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[cursed_analysis]

Discuss an exit strategy


[The feed starts with Arro standing before a projection screen with a small device held in his hand. He smiles widely and takes a bow.]

Good evening, fellow citizens. Arro Caine, at your service once again. Today let me speak to you of business rather than trivalities; though I welcome those as well.

I have put in for a small venture, and alas the powers that be tell me I don't have the monetary requirements met. I have put in an appeal, and I have been told that could take over a month to complete.

Yet I will not let that deter me~ Let me instead of handle this through another means and ask you, the other citizenry directly. As you know, the Genessia Scientific Research Institute of Genessia City has been endeavoring to find us a means back home. I recently joined this effort.

[There is now a slide behind him showing Genessia in bold red, with perhaps a hundred branching points from it, some hitting other red dots on the slide and branching further.]

I'd like to propose an experiment; a possible means of tearing open a dimensional rift. I won't allow another soul to use it, but perhaps if I could take a small bit of help from you so I can study this method; a few witnesses to help monitor, some equipment to record and document as I have no exact measure of how much energy this method takes. I would also need a few clever minds for help on if there is any way to set a destination in detail once we have the means of actually generating such rifts on an even possibly semi-frequent basis.


[There is now a slide of a detailed illustration of a park with a jagged hole in it revealing a city through it, the proposed dimensional rift.]

This is of course on top of the work the Institute is conducting on simply finding the point of origin for all the residents here--those that wish to leave, at least.

Will it result in anything? Well, that depends on you, the government, and the will to succeed.

I will also field questions, concerns, and of course your many criticisms on the matter~ Let me also point out that this is simply a preliminary experiment, so do not get your hopes up, as the Insitute may deem such research too dangerous and ban it. So far I have yet to meet with serious opposition to the concept.

Comments

[om_nom_namur]

Ain't no place I'mma love as much as where I come from, but I think my chances a gettin' back there's pretty well sunk by this point. Means I feel like I'm stuck in a damn fishbowl, but I ain't in a bigass hurry t' punch a hole in it, catch me?

Jolly Eddy's is always open t' new clients. But what I think y' might be lookin' for an' what we do ain't necessarily gonna match up. Float yer idea on by me, though. If it ain't what we do I still might know a guy.

So I'm curious how y' think yer gonna break the reality we live in an' not muck it up worse'n bitin' a hagfish. Clearly y' wanna talk, so see if y' can dumb it down so us plebes that's gonna get affected by it know what yer gettin' int', yeah?

[cursed_analysis]

Tut, my good sir~ You cut me to the quick, but let me take on a more approachable tone.

I am looking, specifically for this experiment, additional security. As it seems I will be paying out of pocket; I can't yet promise a very high sum, and I dare not even speak of spending the Insitute's funds. Though the purpose of security would rather be to keep people out rather than deal with what might come in.

Now, as for how to not make a rui-- [a sigh] To keep it simple; I have controlled conditions, and a limited window for such a tear. Mainly; I want to document how much power it takes to actually generate in the first place.

[om_nom_namur]

Figures. Look man, I gotta be real clear with my crew an' our clients. We ain't bodyguards. We don't stick 'round once a person's got where they're goin'. Yer lookin' for the kinda shit ol' Ironwood provides, a'ight? Now, that said, seein' as how all my crew's also part timers, there ain't no problem if they wanna take on additional jobs theirselves, catch me? But that's on them if they wanna stand 'round lookin' for trouble. Hell, I ain't 'posed t' it m'self, but it ain't a service a Jolly Eddy's. Catch my drift?

So what happens if yer tear gets outta control? Shit has a way a doin' that, y' know.

[cursed_analysis]

[Arro takes in the words very seriously; after all, it isn't good to be misinformed, so he will commit it to memory.]

My apologies. I can contact Ironwood...but truth be told I did speak to you first, and I do acknowledge it is not offered by your business, but if you and some fellows may be willing to negotiate, I can come up with more of a price when I have a definite answer of if I'll even be allowed, and how many I would need to pay.

As for the tear, you are correct sir, I am still calculating all the risks, to the point where I may need to enlish artifical help for determinine the likelyhood of something going wrong.

[om_nom_namur]

[Several minutes later, Arro will receive a list of names plus contact information for each individual member of Jolly Eddy's. Because Namur's going to look out for his peeps even if he has to abide by certain rules in certain circumstances.]

Sheheh naw, look. Rippin' a hole in reality? I'd say the odds is yer definitely gonna start some kinda shit. A hunnerd percent. So what kinda shit can we 'spect when it all goes broadside?

[cursed_analysis]

Well, how do you feel about otherworldly entities coming through? That is likely, or at least humans accidentally stumbling in.

Dear me, or perhaps even opening onto a freeway...Dreadful. I suppose other than what might come out, there is a possibility of destabilizing this dimension. Making it more prone to tearing in the future, as a start. It could also nullify the barrier...