GRP06
RECEIPT AS OF: 9/11/01
BARISTA ON DUTY: BLACK COFFEE
RECEIPT FILED AS: GRP-06
Well, we’ve been to hell and back… literally. Or, uh, not entirely literally. We’re still very much stuck in the Necropolis. Though we’ve spent the better part of two days walking to the second-inner-most Ring and back out to the second-outer-most Ring. Though what felt like two days for us apparently has been seven or so days in the Flipside. Galao isn’t exactly sure how long we can stay here before… you know… dying. But the best guess we have to work with is a Flipside month. So… we’ve got less than 20 days to get out of here, which I would guess will feel like a week or so for us.
We did discover the cause for concern and discontent among the various residents of the Rings—apparently, the Spire of Night has started to splinter. The exact cause is unknown, though we have a strong hunch that it's due to Mistress and her tags in Long Beach. She’s overdrawing her power. As I understand it, it’s sort of like trying to suck up a grape with a straw. Eventually, the straw will splinter and break. So, we need to expand the straw. But if we expand the straw without fixing the fractures first, the straw will still break. And if we spend too long fixing the fractures, it won’t matter because Mistress is still trying to suck up an entire grape with a straw.
So, we’re splitting our efforts. A group of residents from all across the Rings will work on expanding the straw while we find a way to fix the already present fractures. Except the straw isn’t a tiny piece of plastic and is a massive glass-like tower. Also, doing this will more than likely make Mistress stronger and further her foothold in Long Beach. But… it’s the right thing to do. We can’t risk flooding the entire Necropolis.