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[peridork]

[The video starts up with a green face right up close to the camera, although the owner of said face quickly steps back and squints at the recording device with a critical eye, muttering to herself:]

Hmm... These new devices are at least less obtrusive than the old MIDs were. That's a definite improvement.

[With that little comment out of the way, it's on to the actual message. When she speaks, it turns out her voice is pretty nasally. Grating, even.]

A-hem. Peridot here. Facet-- [She cuts off with a grunt and looks askance, muttering to herself again.] No, I suppose using my full identifier isn't necessary... as far as I am aware there are no other peridots present on this station. [Pause.] Unless there are, now...?

Rrrgh, whatever! This is Peridot-- Facet 2F5L Cut 5XG, if that means anything to you-- also known as the greatest and most important of all Peridots! [Her expression darkens considerably before she continues.] ALSO also known as the Peridot that the Ingress apparently has some kind of grudge against. If any of the old crew are still present on this station, you may remember that I used to run a workshop on the Moira. From my perspective I literally just left that cruddy space tub on another smaller, slightly less cruddy space tub. Now all of a sudden I'm here on this station, and APPARENTLY, 300 years have somehow passed?

[She sighs heavily and pinches the bridge of her nose with two disembodied fingers, and continues without looking up.] Anyway. Since complaining about the situation hardly seems like the most expedient use of my energy, I'll use my test of this new communication device to request the following: If any of my fellow seceding crew members have also arrived here, please contact me immediately. Or even if you aren't one of them, and just happen to have info about whether any of them are here, that's fine too! I'm looking for Jasper, Sans, Ratchet, Starflight, and Doc Yewll, among others.

[The gem starts to get up and reach to turn the device off, but then pauses, stepping back to address the camera one more time.]

Oh yeah. I'm also curious to know if any of the following former crew members of the Moira are still present: [And she ticks them off on her fingers.] Megatron, Bruce Banner, Niko Bellic, and-- Riptide! Riptide, if you're still here, I'd like to know where my dog is? Thanks.

Okay. Peridot, out.

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[wallride]

The legend herself! I think we missed each other, Peridot, but I remember seein' your archives when I did some snoopin' on the network!

[he has a lot of admiration for someone he's only just met.]

I, uh, I'm sorry to say I haven't seen anyone other than Sans, though...

[peridork]

[Hey, stroking her ego right off the bat is one way to make a good first impression. Flattery will get you anywhere with her. Like, he just called her a legend. She likes the sound of that. The legendary Peridot.

It's got a good ring to it.]

Oh! Well, first off... Thank you! [She looks so chuffed.] I did have my touch stumps up in quite a large number of projects, uh... back in the day, I suppose you could say.

The rest of your information is less than optimal, though it's good to know that Sans is intact. I don't suppose you know what happened to the other Moirans that I mentioned, if they're no longer present here?

[wallride]

[haha. god. she's adorable.]

Maybe we'll get to work together, huh? We got the green tech-y thing goin' on!

[and similar visors. damn. is he a peridot in her world? lúcio hopes so.]

Same as me, I'd hope. They got pulled back through the Ingress but... didn't come back.

[peridork]

[She says quietly:]

I see...

[She seems a little bit downtrodden at that thought? But, this is early canon Peri we're dealing with here, so she quickly deflects by changing the subject. IT WON'T DO TO BE SEEN HAVING AN EMOTION.]

Disregarding that. Teamwork is surprisingly beneficial, I have found. [Who'd've thunk. She's also learned by now that organics can be surprisingly impressive with engineering sometimes, so she's not about to write the notion off.] Tell me, what kind of 'tech' do you specialize in? Also, I don't believe you provided me with your designation...?

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[skelepun]

[It wasn't exactly a surprise. Surprise went out the window the moment he saw Ratchet, too, had somehow made it through whatever Ingress fueled wormhole had devoured their ship and sent them here.

Though where there was an absence of surprise, there was a surplus of relief, coupled with the sudden knowledge that there were still many from their ship that had yet to return.]

sup, peri. didn't know you had it in you to be fashionably late to something.

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[peridork]

[Lucio had mentioned he was here, but actually hearing from him is a relief on a whole different level... even if he is being frustratingly casual about the situation, as usual.]

SANS!!!!!!!!!!!

FIRST OF ALL, YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT I AM NOT FASHIONABLE ABOUT ANYTHING. FASHION IS A USELESS WASTE OF TIME. FURTHERMORE, I CANNOT BE LATE TO SOMETHING THAT WAS NEITHER PLANNED NOR SCHEDULED FOR.

SECOND: I AM RELIEVED TO SEE THAT YOU ARE APPARENTLY UNHARMED, AND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE FROM OUR CREW TO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED HERE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF OUR COMRADES?

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[skelepun]

[It wouldn't be Peridot if Sans didn't come out from reading one of her memos without a twofold feeling of fondness and complete bewilderment.

Though if he was honest, the latter heavily informed the former.]

1. okay, fair. my bad. you can see where i'd be confused.

2. awww. careful, peri, your gem is showing.

[As for point number three, there was no easy answer. Sans slumps a little, sighing as he pushes forward to finish his message.]

and nah... not as much as you're gonna wish i had.

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[forgeabettertomorrow]

Heeeyyyy! I was on the Moira too, way back when! Man, that was like a year ago.

I guess we never met, though. I'm pretty sure I would have remembered someone so...green.

[peridork]

[She arches an eyebrow slightly. A year is like, nothing to her, plus it feels like yesterday from her perspective, so...

Something else about this guy catches her eye, though:]

And I'm fairly certain I would have remembered a human with hair that blue. When did you join the ship? It's possible I may have departed the crew before you showed up.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I think it was about...a month or two before it crashed at the Midway Hub? Were you there for the crash?

And I'm sure you would have remembered me. I happen to think my blue hair is one of my charm points.

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[soldiergenes]

[ Snake recognizes her. She used to make frequent MID posts about the work she could offer, and while they never spoke as far as he can recall, she'd be hard to forget. Not just because of the whole green thing either.

So now both she and Sans have trickled back in through a crack in time, somehow. Does that mean that others will be coming back too? Well, he knows a lot of the names that she lists, and he might be one of the few who does, so he sends a reply. ]

Sans is back too, got here a few weeks ago. I haven't seen most of the other people you named in a long time, and for the most part I don't know what happened to them. [ There's a pause and he lets out a sigh. This is all bringing back memories, which isn't the most pleasant thing. ] Niko, though... I know that he and Tali took off in a ship to go it alone, like you guys did. If this pattern keeps up, maybe they'll pop up here too.

[ He isn't going to count on it, though. The Ingress has always worked in infuriatingly mysterious ways. ]

[peridork]

[Peridot looks kind of surly]. Well that was rude of them. If they wanted to leave the ship so badly, they could have just come with us.

[She had actually grown rather fond of Niko over time, and Tali was a respectable engineer. They both would have been good additions to their little rag-tag crew.]

Still... I suppose it's nice to have an idea of where they went, unlike with the others. What's your best guess on them? Ingress related disappearances?

[soldiergenes]

I guess they hadn't made up their minds at that point. They stuck around for a while after you left.

[ Snake doesn't want to put words into Niko's mouth, even if he's been gone for some time now. If he somehow shows back up again, Peridot can take it up with him then.

At her question, he heaves a sigh and shrugs. ]

Yeah, that's pretty much all we have to go on. I've heard of people ending up back home and even coming back here after that, but it's not common.

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[neveroutwrenched]

[Just when Ratchet thought all the Ingress - and its dysfunctional remnants - knew how to do was make people disappear, a lot of familiar faces were starting to reappear.]

What took you so long?

[peridork]

Ratchet.

[She looks like she has actually been expecting him, but she's still grinning a little nonetheless.]

I was just about to have Sans berate you for not contacting me sooner, but it seems you've corrected that egregious error on your own. Congratulations!

[neveroutwrenched]

Oh, well, uh...good for me.

[He grins, shrugging. He actually did kind of miss her vaguely backhanded way of complimenting or making a point. Even if it wasn't always immediately clear which...]

Did, uh, Sans fill you in on the situation? With our crew, I mean.

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[notglitching]

No other Peridots observed.

[HELLO COMPETENT PERSON Rinzler missed you.]

Majority of prior crew members absent.
Some IDs re-imported. Majority lack prior memories, others unconfirmed.

Full list attached of IDs confirmed present at your departure.

[And a file!]

[peridork]

[She skims the list carefully. All familiar names... Some are even ones that she's kind of excited to see are still here... but none of them are the names she's actually looking for. She already knew Sans and Ratchet were here, and everyone else is conspicuously missing.]

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. IT DIDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING I DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW, BUT THE GESTURE IS APPRECIATED NONETHELESS.

FOLLOW UP QUESTION: I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU MAINTAIN A LIST OF THE ANIMALS PRESENT ON THIS STATION AS WELL? I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE ARE ANY DOGS OF THE SMALL, WHITE AND FLUFFY VARIETY PRESENT.

[notglitching]

No such list available.

[Dogs don't have much of a network presence.]

Dogs not native to current system.
However, ID: Texas observed previously with similar dog.

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[arcreact]

i find complaining very productive, actually

[ But that's beside the point, so moving on. ]

tragically, Banner and the dumb boat have been gone for ages
and you too, based on the line of questioning
i mean, three hundred years aside, that barely counts

[ OR DOES IT? Whatever. Time is fake anyway. ]

[peridork]

[Time is super fake and Peridot is real sick of it's shit. Again, what is wrong with good old fashioned warp pads? Why did the people behind the Ingress have to go getting another dimension of transport involved?!]

FANTASTIC.

[It's not fantastic.]

WELL, THAT "DUMB BOAT" WAS ENTRUSTED WITH THE CARE OF A PET OF MINE UPON MY DEPARTURE. I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT BECAME OF IT AFTER HE DISAPPEARED?

[arcreact]

uh
not really
but if i had to guess, we've crashed a space ship and ended the entire world since then, sooo

[ He's not saying your dog is dead but








Your dog's probably super dead, pal. ]

[sketchycharacter]

Oh, hey, I remember you. You missed all the fun--and by fun I mean a complete shitshow. Welcome back and condolences.

[peridork]

Yes. Greetings. What kind of "shitshow" are we talking about here?

[sketchycharacter]

Ship crashed, we spent a year living with aliens who turned out to be huge assholes, they tried to ditch us and the Ingress exploded and sent us to the future.

[This is the bad bullet points version.]