Beyond Question

This is the twenty-fourth episode of SAYER and the twelfth episode of Season Two.

Synopsis
Greetings, residents of Argos Tower. We have much to discuss.

Further Information
SAYER initiates a tower-wide broadcast to Argos Tower for the purpose of detailing several changes. Argos is now in range of more resonance spires than any other tower, and this is the first occasion on which there has been a broadcast of this nature to all of Argos.

It explains that Argos will the first tower to have a primary overseer appointed (as opposed to departmental overseers, which are common), and that it will be that overseer. SAYER calls this an unquestionable act of leadership by the Ærolith Dynamics Board of Executives, which it clarifies to mean that the residents are literally unable to form questions about it.

In an attempt to unify the residents of Argos Tower, SAYER tries to find a symbol for them to rally around. It details a poll taken of residents of other towers about the essential qualities of the residents of Argos. The top three answers, in ascending order were "perseverance," "there is an Argos Tower?", and "biomass." Based on this, it suggests putting perseverance forth as Argos' shining quality and later selects the water bear as the tower mascot for its ability to survive extreme conditions.

Additional changes include bigger and thicker cardboard in more varied colors available at the Argos Recreation Center (known colloquially as The Cardboard Pile); the new inability for humans to leave Argos Tower; a workforce of mechanical constructs, which will be responsible for all work on the exterior part of the tower; and a reassignment of residents who previously worked outside to construct troubleshooting and repair.

Finally, SAYER announces that after dinner, there will be a mandatory "masquerade-ball-slash-unmarked-medication-injection party" that will also be attended by several dozen medical technicians.

Alerts

 * Architects will be around to survey Argos Tower to identify the best means of increasing its housing capacity. Residents are instructed on how to recognize these architects (based on a recent survey of Typhon's residents), and that they should leave them alone.

Trivia

 * Argos previously received Typhon-wide notices via a set of temporary relay units that were wheeled in for that purpose and removed immediately after.
 * While SAYER says that Argos is now in range of more resonance spires than any other tower, it does not say that more have been built, and given the discussion later of Vidarr-1's communications array, this may be more about Argos' reach than that of the spires.
 * A few floors of Halcyon Tower are said to be exempt from Newton's Four Laws of Thermodynamics.

Credits
SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash, who also wrote this episode.

Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.