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[asquiet]

[Nezumi has already figured out the basics of everything going on and he‘s surveyed the area. He's still curious how all of this works and so it's time to use the journal he received. Important questions and all of that.]

Free food, free shelter, and free everything. Isn’t that just impressive? Much like that library we have is. It has a lot of things I haven’t even heard of and I am very eager to get my hands on them. The Malnosso they’re called right? They really supply you with everything. How very hospitable. [Too hospitable.]

Is the food actually safe? Are the places we live in bugged with cameras? Read the guide and I guess nobody thought of those questions. Did anybody even think to ask? Let’s take the handouts from the people who captured us. Who want us for experiments. Let’s just trust what they give us and assume it‘s all safe. [A bark of laughter.] I’ll ask then: has anybody bothered to check if the food is safe? I simply cannot be stuffing just anything into my body now. Only the best, of course.

Comments

[ voice ]

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

While you do bring up good points, there have been people who've lived here for quite some time to vouch for the food's safety. If the food wasn't safe, they would be getting sick all the time and dying. Is that not correct?

[ voice ]

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

Correct, but they could do other things with the food than getting you sick or killing you. More subtle things.

[ voice ]

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

More subtle things? I'd like an example if you please.

[Voice]

[mush-monarch.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I can't really complain about the food here. I mean, I never got anything altered or poisoned in any way.

As for cameras... I never thought about that. [She might be looking over her shoulder now.]

[Voice]

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

[Since this is a woman, he softens his tone. You get more flies with honey.]

Be safe and look for holes or cracks in the ceiling and walls, milady. If you can, cover them up with something just in case. If they can hear you, it doesn't do much good. But if they could videotape you, it is a little helpful.

[Voice]

[mush-monarch.livejournal.com]

[She certainly appreciates the softness on his voice.]

I'll keep my eyes peeled for that then.

Still... I don't know if spying on us is their main objective in this place.

[Voice]

[4starsavior.livejournal.com]

The food's definitely safe! I've ate a bunch of it, and I haven't gotten sick or anything!

[Voice]

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

[He can just tell he isn't going to get through much to this one.]

Changes in behavior? [...] That you've actually noticed?

[Voice]

[4starsavior.livejournal.com]

Well, if I was acting funny, I'm sure that somebody would've pointed it out! I haven't noticed anything, though.

[command-medli.livejournal.com]

Wow, is it really that dangerous? How worrying... what do you suggest we do?

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

I can't say just yet. I'm just being cautious since it seems nobody else will.

For the bugs, look for holes and cracks where you live. Cover them up. It won't do a thing for microphones if there are any, but it'll give you some privacy if they're videotaping us. Just think safe is all.

[voice] really got to stop forgetting that

[command-medli.livejournal.com]

[She's not going to sleep for a week now, thanks bro]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind... thank you.

And what of the food? We all have to eat eventually.

[amber-arcangel.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of the food being bad for anybody...but I'm not the best person to say that.

I don't think I've ever seen a camera before though..

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

Ah, but thank you for your input. It helps me greatly. [Purposely being nicer here than he usually would be.]

They can be very small and hidden in places you wouldn't imagine.

[amber-arcangel.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! [Kohaku is always this nice.]

How small? I've only ever seen a really big one.

[doubleppk]

The food's safe! Even the restaurants here. [She had the same paranoid thought too.]

And it doesn't seem like they do the Shifts via the food. I guess it's too variable that way or something.

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

[Finally someone smart enough to question this crap.] You have my sincerest gratitude for answering my questions, miss. The restaurants are run by people like us, correct?

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know that someone has a basic idea of what's going on.

The food's safe enough; I've only been eating it for two years. The changes in behavior are caused by the shifts that the Malnosso use for their experiments.

And the Malnosso watch us constantly through our journals, so be careful of what you reveal. There may be other means as well, such as via the barcodes on our necks.

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

[He laughs at that first bit. People are idiots no matter what.]

So they haven't tampered with the food in the two years they've been here? [The paranoid part of him is telling him not to rely on that, but he's going to have to eat some time if he wants to survive.

He hadn't thought of those barcodes, but that's a good idea too.]

[ voice ]

[repudiate]

The food hasn't killed me yet after half a year, if that's any indication.

[ She sounds rather deadpan, as if even if she was killed it wouldn't be a big deal either way. ]

And the first thing you should learn in this place is that people get complacent much too easily.

[ voice ]

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

Complacent? That sounds like a universal problem to me.

[analyzing]

You could as well just ask why we're carrying around our journals at all. That's a more effective way of spying on any of us, don't you think?

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

We know that one, though. If someone wants to tell something valuable, then that's their problem. But they're more likely to get information when we don't know it's a possibility.

[godbent]

Your choices are eat or starve, regardless of what you think of the food. You can eat the animals from the forest or the plants from there or even raise animals or plants yourself, but have you ever heard of the principle "fruit of the poisonous tree?" It implies in this instance, anyone questioning things like you ought to have considered that much, right?

[asquiet.livejournal.com]

I know my options and thank you for giving them to me. But I'm looking for an answer, not a discussion, miss. That won't get me anywhere.