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[drawsblood]

[ It's now been a whole year since Joric joined this crew and yet this is the first time he's ever made a network post on his own. That's partly due to his nature of not saying anything if he feels he has nothing to say and partly due to him never really bothering to check into how to start a post rather than joining in later. But what he's discovered seemed important enough to share with the rest of the Orbers. ]

Has anyone else noticed the sun is really a giant glowing eye that's watching us?

[ Straight to the point has always been his way and besides, how do you prepare people for this bit of news? ]

It's easiest to see at dawn before it's too bright and the same probably holds true for sunset if you'd like to check for yourselves. I looked through the library to see if there was any mention of the ordinary sun being replaced in the past, but I found nothing. It's possible the people here know what it is, but don't see it as odd, or won't speak out to it being so.

But it's definitely watching us. The eye is almost always scanning back and forth, only sometimes stopping to stare at who knows what. I checked throughout the day while wearing sunglasses.

What is everyone's thoughts? I hope it's not the orb itself, else who knows how we'll retrieve it. Does it seem like the orb was used to put some sort of watcher in place? Or maybe the orb doesn't play a role in it at all and this is normal for this place.

[ He'll stop there because he does want to hear other theories and not just throw out more of his own. ]

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[coordination]

I hate how being watched could mean something from god that runs a really strict world to child running strict game of play pretend with its toys to just someone here who really wants things to be a certain way for whatever reason.

[drawsblood]

Whatever the case, I feel as though we are once again very small like the place with the mushroom people.

I do wonder why it is only one eye. It raises questions as to what the people expect. If they know it's an eye and are used to it, why not two? So do they not know?

[coordination]

Could be a microscope?

Fuck, that's creepy.

[drawsblood]

What is a microscope?

[coordination]

A scientific instrument that can see things so small that our eyes can't.

[drawsblood]

And we are the small things in this scenario. But the instrument uses an eye?

[ He's trying to understand here. ]

[coordination]

It magnifies things using lenses. So in order to see something up close, there's a piece you've got to look through.

[drawsblood]

Oh, I see. So someone could be looking through a microscope at us and we're very tiny. I understand now. Though it's not a comforting thought.

[coordination]

It's not. But something that absurd is probably too ridiculous to be what's going on.

[ Probably. ]

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[ananym]

I have never flown that high before. I do not think I can reach it.

[drawsblood]

And it might be too large anyway.

[ananym]

Precisely.

Perhaps a spell of some kind can help.

[drawsblood]

[ He's not fond of magic, but he can admit it has its uses. ]

Perhaps. Hopefully we can learn more.

[ananym]

Hopefully. I wonder if the locals are aware of it or not.

[drawsblood]

That's also a question I have. They might be fearful of it, knowing something we don't. Or they might have no idea.

[ananym]

There might be some literature on it in the library.

[drawsblood]

Be my guest. I already looked and found nothing. The sun is only mentioned as if it's normal.

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[constructually]

It is not a sun, it doesn't register as one on any scans.

If you look at it for too long it sends you blind. Humans should take extra care not to observe the object.

[drawsblood]

Right. I was wearing sunglasses, but it's too bright to look at for more than a moment. Humans are familiar with not looking at the sun for too long.

[constructually]

It's more than the typical damage received from staring at a sun. I can't be blinded by light and it still effected me.

[drawsblood]

Was it in the same way as those silent figures that are scattered around town?

[constructually]

Are you referring to the vertigo that occurs when staring at the figures?

[drawsblood]

Yes; the way they seem to make us sick without even touching us.

[constructually]

Perhaps.

The actions of the "sun" felt intentional, a threat. The figures don't feel that way.

[drawsblood]

Just as though we aren't meant to think about them too much.