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[softheartedshizun]

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[shittyauthor]

That's not for you to decide!

[That next bit, though. Bro.]

You know I actually do have a shit ton of childhood trauma and raw emotion relating to being the author god of a world I can't control, right?

[softheartedshizun]

[ He can't comprehend how that simple fact could be used to cause psychological damage. ]

You do?

[shittyauthor]

Transmigrating into a baby is trauma enough, even without the rest of it.

[softheartedshizun]

I suppose that would be troubling when you're an adult.

[shittyauthor]

Count yourself lucky you got a fully-formed body.

Anyway, secrets. Don't spill mine, and be careful with yours, ah? This whole place is bad news.

[softheartedshizun]

Of course it is! And I won't share your secrets, I didn't know you considered writing the world we transmigrated into as a secret.

[ Though, what secrets did he have really? He doesn't really think being a transmigrator is a big deal in this world. ]

[shittyauthor]

I've kept that a secret for years! Until you. And with how the House has already taken an interest... I'm lying low.

[Maybe it's not a big deal, maybe he's overreacting, but...]

Things just seem a little more sinister now, with confirmation that this place is full of ghosts, and people who arrived like us, who forgot themselves...

[softheartedshizun]

That was pretty obvious from the start.

[shittyauthor]

What do you know? Have you even been out of your room much?

There was no way you knew this was a lotus-eater situation before it was confirmed. Suspected, maybe.

[softheartedshizun]

I've explored.

[ Of course he's explored! He wants to see the interesting places and secret locations! ]

Confidently suspected.

[shittyauthor]

Have you found much yet? [That's not accusatory, actually, he really just wants to know. He's collecting tidbits, contacts.]

Mm. I prefer confirmation.

[softheartedshizun]

Not that much. There are a few unusual places people have directions for, but I have yet to seek those people out specifically.

[shittyauthor]

Do you mean Roost and Rookery? I think I saw those mentioned. [He would want someone stronger to go with him if he ventured off to either of those places, so he hasn't gone.]

I plan to go looking down on the basement levels at some point. See what there is away from the glitz and glam.

[softheartedshizun]

Yes.

[ He didn't think much of the basement, people live there? ]

Further down than the shared living spaces?

[shittyauthor]

Do you plan to go? I wouldn't recommend going alone.

[He hums.]

Mm, there's at least one more level under the lowest ranked rooms, I think. I saw a stairwell when Jin Guangyao and I were looking for a supply closet that first day.

[softheartedshizun]

Of course not alone.

Perhaps one of those ascended cultivators would want to join up.

...

Perhaps those three places should be made points of interest.

[shittyauthor]

Which one? Though they all seem powerful, you probably can't go wrong.

[They're all definitely points of interest, but ah, since the other two places attracted attention from someone shady, Shang Qinghua is happy to let others explore there first.]

Well, I'll leave Roost and Rookery to other people until there's been more reporting about them on the network, probably. I'm making some plans to find someone to go down to the basement with me, though.

[softheartedshizun]

Ming Yi and Feng Xin are the two I have gained acquaintance with.

[ He was suprised that this coward of a man was planning to explore the basement. ]

I'll go.

[shittyauthor]

Ah, I was thinking of Xie Lian and San Lang. [He's gotten to know those two intimately.] They're good choices too.

[Snort.]

No offense, bro, but I'm going to find someone who will protect me from danger, not throw me in front of it.

[softheartedshizun]

Why would I throw you in front of it! Even without Xiuya I'm still capable! Sure I'm not war god Liu shidi, but I'm still perfectly capable of defense and offence!

[shittyauthor]

Because you're mean to me! And anyway I've got a few buff, powerful fuckbuddies so I was planning to try one of them. The power scale here isn't what we're used to, so it's good to use our contacts, ah?

[softheartedshizun]

Fine. Go have fun. Enjoy your ascended gods with benefits.

[shittyauthor]

Aw, bro, are you jealous? Okay, you can come too if you really want to.

I thought your ghost sense is better so we'd be better off doing some wandering around at night though. See just how badly this place is haunted.

[softheartedshizun]

I'm not jealous.

[ Maybe slightly, Luke a kid left behind when everyone else went to do the thing he loves. ]

A night exploration would be good. I have even made some Talismans.

[shittyauthor]

You are! I'm touched.

[He's teasing mostly. He's sure Shen Qingqiu cares more about seeing what kinds of weird or dangerous things might live in this place.]

Ah, convenient! Let's plan an excursion then. There are a few places I want to take a look at when night hits.