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[ventifact]

[rey had never received a package before. suspicion had been her first response when she'd gotten the message on her MID. it had to have been some kind of trick. she's prepared for the absolute worst when she picks up the box, holding it as if it might detonate at any second.

inside was dosmit ræh's helmet.

her heart had constricted. ræh had been her imaginary friend as a child, and was still someone rey looked up to even though they'd never met. and since her helmet had been inside a wrecked ship, they probably never would. so having the helmet back was a gift she'd never dreamed of. but it also meant that someone had been in her home, in her private space. and that makes her furious.]

how do these packages get here? who retrieves them? i need to know

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[songoftime]

Sometimes the captains make the things they give us. Curre made me fairies last month.

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[ventifact]

nobody could have made what i got
they had to get it from my home

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[redshitlord]

dude i dunno maybe its space magic or something

did u get something cool

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[ventifact]

space magic
are you serious???

[REY THAT'S WHAT THE FORCE IS, IT'S SPACE MAGIC]

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[wallcrawls]

I was told that sometimes the ingress sends through things we need or might like.

which is a bit creepy + weird, to be honest.

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[ventifact]

it's both of those things
how could it know
it isn't sentient is it?
i didn't think it was a.i. just a gateway

[deal]

I'm not sure. But whoever is responsible for what I got is getting punched.

[ventifact]

yeah
there's no way someone could have found what i got unless they went into my home

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[knaval]

magic
no really

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[ventifact]

magic is not a good answer
it might actually be the worst one

[warandpeace]

I wish I knew. Just that it takes effort to retrieve them through the Ingress. Easier in than out, I guess, considering they can't send us home.

[ventifact]

so they say

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[ex_forcechoke292]

Likely the same way we did.

[Between the incident with that twisted mask last month, and this journal he's currently more than a little irate about, he's not terribly thrilled with the idea either.]

What happened?

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[ventifact]

the package i got
nobody should have found it

[vengeance_driven]

I work in the Cargo Bay. Things turn up here sometimes. I don't really see who brings them in. Yeah, it is creepy. Yeah, I just work with it when it happens.

[ventifact]

they just turn up?
that's ridiculous
there has to be an explanation
and "space magic" is not it

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[straightouttacarbonite]

What did you get that you're complaining?

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[ventifact]

Something hidden in my home. [A beat. She'll tell him, only because he's Han. But it's kind of embarrassing.] A Rebel pilot's helmet. I found it when I was a kid.

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[heroicpose]

definitely magic.
as for who delivers them, idk. Mail people??

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[ventifact]

you people need to stop saying magic!! magic is not a good answer!!

[daintylegs]

Who knows!
Usually it's best not to question these things
my bet is something cool and magical

[ventifact]

IT ISN'T MAGIC

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[skelepun]

has no one told you about the elves yet? thought they covered that in orientation.

i s2g she's going to have an aneurysm

[ventifact]

no
and i don't want to know about any elves
whatever those are

[petrifiedshadow]

The packages come from the Ingress, just like we did, but there isn't any clear pattern or anything. Manasseh has a way to tell what world they came from and compares it to who is on the ship, and then the people responsible for delivering the packages take them to everyone's rooms. Or the cargo bay. Though one of my packages got sent to the medbay for some reason.

If you're wondering how the Ingress works, though, that's a lot more complicated. I don't think anyone on board has figured it out yet.

[ventifact]

why doesn't anyone know how it works?? how long have you all been on this ship??

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[imahologram]

Why do you ask? Looking for a new job?

[text] hello there

[ventifact]

just trying to figure out how it works

[hellsbel]

[stares at most of the other network comments; face drops to sleeve in silent laughter]


Nobody knows the technical details, but it's definitely not magic.

You got something from home?

[ventifact]

at least a few people here can realize that
and yes