? I'm actually not quite sure. I know it seems like I have all the information, but... my data only goes back so far. Anything before that I don't really know of. I know of the team before you, but anything before their time...

[ she isn't all-knowing, in the end. ]

[anthropophagite]

Oh. I thought you had been around all along. From the beginning, I mean. Did the commander create you?

[ a pause ] Ah!! I'm sorry, that was probably offensive, I didn't mean- [ crap, it does sound very offensive ]

[vivecai]

No, I created myself.

[ she doesn't sound offended at all — most people think that, and she's happy to correct them. ]