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Who: Gilbert and Fox
Where: The Plaza
When: Early morning, April 25th
Status: Closed

[Fox was still unsure as to how exactly he got roped into this. Gilbert wasn't even being that insistent about it. Excitable, maybe. Perhaps he just had a longing for these kinds of things. His life had been pretty quiet in this city, and when it came down to it that was unusual. Nice, sometimes, but if he was being honest with himself, there was a lot that he was missing.

Since the hadn't exactly specified a meeting point, he just waited for the human to show up by the coral.]

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[Gilbert turned up ten minutes later, huffing and puffing a little - he had obviously ran here - and wearing a big, excitable grin]

Hey! [he seemed happy that Fox had actually turned up, and he staggered to a stop in front of him, bracing himself on his knees]

Oof, I'm getting old if that run winded me...so! [he straightens up, clapping his hands together] Ready for some sleuthing?

[Fox can't help but sigh. Break from the doldrums or not, he doesn't really expect much to come from all of this.]

The first rule of sleuthing is probably to not say that out loud.

[He glances around, briefly.]

How do you think we should start?

Hmm, how indeeeeed... [Gilbert looks up at the giant coral. It looks weird as fuck] This coral thing is the centre of this place, right? Like, it holds up the barrier and sucks up our energy and gives it back or something bizarre like that. So, I'm sure if we examine it, we can find something.

That's what they say.

[He's touched the coral dozens of times, so seeing it up close isn't exactly something new. Still, being out here without a huge crowd was a change.]

I have a partner back in my universe who would love this. Would probably have the equipment to get results, too.

Yeah, we'll have to make due with our own two eyes to try and find something suspicious, but... [Gilbert frowned] I don't understand...this is the centre of the place, right? Everything's about this hunk of coral, so I would've thought that the server would be situated near it. Or in it. Honestly, this screams black magic to me. England would be useful to have here.

[Black magic...?]

Friend of yours?

Ahahaa~ an old ally, and then an enemy - but still a good drinking buddy. S'kinda complicated to just say friend [he rubs the back of his neck with a faint frown] Ehn, time does that.

Hmm.

You might be on the right track, though. We just sort of assumed that these would work like technology in our worlds, but since when do the things this place does ever make any kind of scientific sense?

Yeah. I mean, unless there's some freaky machine hidden underneath that coral shell, I'm guessing there be some magic at work here... [Gilbert walks up close to the coral, staring at it intently] Sadly, magic's not my, er, forte. Know anyone who knows about it?

I'm not going to say magic, exactly. Just that we might be coming at this too...literally?

[Or maybe he did mean magic. Who could know.]

Maybe it just doesn't work like we would expect it to.

What, like, bizarro science? I guess... [the longer Gilbert stares at the coral, the more mysterious it seems. Ah, how were they going to solve this puzzle?!]

I guess the main thing is we've gotta find out how the dream function's managing to transmit to everyone's blackberry whatever thingy. It has to use some sort of radio wave, or something, and it has to be transmitted by something for that to work. [Gilbert starts to pace] So. First question. How are the dreams being transmitted? Is it purely science? Or is it magic? Or a mix of the two? Bizarro science? Ahh, this is making my head hurt...

Well, what about the island? I heard that there's something different about it all of a sudden. Maybe that's a correlation?

Eh? It's different? [Gilbert hadn't noticed. He was sort of oblivious like that at times]

I haven't taken the time to check it out for myself, but that's what the word is.

Hmm...well maybe we should check out the differences first. Maybe it'll give us clues on what this is. If it's nothing, then we can come back here and try to figure out how to mess with the network.

[Fox nods]

I don't see how staying right here is going to get us anywhere. Not right now, at least.

Yeah. Okay! We have our first clue! This is sort of exciting - time to investigate the island's mysterious differences!

[The elevator seems normal enough. Maybe his...partner's enthusiasm was starting to get to him, because Fox had to admit that this was sort of exciting. Even if other parts of him were screaming about what a bad idea this all probably was.

He clicks open the door.]

After you.

Thanks! You know, this'll be my first time up on the island [Gilbert's been too busy exploring the shops and stuff to bother with it. Best to save the good stuff for last!]

Really? Well I guess you won't have much to compare it to, then.

[Fox adjusts the control, closing the door and beginning the machine's ascent]

Yup. So you'll be super useful in this part of the investigation, since I'm guessing you have been up here.

Once or twice.

More than me, so still useful. What's this island like, anyway?

Well, it's a tropical island. There's some kind of village, but it's abandoned. And there's a lighthouse, but I've never seen that up close.

Ooh, a lighthouse? That sounds fun to explore. But, tropical... [Gilbert and tropical weather did not mix. His skin was very susceptible to sunburn]