[ The blood smells toxic. Wrong. Like it's mired in drugs and oil slick, but it's faded by now. A month gone. It hadn't been cleaned in time, so it lingers, and Silco shows little interest in cleaning it up.
Even while the generators have now been moved into the tunnels, the lights are on, and things seem... alive. More alive than they were even a month ago. Things are small, but they have changed. Like Silco's already making moves, and waves.
A few locals give Bruno a look, before they move on, hoisting crates or chatting in a corner while they smoke. Silco's desk isn't far from the bloodstain (he hasn't constructed a proper office yet) and he's busy pouring over some ledger, before his head tipped up, to give him a look. ]
You made it. I thought you might have gotten lost.
[ Even fades, the smell makes him want to turn back, flee, escape the tunnels, but here's already here and there's already people looking at him and Silco is amongst them. Bruno doesn't give in to the urge to run, of course, although he may end up regretting that choice in retrospect. ]
I'm not sure I could get lost with how much noise there is down here now.
[ Or how the scents have all changed now that people are moving in and out. ]
You've, uh, been busy, huh?
[ He gives the men moving crates a sidelong look, wondering what's in all of that. ]
Well, the longer one waits, the more opportunity there is for someone else to step in.
[ He says it with a wry twist of his lips. He'd moved in quickly for a reason, after all. It was important to be the first one here, or he'd be adapting, and murdering his way to the top. Not something he would hesitate to do, but with so many eyes, he wanted a bloodless coup. ]
[ yeah uh too many cooks in the kitchen for helping people ]
Precisely.
This tunnel should have connected with one in Water's Edge. I'd also like it to connect to some of the sewer and maintenance tunnels for the other areas of the city. Allow us to move to where there is the most need rapidly.
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Even while the generators have now been moved into the tunnels, the lights are on, and things seem... alive. More alive than they were even a month ago. Things are small, but they have changed. Like Silco's already making moves, and waves.
A few locals give Bruno a look, before they move on, hoisting crates or chatting in a corner while they smoke. Silco's desk isn't far from the bloodstain (he hasn't constructed a proper office yet) and he's busy pouring over some ledger, before his head tipped up, to give him a look. ]
You made it. I thought you might have gotten lost.
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I'm not sure I could get lost with how much noise there is down here now.
[ Or how the scents have all changed now that people are moving in and out. ]
You've, uh, been busy, huh?
[ He gives the men moving crates a sidelong look, wondering what's in all of that. ]
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[ He says it with a wry twist of his lips. He'd moved in quickly for a reason, after all. It was important to be the first one here, or he'd be adapting, and murdering his way to the top. Not something he would hesitate to do, but with so many eyes, he wanted a bloodless coup. ]
Hence the need for rapid expansion, as well.
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Right, right, rapid expansion, which is where the digging comes in, yeah?
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Precisely.
This tunnel should have connected with one in Water's Edge. I'd also like it to connect to some of the sewer and maintenance tunnels for the other areas of the city. Allow us to move to where there is the most need rapidly.
[ Or you know, escape the authorities. ]
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Is it mostly rubble in the way? Like, the tunnel collapsed in? Or stuff like dirt? Both?
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From what I understand about underground works projects, and digging underground, they always end up... taking far, far longer than one anticipates.
More mishaps, more problems, and nothing ever goes quite as planned.