[Open | Text] So what flavor would you like for your jam(jar)

[padadin]

Who: Shiro and you
Broadcast: Yes, fleet wide
Action: if you want, his workaholic ass will be at the planet's library don't tell ulaz
When: like... two days after arriving to the new system
Note: Shiro took Lance and Keith (the three of them being pilots) to check on the rest of the planet and try to find civilization. If you also play a pilot, feel free to assume Shiro recruited them too! Mods said there is only nature and more nature, no other cities, so I didn't see the point of threading that out and we handwaved it. The city is where shit is going down. If an engineer wants to follow his tracker idea you can see the results here. Also feel free to use this post to threadjack if you character wants to discuss information with another!

I'm sure I'm not the only one finding this place too good to be true, am I?

Some other pilots and I took the pods and tried to find other signs of civilization outside the main city, but the rest of the planet is just wilderness. After everything we've learned about terraforming projects and Atroma, I think it'd be wise to get as much information as possible from this planet too. It looks empty, but the library is large, especially the science section, which talks about inspiration for future convenient settlements in different points of the galaxy. There's a news building too - I haven't looked deeply into it but a quick look showed me files just abruptly stop after certain date. It's a lot to go through, so we should synchronize our work: each person could go for a different section to cover more information in the least amount of time. Teamwork can always go a long way.

Has any engineer tried to track the droids? Has the planet talked to any person with the ability to listen? Abandoned cities aren't a new concept but the lack of any signs of life is incredibly eerie.

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[stormfist]

enough information to keep ourselves safe or do you intend to find out everything you can?

atroma used us once before to get an AI for them. feeling wary about this whole thing.

[padadin]

I intend to find out everything I can. It's too big to be a coincidence.

Are you talking about the incident with Orfwyn Dreadhorse's mansion or something before that?

[stormfist]

think you're right. bet it's not a coincidence

yeah I'm referring to the infiltration with the interceptor fleet. we don't know how much they know. if atroma wants us to find something for them again, I don't feel inclined to cooperate with them. same time, it would be irresponsible not to learn what we can to keep ourselves safe as necessary.

that's why I'm wary. and torn.

[goldenglasses]

[Vash has already decided he hated this place the moment he realized it was devoid of the life that should have been in the city. Shiro will likely recognize Vash as a pilot who had helped scout out the area in his own ship.]

I've been going through some news recordings in the media building. I haven't come across anything just yet, but I'll let you know if I do.

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[tempredmental]

how many recordings r there

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[goldenglasses]

A lot. I think I can get through them all, as they are a bit boring, but a second pair of eyes or more would certainly be welcomed.

[padadin]

Good to hear there's someone in the news building. I'll stay in the library then - will try to send some people your way if there are too many here. When you say "nothing yet" you mean nothing interesting or nothing at all?

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[scanninggaydis]

[Felix....sighs....]

I can take some of that work off your hands.

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[passingthrough]

[Kitty is back to her normal look now that the Atroma are done with their augment games. Just in time for her to be extra suspicious of this planet that reminds her of both home and her last abduction and not in good, comforting ways. You can bet that as soon as she came across the library she headed inside. Before she looks through the books she does a sweep through the inside looking for any signs of life when she comes across Shiro.]

Find the adult erotica section yet? [Kidding.]

[padadin]

[He usually isn't one for dirty jokes, but this one is innocent enough. He shakes his head, just a little bit amused.]

I haven't touched the fiction section, but in a library this big, you may not be disappointed.

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[alwayscomeback]

I've been trying to witness the switch over, it's not going so well so far. It happens really quickly, and there's a massive power surge right when it happens. It's like someone hit the reset button on the entire city. It's WEIRD.

But hey, I can help with the library stuff, and I could sure try to track the droids. Not sure how it would hit after the power surge, if it would knock my tracker offline, but I can try.

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[tempredmental]

reset around what time

[padadin]

If that's the case, then it may be more useful to find "the button" than trying to catch them in the act. Maybe hacking the droids can help you with that?

The library is huge, so there's work for everyone. We'll be here if you want to a change of scenery.

Also, I spoke to a friend of yours.

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[axi]

Myself and a few others searched a good number of randomly picked houses in the residential area, but there wasn't anything telling. Clothes in closets, a few photographs, some odds and ends... Except for the lack of food in any kitchen, it appears like everyone simply vanished.

[padadin]

That's the weirdest part. People definitely lived here before - there are books and newspapers to prove it. But even vanishing people should leave some kind of trail behind. Has anyone tried staying overnight?

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[scalpelofmarmora]

[Ulaz was suspicious about this planet as well. It was weird that everyone would have just... vanished without a trace. It would have only been stranger if there was still uneaten food on plates like they had been getting ready to have dinner.

Speaking of dinner, that's why Ulaz had arrived at the library. He had been exploring the planet when a certain younger paladin had sought him out, concerned that Shiro was not taking care of himself. Ulaz had long since allowed Shiro off bed rest, but he was still keeping an eye out to make sure that he wasn't pushing himself too much. He had crashed hard before and even the other paladins didn't want to see that again.

So when Keith had told him Shiro wasn't listening to him, Ulaz decided to see for himself. He hadn't decided what - if anything - he was going to do yet, but he wanted to see for himself.

So he walked through the library until he found Shiro, pausing a moment to watch him before he spoke]

Hello, Shiro.

[padadin]

[Shiro is sitting at one of the tables, surrounded by books. He looks up from the one he's reading to smile at his friend - he looks sleepy, but not too bad. Just tired. What else is new, really.]

Hello, Ulaz. Have you come to join our little reading group?

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[tempredmental]

[Keith had set himself up in one of the library's study areas to start compiling information that he and Shiro found in there, as well as anyone else who wanted to contribute. He might be looking for a way to connect this place to the last dream, but hadn't found anything, yet. However, his somewhat stressed vibe was very similar to the way he'd been acting during those situations as well.

He hadn't started putting anything on the pin board, yet, but he'd fully taken over the table, and there might be some notes roughly scrawled on chalkboard that was in the room.

At the sound of footsteps, he pointed over at a book at the far end of the table without looking up to see who it was.]

Can you grab that for me?

[padadin]

[It's like the old late nights at the Garrison all over again. Shiro just wishes the topic at hand was less worrisome and creepy. When he hears Keith's request, he hands him the book without hesitation, taking a moment after to admire all the work before speaking.]

If I bring a cactus inside, do you think we'll transform this place into our shack? [Repeat after me: just trying to lighten the mood!]

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[lord_wizard]

[Felix hasn't much explored the city, finding it unnerving and far too quiet, but this piques his interest in a number of ways]

I hadn't thought to track the droids. I am still taking in the city.

I'm glad to hear there is a library, however. How extensive is the collection?

[padadin]

The city has quite an amount of things to see for an abandoned place.

Huge. Massive. There definitely was a civilization living here once.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

I don't have any answers but yeah, something doesn't seem right about it.

[padadin]

At least that's something most of the fleet is agreeing with. Have you looked into anything in particular yet?

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[reconstitution]

Been looking through the government buildings. Lots of documents to sift through, but so far nothing notably suspicious.

[padadin]

I didn't know there were government buildings too - that has to be one of the biggest signs. Do the documents stop abruptly at a certain date, too? Like the newspapers?