first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

Comments

[axiomed]

[ Patiently. ]

I said perhaps we should save this for the lab.

[beathach]

Oh - yes, probably. [he leans back and takes off his glasses, giving them a look before he pockets them] Sorry, I got caught up in it.

[axiomed]

It's fine. I can understand that.

But we should probably discuss what we know so far.

[beathach]

[he sets everything aside, so the potential distraction isn't there]

Mm, we probably should. [he tilts his head] Where should we start? [since there's certainly a lot]

[axiomed]

I want to think about manipulating the augment instead of removing it.

[beathach]

Er.

[well, that's a starting point. Hank drags a hand down his face.

This is definitely not something he's discussing out loud]

That sounds like a very bad, very dangerous idea.

[axiomed]

We can't remove it. There must be a way to change the software or disrupt the signal.

[beathach]

Changing the software would require someone writing a program that could override the augment's encoding. And that's only if it behaves like traditional software. [he rubs at his face again, then shifts to prop his head on his chin, elbow on his knee. He's thinking about it]

As for the signal, we'd have to figure out what sort of signal is being transmitted. And then - figuring out exactly what the best method would be to block it.

Though honestly, before either of those can be seriously considered - does anyone know what the entire augment looks like?

[axiomed]

Then maybe that's where we should start. Can't we get an x-ray of it? Surely something in the lab would allow that.

[beathach]

[the claws on his free hand start drumming against the floor, his brows furrowed] That . . . should be possible, yes. At the very least, it'd show us the size and where it connects to.

[a long, considering pause]

We might not need an x-ray machine. But - that's something I would have to look into first.

[axiomed]

[ He considers prodding, but dismisses it. ]

All right. The more we know about it, the better.

[beathach]

[the corner of his mouth quirks up]

Of course. What we're thinking of doing certainly won't be easy.

Not that I needed an excuse to spend a day in the library, but I'll see what I can find there while I'm brushing up on a few things. [technology, medical advancements, that sort of thing]

[axiomed]

I was looking up physics, for the most part.

[ Since he imagines the laws of physics might hold different in space. ]

[beathach]

Find anything interesting? [that was on his list, too]

I can't seem to find a year for where we are, but considering who I've spoken to, we're at least forty years behind, likely more. [he looks pained] No wonder so many people commented on how young we are.

[axiomed]

You might like to look into particle physics.

Forty years? Hmm. That sounds about right.

[beathach]

I know a little about it, but I'd like to see how far it's come. [he'll add that to his ever-growing list]

Mmm. I can't really picture us forty years from now.

[axiomed]

I can . . . Granted, that must have changed.

[beathach]

I certainly hope it has. [he remembers everything Logan told them, what Logan told him. That isn't a future he wanted]

[axiomed]

I believe it.

[beathach]

[Hank hums his agreement. Charles already knew Hank believed they would be successful, that it would change]

Was there anything else you wanted to discuss about the augments? Or - this place in general? I can't say I have much more to share that you weren't already there to hear.

[axiomed]

No. We haven't been here long enough to absorb much else.

[beathach]

[he nods, and lets out a sigh as he leans back on his hands]

So you've already been to the library? I think I'm jealous.

[axiomed]

It's fairly easy to get to.

[beathach]

I know. [it was easy to get down here, so it only made sense] I just haven't made my way over there yet. I sort of got . . . preoccupied.

[reading, and figuring out just how much he could adjust the lab to make it more efficient]

[axiomed]

That's understandable, Hank. Not to worry.

Let's get some of these back to the lab. We'll figure out our next course of action from there.