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[endcaller]

Updating map.

[There is a pause, and for a moment, that seems like all he's going to say. Then, with a breathy sigh, he continues.]

Or so our keeper told us.

[A rustling of chains and a small giggle.]

...Thus far, we see little has changed, though it has got my restless mind wondering... How well do we know Expiation?

Have there been any efforts to fully explore the simulation? Has anyone ever explored past the northern mountains or chartered a ship to brave the dread unknown? Has the AI populated this world for us, or do we encounter walls where the land is yet unfinished?

Comments

[endcaller]

Hmmm...

I may have heard of this... Were these phantoms laid to rest through reunion with lost belongings?

[nilhilistic]

No. They came and vanished. Much like mirages in a desert.

[endcaller]

I haven't heard of this!

Mirages of spirits past.

The code was haunted then, how horrid!

[He does not believe the code was actually haunted, but it's a funny thought. He snickers to himself.]

While troublesome, however, mirages are not an active danger so long as you ignore them. We should not be dissuaded from exploring by such things.

[nilhilistic]

[ haunted, huh. does that speak of other presences that abound here? ]

If it plays on the mind, it is a danger. And the nature of the dangers may change. Everything changes here.

[endcaller]

A fine observation. Why, this desert could be an inland sea now for all we know.

Hmmm...

Mayhap some safer means of conveyance is in order. Does Aldrip possess an airship?

[nilhilistic]

Not that I know of.

I suppose I can fly people overhead.

[endcaller]

Can you?

.......Might I ask how big your true form is?

[nilhilistic]

Big enough for at least three or four people.

[endcaller]

You must fly me about some day!

It has been far too long since I last witnessed a dragon in flight.

[nilhilistic]

[ his eyes narrow. ]

I "must"?