( video )

[sleepdarts]

( The device is carefully placed before the video starts, letting it show only the piece of paper in question. It's not quite the wanted signs of the past but it'll do the job.

ستة وسبعون

76. She's calling him out.

The video only stays on for five seconds before it switches off. It's done its job )

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[cadeuces]

[ ANA WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GONNA KEEP DOING THIS TO HER ]

Oh, not so often these days. Technology has come leaps and bounds, and a bit of patience goes a long way.

Shall I introduce myself first, after all this conversation?

[wallride]

my name's lúcio! what's yours?

wait for it

[sleepdarts]

There is no need.
You have already told me.

( APPARENTLY SO )

( voice )

[sleepdarts]

لم نرك منذ مدة.

[sleepdarts]

( There's a few moments of debate, but he may not even be from their world, and Ana is not that uncommon of a name )

Ana.
Did you find anyone here?

[wallride]

[oh girl you're about to get played]

a couple others
one i really like is really tall and has a set of blue armour
she has a slick tattoo as well! under her eye
really nice gal

[sleepdarts]

( ...... abort abort )

It must help having such a friend.

( voice & private )

[cadeuces]

[ What an ominous note to leave off on; Angela pauses just long enough in her pondering for Ana's voice to come through in a follow-up, and...

...Was this her being playful? Geez. She switches the function over and her exasperation is clear in her tone, even if it's warily fond. They'd only ever really held the one conversation all those months ago, after all, and have otherwise orbited to give each other space. It was a touch awkward, perhaps, but it kept Angela from seeing Ana's rifle and other technology. Likely for the better without any preamble. ]

Ana, please. You had me worried. Are you having a difficult time finding Jack? It isn't like him to wander far from the farm, but perhaps he found a job taking him to one of the planets.

[wallride]

[GET DUNKED ON OLD LADY]

oh, yeah
she's real nice
she has a lovely name too
i think it was fareeha

( voice & private )

[sleepdarts]

( That was certainly not the reaction that Ana expected. She'd heard stories of a grumpy old man, maybe a little trouble surrounding him, but a farm... a job.

Of course he'd find some job, but clearly Angela knows something more. Time to find out, without letting on that she has no idea what Angela's talking about. Why change tactics with friends? )

He may have, but people seem to appear. ( ... ) It is an important number.

[sleepdarts]

( ..... she's sure abort came up

oh yeah. Ana didn't leave

and still isn't. Nosy mother mode activate )

And how did you two meet?

[wallride]

[well, lúcio sure as shit isn't going to say "when i found her bleeding out in a hallway."]

on the ship we were on previously
we hang out a lot still!

[Not here]

[justice_from_above]

[It's not the fact that it's Arabic that grabs her attention; it's the message that gives it away.]

[The last time she'd talked to her mother, it was to hear she'd been lied to and betrayed for her entire stay here by two of the most influential people in her life. She's not even aware there's been any sort of a loss before this post shows up, and it strikes her as a little odd.]

[Why would she be contacting him through the network like this?]

[She considers sending a reply, maybe she even has one written out, but she hesitates, and eventually decides not to. The hurt is still too new.]

[But, she does see it, and it does make her wonder ...]

[sleepdarts]

( Wise choice, wise choice )

And are you together on a planet?

[wallride]

dunno!
i'm not sure where she is at the moment

[sleepdarts]

Perhaps generally then.

text

[nishizono]

hey asshole not all of us can read your shit.

video;

[flashbanging]

[ Hmmm. ]

Knew lady who spoke Arabic, once. She was here for a while, too.

[ He puffs on his e-cigarillo. ]

Be nice if she was here now. Maybe she could tell me what the hell you're trying to say.

[cadeuces]

[ HAHA OOPS.......... She tips her head even so, audible in the brush of her hair slipping off her shoulder, the softest tone of a curious hum on her breath. ]

Has something happened? [ A beat, and then: ] Is it...? I thought it was simply whatever he'd found along his travels, after all this time.

[ It is (whit)canon fact that it's a motorcycle jacket he dug out of a donation center dumpster after all. ]

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[saveyourserpent]

I take it this isn't some kind of numbers game.

[wallride]

oh, yeah
we got married last month
spur of the moment but working out so far!!!

( text )

[desynched]

If you're sure they're here, you could just look them up.

[ Ana could practically hear her giggle. ]

But you really are good at suspense.

[mylawn]

Woulda been here faster twenty years ago.

[Jack will enter and close the door behind him, quick to make a self-deprecating joke about his age, mostly because he already knows that something is off, here. She would've known exactly where to go if she remembered anything about the Moira and Thisavrou, but he's not quite sure how to begin explaining this.]

What's the last thing you remember?

[His fingers itch to reach out and take her by the arm, maybe to see if she's real, but he bites it down in order to get right to business. Knowing where she's coming from, exactly, might help him put things into context.]

[lavelly]

[Is she just trolling him now.]

What are you hoping to gain from this? Obviously seventy six must have some meaning to someone.

[sleepdarts]

I am hoping to gain someone.