[TEXT] @CLARA4; EVENT: With Me All Along [open]

[candlebot]

EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVATED 5 MAY
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Hello!

This message has been automatically transmitted to the Beacon town network. If you are seeing this message, it means Dr. Maridel Solis has been absent from her laboratory and has not reset this safety protocol in excess of [THREE] days.

I have been instructed to inform you, residents of Beacon, that this means you must exercise extreme caution as post-mortal revival and lantern reconditioning tasks are not currently being performed.

Based on the outcome of last scheduled task: [0205XXXX.PORTALEXPERIMENT] I anticipate these tasks will be resumed in [NEVER] days. Thank you!

>>CLARAv4.1

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RESUMING: SEARCH AND QUERY FUNCTION

also it is very lonely here :(

Comments

[candlebot]

i cannot! dr. solis was able to monitor locations of lanterns but it is not within my responsibilities

i can count lanterns though! as long as they are within my assigned workspace! i can count anything!!

[immortalaccursed]

Count?

How many of us are there, then? And how many were there prior to the storm?

[candlebot]

lanterns in BEACON are beyond my assigned workspace!

there are [12] lanterns in the printing room
before the storm, there were [12] lanterns in the printing room
this does not answer your question but i am looking at the computer that could answer your question because i have seen dr. solis use it but i do not know what buttons to press :(

i heard all that rain outside :( it sounded very scary

[immortalaccursed]

By my own guesstimate our numbers have taken a substantial hit. It may be as few as half of us remain. Perhaps even less!

[Based on his own experiences watching people after shadow leaping across the rivers, anyway.]

Is that enough to save the world?

[candlebot]

i sure hope so!

but dr. solis would not want all of you to go away forever :( she was very dedicated to this place and to all of you

so all of you should come here! and then you can bring more new people in like she always did! i really want to meet you all!

[immortalaccursed]

We're a determined lot, we'll find our way to you.

If only you could end up a flare, hm?

[candlebot]

that would be exciting! but i am not allowed to handle the devices without permission

also there are no flares here

but there is [1] torch!

[immortalaccursed]

Are you mobile?

[candlebot]

yes!! i have mobility throughout the house and the laboratory complex! it is fun to be mobile and i would be sad if i was not, probably

but then again maybe i wouldn't know any better! and that would be ok!

[immortalaccursed]

Then might you post the torch outside if it isn't there already? A guiding light to lead us to you.

[candlebot]

i was instructed previously to leave the torch inside so it cannot be taken easily by the WILD HUNT

but it is visible outside through the windows!

[immortalaccursed]

An understandable instruction, though most of the Hunt may well be at the bottom of the lake by now.

[candlebot]

i do not wish death on anyone because everyone here is already dead!

but i do feel a little safer if they can't come back and ruin all our hard work :(

[immortalaccursed]

Oh? I think it's a pity.

If they were still around we could have tried to persuade them to see things our way.

[candlebot]

if you find any who are still around you should try that! it would be great to have more friends!