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The scouting drones that Brunhillde had Omniac send out were a sort of test. Omniac had been designed with the concept of 'sound', so 'canonically' it was able to hear whatever its scouts heard. What this meant in-game was simply that it had shared aggro with its scouts and was able to detect enemies and intruders outside the guild where the scouts were posted. Of course, Omniac would 'declare' that it had 'heard' from its scouts through what was essentially a magitech 'psychic'link akin to radio. A few of these scouting beetle drones alighted on the shoulders of Kira, Merius, and Nebuchi, who were exploring outside the guild, and one went over to Alena's shoulder. Multiple had been sent to the group outside in case they split up, but that possibility was much less likely for the group that was dealing with matters inside, so only one was sent to Lady tea, Marchosias, and Archene collectively.

[quote=@Zelosse]
"Omniac, our faithful guardian, how do you fare? Is there anything strange afoot to your sensibilities."
[/quote]

[color=a187be]"The interior group is currently dealing with a breach in our defenses. They are holding their own quite capably against what appear to be necromantic goat-men and their undead minions. The external group is continuing to scout the perimeter."[/color]

Brunhillde slowly looked up, startled. Omniac was not capable of offering interpretations of events. She looked at Overzealous, wide-eyed, but didn't comment on it. An indistinct sort of 'radio chatter' emanated from Omniac, with hints of familiar voices from the guild members being eavesdropped on. This also meant that they were indeed picking up the sounds in their vicinity and transmitting it to Omniac, who was replaying the sound faithfully, though the signals were being mixed. Brunhillde would need to think of a way to deconvolute the signals.

As for the other guild members who had scout drones in their vicinity, they heard similar radio chatter coming from the drones, the only difference was they didn't hear their own sounds, but did hear Brunhillde's and Overzealous' voices, as well as the clanging of the forge.

[quote=@Zelosse]
"We should try creating something more complex."
[/quote]

[color=f49ac2]"Y-yes,"[/color] Brunhillde replied, trying not to think about what she had just heard from Omniac. Being a bit of a fanatic, thei first thing Brunhillde thought of was... [color=f49ac2]"Trains! I mean, it would be a pretty long-term goal, since the engine is massive, and we'd need to lay down tracks. But at least it uses fuel already available in a medieval setting, namely wood or coal. It will be donkey's years before we could make anything even close to resembling a smartphone, but maybe we can start trying to generate electricity. I'll need acid and metals to make simple voltaic cells, but that shouldn't be too hard to find. We'll need magnets if we want to make turbines...I wonder if lodestones are a thing in this game? I mean, world. But I'm getting ahead of myself, before we get to electricity, the industrial revolution was only a few steps away from the medieval age, right? Or what about gunpowder? Ancient Chiense invented that, right? OH! Or dynamite!"[/color] Looking around, something else dawned on Brunhillde. [color=f49ac2]"Measuring equipment..."[/color] she said in dismay. Before, in the game, an ingot of iron always weighed 'one weight' and was a foot long. There was no need to measure anything since everything was digitally managed by the game. And while Brunhillde could craft a sword from a pre-existing ingot, that was only because she had memorized the sword recipe. To make anything outside of the game's original crafting menu would require making their own measurements. [color=f49ac2]"I'll need rulers, bottles, glass, lots of glass. Scales...big ones, small ones. Standard weights. Omigod, omigod!"[/color] Brunhillde's diminutive form bounced up and down in excitement. [color=f49ac2]"I don't know where to start! What do you think would privode most immediate utility to the guild?"[/color] she asked Overzealous.