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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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There, see? [Gilbert points at where a tall tower sits behind the building closest to them]

That doesn't look too far...

Especially if we jog. C'mon! I'll race ya! [And there he goooooooooooes~]

W-wh--

[....oh. Fox sighs, again. It's still too early for this. He picks up his pace enough to keep up, but doesn't have any intentions of trying to win.]

[Gilbert reaches the base of the communications tower first, out of breath since he sprinted, and dramatically sprawls out on the floor while he waits for fox. Oooof he really was getting old. That wasn't a nice thought]

... [it was too quiet in this city though, and there was no telltale hum of electricity coming from the comm tower. Who knew if it was still in service?]

[Now there was the tower, but where did he...? Oh.]

You okay?

Yup.[Gilbert flips up onto his feet, although he staggers on the landing. Smooth.]

Looks like we struck gold. It's got a transmitter station attached, see? [the tower was perched atop of a single story building, which Gilbert hoped was the transmitter station] So that means we can see what this thing is broadcasting. Although... [frowns] your keen foxy ears hear any electricity humming about?

[His what?]

No. I don't hear anything, really. The whole place sounds dead.

Hm, that's gonna be troublesome. [Gilbert moves over to the door. It's locked. He kicked it open - and that was always fun to do] Let's nose about then!

Do you want to head straight up to the tower? Or should we look around the building first?

Well, the building will do, me thinks. Going up the tower'll be useless if the electricity is out.

Heh. And here I thought you were just going to try and blow it up.

What? Please! I have some finesse! That and I didn't have enough time to cobble together homemade explosives [Gilbert pouts a little at that] Maybe next time.

Uh huh. Anyway, let's find that electrical room. And stay alert. This place is giving me the creeps.

Same here. I half expect a monster to jump out [Gilbert laughs, the noise a bit high strung, and he all but skips into the dark transmitter station. It was very exciting, even if it was just poking about an old building in the dark]

[Then again, it was hard to get too hung up on the atmosphere with things like that happening.]

I wonder how old this stuff is. I don't get the sense that the city has been abandoned for too long...

It looks pretty modern, and there's not a lot of dust. [Gilbert moves over to where a row of computer screens and machinery lay. He tried pressing buttons, flicking plug switches, but...nothing] damn. No power.

Can't say I'm surprised. Why is all of this here, though? Usually when this place...does stuff, it has some kind of purpose. A messed up purpose, but.

Maybe it wants us to confront our issues? Everyone's having nightmares, so. [Gilbert shrugs and tries to shift through all the paperwork strewn on the tables. Maybe some information will be there]

Not everyone is having nightmares, though. And even then, I don't see what a city would have to do with it. Huh. Is there actually anything written on those?

Uh, blah blah blah - nothing pertaining to dreams [crumples them up and tosses them over his shoulder]. I know this place and the dreams are connected, but how...

No people, no electricity, no...anything else. I don't know, it almost seems like this place has no reason to be here.

Yeah. Buh, this is hurting my head. Okay! So [frowns] we've got an abandoned city. Our SFCs have turned into blackberry ripoffs that broadcast our dreams. Everyone's been having vivid dreams - mostly nightmares, but not everyone. So, what's the connection?

Well, look at it this way. We assumed that this place was causing the dreams. But if we look at just those, the only other possibility is that the dreams brought this here, somehow. Then option three is that whatever caused the dreams also caused this. Those are the only ways it breaks down, I think.

[Not that this really told them anything either way, but it was good to know what they were working with.]

Yeah... [Gilbert nods thoughtfully] I don't see how the dreams brought this place around, though. I mean, if everyone dreamed of an abandoned city, or something, then this is probably some giant dream scape thing, but since that's not the case then...

I guess, it's the third theory. Whatever's causing the dreams brought this place here as well. Which means we're back to square one.