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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.]

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[resnipstance]

That'd be a no on both counts for me, sorry.

Been having some fairly weird dreams, though.

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[techknowlogical]

That's alright. Thank you for answering.

[A negative answer is just as useful as a positive one in its own way after all.]

What do you mean by weird dreams?

[resnipstance]

Like a Force-dream, but... different.

More like... I'm seeing other people's dreams?

[techknowlogical]

A Force-dream?

[This is definitely interesting. Seeing other people's dreams?]

What makes you believe you're seeing others' dreams, rather than your own?

[He doesn't disbelieve her, he just wants to know how it works.]

[resnipstance]

The details are too... too foreign to be my own dreams. People and places I've never met or could ever dream of.

[techknowlogical]

[Hmmmm.]

Do you know if anyone else has been having unusual dreams as well?

[resnipstance]

I don't know. I... hadn't mentioned it to anyone.

Maybe we should find out.

[techknowlogical]

We should. I will find and ask the others that are normally on the Vanquish; can you ask those on the ship you are a part of?

[resnipstance]

[She looks a little bit sheepish.]

Uh. I don't exactly... know them, yet?

I only got here recently. But-- I'll ask the people I do know.

[techknowlogical]

Oh, in that case, yes that works.

[A pause, as he realizes he should ask...]

What is your name?

[resnipstance]

Oh! ... Right. Ha, sorry.

I'm Ahsoka. Ahsoka Tano. And you?

[techknowlogical]

Izumi Koushirou.

[And because there's a giant mess of customs around here...]

Koushirou is my given name, but either name is fine.

[He doesn't mind so whichever is easier works.]

[resnipstance]

Oh. Your people introduce last name first, huh? That's not so uncommon.

Ahsoka is my given name. I prefer to go by that.

I seriously need more icons sigh

[techknowlogical]

Yes, although it seems to be uncommon here.

[That she's familiar with the idea is nice, though. Of course he's pretty certain she comes from a very different world than he does judging by her looks, but even he knows better than to ask about that just yet.]

Alright, it's nice to meet you then, Ahsoka.

action!

[actsmagnificent]

A bullhorn might work, too.

[ Someday Haruka will cure herself of this "peering over people's shoulders" habit. It is not today. ]

[techknowlogical]

[HARUKA WHY

Koushirou is not exactly the best at keeping aware of his surroundings, especially when focused on something, so he totally doesn't notice Haruka until she speaks. One the other hand, he's fortunately somewhat hard to scare, so at least he doesn't shriek or anything.

Not loudly, anyway.

However, he does flail a bit and whirl around wide-eyed to just stare at her, before eventually echoing her words.]

A bullhorn?

[resnipstance]

Nice to meet you too, Koushirou.

I hope you're able to find answers to your questions.

[actsmagnificent]

We're all on the same ship, right? You'll get answers faster.

[ Who knows whether she could see what Koushirou was typing, but she's got a good guess what he was doing when she interrupted. ]

[techknowlogical]

[That would definitely get attention faster, though...]

That's true, but I don't believe that would be very appreciated.

[So he's pretty sure the answer would be a little less than helpful and more annoyed.]

[actsmagnificent]

What are you hoping to learn?

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

[feathery]

nope
made more annoying when i dont need to fucking sleep and yet here i am
catching z's with the rest of you like a greentike delivered fresh off the cloning apparatus

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[curiositykilledthecats]

We have been given no indication. I imagine it is less a matter of time. We will simply be here until the Atroma have finished whatever purpose they have for us here. As for the countdown, I have not. All I may say is that it does not seem to be the same somnolence magic employed by thaumaturges.

[techknowlogical]

Thank you, and you too. I will let you know if I find anything out about what you told me.

[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.]

[techknowlogical]

[Dave he totally only understood part of that.]

You don't naturally sleep?

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[techknowlogical]

You're probably correct. I wonder what that purpose is; were we just not interesting enough spread out on different ships?

In regards to the issue of everyone falling asleep it may not be magic at all, although that is what I considered first. We all have the implants in common.

[So maybe it has to do with them.]

[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.]

[feathery]

[At least he knows the fault lies with him and not the poor people he subjects to his ridiculous tangents.]

not anymore
i can log off for the night if im feeling it but thats pretty rare
especially in circumstances more suspicious than the average suspicious circumstance
like
while id reluctantly tolerate them tucking me in at night the business of changing my clothes while i sleep is taking the creep factor a step too far

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[curiositykilledthecats]

Likely, they desire to do something to affect us all, but that something has a range too small to affect the ships. I thought perhaps they intended to have us tempered, but it seems rather peaceful for that.

It is my thinking also. It bodes ill for what other effects these augments may have at their disposal.

[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.

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[techknowlogical]

Range of effect is a good point to consider. That would indeed explain why we were all gathered together.

Yes. Considering what we do know about the augments, they could likely be programmed for many different effects.

[Including malicious ones, or simply unwanted but mostly benign ones like making everyone fall asleep.]

Do you know if anyone has ever removed theirs?

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[curiositykilledthecats]

To pull out something so intimately connected to one's brain seems an exceptionally poor idea.

[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.]

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[techknowlogical]

It probably isn't wise, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been attempted.

[He knows from his friends--who he loves, but can be serious idiots--that something being stupid isn't much of a deterrent.]

[techknowlogical]

What do you mean by logging off for the night?

That is somewhat unsettling, yes.

[This whole thing in general is kind of creepy on some level, even if creepy is too strong a word for him to actually use.]

[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.

[feathery]

i mean i kick whatevers left of my brain into submission and tell the sprite bits to fuck off until i get some shut eye
usually doesnt last for too long

[techknowlogical]

[Okay, most of that makes enough sense, but...]

Sprite bits?

[He'll just keep asking questions until he's stopped.]

[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.]

[feathery]

[Don't do it, bro, don't let Davesprite tell you about Homestuck.]

taken out of context it sounds like youre asking me about something way more questionable than it is but im a pass on giving you shit because i dont even know your name
but yeah its video game shit
turns out sleeping isnt really important when youve got a few lines of code to compensate

[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. ]

this is so old I'm sorry! Feel free to ignore <3

[techknowlogical]

It's appreciated.

[He can take teasing but he's always glad when the opportunity is passed over. Though that comment about his name reminds him that he's really lacking on his manners.]

My name is Koushirou.

[But enough of that, back to the interesting stuff.]

You can compensate for lack of sleep with code?