ic inbox;

[madhatted]

[The voice that of the message is probably not the one you expect. And if you're Gilbert, probably causes traumatic flashbacks. It's certainly Break's voice, but a bit high pitched and more comical...]

Hello, this is Emily! You're obviously an idiot who can't even come see someone in person if it's important, but I'll take pity on you anyways. Leave a message and I'll tell the wonderful and charming Mr. Break about it if it's worth it!

[are you sure you even want to leave a message now]

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[expiatrice]

The building is next to the Subway station, and as you may notice, it's boarded up. It's also the only other place in Haven West that has electricity, this apartment complex set aside. People have tried organizing raids and attempted break-ins in order to find out more about Haven overall, but the place also makes rampant use of everyone's worst secrets and fears, emulated to very impressive degrees that can truly become hard to distinguish from reality. [All that is said more quietly as she simply stares down into the cup. There's a certain air of detachment, though that may or may not be just a figment of one's imagination...?

She briefly closes her eyes.]

Well, it's the only place accessible through effort inside the barrier, which marks it as a 'goal', I suppose. Does that explain it?

[madhatted]

[Break watches with sharp eyes, and he really can't help it. With such an interesting and tantalizing piece of information in front of him, he can't help but want to dig at it.]

It does. And the fact that it actively uses our skeletons, as you've said, makes it even more interesting. Logic says it's to protect a secret inside.

["But..."]

But how far have people been able to breach it despite that?

[expiatrice]

Of course, that's a very reasonable conclusion.

[she gives a small sigh.]

I don't know about that, unfortunately. You could ask around though, there are some people who've been here longer who've attempted investigating from the very beginning.

[That's about as much info as she's willing to give out, alas... Nothing personal to you, Break. More personal to her, let's say. At least... she's putting on a relatively convincing act of a bystander...?]

[madhatted]

[Enough to where he'll accept it, so he sighs in turn, twirling the fork whimsically between his fingers]

Ahh, too bad! But I'll ask around, as you've suggested... Still, it gives me something interesting to consider. I wouldn't venture in there myself without a very good reason, from the sounds of it, but... [shrugs] If there's something worth the time after all, I might take a gamble.

[expiatrice]

Aha, you may as well find a way to go to Haven North and spend some time at the library there instead. I'm sure more attempts to infiltrate the store will be organized in the future, you could stay alert for announcements about that, if nothing else.

[She smiles in a nondescript way as she continues to calmly sip her own cup. ...Yeah, nnnnot really keen on going back. Not now, at least, small miracles that she's fake enough for her autopilot mode to still work ok despite it all.]