Zefie Researcher I: You’re hired. Welcome to the Zefie R&D Department.
Cemir: Thanks.
Zefie Researcher I: Am I to assume that you lack a place to stay?
Cemir: That’s right.
I: We have quarters on our campus. Follow me.
I rummaged through his desk, finally pulling out a small triangle fold
GONE FOR AN UNSPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME DEAL WITH YOUR OWN PROBLEMS! IF YOU’RE TRYING TO STEAL THE CAKE, GO AWAY! THAT MEANS YOU!
I: This is the ground level. We have our records here along with offices for some of our more important zefies. And you, possibly, at some point.
The staircase is at the rear of the building. We’ll shuffle down a level. This is the mess hall. We have cake at irregular intervals, usually whenever someone discovers something noteworthy. Meals are served three times per day. Usually at reasonable intervals, but the foods been getting in late sense we accidentally blew up the delivery cart. Twice.
The second and third levels are the main laboratory levels. Our researchers are split between looking a horse riding and examining colony stuff right now. The horse trainers are mostly out of city, so we get the chance to spread out right now.
Cemir: Why is there a hole in the wall here?
I: Someone suggested that using catapults to transport messages might help us control colonies. Someone from the Construction Guild’ll be around to fix it at some point in time.
This next level here is where we keep rooms for those of our members who don’t have their own places. Isolde just got a place of her own, so you can have room 23. As we see, there isn’t a lot of stuff right now. Just a wardrobe, chair, and a surprisingly comfy bed. Wait. Thinking about it, we’ll have to get you a bed that you can actually fit in, won’t we? I’ll make a note of it.
I’m also supposed to caution about fraternizing overmuch, but I take it that that won’t be a problem, right?
Cemir: . . .
I: Snicker. If we trudge up to the roof, it’s mostly open. There are occasionally additional tests going on here. Try not to hurt the surrounding buildings, they’re starting to charge our budget for repairs. We have a platoon from the 3rd on defense here, so four guards are usually around. They’re all nice guys. Although they get a little nervous around explosives. Imagine that.
If we go across the bridge here, we arrive at the library. The bottom half is devoted to civilian works of literature, we have some additional lab space on top. Smoking is not allowed.
I: This concludes the tour. Welcome to the Department. We’ll have an assignment for you tomorrow probably. For now feel free to chill in your room or if you want to be an overachiever, write up your fancy plans.