look inside the covered pots

man, how long were we asleep for?

man their sure are some weird noises above you... Oh hey look a free cape hanging off the wall. See if you can't grab it and wear it to look a dapper and whatnot.

Lila 2026/04/04(Sat)00:38 No. 1124330 ID: eb7cbf
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>Automatically Translated: look inside the covered pots

Lila 2026/04/04(Sat)00:39 No. 1124333 ID: eb7cbf
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>Oh hey look a free cape hanging off the wall. See if you can't grab it and wear it to look a dapper and whatnot.
> man, how long were we asleep for?

>_

hmm, that's strange. Normally we can understand what's being said around us, doesn't seem to be the case this time.

I guess head through the door right now. Doesn't seem to be much else to do in this room.

>>1124322
Hmm, this is an odd cipher. Not very many symbols, and lots of double symbols. Is it even translatable? I kindof doubt it. Reminds me of the Voynich Manuscript.

>>1124333
Take a stick and venture outside.

Lila 2026/04/04(Sat)01:38 No. 1124341 ID: eb7cbf
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>Idle speculation deleted. Focus on your job, Lila.

>I guess head through the door right now. Doesn't seem to be much else to do in this room.
>Take a stick and venture outside.

Lila 2026/04/04(Sat)01:39 No. 1124343 ID: eb7cbf
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>_

Try and break off the nozzle of the coffee machine to see if anything flows out.

Anything in that barrel?

oh no they stole your likeness and are using it for a coffee mascot. Those bastards.

also I think I see something under the barrel lid, might be helpful.

Don't let that machine get the better of you. Rough it up.

I have no idea what you're saying, so apple in your taco gristle the stereo mulchy mulchy

[Keypad Says <Notice me, sempai>]

>>1124343
Break open the machine and feast on its tender insides.

You can't focus on your job without that miraculous sludge! Shake that machine like a maraca.

Take a close look at the keypad. look at the numbers on the buttons.

if we can't figure out the letters yet, we can figure out what the numbers are.

Lila 2026/04/04(Sat)20:59 No. 1124528 ID: eb7cbf
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> Don't let that machine get the better of you. Rough it up.
>Break open the machine and feast on its tender insides.
> You can't focus on your job without that miraculous sludge! Shake that machine like a maraca.

Lila 2026/04/04(Sat)21:00 No. 1124529 ID: eb7cbf
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> Try and break off the nozzle of the coffee machine to see if anything flows out.

Lila 2026/04/04(Sat)21:00 No. 1124530 ID: eb7cbf
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> Also I think I see something under the barrel lid, might be helpful.

Lila 2026/04/04(Sat)21:01 No. 1124532 ID: eb7cbf
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> Take a close look at the keypad. look at the numbers on the buttons.

>_

>>1124532
Try 1-2-3-4

Stand to the side of the door when you put in the code, and only peek in. You don't want to alert anybody about your presence yet.

If the code doesn't work, examine the nubbin at the bottom center of the coffee machine, then go through the newly revealed crawlspace.

looks like the top buttons are the only ones worn down
so yeah its probably the first four in order

Hey, um.. we can't understand you very well.

Could you say the alphabet in order, before we continue?

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)02:51 No. 1124550 ID: eb7cbf
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>Could you say the alphabet in order, before we continue?

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)02:53 No. 1124551 ID: eb7cbf
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> So yeah its probably the first four in order
> Try 1-2-3-4

-Beep-

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)02:53 No. 1124552 ID: eb7cbf
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> Stand to the side of the door when you put in the code, and only peek in.

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)02:54 No. 1124553 ID: eb7cbf
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> You don't want to alert anybody about your presence yet.

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)02:54 No. 1124554 ID: eb7cbf
File 177535767762.png - (26.15KB , 800x600 , 17.png )

>_

Ooh, a distraction
Leave the bandage alone for now, but be ready to rip it open so any nearby guards are forced to repair it.

the tank is cracked.
do not crack the tank further.

why... why is there a door going into the bottom of the tank? did they just want all the water to rush out and flood the room? Cool fish though.

well picking a room at random... I say go though the left door.

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)04:57 No. 1124568 ID: eb7cbf
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>Leave the bandage alone for now, but be ready to rip it open so any nearby guards are forced to repair it.


> do not crack the tank further.


> I say go though the left door.

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)04:57 No. 1124569 ID: eb7cbf
File 177536507681.png - (25.61KB , 800x600 , 19.png )

>_

>>1124561
It's probably an airlock with two doors.

>>1124569
Greet them, express that work is steady and that we are totally not probably hung over.

>>1124550
I don't get it. There's a repeated isolated symbol in there, at the end of the first two lines. That should be impossible!

>>1124569
What the hell why do they get to speak english!?

Tell them you don't understand anything and came into being from nothing.

wait, why can we understand them?

oh well assuming they can understand you just tell them you stopped by to let them know you think there is something wrong with the coffee machine in the next room over. If they asked why you went to them, tell them it's because they were the closest. Then walk out and try the door on the right. If they can't understand you just act like they did and leave anyway.

What work, being a puddle of goop on the floor?
Anyway, broom's broken. Need a new one.

>>1124569
We might have a language barrier. To avoid misunderstandings, repeat the question before answering.

How goes the work? We're currently looking around to figure out how things are going. Does this person have any information relevant to us?

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)21:55 No. 1124597 ID: eb7cbf
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> Work is steady and that we are totally not probably hung over.

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)21:57 No. 1124599 ID: eb7cbf
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>Anyway, broom's broken. Need a new one.

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)21:58 No. 1124600 ID: eb7cbf
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> There is something wrong with the coffee machine in the next room over.

Lila 2026/04/05(Sun)21:58 No. 1124601 ID: eb7cbf
File 177542631112.png - (37.00KB , 800x600 , 25.png )

>___

>>1124601
Hey thanks man, you're a good friend. Don't snitch about the hungover thing please. I owe you one. Let's head upstairs and see about broom repair and maybe bumming another coin off someone.

Let’s look for one on the upper levels.

Lila 2026/04/06(Mon)00:53 No. 1124621 ID: eb7cbf
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> Hey thanks man, you're a good friend. Don't snitch about the hungover thing please. I owe you one. Let's head upstairs and see about broom repair and maybe bumming another coin off someone.

Lila 2026/04/06(Mon)00:54 No. 1124626 ID: eb7cbf
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> Let’s look for one on the upper levels.

Lila 2026/04/06(Mon)00:58 No. 1124630 ID: eb7cbf
File 177543711644.png - (29.05KB , 800x600 , 34.png )

>___

Next room! Get a weapon.

Great, another language we can't understand.
Use broom handle on exposed brainmeats.

Oh! Um! Sorry, wrong room.
Immediately back out of the room.
Check the vent in the coffee room.

I worked it out. The alphabet given was lowercase and there's different symbols for uppercase. Also lowercase c, n AND t are absent, which means they could be anywhere when translating. f is the same symbol as l. "ei" is the same symbol sequence as "a"; "ll" and "ff" are the same as "v".

>>1124323
Dirt has reached
unacceptable levels.
In order to ensure the tower
continues(ARGH) to function, please
clean all messes.
A broom has been
provided.
>>1124324
Do not forget your
uniform, Lila!
>>1124330
I don't even
remember
what they keep
in here...
>>1124332
Empty. No food.
>>1124333
I am the picture
of health...
I need coffee.
>>1124343
Fuck
capitalism!
I can't make out the symbols on the coffee machine. The door says: fish mai, not sure how to fill in the second word. maint?
>>1124551
I actually
never went in
here...
>>1124569
I need coffee...
And food...
>>1124596
Coffee.
>>1124597
The Work
goes well and
I'm toally not
hung over.
>>1124599
...Yes?
Anyway, broom's broke.
Need a new one.
>>1124600
There is something
wrong with the
coffee machine in the next
room over.
>>1124601
Thanks.

>>1124630
Wait, hold on!
We're sisters!
I don't think she's sane anymore, Lila. You should run since you have no weapon and probably don't want to kill her anyway. Head back to the office to warn your boss and potentially get help as well.

>>1124621
(it's the suggestion verbatim, including the instructions to leave and get the coin)
>>1124623
Yeah, yeah.
Take care, _iire(That's a name, haven't seen that capital letter before so idk what it is)

>>1124639
I can't help but be impressed every time you figure this crap out, good work.

>>1124630
but yeah, focusing on the present, go back through you just came in from and slam it shut and try and hold the door close.

Lila 2026/04/06(Mon)12:47 No. 1124653 ID: eb7cbf
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> Next room! Get a weapon.
> Use broom handle on exposed brainmeats.
> Immediately back out of the room.
> Check the vent in the coffee room.
> I don't think she's sane anymore, Lila. You should run since you have no weapon and probably don't want to kill her anyway. Head back to the office to warn your boss and potentially get help as well.
> but yeah, focusing on the present, go back through you just came in from and slam it shut and try and hold the door close.

Lila 2026/04/06(Mon)12:49 No. 1124665 ID: eb7cbf
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>____

hug 8 eyes for emotional support, then head back to the room with the coffee machine and maybe see where that vent you uncovered goes, hopefully somewhere with real food.

What, you're not a college student, you can't survive off of just coffee, cheap beer, and roman. You need some real food in you before dealing with this bullshit.

>>1124665
Is our work to... Kill our infected sisters? Well crap...

>>1124660
Hey so the lady over at
the fish place is trying to
stab me with a spear!

You
knew?!
>>1124661
This is crazy!
Does the Queen
know?!
>>1124662
The hell do I do then!?
I have to get to the
elevator without
being turned into a
specimen on a wall!
>>1124663
...What's her name?
>>1124665
Well, guess we gotta go find food. Time to backtrack. Check the rest of the pots in the first room, then if they're empty it's off to the crawlspace.

You haven't looked in the vent yet, have you? Maybe there's food in the walls.

>>1124671
pretty sure we're a janitor, translation anon figured out that the voice at the beginning was telling us that the place is to dirty and we were spawned to clean. Not sure why they spawned us hung over but whoever said that management wasn't a bitch?

What if we lure our infected sister to the tank and get her to stab it? Surely the water will cleanse her or at least wash her away! What could go wrong?

Lila 2026/04/07(Tue)13:12 No. 1124743 ID: eb7cbf
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> Hug 8 eyes for emotional support

Lila 2026/04/07(Tue)13:12 No. 1124744 ID: eb7cbf
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> Is our work to... Kill our infected sisters? Well crap...
> pretty sure we're a janitor

Lila 2026/04/07(Tue)13:13 No. 1124745 ID: eb7cbf
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> You haven't looked in the vent yet, have you? Maybe there's food in the walls.
> head back to the room with the coffee machine and maybe see where that vent you uncovered goes, hopefully somewhere with real food.

Lila 2026/04/07(Tue)13:14 No. 1124748 ID: eb7cbf
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>_____

Well this looks ominous, Take a closer look at that pipe? sticking out of of the cocoon and try and find out what is leaking from it.

Taste some of the black goo. Could be coffee!

is this food, or is this the rebirthing pit where they store the goo to revive people who die on the job?

Well there's your problem, you got a big hole in your egg. What do you got to patch that up?

>>1124744
I'm a Worker. We
do cleaning and general stuff.
Including security, if we have
to. Too hungry to get big though.
I was hung over cause I got
drunk the last time I finished Work
and could'nt sober up before I was
decommissioned.

>>1124748
Is this normal? Should we be squishing the larvae or what? Are they edible?

Is that a... limb, hanging out of the egg?
Take a closer look inside.

Lila 2026/04/07(Tue)23:37 No. 1124786 ID: eb7cbf
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> Is this normal? Should we be squishing the larvae or what? Are they edible?

Lila 2026/04/07(Tue)23:39 No. 1124793 ID: eb7cbf
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> Well there's your problem, you got a big hole in your egg. What do you got to patch that up?
> Take a closer look at that pipe?

Lila 2026/04/07(Tue)23:39 No. 1124794 ID: eb7cbf
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>____

Fiddle with the buttons on the wall.

>>1124792
Full!

>>1124794
This isn't good.
It's leaking a
whole lot. I could
make some silk to fix
it but that'd take most o
f my fuel stores.

Oh, you can make silk? What is this thing, anyway? What's that thing on the wall? Doesn't seem like buttons, they'd be out of reach normally. You have a stick you could use to reach them though.
Would you still have enough fuel to get big after fixing this leak?

what are we even looking at here?

Let's poke the bottom button with the broken broom. I am sure we can reach it that way.

Go back to the first room and gather some of the fabric covering the pots. use the fabric to plug up the pipe.

...can we use silk to fix the broom?
Can anything be gathered from the excess webs in this room?

>>1124639
how are you doing this? the character count doesn't seem to match

>>1124813
Some characters are made of two symbols, and some symbols are just missing from the alphabet (and have to be added during the translation process) For example, 'o⊕' corresponds to the letter 'a'

>>1124857
Yep! It's an interesting script in practice. Some sets of glyphs are ambiguous and must be inferred via context. Some words have multiple t/n/c in them and that's real fun to figure out.

>>1124794
Oh, lacking any clever solutions to the problem, you should just go use your fuel to take down the unfortunate Carer in our way. That opens up more rooms we can explore that might have food, which we can spend on fixing this leaky pipe later.

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)01:28 No. 1124945 ID: eb7cbf
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> Oh, you can make silk?
> Would you still have enough fuel to get big after fixing this leak?

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)01:28 No. 1124946 ID: eb7cbf
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> ...can we use silk to fix the broom?

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)01:29 No. 1124947 ID: eb7cbf
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> What's that thing on the wall? Doesn't seem like buttons, they'd be out of reach normally.
> Fiddle with the buttons on the wall.

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)01:30 No. 1124949 ID: eb7cbf
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> Go back to the first room and gather some of the fabric covering the pots. use the fabric to plug up the pipe.

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)01:31 No. 1124954 ID: eb7cbf
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>_____

>>1124946
Mind you I can only
make sticky silk.
The rest of the poem
belongs to other
types of guys.
It's useful for
fixing things. Patchwo
rk. The broom cou
ld be fixed but it'll
just come apart
again before long.
For this egg sack,
though? Perfect.

The rest of the poem? What do you mean?

>>1124948
Hm. Well, here's the door to
the elevator. I don't have access to
any of the floors. I'm usually
just called to the spot I need to clean.
How do we get access to more floors? There could be problems everywhere. So long as you don't finish cleaning the dirt the system was complaining about, we can keep fixing things that broke. I wonder why the system isn't identifying other problems?

>>1124949
If I got hurt
before I fixed this
up I'd be in trouble. Each
floor has one for unit repairs
and revival. Might be
why I was brought
back all messed up.
I'm usually way more cute.
So this is a respawn point? Does that mean the Carer will be ok after we put her down? Do you have to bring a dead body here to revive them? I did see someone pinned to the wall in there.
I guess your hair is a bit ruffled... is there something else wrong with your appearance?

>>1124954
I am so good at
my job...

This was
really helpful in
letting me forget that
one of my sisters
has gone insane and
wants to stab me.
Well done. It'll be ok. We'll help you fix everything.

I think it's time we laid Rr'chara to rest.

So if we kick your sister’s ass does that mean she’ll pop up here good as new? Oh and speaking of kicking her ass think that lid from the barrel in the room with the coffee machine could work as a shield to hopefully not get stabbed?

>>1124949
what do you mean, "way more cute"? you're saying you can get even cuter than you currently are?

>>1124983
hahaha, I was gonna say the same thing :P

>>1124954
Now that we have done an amazing job let's go overpower our sister and take that key from her.

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)21:05 No. 1125021 ID: eb7cbf
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>done an amazing job
>what do you mean, "way more cute"? you're saying you can get even cuter than you currently are?

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)21:06 No. 1125022 ID: eb7cbf
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> So if we kick your sister’s ass does that mean she’ll pop up here good as new

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)21:07 No. 1125023 ID: eb7cbf
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>Oh and speaking of kicking her ass think that lid from the barrel in the room with the coffee machine could work as a shield to hopefully not get stabbed?

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)21:07 No. 1125024 ID: eb7cbf
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> The rest of the poem? What do you mean?

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)21:08 No. 1125025 ID: eb7cbf
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> let's go overpower our sister and take that key from her
> I think it's time we laid Rr'chara to rest.

Lila 2026/04/10(Fri)21:11 No. 1125030 ID: eb7cbf
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>____

uhh... go kick their ass big scary sister?

That thing in her tail looks like something from the elevator door...
Rr'chara is just a shell, go for the eyes!

Time to kick ass.

Sorry sister, you must be put down.

>>1125030
Suplex Rr'chara!

>>1125021
Wehehehe...
You guys
are too much.
[THANK.
YOU.]
I hope
you're a
standard
upgrade
from now on
for everyone.
It's so easy to
get orders like
this all the time.
It's like having
a Carer with
you all the time.

>>1125022
Normally we
don't stay dead for long.
She'll pop up here
when she's needed again. ...
If the Queen doesn't
think she's too gone, at
least.

>>1125023
... Hm. It's the
upper half of
the table. It's too
heavy for me to
use like a shield.

>>1125024
I only got some of it.

'Strong silk to bind, in case of ruin.
Strong arms to guide, for when we falter.'

>>1125025
Strong arms to guide,
for when we falter.

...
Don't think
this is what
they had in mind.

>>1125029
This is your last chance, _l'dhili!
I have permission to end you! Cease!
Huh, what did you call her?

>>1125030
The monster's form has been revealed! Watch out, you might need a weapon for this. Yank that other spear out of the wall to use when you have the chance.
Try attacking the "eyes" on the growth coming out of her back.

Use your webs to blind it!

oh so you're new form comes with 4 arms? That's handy. Use one to grab her throat and pin her against the wall so she can't move, use 2 others to pin both her arms against wall so she can't attack, and use your last hand's claws to puncture her heart... repeatedly if needed, until she's put down. Let's hope we can at least put her down quick and painlessly.

Tackle!

Is there a time limit on this? An energy limit? Other caveats or weaknesses? Probably best to finish quickly regardless, I suppose, without taking unnecessary risks.
>>1125044
Thank you for doing translation, btw.

Lila 2026/04/12(Sun)03:38 No. 1125127 ID: eb7cbf
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>Use one to grab her throat and pin her against the wall so she can't move

Lila 2026/04/12(Sun)03:38 No. 1125129 ID: eb7cbf
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> use 2 others to pin both her arms against wall so she can't attack, and use your last hand's claws to puncture her heart

Lila 2026/04/12(Sun)03:39 No. 1125130 ID: eb7cbf
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>Puncture her heart.

Lila 2026/04/12(Sun)03:40 No. 1125131 ID: eb7cbf
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> Repeatedly if needed

Lila 2026/04/12(Sun)03:41 No. 1125134 ID: eb7cbf
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> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.

> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.

> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.

> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.

> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.

> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.> Puncture her heart.

> Repeatedly if needed.

Lila 2026/04/12(Sun)03:42 No. 1125135 ID: eb7cbf
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> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat
> Repeat

Lila 2026/04/12(Sun)03:45 No. 1125145 ID: eb7cbf
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> Yank that other spear out of the wall to use when you have the chance.
> Try attacking the "eyes" on the growth coming out of her back.
> Sorry sister, you must be put down.
> Rr'chara is just a shell, go for the eyes!

Lila 2026/04/12(Sun)03:46 No. 1125151 ID: eb7cbf
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>________

>>1125151
Good job. Sorry you had to do that. Let's hope you don't have to again.

I don't know, man. This is why you go to the doctor when something's wrong.
Head to the next room.

Aww. Apply hugs.

sorry, thought she was still... normal enough that I thought that a quick jab into something important would have put her out of her misery quickly and hopefully painlessly. Didn't think the mutation would change her biological so much that her internal organs would change.

How are you holding up... do you... do you need to go back to 8 eyes (we really need to get her name) and hug them until you feel better? They're your boss (I think) they're suppose to care about your mental health or something. What I'm saying is you look like you could use a hug.

huh you exclaimed in a language we can actually perceived. we're learning!

Oh, hang on - I thought maybe >>1125151
was the one that was infested, now reconstituted now that the Thing is dead. We hadn't gotten a clear view of her, yet. Did the camera flip around and actually this is Lila?

>>1125158
she did when thanking us, as well. I take it either she can't keep that up for long, or it's us getting gradually acclimated to the her speech.

>>1125151
Well that SUCKED. I'm glad you're not hurt.
If we have to fight another, now we know it's not productive to attack the victim's body. Gotta hit the red stuff.

Make sure nothing else is about to jump out at you, then take some time to compose yourself. Maybe go talk to your boss again.

>>1125151
It's okay she'll be back won't she? Also the heck was that she tuened into...
Take a moment to recover. Pick up her key!

>>1125235
Oh. I see. It all makes sense now.

>>1125235
Oh no another cipher.
...It looks like a similar structure overall. Capital letters are different symbols, and it's pretty clear that some letters are represented by repeated symbols. Without a rosetta stone, alphabet, or known subject matter, this is going to be difficult.

… they really don’t want us to know what’s going on do they?

((...I solved it. I did some guessing and managed to get a foothold which gradually revealed the rest via more guesswork. Quipqiup helped a little to get that foothold, but it's not very good at solving ciphers with shared symbols like this so I didn't bother inputting more than a couple lines.))

((The information within isn't immediately relevant, so I ask the author: do you want me to post a translation now, or should I wait a while to let other people have a go at it? Like, a week or so?))

>>1125254
You earned the right. Conceal it as you have in case anyone wants to solve it themselves.

>>1125235
>1𝚔𝚔 𝚔1𝚔𝚔
truly, if there's such thing as justice in this world, you will be punished for this

>>1125315
Hmm it looks almost possible to translate the lower phrase that's been scribbled out. The upper one... not as likely.

>>1125315
So judging by the monster hunter like design of the spider on the poster our goal is to hunt down and kill the big spider to claim their body to make arms and armor for ourselves than? I see.

>>1125319
I think that's likely the Queen.

>>1125323
I think the term you’re looking for is spare parts and I’m in the market for a new hammer and armor set.

this is a joke by the way, I’d hope it was obvious but the internet is horrible at displaying tone

Lila 2026/04/15(Wed)21:25 No. 1125455 ID: eb7cbf
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> Take some time to compose yourself
> Take a moment to recover.

Lila 2026/04/15(Wed)21:27 No. 1125459 ID: eb7cbf
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> Pick up her key!

Lila 2026/04/15(Wed)21:28 No. 1125460 ID: eb7cbf
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> Maybe go talk to your boss again.

Lila 2026/04/15(Wed)21:31 No. 1125473 ID: eb7cbf
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>_______

Point at where we are on the model. Does the model have an interior too?

>>1125465
I'm not
okay.

>>1125473
I don't wanna!

You can do it Lila. We'll be with you every step of the way.

Ask your boss about the Poem. It's important. Was there ever anything after the four verses? Something about "Devotees to the Queen"? Also, you may as well ask about the various types of bugs. Specifically, where can we find a Beast? The infection is red matter, isn't it?
Secondly, what is the overall leadership structure of the Tower? And has the Queen ever brought in an outside being of some sort? That might be us.
It's not important but I'm interested in the full spelling of your boss's name, and I think we can only get it from them. Her? Are all bugs in the Tower female?

((I've even translated everything under the scribbles.))

Ask about the secret part of the Poem.

>>1125476
oh damn, I could translate (most of) the rest of it but gave up on that part

wait, does she have a serpent like tail for legs or does she just have 3 tails?

I guess also ask why nobody else can move around or at least evacuate to a more secure area or even the building altogether until the situation has been solved. I mean this place seems to be under some kind of attack, surely they have protocols for such events. Oh and speaking of surely, what is your boss's name? Don't think we got that yet.

>>1125480
Lila said their name but it doesn't translate well. It had a capital letter I hadn't seen anywhere else yet, but now I know it's M. That makes the visible letters "Miire".

>>1125482
I realize now that if we need a translation for a specific word, like her own name, Lila could just ask her to say it out loud for us.

Lila 2026/04/16(Thu)14:31 No. 1125499 ID: eb7cbf
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> It's not important but I'm interested in the full spelling of your boss's name, and I think we can only get it from them.
> I guess also ask why nobody else can move around or at least evacuate to a more secure area or even the building altogether until the situation has been solved.

Lila 2026/04/16(Thu)14:32 No. 1125500 ID: eb7cbf
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>Ask your boss about the Poem. It's important. Was there ever anything after the four verses? Something about "Devotees to the Queen"?

Lila 2026/04/16(Thu)14:33 No. 1125501 ID: eb7cbf
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> Surely they have protocols for such events?

Lila 2026/04/16(Thu)14:34 No. 1125502 ID: eb7cbf
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> Point at where we are on the model.

Lila 2026/04/16(Thu)14:35 No. 1125504 ID: eb7cbf
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>__________

>>1125504
Damn. Why can't we take the elevators?
Also I wonder if the key opens the door to the aquarium. Can we even swim? Do we have to swim to get up to the beast strata?

>>1125498
The encouragement
voices say they'll help
me so... I guess. Fine.
This is such a pain in the ass.
I was just supposed to
do some dusting...

>>1125499
They want me to ask some
questions. Like... How
do you pronounce your
name and uh... Why can't we
move? Well, that's obvious. We
can only go where our Work
needs us. When that's done, if we're
done early, we can go to
a designated rest area. That's
just how it is, right?

>>1125500
Hm... They wanna
know about the Poem.

>>1125501
Are there just o
protocols for this
kinda thing?

>>1125502
.... Hey, M**li(???)

Can you point out
where we are in
the Tower.

>>1125503
And the Queen's
chambers,
where you
want me to go,
they are...?

>>1125504
... And how do
I get there?

The Beasts are between us and the Queen? ...I hope this infection isn't some kind of rebellion, that would make it very difficult to get through the area.
Ask where the Worms and Leaves are.

>>1125499
Things don't work quite like that for us, but I imagine it's because our Work is less defined. Our orders include "ensure the tower continues to function" and "clean all messes", and it's vague enough that would let us go anywhere where a mess is, I suppose, and even if we couldn't call a leadership collapse "messy" (which we can) it's undeniably something that impedes the tower from functioning.

>>1125509
>Ask where the Worms [...] are.
is Miire not a Worm herself? she certainly seems to know things.

>Leaves
So that's what that word was. Now there's only one word left I'm not sure about.

>>1125498
Hold up you can even hear my voice!? Nod vigorously if so.

Soooooo, worse case scenario, queen is missing, dead, or worse... what's plan B?

Also is there a way for us to contact Miire outside of walking back to this room?

Oh and if we find anymore survivors should we send them back this way since this area seems safe? Since no one seems to have a plan for this emergency I kind of want to tell all the survivors to group up, fortify a safe area, and watch each other's backs until the situation is resolved. Cause after seeing what the infected can do I really don't like the idea of just leaving Miire or other of your sisters alone in an environment like this. Strength in numbers and all that.

Lila 2026/04/18(Sat)18:05 No. 1125584 ID: eb7cbf
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> Hold up you can even hear my voice!? Nod vigorously if so.

Lila 2026/04/18(Sat)18:06 No. 1125585 ID: eb7cbf
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>Damn. Why can't we take the elevators?
>Ask where the Worms and Leaves are.

Lila 2026/04/18(Sat)18:07 No. 1125586 ID: eb7cbf
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> And... What if the queen is dead or.. Worse? What then?

>>1125585
Why not? And if I can't
take the
elevator how
do I get there?

So if the Beasts
are
between us
and the Queen...
Sorry, where
is everyone?

>>1125586
And... What if the
Queen is dead
or... Worse?
What then?

>>1125590
Welp!

Nothing can be done
for all that. Guess
I gotta go.

>>1125591
Oh and if we find
anymore survivors
should we send them
back this way since this
area seems safe?

Alright. Any
hints where I
should go next?
(oh great, "hints" looks like "this")

>>1125592
Time to see what's in the door in the room to the right.

well, now that you have gotten a minute to get your head on straight, you should probably head back to the room where you just fought and try the door that was in there and see where that leads.

So like. Not that you necessarily know, but what happens if you open that aquarium door? It seems like poor design for water to just flood the place? I notice the door protrudes substantially; maybe that's an airlock? Er, waterlock? Can you breathe water (yet)?

>>1125235
It's been... a while, so here's a translation.
To those whom will
eventually arise.

Allow me to instruct you
in the location you will
soon inhabit.

These will be your allies.

There are five bug types
that help run the Tower.


The Standard can be summoned
to any area to do odd jobs.

The Aquatic is designed to work
in water environments.

The Worm is designed
to store vast amounts of knowledge.

The Beast is designed
to work with red matter.

The Leaf is designed
to work with green matter.

Depicted is a Standard with
no additional poems sung of them.

>>1125315
Of them, they are further
divided into their respective jobs
and given a part of the Poem.

Strong silk to bind, in case of ruin.
Strong arms to guide, for when we falter.
Strong minds to remember, when all else is lost.
Strong hearts to love, a kindness passed down.

And a secret part of the poem

Devotees to the Queen, keeper of the Tower.
(Initially I thought the secret part was not stated at all, and the last bit there was just a general statement about the workers, but... now I think the last line *is* the secret part of the Poem, given to every worker without their knowledge to make sure they stay loyal. So, what happened? Did someone forgot to add the secret part and a worker went rogue without it? Or did the Queen do something so nasty that the loyalty part broke? Or is this actually just something from outside the Tower infecting workers and the Queen is blameless?
I also found it neat how it's just barely possible to translate that first scratched-out line. There's just enough bits of symbols sticking out that you can identify everything needed to figure out what's being said. Even when that one symbol can be any of SEVEN LETTERS lol)

>>1125836
>Depicted
oh gdi, I thought that was a different name, no wonder I wasn't sure about that. I was getting "Besotted", but that didn't really fit too well.

>>1125838
>that one symbol
don't get me started

>>1125838
>>1125839
The code breakers are getting restless.

>>1125848
I'm not much of a code-breaker, really. The fully visible part of the intermission was about the limit of my ability, I think. But the sheer amount of possible corresponding letters a symbol can have means there's a bit of guesswork and trying to find words in context and that ended up being most of the work, and subject to uncertainty.

>>1125849
I thought it was kinda fun! A way of designing a cipher that is impossible to trivially solve via automated tools afaik, though it's not practical to use for most things you'd use encryption for. This is the first time I've seen something like it.