luke [spacecoast]

[verminous]

PIXI your ROMANCEABLE MAN who is not getting romanced

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intro weekend

[verminous]

Say, you all right after that shock earlier?

[hi! i didn't tag you there but i'm saying he saw anyway.]

[rav3n]

[POOR SWEET LUKE who is unfortunately in my Midas hands of shiplessness... I'm gonna take Jan's crown at this rate

Luke makes an annoyed face, but he nods.]

Yeah, I'm fine. Their firewalls are pretty good.

[verminous]

Guess that's no surprise, with the kinda tech they've got around here... at least it was just a warning.

[some companies would just straight up kill you for trying.]

[rav3n]

Yeah. I guess it fits in with everything else they've got set up, even if it doesn't make any sense.

[As in, a company usually wouldn't destroy their curious little newbie employees, even though... none of them should be here.]

[verminous]

Most of this doesn't, so it fits in that way too, 'ne?

[rav3n]

[Me forgetting your username and expecting this to be a Japanese character and then getting jumpscared]

Yeah. [...] Did you see those contracts they were talking about? People were saying they had their signatures on them and everything. [Luke didn't take a look at his because I ended the thread too quickly like an idiot but HE HEARD]

[verminous]

[help HE REALLY DOES SAY IT IN THE GAME THOUGH along with occasional german...]

I didn't look at mine, but I heard the same. There's no reason I would've signed one when I'm already on a contract with my employer.

[rav3n]

Right. I had no intentions of leaving my job, either. [Granted, he could see a scenario in which he ended up here, but--that doesn't change everything else.] I didn't even think we had spacecrafts this advanced. It almost makes me wonder if it's fake.

[WHICH IS LIKE, REALLY ELABORATE AND CRAZY but this whole thing is already elaborate and crazy]

[verminous]

None of this is out of the question for our tech, but getting us here to begin with... that's pushing the line.

[what singularity was THAT.]

[rav3n]

[Apocalypse Bird is trying out new things (no)

Though, that reminds him--]

Hey, your profile just said you were from "The City"? Which city?

[verminous]

We only have the one City.

[makes it much easier, right?]

[rav3n]

[??]

What do you mean?

[verminous]

It's the only civilization there. Once you get past the Outskirts, or into the Black Forest... well, no one's ever come back from that.

[rav3n]

[Damn your world sounds like shit, Luke says--no just kidding. It would be funny if he did say that, though.]

I see... that's not what it's like at all, where I'm from.

[verminous]

No? What is it like for you?

[call him curious. it sounds like they're all from pretty different places, here.]

w0 monday

[verminous]

[today gregor is at the observation deck, chilling with an unlit cigarette in his mouth as he looks out into space. the vibes are curious, mostly calm.]

Say, you think it looks any different out there today?

[rav3n]

Well, there are plenty of remote places around the world that people don't go. But we have lots of places to live, all over planet. Cities, countries, towns... people come and go all the time.

[rav3n]

[Congrats on the cigs, sir. Luke wanders out to join him; his own vibes are also curious, though Gregor might pick up on a faint undercurrent of pain.]

Hmm... It's hard to say. I used to go stargazing with [Jimothelle] someone when I was a kid, but it's been a long time.

[verminous]

Do they...

How hard is it to travel in-between 'em? Do most of them have any kind of clearance?

[verminous]

[his own emotions are briefly muted, picking up on that, but they fluctuate more or less back to normal.]

Hard to remember without trying to mark 'em down. We only saw them every so often anyway-- sky's pretty blocked in some parts.

[rav3n]

Mm... it depends on where you're from? If you're just going from one city to another, you can get there pretty easily most of the time. Beyond that, most people have passports--they show where you're from, where you're going, stuff like that. It's not safe to let just anybody travel wherever they want unmonitored. [CRIMINALS DO BE OUT THERE] But you can get around pretty easily if you can afford the transportation.

[rav3n]

Maybe we should. Even if we're in a different galaxy, it might help.

[But I had enough of mapmaking as Kaveh so that can be someone else's job.]

Blocked out how?

[verminous]

Depends on where you are. Sky's probably nice and clear in the Nests, but in the Backstreets... it's more likely you've got your view interrupted by buildings, or lights. For a while, smoke.

[rav3n]

Ah, I understand.

[The more standard city problems]

It's like that in Stellis too. You can stargaze if you try, but most people head out to the mountains outside of town.

Week 4, Wednesday

[rav3n]

[Woboji is here after the paintball match!! For the most part, it keeps to itself, watching from afar... but when it spots Gregor, it will wheel up to him.] Doing okay after that auction?