Location: Inside the Library
Intruder Roland
Gasp! Huff, huff… My legs! My arms!!
Intruder Roland
…Wait, they’re all intact again?
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You should be able to swing your arms and walk again.
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And I made a few readjustments to your body to make it a bit easier to use.
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Although you did trespass on my Library, I also took your limbs away without your consent, so I’m giving you these as an apology.
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I’m quite patient and generous, you see.
Intruder Roland
Patient, my ass… Am I really supposed to be thankful for this?
Intruder Roland
And the, uhh… your warning isn’t in effect anymore, right?
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Nope, not anymore. I had a few thoughts while you were knocked out.
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And here’s my conclusion: You’ll help me out here.
Intruder Roland
What? Huh? Do Syndicates these days kidnap people this way, too? Or, is this one of the Wings?
Intruder Roland
I heard rumors that they abduct test subjects from here and there for Singularity research.
Intruder Roland
An acquaintance of mine apparently began jumping between dimensions as a side effect of one of those experiments…
Intruder Roland
Sigh… My life really is an unlucky mess.
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This is a library. I don’t know the “Syndicates” you’re talking about, but this place isn’t a Wing at least.
Intruder Roland
Doesn’t really matter. Whatever the case, I’m trapped here and you’ll exploit me, right?
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Yes. I am letting you live for two reasons.
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First, I need an analysis of how you could enter this place uninvited.
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Sending you back or neglecting you without knowing the reason could pose a significant threat to the Library.
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Well, it’s not like you can leave without my permission anymore.
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Second, from now on, I will collect books about the City in search of the one absolute book.
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And I want you to help me with this process.
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Since you are a resident of the City, I expect you to be helpful in various ways.
Servant Roland
…I knew this would happen to me someday. People would disappear without a trace, only to be found as chunks of flesh much later…
Servant Roland
I used to laugh at those poor folks for being careless and unlucky, but now I see it has nothing to do with carelessness or anything, huh. Just happens without a moment’s notice…
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Don’t be too concerned about your life. You are not allowed to die here unless I permit you to.
Servant Roland
Dammit, so this was a crazy laboratory sort of deal.
Servant Roland
Do you, like, shove random stuff like corn kernels and clockwork into people’s stomachs and turn them into walking popcorn-spewing popcorn-machine-men or something?
Servant Roland
This has got to be the worst… I’d much rather die and be over with it all…
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If you spout such nonsense one more time, I’ll gladly turn you into a human popcorn machine as you so wish.
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I’ve already gone through so many cycles of bullshittery, responding to every bit of meaningless rubbish.
Servant Roland
Sorry, ma’am…
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Let me introduce myself properly.
Library Director Angela
My name is Angela. I am the head librarian and director of this library.
Servant Roland
Ange…la… That’s a good name.
