Rat Chat 06

Dropped off a rooftop? Dare I ask?

I'd suspect it's to practise landing on one's feet.

She may have had my best interests and professional development in mind... uh, well, there's an outside chance of that. But I-I think she was planning to shatter most of my bones so I'd either die or be more docile.

Yeah, thanks for throwing your author a curveball there, kitkat. *wonders how on earth to reconcile that to established continuity*

Maybe his order was messing with his head, to make sure he doesn't like women.

Oh no, it's more the fact that there are no hotels out of town, where "she" actually fought him. I'll have to correct it to... some other kind of building... or change something else.

My order doesn't mess with my head and we like women fine. They're like almost half the population after all.

I am carefully conditioned to be nervous of angels.

There are some pretty freaky angels... how did angels enter the conversation?

As something we are encouraged to be nervous of? As opposed to women, who are scary and evil but we aren't taught to hate them?

Ah, so that you came up with yourself? Good. :)

Yes, after meeting a great many of them. Lots of that imperial evidence that Suitov keeps going on about. I'm pleased my life experience meets with your approval. No, really. Delighted.

That's really great. :D

All right, brainstorm time. I know I've been working on some kind of incredibly clever, handsome, modest, charming and modest plan during the story, but to date I've no idea what it is.

All my author says is "well, um, I thought you'd probably hack the system?"...

In other news, I really need to find a way into Daaren before I form the idea that he's a twit. Anyway, it's boring writing and reading the same old "Suitov didn't say much because Soviet Television was Watching Him".

(a) Open rebellion?
(b) Some kind of clever and interesting-to-read-about magolectronics hack that my writer hasn't thought of yet?
(c) Inspiru employee gives an inadvertent clue to the maze's location?
(d) Suddenly, full moon?
(e) Basaltine and Ferrl turn out to have been working on something all the while?
(f) I give Daaren a paper flower?
(g) Something else?

(h) ...
(i) Profit?

While you're running the gamut of geek meme-talk, that is.

I VOTE FOR PROTIF

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Did you all know this place has a pool? :D

Do you realise there may be cameras in there?

Pff. I regularly take mixed-sex showers. If someone really wants to see my tits, they just need to ask politely.

I vote for f. I want to see what happens.

Put me in a situation as strange as this, and I damn well am a twit, so don't worry about that.

I'm behind you if you go for (a). Or go ahead of you, whatever you prefer.
As to (d), it's not all that sudden; I'd have a bit of warning.

Can't you jam the microphones... something like building a barrier that doesn't transfer sound around them, if the equipment self is protected? So you can talk in the studio without anyone listening? Would be tricky to make it subtle, but given the illusions you are throwing around, it doesn't look like all magic in the studio is prevented.

I wonder if Daaren has any chance finding the labyrinth if he left. Seems enough frustration pent up there to serve as reason, pretext, whatever you want to call it.

Or... regarding (b), any way of tracing the signal to find out where it's coming from? I'm really not up to scratch of electronics. :/

And I second Nico regarding point (f).

Possible if the building's in the same complex, but would need a lot of luck. And now that Nico started talking again I feel somewhat less like walking out.

Apart from that, I'm not sure it would actually do any good. And it would make communication with Suitov even more difficult.