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[ Today’s video feed is brought to you from the absolute chaos that is Moro #016. Honestly, except for being slightly brighter in terms of decor, the place looks just like Nemo #001 had in previous videos: Tony’s shit is everywhere.
As the video turns on, transmitting from Stark’s MID and with his ID, it shows not only the chaos of bits and pieces of technology everywhere but one desk that has been cleared of clutter. On the desk, sit two journals and some blank notebooks. Behind the desk sit two men who look like they haven’t slept in days.
They are currently doing that "you ask", "no, you ask you know what you’re asking about" back and forth that suggests they may not have completely transitioned from private to public speaking mode. Eventually, Adrien gives Tony’s shoulder a shove and points, imperiously, to the camera.
TALK STARK! ]
Some of you probably remember this, a lot of you probably don't: we've got some journals floating around this place that might just be hiding answers to questions we've all been asking since we landed on this rust bucket. We've gotten our hands on two of them, partially because the good doctor here has way too much time on his hands and decided to live in the library for a month, and partially as a result of dumb luck. If there are more, I haven't gotten a whiff of them, but it stands to reason that these two aren't the only ones. So if you see a journal with creepy runes all over it, feel free to share with the class.
Anyway, here's the catch. [ Tony lifts one of the journals in question so that it's visible on the screen - small, leather-bound, and seemingly handwritten. He flips briefly through the pages, but it's just a mess of runes and symbols with no immediately obvious meaning. ] They're not written in any language I've ever seen before, and trying to translate them has been a serious pain in the ass. If I had to guess, they're written in the language of whoever built the Ingress originally, since some of the symbols are familiar from what we do have on the thing.
[ He tosses the journal back onto the desk, with a cranky and definitive plop! Adrien’s hands can be seen scooping it up and laying it down more gently, as if in apology. ]
If you've got a clever head on your shoulders, raise your hand now, 'cause we need your help. I dunno about you guys, but I'm real tired of mysteries, so let's figure this shit out. [ Translation: they need all the nerds and braniacs they can get. ] Oh, and if you're assigned to the Ingress in any official capacity? Meet me in the Ingress room in an hour. Vacation's over.
[ He sits back, satisfied that he's said his piece, and shoots a sidelong glance at Adrien. For a moment there was silence as Adrien appeared to silently beg Tony to just keep going.
No dice. The doctor was going to have to use his words.
Reaching back to rub tiredly at the nape of his neck, he sighed and began to talk. ]
I also came across a museum down on the Mini Colony. It was called the Aeronautical Study Institute or the A.S.I. if that sounds familiar to anyone? I learned some information about something called “Living Energy” or “Living Power”.
In a nutshell, I learned that it’s considered dangerous [ to the surprise of no one, right? ] This ship is the only vessel to have been known to be built where the living energy was harnessed on something mobile. The Ingress machines use Living Energy to run, some other bits indications that people were playing with something they didn’t completely understand and mention of a “Hub.”
Does any of that sound familiar to anyone else?
[ Tony raises his hand, helpfully. ]
—And "I heard about this in a horror sci-fi movie where they crushed up human souls to feed their weird alien technology" is a totally valid but not entirely helpful answer, because I already thought of that, but thanks.
[ Adrien stared at his roommate with a bemused frown on his face. ]
How would you even go about crushing a soul? Bones, flesh, tissue sure but a soul?
[ These two men are in serious need of a nap. Tony doesn’t deign that with a response, just bodily shoves Adrien out of the frame. ]
Point is, if you know something or you've heard something, now's the time to speak up. And the workgroup for these shitty journal translations meets approximately immediately, so if you're interested, chop chop.
[ The video feed cuts off as unceremoniously as it began. ]
(( Here's your plot hook if you're interested in solving some Ingress mysteries! See this OOC post for more info. ))
As the video turns on, transmitting from Stark’s MID and with his ID, it shows not only the chaos of bits and pieces of technology everywhere but one desk that has been cleared of clutter. On the desk, sit two journals and some blank notebooks. Behind the desk sit two men who look like they haven’t slept in days.
They are currently doing that "you ask", "no, you ask you know what you’re asking about" back and forth that suggests they may not have completely transitioned from private to public speaking mode. Eventually, Adrien gives Tony’s shoulder a shove and points, imperiously, to the camera.
TALK STARK! ]
Some of you probably remember this, a lot of you probably don't: we've got some journals floating around this place that might just be hiding answers to questions we've all been asking since we landed on this rust bucket. We've gotten our hands on two of them, partially because the good doctor here has way too much time on his hands and decided to live in the library for a month, and partially as a result of dumb luck. If there are more, I haven't gotten a whiff of them, but it stands to reason that these two aren't the only ones. So if you see a journal with creepy runes all over it, feel free to share with the class.
Anyway, here's the catch. [ Tony lifts one of the journals in question so that it's visible on the screen - small, leather-bound, and seemingly handwritten. He flips briefly through the pages, but it's just a mess of runes and symbols with no immediately obvious meaning. ] They're not written in any language I've ever seen before, and trying to translate them has been a serious pain in the ass. If I had to guess, they're written in the language of whoever built the Ingress originally, since some of the symbols are familiar from what we do have on the thing.
[ He tosses the journal back onto the desk, with a cranky and definitive plop! Adrien’s hands can be seen scooping it up and laying it down more gently, as if in apology. ]
If you've got a clever head on your shoulders, raise your hand now, 'cause we need your help. I dunno about you guys, but I'm real tired of mysteries, so let's figure this shit out. [ Translation: they need all the nerds and braniacs they can get. ] Oh, and if you're assigned to the Ingress in any official capacity? Meet me in the Ingress room in an hour. Vacation's over.
[ He sits back, satisfied that he's said his piece, and shoots a sidelong glance at Adrien. For a moment there was silence as Adrien appeared to silently beg Tony to just keep going.
No dice. The doctor was going to have to use his words.
Reaching back to rub tiredly at the nape of his neck, he sighed and began to talk. ]
I also came across a museum down on the Mini Colony. It was called the Aeronautical Study Institute or the A.S.I. if that sounds familiar to anyone? I learned some information about something called “Living Energy” or “Living Power”.
In a nutshell, I learned that it’s considered dangerous [ to the surprise of no one, right? ] This ship is the only vessel to have been known to be built where the living energy was harnessed on something mobile. The Ingress machines use Living Energy to run, some other bits indications that people were playing with something they didn’t completely understand and mention of a “Hub.”
Does any of that sound familiar to anyone else?
[ Tony raises his hand, helpfully. ]
—And "I heard about this in a horror sci-fi movie where they crushed up human souls to feed their weird alien technology" is a totally valid but not entirely helpful answer, because I already thought of that, but thanks.
[ Adrien stared at his roommate with a bemused frown on his face. ]
How would you even go about crushing a soul? Bones, flesh, tissue sure but a soul?
[ These two men are in serious need of a nap. Tony doesn’t deign that with a response, just bodily shoves Adrien out of the frame. ]
Point is, if you know something or you've heard something, now's the time to speak up. And the workgroup for these shitty journal translations meets approximately immediately, so if you're interested, chop chop.
[ The video feed cuts off as unceremoniously as it began. ]
(( Here's your plot hook if you're interested in solving some Ingress mysteries! See this OOC post for more info. ))
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[ Oh wait it's because Tony lives in a universe for delicate children. ]
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[ Of course the answer to the bullshit hell portal would be something like soylent green. Of course it would be. ]
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[ Because it's always like this. All the time. There's no point in ever being surprised about it. ]
Dr. Banner and I talked about this some months ago, while you were in cryo.
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[ Too bad he can't give Bruce a hard time about it, not anymore. ]
Good thing you're here to pick up his slack.
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[ Or beyond belief. Not that she judged him for that. At one time it had all seemed pretty farfetched to her too. ]
At the time I had advanced the idea that the Ingress might in be conscious in some way, or possessed of some aspect of life. "Living" programs, "living" ships, "living" objects— these things are not uncommon. It was a hypothesis that only seemed like it could be confirmed by a sufficiently skilled telepath, someone who might manage to detect an aspect of thought that could communicate with us.
[ And they have one— maybe. But Medusa is not going to divulge Jean's existence to him just yet. ]
This, however, this "Living Energy"— it sounds...similar to a...what I understand of some of what fuels the Cosmic Entities. Or the Cosmic Abstracts, depending on who you ask.
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"Cosmic Entities"?
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[ Even if everything they do is completely incomprehensible. ]
They are best avoided. If an Abstract has chosen to intervene or interact on a level we can perceive, you can be certain the situation is catastrophically dire. One does not want an entity capable of manipulating multiuniversal space-time showing up on one's doorstep. But there is one in particular— or a type of entity, if not the entity itself— I would be concerned about now.
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[ He's really not sure he likes that as a useful answer, but then again, he can officially tell people he's punched a Norse god in the face. Selective skepticism won't really help him now. ]
But don't leave me in suspense. What're you concerned about?