Tour Guide Conversation

This file was captured by Informant and concerns a discussion between Exploit and the Tour Guide, a copy of someone who was scanned and placed into an Unreality.

Time/datestamps have been removed from this Discord chatlog rip and some personal information has been redacted.

### Conversation Chatlog

> *You are in the cell. The surroundings are lush and temperate. There's a faint scent of nature on the air, and the sun is warm on your skin. It's a national park, or something similar in terms of greenery, and there are four distant barriers that enclose the cell. Before you is the tour guide, censored for anonymity. They turn to you,* "Hey...? How did you get here, pal?"
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> *You have been here for a while, chatting.*
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> "Oh, right. Sorry about that, got a little lost in thought. What were we talking about?"
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> **Exploit:** "We were talking about your new job."
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> "Ah right," *the tour guide leans back in their chair, dangerously close to teetering over. The dirt barely supports this endeavor.* "Well, it was a good gig at first, but I'm regretting it now. It was a flat fee, and I thought it would be like...a month tops, and I've been here for so long...isn't it such a pain?"
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> **Exploit:** “It sounds like it. Was it not a bit weird to be approached for this kind of work out of the blue?"
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> "Yeah, totally, but someone's gotta pay off my girlfriend's loans, and she sure is hell isn't. This would pretty much wipe it out, so I figured I might as well."
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> **Exploit:** “Very kind of you to do so. Did they pay up front then, or is it case of check on dismissal?"
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> "Up front, but..." *they raise their arms, showing that there is,* "No money on me. I was excited to have it, but couldn't even spend it before getting pulled away."
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> **Exploit:** "You don't have contact with those you left behind? That seems a bit fishy. Are they not going to wonder where you've been?"
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> "Yeah...I don't wanna talk about it. There was like this...other me that I saw before I left. I guess they're talking to that, for now...I don't know." *The duplicate seems disturbed by the thought.*
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> **Exploit:** "Ah, they provided an alibi for you. With their abilities, that should allow them to smoothen things over when your job ends. What do you do for food, here?"
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> "Yeah, that makes sense. Well...I don't really have to eat, but it feels weird to just...not eat. I have applesauce...whenever I want. It's kinda weird, honestly. I had a ton of it in one sitting, but there were too many plates, so I had to wash them."
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> **Exploit:** "I've heard similar from others in this place. The need for food, rest, drink, that's all suppressed. You have somewhere to wash them, or will the fish be getting a meal?"
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> "Yeah, it's really strange to be up all hours of the night. It would be cool, but I don't have anything to do! I've started memorizing places, counting heartbeats, I've cleaned the damn weapon a million times, I've trimmed the plants...it's agonizing!" *The tour guide complains, leaning further back in the chair and falling over. They lay there for a moment, before getting up and re-setting the chair,* "You didn't see that."
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> **Exploit:** "Saw what?"
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> **Exploit: “**You haven't tried venturing outside this cell? You brought a weapon with you?"
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> "Haha, thanks."
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> "I'm not allowed! It's a pain! No, I was given it...to defend the Heart, if I gotta. Might have to shoot someone, you know? Pop them!"
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> **Exploit:** "Fair. It's an important job. Have there been any that made you think you might need to use it, so far?"
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> "No, no, nothing like that yet!" *The tour guide is adamant about their lack of use of the weapon,* "I got spooked by some deer. I didn't recognize it; it looked so docile, I thought it must've had a secret up its coat."
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> **Exploit:** "Deer can be very alarming in the dark. There's myths created purely off seeing one at a bad angle. Have you seen a salesman pass through, by any chance?"
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> "A salesman? Oh, Shop? Yeah, we're great buds! Do you know what he looks like under that mask? Or why he hides his left hand? It's kinda weird, and I don't really know what to think about it...how does he not bump into things?" *The tour guide seems ready to gossip.*
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> **Exploit:** "I've only had passing interactions with him, sadly. He seems to get around fine though, he's been in many different places. One time, I believe it was up a tree in a swamp filled with monsters. Can only imagine how he got up there."
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> "What?? Monsters? A swamp...I don't think there are many around here. Just how far did you go?" *The tour guide seems enraptured,* "Many different places, indeed. How did he get up there? We've talked a bit, but I feel like I know less about him the more we speak."
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> **Exploit:** "He's certainly one of those types. We've been all over the place, really. You're near the middle of them all, but this place is a bit of a mess of locales. There's a massive military base relatively nearby, compared to the far reaches. I'm pretty sure one slice is meant to be Mars?"
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> "Mars?" *The tour guide seems flabbergasted,* "I suppose that's not too out of the way...is it survivable? Can we move there? I have heard some wish to do that; do you believe it's possible, now?" *They rock back on the chair conservatively,* "You all are travelers, too? I suppose that makes sense...aside from one of you, it's hard to make out anything about you all. Or did I meet them yet? I don't know."
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> **Exploit:** "It seems to be. There's a lot of technology there, so colonisation must have started in part. The people there are very paranoid about something, so we haven't stuck around there long."
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> **Exploit:** "Travelers is a good term for us. We move around the worlds, practicing our skills and encountering one another. The people who brought you here are quite powerful. They've built a hell of a 'board' around the Heart, pieces of different places pulled together. Just like this Cell. Each of them can be as large as hundreds of miles across, after all."
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> *The tour guide has everything to say, but says nothing. They look at the ground,* "Wow. That's...incredible. What are they like, these...people?" *The tour guide seems curious.*
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> **Exploit:** "The ones on Mars, or the ones who arranged all of this?"
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> "The second one."
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> **Exploit:** "They are very... expansive and secretive. They are each dedicated to an aspect, such as Imagination or Development. All of this, the Board and our travelling, is meant to be in service to their goals. Those goals are unclear, but something we are trying to figure out. They often give the feeling of being a small cog in a much wider scheme, if that makes sense?"
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> "Huh...not so different after all, then? Cog in the machine? I can drink to that." *The tour guide has,* "No booze. Right. Well, I would say cheers to that, but...well, you see. Huh...that's interesting. Well, when I get home, I'll try and look it up or something...you have any way I could contact you once I'm back in the world? I'd rather be on your end, going around and fighting monsters!" *The tour guide thinks, drawing circles in the soil with his toes,* "I can't wait to get home. There's so much I have to do."
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> **Exploit:** "I can give you a user name to message, if that works? We are looking for allies in the next experience, actually, so you'd be welcome to join in for the next round. I can see about getting you some drink as well, if you'd like. Would your employer be alright with you being drunk on the job?"
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> "Sure, sure! Sounds good! I don't think so...otherwise, it'd appear like everything else," *the tour guide holds their hand out, and some applesauce appears in it,* "See? Booze doesn't work, though."
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> **Exploit:** "On Discord, message [redacted for Player safety]. That's my handle there, and I can pull you into the rest from there. Lack of booze is depressing. Is there anything else that might make your stay better? There's lovely views here, but not much in terms of activities."
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> "Discord? I think I have heard of that...sure, I'll give it a try! You've been good company; thank you, pal." *The tour guide must shake their head and answer,* "Nope, nothing much! I'm all good this way!" *They grit their teeth.*
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> **Exploit:** "You've been great to talk to. I hope to see you on the other side then, friend. It's been a pleasure."
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> "Yes, yes. I can't wait." *The tour guide gets up and jumps excitedly once, before waving,* "Alright, I will not hold you any longer. Go forth." *They lovingly whisper the name of the one they will never see again to themselves. They disappear into the forest.*
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