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Tweak says, "MONDAIS SUCK"

Caspar Leyton (brannenford) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2022-03-01 10:34:00

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eggsy, tom sully jr, wanda maximoff, ~caspar leyton

Good morning.

Let me thank the gentlemen who assisted me on the day of my arrival for your kindness. I wish I could say that my mind is less troubled on this day than it was on that that one, but unfortunately, I cannot. I have spent my time since then with your history books.

They are wrong. Wrong in many particulars, from the great to the small. Pretannica is 'Britain' and Gaul is 'France' and the wars are protracted or shifted or simply not as they should be. The dates are wrong, all across the past millennium. Places are wrongly named, and many august personages either are not mentioned or are said to hold the wrong offices. On a more personal note, the great city of Calleva, near which my family has its estate, in your books appears to have disappeared when the Romans did.

Further, I cannot find a single mention of telekinetics.

The similarities, however, are numerous and uncanny enough that I cannot simply say that I must be reading about some other planet, even as I learn the nature of this place.

What would you make of this?

- C. Leyton

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	brannenford 2022-03-02 08:56 am UTC (link)
	Shepard. I see. Very novel! You must call me Leyton then. I do not rightly understand what you mean by that. There was a tiny klaxon, and then I saw your name, and then the device went black again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	commander_shep 2022-03-02 10:19 am UTC (link)
	Alright, Leyton. Okay, do you know how to light it up? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-02 10:23 am UTC (link)
	Yes, of course. I know that, and how to look at the messages such as the one you just sent, and to turn on the radio. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

commander_shep
2022-03-02 10:37 am UTC (link)

Okay, well make it light up, and draw your finger from the top to the bottom, you should see any alerts you've been sent in the drop down that.. I'm going to be perfectly honest, I'm shit at explaining this. I'm from about a hundred and sixty years into the future. I don't really use the phones, because they're heavy bricks of added weight. So you have to bear with me, because I'm explaining as I do the stuff on one, and just explaining what I just did.

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	brannenford 2022-03-02 10:49 am UTC (link)
	We are all out of time here. These phones are from as far into the future as you are. I follow you well enough. Then I see your name, and the message about the file. If I touch it will that take me to the filing cabinet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

commander_shep
2022-03-02 11:38 am UTC (link)

Well, I actually have a chip implanted into my hand that is pill sized. It's connected to my ship, and my ship is connected to the network.

It should just open up the file. Hamilton was talking to Sookie about getting you a physical copy, but the file is a map. You just use your fingers on the screen to navigate the map. if you use your forefinger and thumb on the map, like a pinch and then draw it out, it'll zoom, and you'll be able to get a closer look at the different places. The only places in English are places we've added to the station. There's a translator that will translate the alien into something you can read... but I don't know how to turn it on.

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brannenford
2022-03-02 11:48 am UTC (link)

~~Now I do not follow at all.~~

Yes, I spoke with Mr Hamilton on the day I that arrived. He was exceptionally helpful in assisting me to make sense of this place, and said that he would find a map for me, if he could. Since then I have encountered charts of various kinds as part of my search for more information. I am sure this one will also be of use to me, thank you. I do think it is important to get my bearings.

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	commander_shep 2022-03-02 11:57 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, alright. I think the hardest part of getting used to this place is learning which end is the farm. Physically. I change that map whenever people add their own touch to the station, so I'll try to remember to send out an update when I do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-02 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	You're teasing, aren't you? I wish I could tell. We lose so much through these phones. They're harder to get used to than finding a farm, I'm sure. Yes, but this one does very well for now, thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	commander_shep 2022-03-03 11:02 am UTC (link)
	No. I wish I was. Unless you're looking out the window of the spine you can't tell from the inside. You're welcome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-03 11:07 am UTC (link)
	What if you were to carry a compass? I know there is no North Pole here, but would it indicate - well, would it be of any use? Would it point to north of that other planet, and let you orient yourself that way? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	commander_shep 2022-03-03 12:44 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, I've tried that. It just swings around and around. But it did that when we were on land. The easiest way is to mark the corridor. No one will care, as long as your mark doesn't pierce the hull. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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