[The video opens on a shaky shot of Magenta himself, looking oddly cheery for the situation at hand. In fact, he looks entirely too cheery to be in this place at all, but at least he looks appropriately cold, and his dark hair is full of snow. Evidently, he's just gotten inside.]

Hi! It's Magenta. If you haven't talked to me yet, I've only gotten here...hm, around a week ago? Probably later, maybe. But I didn't turn this damn thing on to introduce myself to all of you!

[With a dramatic flourish, he clumsily turns the tablet around, providing an even shakier view of what looks to be a bed handcuffed to a doorknob. People who have been there before may recognize it as a certain door in a certain firehouse.]

Can anyone tell me what exactly is in here? I'm curious! I saw a few messages on a few walls telling me not to open it, but I want to! Worst comes to worst, I can just hike it up that pole, right?

A couple of nights ago, Charles brought up a very good point. I'm sure you've all seen it by now. And I think that even if no one but the explorers is taking the food and supplies left, he's shed some light on an important issue to consider for the future.

[There's a creak of a chair as he adjusts, still struggling to get comfortable with his broken ribs.]

So what I'm suggesting here, right, is a system of accountability. Those of us who are leaving supplies will leave our contact information - names and usernames, with a request to give us a ring when supplies are taken. And that, yeah, that'll serve two purposes. One, it'll let us know when a supply point is running low and needs to be restocked. And two, if many things are disappearing without any messages to us, it'll let us know that something might be going on that needs to be looked into.

I, for one, would very much like to know if the supplies meant for the explorers are being misappropriated.

[He gives a significant pause here, wanting that to sink in. It's no coincidence that this is coming right on the heels of House's post about him. If anyone who isn't exploring new areas is taking food and supplies that are being left, he wants them to know that he specifically is paying attention.]

Now - it's true that things aren't very centralized here. Yeah, there hasn't been much communication. And therefore, I think that most of us are gonna be understanding towards those that might have taken things out of ignorance - not knowing that they were meant only for people traveling into unexplored areas, where useful tools might be especially needed and town-provided food might be hard to get to. But I would hope that now that this has been made clear by both Charles and myself, you'll all keep this in mind for the future - and, of course, return any supplies you might have taken that haven't already been used up.

Thank you.

[He cuts the feed.]

Characters: Alfie Solomons, Charlie Kelly, Emily Kaldwin, Royce Melborn, Stephen Strange, Tifa Lockhart
Location: building 43
Date: afternoon of 205 to morning of 206
Summary: problemas
Warnings: n/a; will edit if anything comes up

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