Re: The Echo Chamber (OOC)
...I'm confused now.
I asked if she wanted to share things and if she was contacting us for that reason, and she said she doesn't know very much and that she was contacting us because she wanted us to do something for her (look for her associates), not to share information. She did say that she would tell us what she knew in order to help find these people, but I don't really know how I would go about asking any specific questions.
I'm not sure how to explain it, but the fact is, at least as far as I'm concerned, I don't know what details it makes sense to ask about. Do I ask her about the spyre's layout, or the creature within? She has done nothing to indicate she knows these things. It would be like throwing darts blindfolded, which is not a very productive activity. If she can't volunteer anything herself after being asked if she had information, I am naturally inclined to assume she doesn't know anything she think is worth sharing, or she would have on her own.
To be clear, this isn't an attempt to be dismissive or anything of the sort; I genuinely thought "uh, she didn't provide any information, she must think she has nothing to offer or be unwilling to share with us", either of which is a fine character beat for an NPC to follow. I perceived her as a wall, and didn't see how one would go for getting through it, nor did it look easy, so I decided it was better not to waste the effort. Cold android logic and nothing more, in character.
Being told that she's an open book, except the index and chapter headers are hidden, so we need to open at random page and hope that we find something interesting in there... is something that I am not very good at, and luckily in character I already let it to other people to make their inquiries, if they had any, so overall, my position remains unchanged - if my first question wasn't good enough, then I don't have any good follow-up to it, so I'm content with getting nothing more and moving forward.
Just my personal opinion; if the team has other ideas on questions to ask, I won't object to them, I just don't have any such idea myself.