[Accidental Voice] What have we learned today?

[unseenspy]

Ah…it feels good to be my normal size again…

[A pause as Jay seems to realize that the journal is recording and quickly snatches it. He leaves it recording to give an intentional message.]

Did I say that out loud? …Well, no matter, as long as Moses didn't hear that…

So what have we learned from this experiment?

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[voice]

[compos-mentis.livejournal.com]

Not a damn thing.

[voice]

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Strange. I thought you might have learned something about your friends, your enemies, or complete strangers.

[voice]

[compos-mentis.livejournal.com]

Guess I'm just not that observant.

[touchedbystars.livejournal.com]

That the Malnosso have a strange sense of humor? [Shrug, if you can even see that. He's just glad it's over.]

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

We've known that for a while. Perhaps you're new around here?

[touchedbystars.livejournal.com]

You could say that. This is the first experiment I've been through, at least.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

I see. Well, it's just a valid lesson as any around here...

[touchedbystars.livejournal.com]

Not quite the kind of lesson I was expecting.

[consultmybooks]

That the Malnosso have far too much time on their hands?

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Sigh]

Indeed. You'd think they'd be able to do something more...productive.

[consultmybooks]

Oh, I'm sure they were able to gather some lovely "data" from this mess.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the main thing they were looking for was to see how we would react to these shifts.

[consultmybooks]

Or to keep us distracted.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

That could be a possibility as well.

[consultmybooks]

How long have you been here, Jay?

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Just over a year now.

[Another sigh...]

[consultmybooks]

Long enough to remember when they did this last?

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

An experiment this long, you mean? That's never happened in the time I've been here.

[consultmybooks]

What about the time they had several going on at once?

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

No...I haven't seen anything like that either.

[consultmybooks]

I spoke with another resident of the village who has.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Is that so? They must have been here longer than I. There are those who have been here for about three years now.

The only "repeat" I've seen is the Halloween holiday, and what happened last year was nothing compared to what happened this year.

[consultmybooks]

Yes, I think the one I spoke with has been here about that long.

It doesn't seem as though there were that many similarities between this Halloween and the last one. Apart from the costumes and the party. Last year they herded us and this year we, um, herded ourselves.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Yes, there were certainly none of those hallucinations last year.

At this rate, things will keep getting worse before they get better...

[consultmybooks]

They have been already. In many ways, this event was a good deal worse than Halloween.

[returninghope.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I've learned that whenever an 'experiment' pops up, I should lock myself the hell away.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

That would be a wise idea...

[Considering that's just what he did in this experiment.]

[returninghope.livejournal.com]

Tch. Seems to be the only thing we can do about them.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Welcome to Luceti.

[He hates it as much as you do.]

[returninghope.livejournal.com]

... Thanks.