anonymous.

[strove]

Hi. I'm Clarke. You've probably seen me around. I've been helping a few of you with the injuries you got from the crash.

I'd like to take a few tests. The problem is that we don't have the means to pull it off right now, but if we can get some blood and urine, hopefully we can store it until the time comes that we can do the tests.

This might seem invasive, but this might be the best way to find out who did this to us. We were all on a pretty powerful drug. I'd like to identify that drug.

As an aside, does anyone have any guesses on how a society like this does art? My civilization wasn't this advanced, and I usually sketch in my downtime. And ... there's been a lot of that lately. There just isn't any paper around here. Or notes. Or anything like that, so it seems like a natural conclusion to try to figure out where and how that takes place. I'm assuming digital, but do our implants come into play?

Sorry, I got off into hypothesizing there.

Let me know if you're willing to pass along a sample.

Comments

[strove]

Yeah, I'm sure. Though I got lucky in that I've got my best friend with me until we head back.

[frostedplum]

Oh, that does sound lucky! That must make all of this a lot easier to handle.

[strove]

Some of it.

Some of it is ... well. No one would ask their friends to join them in this.

[frostedplum]

That's true. It's lucky that you have that support, but unfortunate that you're both stuck here for the time being.

Did you happen to be with your friend when you were both taken?

[strove]

No. That would make things a lot easier, wouldn't it? We'd be able to make some sense of this.

Someone else here thinks her friends must've been taken with her, though.

[frostedplum]

It's horrible to think there may be friends here, but they weren't on the bus and they're still out there somewhere. How is this person sure her friends are here? Did she see them?

[strove]

They were together, so she doesn't know why she'd be the only one taken.

[frostedplum]

I heard from someone else that she was with someone when she was taken. I guess that could mean that there are others we don't know about.

I wonder what they do with drones. Sorry, I'm sending out my inner thoughts. I had my weather drone with me, but he has a bit of a personality and is like a friend. If they took him too, I hate to think what they might have done with him.

[ #savesnowball ]

[strove]

There's an android here who says he was turned human.

Could that happen to your weather drone?

[That doesn't seem like a drone to Clarke, but what does she know? Intelligent, friendly drones.

Sure.

That help Mei freeze you and make your life hell.]

[frostedplum]

Whoa! I didn't know that was possible! I suppose it could have, but he couldn't speak, and he flew instead of walked. I guess if you see someone answer to the name Snowball, then you'll know it's possible.

[strove]

Connor doesn't seem to have those difficulties, or he didn't point it out.

But Snowball is a hard name to miss. I'll keep an eye out for someone with that name.

[frostedplum]

Thank you. I'd want to help him adjust to being human if this turns out to be what's happened to him.

[strove]

That makes sense. It sounds like an unsettling change.

[frostedplum]

Unfortunately, a lot about this situation is unsettling.

I hope you can at least find an answer about art here. I'd like to know too.

[strove]

I'll let you know when I figure it out.

Well, if you could drop me a quick description of yourself. That might be easier.

[frostedplum]

Okay. I'm on the shorter side, with dark brown hair and eyes. Also, I'm Chinese. There's really not much that sticks out about me, so hopefully that's enough?

[strove]

Yeah, I think that should do the trick.

[frostedplum]

Good! Well, it was very nice to talk to you on here. Good luck with the art!