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Kevin Flynn ([personal profile] gridfather) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou2018-02-03 07:52 pm

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[ Have Flynn, absent his usual smile. He's all-business, and in one of the labs, though the shadowed backdrop of hexagon tiles probably doesn't look terribly familiar. For a moment he's not even looking at the camera, but at something past it, until he drags his attention back. ]

Evening, folks. Gotta skip the pleasantries tonight, I'm afraid- there's something you all need to see.

[ He taps at his ACE, and a beautiful little holo model of their end of the station shimmers into view like a heat mirage. There's the observation deck, the barter block, living quarters, the whole shebang, with tiny points of gold light scattered hither and thither- roughly marking the inhabitants. It turns slowly, a wireframe of cyan light, while he continues, ]

For the past five months, we've been inhabiting this portion of the former Ingress Station, making journeys out into the wider universe via the portal. Much of the structure outside our immediate area isn't in the best shape, so we've been pretty limited when it comes to moving around.

Now, check this out.

[ With an easy gesture, the drag of two fingers, the wireframe pulls back. More of the old station appears, bands of light branching out to form the structure- a massive one at that. Anyone forget how freakin huge this place is? Will get a reminder here. ]

For the past couple of months, I've been working with Erik and Wanda to get a new scanning device up and running- ah, here we go-

[ At a fair distance from their home, the wireframe quits assembling in the air. After that long expanse of nothing in the preceding build, gold pinpoints of light suddenly begin to bloom, lighting up like a Christmas tree. Flynn looks back to the camera, calm still, but for the glint of excitement in his eye. ]

I'll spare you all the technobabble of the how for the moment, but we're not alone on Avagi. We estimate there's maybe a couple hundred people a good two, three days' trek away. We know- or can make a pretty good educated guess -that they're humanoid, like us.

Right now, that's pretty much all we know. I've made a copy of our findings for anyone who wants a closer look.

[ Heyyy, a file pop-up, in the interests of transparency! For a second, though, he looks like he might have more to say, but changes his mind. He adds, ]

So. Who's feeling neighborly?
araignee_du_soir: by thebutt (8m)

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[personal profile] araignee_du_soir 2018-02-04 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Tell me about this scanning device. It has more range than my own.

[Because that's what's important here.]
monomachy: idolatry @ dw (born to fly)

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[personal profile] monomachy 2018-02-04 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
You're certain about this? It isn't some kind of--malfunction of the device?
lavelly: (approve missives)

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[personal profile] lavelly 2018-02-04 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Do they know about us?

[Or: is there any indications they could be hostile.]
notglitching: (red - reflections and traces)

[not here definitely here]

[personal profile] notglitching 2018-02-04 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Rinzler does not ask questions. Not here; not him. He will, however, be downloading $flynn's file.

And listening in on everyone else.]
shiro2hero: (disappointed dad eyebrows)

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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2018-02-04 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
You want to... what? Just go knock on their door?

Why don't we try and send a message first? If they're here, living, they've got to have some kind of communication tech.

I'm all for diplomacy, but if it turns out they're hostile, or even defensive, we're not equipped for that kind of confrontation. We should be careful.
araignee_du_soir: (2p)

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[personal profile] araignee_du_soir 2018-02-04 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Hold the press. Widowmaker looked... surprised. A little.]

There is another mind reader here?
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ex_bossily211: (pic#11869229)

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[personal profile] ex_bossily211 2018-02-04 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a lot Clara's getting out of this, and she'll get to the finer points of what she wants to discuss in time. But the more pressing matter to her fragile egomania is -]

You've been working on this for months, and this is the first time anyone's thought to mention something?
redshitlord: (bad hearted boytrap babydoll)

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[personal profile] redshitlord 2018-02-04 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Cool! What could like, possibly go wrong with that!
seeingscarlet: (concern; 173)

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[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2018-02-04 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
It might be easier if it was but -- no.

[Mother aside, chances are good that these people will not be happy to see them, even given the opportunity to pool their resources.]

I know what I saw.
lavelly: (cry deeply)

[personal profile] lavelly 2018-02-04 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[They sure weren't.]

Unless they have a reason not to introduce themselves. I'd be careful to underestimate anyone in this situation.

After all, there aren't many places they could have come from.
alformthearm: (Ooh wat dis)

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[personal profile] alformthearm 2018-02-04 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
Fascinating..! I wouldn't mind a bit of technobabble, but this is definitely an interesting find. It certainly puts in perspective the sheer size of this station if it's to take that long to navigate our way there- or is that being generous in consideration of possible road blocks? It probably won't be so straight forward a journey if we have encounter more sealed off sectors than what already makes up the borders of our end of the station.

I would like a copy to study, however. And if anyone might be volunteering for such an outing, I may consider accompanying.
magneticfields: (calm light)

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[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-04 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
I started the project after I completed the workshop. All that time has been spent constructing the scanner, and then calibrating it until it was functional. We did not know what, if anything, it would reveal. Until today.
magneticfields: (default)

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[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-04 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
What do you suggest?
magneticfields: (dark profile)

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[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-04 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
All we know about them at this point is that they are there, and appear to be humanoids of some sort. We weren't able to find any method of communication with them. It's possible if we send a party, they may be able to attempt communication once they're closer.
redshitlord: (but don't think it bothers me at all)

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[personal profile] redshitlord 2018-02-04 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
Uhhhh?

How about like.

Not doing that? Or anything? Just leave them alone?
magneticfields: (alright)

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[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-04 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
We share the space. Sharing resources could be extremely beneficial.
shiro2hero: (get in the fucking lion)

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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2018-02-04 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
Has anyone tried looking up anything in the Station's records? Maybe there's something there we can learn about them before we try anything. Like why they've been hidden like this for so long.

All I'm saying is we should be as cautious as possible here.
redshitlord: (You're not me)

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[personal profile] redshitlord 2018-02-04 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Aaaaaaaaaaaand you're sure they're gonna agree and not be all:

[Cue the bad falsetto:]

Ooo, no we're aren't gonna share nothing with nobody! We want all the resource stuff!
magneticfields: (alright)

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[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-04 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
Caution is certainly justified. We only just discovered this today, so the three of us have not had time to search the records. We don't know why they're there, or how they got there. I'm not sure they're hidden, they're simply on a section of the station that is difficult for us to access. They may not know we're here at all.
magneticfields: (side eye)

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[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-04 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
That is possible, yes.

magneticfields: (amused)

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[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-04 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
If we could assemble a team, I think that would be a very good method of contact. There are many people here with experience in diplomacy.

I, as some know, am not one of those people and will not be joining such a mission.
redshitlord: (you say it's dinner with your sister)

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[personal profile] redshitlord 2018-02-04 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, and then they murder us.

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