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[ Despite the circumstances Aerith's voice sounds strangely chipper. In fact, you could go so far as to say she sounds bright and cheery. The complete opposite of how someone probably should feel given both the circumstances of their own world and the circumstances of their arrival in this one. That's Aerith though, someone has to be the cheerful one and she's content to be that person. Besides, she's had quite a lot of experience hiding how she really feels about something. ]

I bet people get pretty exhausted by newcomer questions, huh? I really only have one right now, so I'll try to make this short and sweet! All I want to know is if this place has anywhere that people can grow things that wouldn't be in anyone's way. [ She pauses for a second. ] Wait, maybe there's two things actually! Can people open businesses here? I used to sell flowers back home and medicinal herbs. It always made the people around really happy and something tells me people in this kinda situation might need some happy.

[ Another brief pause and then she laughs lightly before speaking again. ] Oh, wait-wait. Maybe there's actually three. If anyone hears this and also lives in the Gray building, I hope you like flowers!

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Log - Limit 1 thread

[There has been a strange aura about the lake lately. Rumors of sightings of townsfolk walking into it, in a trance. Undead servitors from the deep. So perhaps it's unnerving to see someone walking out of the lake at a time like this.

Following their investigation, Noah emerges from the depths, apparently unbothered by the whole thing where people usually can't breathe underwater. Rather than hunt people to drag into the lake, though, they shake their head to get at least the worst of the water out of their hair, before looking down at their soaked clothes before deciding that trying to do much about it here is a lost cause.

With a small shrug, still sopping wet, they head out towards the apartments.]

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I hope this evening finds you well! I've been investigating the mysterious situation at the lake. Being a robot, I don't need to breathe, so I figured I was a good match for looking into anything strange going on underwater.

The situation seems a bit complicated. I heard a song coming from underwater, and some residents of the Harbor district seem to be put into a trance by it - those affected wandered towards the lake, some of them even walking into it, and the ones who didn't were carried in by giant crabs. Those who drown are revived by some unseen force (magic, I assume? if it can revive the dead, that could be an incredible discovery! but alas, I more suspect that a foreign intelligence is animating the corpses, rather than the restoration of the original mind - but I'm getting off topic). I was able to drag a few humans away from the lake before they died, but they fought me the whole time, until they were out of earshot of the song. It probably doesn't affect me because I'm a machine?

After being revived, the newly-animated bodies do not return to the lake; instead, they follow the song in a different direction. I didn't follow them far enough to be sure, but it looks like Shalimar's theory that they're going to the lighthouse is correct, or at least very likely. If there's a solution that doesn't involve going underwater, it's probably in that direction.

If you see someone being drawn by the song, I would advise finding a way to plug your ears or otherwise make yourself unable to hear it. Then, forcefully drag them away from the lake until they can no longer hear the song. Be aware that they will resist this effort by any means available to them, so the use of some sort of special ability or multiple rescuers is advised.

I hope this information is at least somewhat useful, and that more loss of life can be prevented...