seasonality ✦ claude

[commandertoolbelt]

[ i know this is baby claude but this is the vibe ]

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[commandertoolbelt]

And Rupes was from the other set of evidence, so we still don't know who he was working with, let alone why.

[ he sighs. ]

It might be a good idea to ask the dorm heads if they can confirm how many vouchers everything is worth, too, if they can answer it. And find out whatever "good behavior" might mean. But at the very least, most of us got the vote right this time, so it should be easier to trace that one.

[shaft]

He said he was working alone. He could be lying but... I don't know.

To be honest, I doubt the dorm heads will tell us more than they did at trial today. But it might be possible to buy that information with vouchers.

[commandertoolbelt]

Hard to tell, when he wouldn't even answer Beau.

[ ...he makes a face. ]

It's always vouchers. Man, I really have to save up, though.

[shaft]

Same here, after today I'm flat broke.

Did you put in a bid for those items?

[commandertoolbelt]

No, I couldn't think of anything good to offer. I'm - mostly just good with my hands, but I don't really have the materials to build anything worthwhile here.

[shaft]

[ o: ]

You're a carpenter?

[commandertoolbelt]

Mechanic. [ pause. ] And a blacksmith. They kind of go hand in hand, where I'm from.

[shaft]

[ He looks impressed. ]

You're quite the handyman then. What kind of things do you make?

[commandertoolbelt]

Well, weapons, I guess. My ship, but I had some help with that. Automatons are more up my alley, and things like our phones, the library computers, and UTVs. Those are all mechanic things.

[shaft]

So, technology. [ hmmm ] That could be quite useful. If this place really is as void of magic and relies more on advanced science, then maybe those skills could pay off.

[commandertoolbelt]

I think this place might have a little of both. The problem is, the tech here is pretty limited. The computers in the library don't actually connect to much, and I don't have the tools to hack into the phones. The UTVs are easy enough to hotwire or take apart, but I haven't figured out how that would help us yet.

[shaft]

[ He's desperately doing his best to follow along. ]

I... see. I'd still keep it in mind, though I feel like all we can ever say is that there's still too much we don't know. But we have no answers on when we'll actually know enough to do something.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ i'm so sorry claude but he will ramble on for ages if allowed ]

It's not like I haven't been thinking about it, but the best I've got right now would be setting up some kind of traps.

[shaft]

Traps...? To give those targeted an advantage?

[ Interesting. ]

That could work. Though you'd need to a few people to know where they are, and hope none of them turns out to be a killer.

[commandertoolbelt]

Either that, or a way to try and help pinpoint a murderer. The hard part is figuring out exactly how to do that, if people really are getting teleported out of the dorms. And with all of us doing investigations on Friday mornings, basic things like door traps or trip wires won't do much good.

[shaft]

True...

Would you be able to build a surveillance system perhaps? Something that captures a photograph when triggered?

[commandertoolbelt]

We did talk about something like that in the first week - like a CCTV. But I can't build it without the right equipment, and that would probably take more vouchers that I don't have.

[shaft]

Back to the drawing board?

[ He sighs. ]

Our ideas aren't bad, but our resources are really limited.

[commandertoolbelt]

That is the biggest problem. Even if we all get our powers back, we still don't have the materials or equipment to do what we want just yet. I can't make a CCTV or a camera out of nothing, you know?

And we could theoretically set up our phones in strategic places, but there's no guarantee they'll capture anything, or save what they do find before the batteries die.

[shaft]

Would it be possible to set them up so that they only activate if something passes by them?

[ he doesn't know what a motion sensor is. ]

[commandertoolbelt]

Like a motion sensor? Yeah, if we could get one that would be simple enough to set up. The issue then would be figuring out where to put them, since this campus is always expanding and people are getting teleported out or whatever - but the field always seems like the place to be on Thursday nights, so maybe there.