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[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

[Generally speaking, when one enters a string of numbers as the value of a variable in order to see whether or not a certain function of one’s program works, one does not list “Spontaneous generation of a forum network within the compiler” as a potential outcome. Barnaby is understandably confused, even after reading back through a few posts. This is not something he expected to happen when he came in to work this morning.]

/ * So this is for real then? [Yes, he’s typing in comments. Instinctive habit.]
  * I mean, I know "the plural of anecdote is not fact" and all
  * but it'd be a hell of a coincidence for a random prank to be about something I've already experienced
  * and I'd really like to think I'm not hallucinating rn
  * Does anyone know what's causing all this?
  */

[... shit, this better not have erased his code.]

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[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

Thanks, I was wondering where I could find that.

I'm guessing the recent things are what some of the posts I saw were been about - the ones about the mines and the water?

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np!! :D

and yes that would be them!!
do you need/want summaries of either or?
(the basic thing is don't drink tap water)
(for now)

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[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

I've already gotten a few more details about the water, but some more about the mines would be nice if you'd don't mind.

[The sooner he can get caught up on all of this insanity, the better.]

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i don't mind in the least
basically we went into the mines because a while back there was a guy who told us to meet him there
he called himself the sage of the earth and said we had to find seven magical stones or something

that was bs and he was really working for thundercorp apparently
but we went back into the mines anyway
(when people went down to meet him the first time there was a cave in)
and there were more mutated animal monsters down there as well as a weird buzzing sound

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[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

[He takes a while to look through the FAQ before he replies, just to see what other details he can get from it before he asks any more questions. No point in asking something he's already got an available answer to.]

Buzzing? Like machinery or insects?

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i guess if i had to pick i would say it's a bit more like insects?

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[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

That's a little disconcerting.

Especially if the mines are already full of "mutated animal monsters."

[He wants to say that giant insects are too cliche to be real, but Earth Logic has clearly parted ways with everything else about all this so why the hell not.]

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yeah i find it a bit disconcerting myself
when i stop to think about it really carefully

i may be a bit desensitized to weirdness on a first glance basis at this point