"Hello there, Divine Maiden." Hermit's voice comes through the terminal loud and clear. "Are you feeling better?" "Yeah, I'm feeling alright." It's not surprising Hermit's worried. Apparently she found me wandering out in the middle of nowhere in some kind of trance after the forest had moved out of the convoy's path. She says I was rambling about needing to find something. I'm not sure what happened in that place and trying to think about it makes my head hurt. "The system attracts monsters." Hermit's voice brings me back. I gotta keep focused. "It will require combat. There is an alternative." "There is?" "The map shows nothing. But there are rumors."
"Search for a way that might exist or just dive into a mess." "Those are your choices. Get in, activate it." There's a pause as Hermit searches for the right words. "My part is here. The connection needs verification." "Because if it can't send stuff to the building right next to it, it can't relay anything to the convoy." "The Divine Maiden understands. I regret our distance" "It's fine. I'll handle things and then we'll be back on the road." "Your confidence is soothing. Good luck, Divine Maiden." "And you stay safe." I hang up after that. The last time I had to mess with beacons or whatever it didn't go very well. Hermit wouldn't lead me astray, though.
It's the main way in, why don't they replace the damn door so that it stops breaking down and locking us in? I don't even get how it can work this way that it keeps people IN instead of OUT. We're all sick of being stuck in here when our shift's over until someone else comes up. You could at least let us wrap up our shift early so we can be ready to go when the next one comes in.
There's a switch on this terminal to turn on the transmitter. I hit it and then try to contact Hermit's terminal. She responds in just a moment. "The line is dead." I hit it again, just to be sure. "But I just turned it on over here. Is something up on your end?" There's a pause as Hermit does her tech stuff. "Everything is ready here. Let me check schematics." Another, longer pause. Fortunately, we're not really in a hurry. The Night should be a good distance away, "There is a breaker. It is higher up." "All the way at the top?" If it was anywhere else, Hermit would have been more precise. "That is correct, beloved." I could almost hear how proud of me she is. "Alright, I'll smash anything that gets in the way." "May they fall swiftly." That shouldn't be too hard, there's just small fries. No sign of any divine entities.
This message is to inform you that your recent database searches for [Redacted](identified as your daughter) and [Redacted](sensitive procedure) and [Redacted](Redacted) have been flagged as suspicious. You are to report to your supervisor as they will be assigning your initial penance as well as further information on what your new assignment will be. Failure to report by [DATE OUT OF RANGE] will be seen as grounds for immediate sacrifice.
Congratulations on setting the facility's record for most calories consumed in a day! In recognition of your discerning taste of the Empire's finest offerings, your previous disciplinary infractions have been waived! Eat and be happy!
You have been marked as leaving the facility at unusual times. For lingering on site past your shift, you will be required to perform rituals as disclosed to you by your superior.
The Coffins represent a radical shift in how we can make use of gods. Prior to this innovation, the amount of dolls the Empire could create would be limited by the same restraint that affects all theological applications: you have to be close to the god in question to perform the necessary rituals to perform its blessing. However, with the Coffins, we can now carry out the doll creation ritual anywhere as long as the proper conditions are maintained. While there are no side-effects to performing the ritual in this way, this does mean that protecting whatever Coffins are under your care is a top priority as their capture would allow the enemy to potentially utilize it against us. In the next chapter we cover protocols for securing a Coffin, should one be under your jurisdiction.
Can we please do something about how trigger happy these damn choppers are? I get that they're supposed to be the pinnacle of Undead whatever, but the way they blast away at the slightest POTENTIAL sign of an intruder really makes me question if bothering with them is worth it. Three people have had their cars obliterated in the last month and they seem to open up on birds or whatever every hour or so. Maybe ration their ammo or something, because right now, they're kinda useless as guards since everyone just assumes that it's a false alarm when one starts shooting.
Dissidents apparently got into the facility nearby and corrupted the food production god there. Every single person in the town next to the facility was turned into the last thing they ate over the course of an hour. Why would they even do that? It just seems so senseless to me. They're probably going to start rationing food supplies here since that place was where most of our food came from, but they seem to be slow on that. They wouldn't be trying to feed us what came from that town right?
