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[disdainfully]

[In Thorir's background, one can see what looks half like a tunnel, half like a normal street with houses on either side, many adorned with geometrical patterns. They are lit by lamps that just seem a bit out of place, hanging under the roof of the street like streetlamps, and a few houses on the street have signs on the door or otherwise look lived-in. It's all very clean and well-kept, though empty.]

As some of you know, there is a numbered colony inside the mountain that has risen under Las Vegas. The entrance is hidden, and we want to keep it that way so that it can remain a safe place for those numbered that don't want to leave America. Everyone is welcome to claim a house or room, there are plenty. A lot of the mountain isn't yet explored and might be unsafe, but there seem to be no monsters hiding in it like in the catacombs in Locke City, and the area that has electricity, wi-fi and mobile signal is safe. We also have running water.

...We'll just have to hope that they don't dig too deeply while building all the things on the mountain.

[He pauses to make it clear that he's changing the topic - it's also announced by his factual manner gaining a dangerous glint.]

I will be participating in the attack on the Mafia. I already talked to Hjalti and he's coming with me. If anyone else from Vegas wants to join us, we'll go to Locke a few hours early so he can pick up some weapons at my store.

That said, if anyone needs firearms, a sword, and axe or daggers for this, contact me and I will set you up with it.

Comments

[disdainfully]

Perhaps monsters would.

[...]

We will see when the time comes.

[espigeonage]

Depends. They might send Numbered in after them, or try and get creative. Gunmen say, or gas.

[disdainfully]

[A slow nod.]

There have been numbered who have betrayed the rest of us before. it isn't all that unlikely.

[espigeonage]

Betrayal...? oh, like people here telling them there's nothing dangerous in there?

[that jump to suspicion makes him nervous.]

I don't think many people will agree with you about who it all belongs to. If it was made into a park you and the city would still have different views, but they couldn't touch it much.

Guess you could... put in for a land claim for the interior? All the interior? With the implication that you don't think there's a lot of it, but worded vaguely enough that when someone does break through it's like oh, I own a lot more.

[disdainfully]

[He nods, but doesn't sound convinced of any of that.]

I will look into it.

[espigeonage]

Right. [sadly, that's as much as Julien can contribute.]

Don't get yourself killed doing this. Any of it.

[disdainfully]

I don't intend to.

[espigeonage]

I'd hope not. A lot of people would be disappointed if you were.

[disdainfully]

Trust me, I wouldn't like it, either.

Don't worry.

[espigeonage]

Hah, it's a huge cliche to say "I'd never forgive you for it". But I'm going to worry anyway.

[disdainfully]

You be safe, too.

...I'll see you Christmas?

[espigeonage]

I won't get in trouble. Probably.

Absolutely.

[disdainfully]

I hope so.

I will see you there, then.

[And with that, the connection ends.]