@clarke.griffin

[strove]

Thank you to Yalena for getting us sorted. [Sort of sorted. Sort of.] Now that we've arrived in New Tokyo and we're stuck inside for a little while, I think we should talk about some new changes that we're facing. I can't be the only one.

But first: a good number of us are here unwillingly, but we have to wait until we're fully prepped before we can go anywhere. Heading outside in these temperatures while unprepared could cost you your life. We all hate being trapped somewhere. I think that's pretty well-established. We also hate having to do anything or be anywhere when we didn't ask for that to happen. At least it doesn't seem like we were drugged, though it wouldn't hurt for Katelin and I to take some blood samples to confirm that. We'll have to store them until we get back.

As for the changes in your lives: have you noticed any? For instance, apparently I'm a lab tech at Giles Bell. I tried to set myself up for a new internship there that I could get easily, but I got ... elevated. Or hired beyond that? I'm not sure what the right terminology is here. Has anyone else noticed this? Or had it happen to them? I got permissions to take leaves from both of my jobs. And no, I'm really not prepared to work as a lab tech. I don't even know the first thing about setting up gels.

As a bit of a personal request ... does anyone think we can make pancakes in the small kitchen here? I have a craving for them. I've not really had cakes of the "pancake" variety before, but I want them now. And if you think we can, can you make them?

[This last bit is Loki's fault.]

Comments

[mercurio]

i hope you can sleep with better dreams now at least

[he gets that she isn't giving him the whole truth, but that's fine. some things people wish to guard and keep safely out of reach from anyone else to peruse.]

i've never dreamt before coming here, so i think it's one of those things that got fixed
like markus and becoming human, that type of deal
but...

well i dunno if dreams are supposed to be memories? but it was mostly like memories

i shot at a bunch of versions of myself

[strove]

I see.

You can also use "lol." Or is that no longer relevant?

2/2 syke

[mercurio]

that sounded super dramatic

i'm alright! i actually feel really good! like i'm better

@keith.kogane

[secondnature]

I think we need to know why they didn't go for this in the first place. Something changed.

I think Rey might be right. They're worried that Morningstar needs to be stopped. They're really finally worried.

@keith.kogane

[secondnature]

Time doesn't matter. We're going to do what we can to help.

But I know how important it is for people to believe that a group can do something. Morningstar isn't gonna accomplish much if no one believes that they can. The UN is coming out and admitting that we're a threat. That's something we can build on.

I know it's not as simple as that. I've even seen how opening up can cause problems and nearly wipe out an entire leg of a rebel organization. We need to approach this with caution.

Rey and I may be hoping too much. We have to see.

@keith.kogane

[secondnature]

I think you're right, but we need to check first.

[blyat]

you saying you dont want to take breaks too?
lets make it like
what, an hour or two? long enough to get away for a while
hes seriously giving me a headache

[998]

[jon almost laughs--so that's who she sounds like, it had been nagging at him--except there's a melancholy tone to her message. it reminds him of the few times he'd had to discuss robb.]

My apologies. I never saw it written out.

It's funny you ask about the Kings-beyond-the-Wall. I knew one of them, and he spoke of how much trouble he had uniting his people. Lexa did the same. We often spoke of our duties back home, as we shared a similar title--I was Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, an army of sorts meant to hold the Wall, and guard the people of the Seven Kingdoms from threats beyond it--and we were both rather young for it. I told her once or twice that her role was closer to that of a queen than mine own, and I don't think she appreciated it. In my world, at least the part of it I know, a commander is given an army, and a queen is given a people. She spoke as if queens were lesser lords she had the rule of.

The Free Folk have no law or principal to unite them, except their right to do as they please. Families may fight for centuries, exacting revenge on one another. We are not so different below the Wall, except that we're better at it. When the Mad King killed my lord grandfather and uncle, my lord father had no choice but to take up arms against him.

[an EXTREMELY abridged version of the rebellion, leaving out the most important bit.]

Beyond the Wall, he would have had the choice. Lexa always reminded me of one of the dragon queens, who conquered the Seven Kingdoms, uniting them into one realm. She was never free, as Mance Rayder--the King-beyond-the-Wall--was. She found no comfort in the knowledge that she would be returned to her people as if no time had passed. I tried to help her see that the people of the Clock were worth protecting, too. I don't think it made much difference to her.

I'm glad to hear she had friends among her people. When I was Lord Commander, it was difficult to spend time with my friends without setting them up against the other men. The two of you sound as if you have much in common.

[in that they both tend to monologue and ask questions with complicated answers. it's almost uncanny.]

[kleptocratic]

Everything glows here. It's as though no one has an appreciation for proper stealth.

[kleptocratic]

I've already lost half my fingers I probably won't notice a few more.

[kleptocratic]

I don't believe they have New Tokyo Nutty Neon in New Tokyo. That would be very redundant.

[daemonized]

Don't be like that. I'll join you on occasion. Just let me know when it's less furniture and more clothes.

[daemonized]

Then what else did you get up to while you were in that world? Whatever made you so popular?

I don't know. I might. I might not. Why, are you interested in my political career now? You never cared on Eos.

[theseuschip]

Felt more polite than dropping the A-word right away.

[ So she never even got to live on a normal Earth. Maybe that’s better, to not know what you missed. He can’t decide.

He doesn’t have much to add about his own circumstances, though. Well, he does, but the ARK is a can of worms that Simon doesn’t want to open, so. ]

How’s Earthling life compare to space so far?

[daemonized]

[He huffs out a laugh on his end, unheard.]

Then let them question it. And I shall question why they question it.

[In the face of his qualifications, no less, that are just as equally false. But in this world, when the digital records are as good as the truth itself, he actually believes it puts him at something of an advantage.]

”Whoever they are”. This faceless “they”. Still surrounded in mystery, leaving us at a disadvantage for how long now? It’s inane at this point, really. Maybe I’ll draw the right kind of attention this way, do us all a favor and garner the answers you’re all so desperately in need of.

[daemonized]

While mine was a strange and uncharacteristically large leap, is that what you mean?

[Given that he was slinging drinks before he signed up for this trip, that’s something of an understatement. (Even if he is a bit more qualified than that, given his role at home. Of course, unhelpful as Ardyn is, he doesn't say as much; yet if she's paying attention to his other conversations, she might be able to parse than on her own.)]

It’s true, I would have quite of bit of catching up to do in regards to the amount of research left on my plate. What does a man like me know about finances and economics, with a capital F and E?

Maybe you could aid me. You, versed in the inner workings of City Hall and their ilk far better than I.

[windowsills]

.... That's a relief.
Thank you, Prompto. Maybe we can go together?

[ .... she's definitely not nervous. ]

[daemonized]

A bore. Maybe the problem lies with you and your perception of it. Why not think a little more creatively?

It's true, it sounds like mountains of dreary virtual paperwork, doesn't it? Meetings upon meetings. How mundane! But think of all the things I could upend with a small change here, or a tiny approval there. I could carve out a path just as easily as I could cause a landslide. And all with just the right application of influence, and a small amount of (figurative!) paper-pushing.

It might not be immediate, it might not be grand. But a tiny ripple becomes a wave, becomes a storm on the sea. How is that a bore?

[windowsills]

... For fun. Nothing professional. I think there's been a misunderstanding.

[windowsills]

[ Fun?? oh boy ]

... I hope they are that as well. I work as a waitress serving drinks.... I'm not sure if I would be a successful singer. I've always had friends cheering me on... everything is so public here.

[daemonized]

You should. Maybe you could bring a coffee or two on your way up, when you do?

[revlon]

Fitz and I reached out as soon as we got oriented. When we realised there were some differences to our stories, we did our best to set them all straight. The submission form went online about two weeks ago, so it's still fairly recent — but not to any of our memories.

Gaby and El said it was in response to a number of things: public opinion in the wake of the September arrests (namely that they're aware Morningstar fought back); the unrest in UNC2 (the Mars colony) and the possibility of the pro-Morningstar sentiment there galvanising people on Earth; and the suspicion that the UNA are looking for more information on the organisation.

They seem unbothered by the development and I can't fathom why. I can't dismiss it as easily. Tactics like this were very recently employed in my present to great and terrible success. But with the initiative barely a month old, I suppose the best we can do is keep an eye on it and get ahead of it, if we can.

[windowsills]

[ her immediate reaction is to deny it, downplay it in anyway possible, but their whole journey to the radio. What was that all for if she is going to continue the same habits? ]

Yes. Yes , you're right. I'll try my best. It's just about becoming more comfortable. I'll pick something out that I think would suit your tastes.

[windowsills]

Oh... because of space.
Did they really not have food?
Where did it... come from?

[revlon]

Dreams can sometimes be memories, yes. Or versions of them. That's why it can be hard to tell up from down while you're in them.