UN: SV | VOICE

[ascarylady]

[ Thanks to this conversation, Sevika is now here to remind everyone, ]

You all remember we had that big, ominous sign outside Etraya's bubble telling us we weren't alone, right?

[ Please. She cannot be the only one concerned about this. ]

Well, those tallies are done tallying, and we were out of days on that thing a while ago. Has anyone noticed anything strange? Anything different? Because that message wasn't friendly-sounding, and I don't feel like being surprised by a pack of hostile unknowns.

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un: JossSweden; voice

[odinpusrex]

Have you not the means to defend yourself should such an invasion occur?

[Sounds like a personal problem, tbh...]

[ascarylady]

[ Who the fuck...? ]

If you don't have anything relevant to offer, piss off.

[odinpusrex]

Is it not relevant to inquire about your readiness for the potential and imminent invasion you have brought to our attention?

[ascarylady]

My readiness isn't relevant when I'm asking for information. So do you have something to say or not?

[odinpusrex]

What I have to say is that if you wish to speak to the community at large about a potential threat, then you should ameliorate yourself in anticipation for what questions may follow.

[ascarylady]

All I'm hearing is you've got nothing.

text @hank

[bootyshortsforoldmen]

[God, what hasn’t been strange lately? Especially since... y’know. That last batch of new arrivals.]

Don’t worry about it.

[Assuming this is about the latest crisis, anyway. Assuming there isn’t another goddamn crisis on the way.]

Hostile unknowns have been incapacitated. So you can all sleep good tonight.

[Everyone except Hank.]

[ascarylady]

I am going to worry about it until you explain yourself.

[bootyshortsforoldmen]

I wasn’t part of it so I dunno what all you want to hear.

[Wasn’t part of it directly, anyway.]

Shit, even I don’t know the whole story.

Aurora-whoever’s got a power source, yeah? Some people wanted it. They got shot. Thing got put back.

[...Okay, Hank is kind of directly involved. But he didn’t ask to be, goddammit.]

[ascarylady]

[ At least that's one part of the story, but-- ]

What I want is who did all that. Who wanted it? Who got shot? Why didn't Aurora alert the rest of us?

[bootyshortsforoldmen]

You’d have to ask Aurora why she hasn’t done shit. She had to know something. Instead she just let it get to this point.

[With, y’know. Everyone getting shot, and all that.]

And I dunno who wanted it exactly. There’s another world like Etraya. They've got their own Aurora-Echo-whoever. Their Aurora or Echo equivalent wanted it.

I think Catdog got shot.

So. All good.

voice | un: ashen

[wolfish]

[ He's peeped the other conversations here, so he'll avoid retreading. ]

I agree that we're best off being prepared for potential threats, known or otherwise.

The monastery is reasonably well-fortified, should we have need of a defensive position.

[ Whether to shelter the injured and non-combatants or otherwise. It's no Arianrhod, but it'll have to do if it comes to it. ]

[ascarylady]

[ ...and she had just finished telling Barnabas off for asking about what her defensive plans were. Well, at least this guy has an idea to offer now that the threat is, apparently, very real. ]

We'll see if we need that or not, but it's better than the big fat nothing we had a second ago. Is it stocked?

[wolfish]

Reasonably well. Place is meant to house hundreds. Could always do with more, of course.

[ Supplies in excess are better than a deficit. ]

[ascarylady]

How long have you and your monastery been here in Etraya?

[wolfish]

Let's see now... I want to say over half a year's time for me, bit less for the monastery. Needed to build up credit with the Bank of Aurora, after all.

un: Accelerator; text

[levelshift]

[Ohhhh boy. Hank had talked to him earlier about Connor having some mission, and based on Hank's replies to this it sounds like shit went down.]

Guess that wasn't just some prank or bluff, then.

[ascarylady]

[ It's kind of a mess? ]

If only.

The good news is Aurora is fine and knows what they were after.

[levelshift]

[It's a huge mess! Why is everything always on fire lately? He's so tired.]

Uh huh.

[He's still going to check in with her, because he likes Aurora and is more than a little protective of her.]

Basically no one knows shit happened? Is that right?

[ascarylady]

Pretty much.

If that Hank guy hadn't spilled his guts, we'd still be in the dark.

[levelshift]

[........ Well, most people would be.]

I doubt it was easy for him to do this. He's putting a target on Connor's back.

[And he's aware of how much Hank cares about Connor.]

un: boltcutters

[imperatour]

[ Furiosa may or may be playing nurse to an outsider who is incredibly paranoid about having his spot blown up, so she's sticking to text. She'd rather he not overhear. There's risk in saying anything, but there's risk in not investigating too. ]

There been problems like this before?

[ascarylady]

[ A suspect has appeared. Quick cross-reference between the username and Chirper, and... ]

Not in my time here.

[ Which hasn't been long, so that's a total non-answer. ]

[imperatour]

[ Furiosa needs to learn about her digital footprint. ]

But you got out on missions right.
Nothing's ever followed back?

[ascarylady]

Still not in my time here.

[ But that isn't the same as not knowing about the time something did follow people back to Etraya. Sevika could avoid saying much, but if not now, someone else will later. ]

But there was a mission where people were sent to another place like Etraya. Something did come back with them, only I don't think it was a person. More like a thing.