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[techknowlogical]

Who: Koushirou and you~
Broadcast: Text [Fleetwide]
Action: Marsiva living area
When: October 30th, midday

[There has been way too much togetherness lately and Koushirou has been doing his best to stay apart from said togetherness, spending most of his time lurking in some corner observing things around him or, more often, reading the available books. That's where he is now, in one of the reading nooks of the living areas, while he sends a message out to the network.]

I presume no one has received any indication of how long we will be here before returning to our ships, if we do so at all?

[He's kind of regretting wanting to get back onto the Marsiva in the first place, even if that had nothing to do with what actually happened. This is so not fun, and it isn't even a good opportunity to investigate anything. He's checked out all the available areas so many times by now, and he's actually getting really bored on top of being tired of being around so many people.]

I was also curious as to whether there is anyone who has remained awake after the countdown has finished.

[Someone here has been lucky enough not to be involved in any of the calibrations yet, and so the whole everyone falling asleep thing is the most interesting puzzle he can try to work on right now.]

Comments

[actsmagnificent]

What are you hoping to learn?

[ "Annoyed" appears to be an emotion this person has never experienced. She hides it well. ]

[techknowlogical]

I was mostly interested in whether anyone here has remained awake after the countdown.

[Because there's definitely something weird going on about it.]

[actsmagnificent]

[ That...is a very good point. ] Smelling a rat, huh.

[ Then again, it doesn't take much. Haruka looks over at said countdown, since it happens to be here (and beats staring dramatically into space). ] Anyone who managed probably didn't by accident.

[techknowlogical]

At the very least it's unnatural, and there must be a reason why it occurs.

[He nods once.]

If anyone has been able to avoid sleeping then they may be able to figure out that reason.

[Maybe something is happening at night.]

[actsmagnificent]

[ With them all confined to this tiny area of the ship? If something's happening at night, then it's to them. Not cool.

But discussing this seriously with a stranger would make too much sense potentially blow her cover, so back to being deadpan. ] You need an alarm clock.

[techknowlogical]

[We can't have sense here and it's okay, Koushirou is prone to thinking and then forgetting to discuss anyway so it all works out. And hm, the alarm clock at first seems kind of silly, but on second thought...]

I wonder if it's possible to awaken someone during the night at all.

Perhaps an alarm can be fashioned somehow from the thing we do have access to.

[actsmagnificent]

Using their equipment against them, huh? [ If it's possible to sound doubtful and intrigued simultaneously, Haruka just did. ] Nice trick if you can manage it.

[techknowlogical]

[He nods once.]

I don't think it'd be a problem to build one, as there should be enough parts in the electronic equipment available to us. However, whether the alarm would remain in one piece through the night is in question.

[He's taken apart a few things already--such as the cameras--and they always ended up intact the next day.]

[actsmagnificent]

[ Not having the experience with this technology that Koushirou does, Haruka finds it far likelier that the alarm just wouldn't have an effect. This is hardly a normal sleep in the first place.

But that doesn't really seem worth pointing out - no skin off her nose if he tries and fails - so she just pats the chair Koushirou's sitting in. ] I'll leave that to you, then.

[techknowlogical]

Should I accomplish anything, I'll let you know.

[Because he's definitely going to try it, whether or not it's likely to work.]

[actsmagnificent]

Good luck.

[ She'll move on if that's okay with him, having learned something new - about her fellow prisoners, if not the prison itself.

Well, everybody has to feel like they're doing something. Maybe he'll surprise her.

It's happened before. ]