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Cal Kestis (cal_kestis) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2024-03-16 06:33:00

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cal kestis, hana song, sarah sully

I've noticed that a lot of people who come here introduce themselves on the network, so I figured maybe I should too. My name's Cal Kestis. I arrived here not too long ago. If you see a little droid running around, that's BD-1. He came here with me. Chances are I'm probably not too far away from him.

What kind of things do people do on the station? How have you all adapted to living here? Have things changed a lot for all of you or did your life stay roughly the same? I know, I ask a lot of questions. I guess it's my way of adapting to things. And my way of getting to know how things work here.

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	sarah_sully 2024-03-16 09:11 am UTC (link)
	Hi! I'm Sarah O'hara. I was born to this world so my life... it changed a lot. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-16 09:35 am UTC (link)
	To this world? Were you born on this station? I don't really understand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-17 08:06 am UTC (link)
	I wasn't born on the station, no, we used to be on an island, on a very small planet. But we rebelled against one of the powers that be and kind of threw stuff out of balance. Also, I'm from the future. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-17 08:39 am UTC (link)
	Sounds like you've been through a lot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-17 10:32 am UTC (link)
	Well, I guess so. But no more than most people have, probably? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-17 11:44 am UTC (link)
	Maybe. So how are things here? Do you still have to worry about the "powers that be"? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-18 06:47 am UTC (link)
	Not really, I mean things happen every once in a while, but nothing as bad what was happening. People still vanish, but I don't think anyone is doing it to be malicious. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-18 07:11 am UTC (link)
	Can I ask what sort of things? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-18 07:58 am UTC (link)
	With him or without him? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-18 08:36 am UTC (link)
	Him? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-18 08:44 am UTC (link)
	The power that be that we got rid of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-18 09:01 am UTC (link)
	Both then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sarah_sully
2024-03-18 09:58 am UTC (link)

Well, on the island He would do cruel things like take everyone's powers away, and then take the electricity away, and bombard it with storms. Here just mild things happen, like there's holes in space and time that allow people from the future to pass through more often than they used to, like two of my children are currently roughly twenty years older than they should be. And there's the occasional gender swap.

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	cal_kestis 2024-03-18 10:30 am UTC (link)
	That sounds horrible. And confusing. When was the last time something like that happened? Do these things last long? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-19 07:08 am UTC (link)
	It's not too bad. Or it isn't if you're used to it I guess? The last gender swap was just over a year and a half ago. The time jump, well, my son has been here for a few years now, and my daughter came through just over a year ago. Being a man is weird. er. No offence. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-19 08:15 am UTC (link)
	Maybe I just need to get some time to get used to it too. None taken. I can't really imagine what it would be like to wake up as a different gender but I'm guessing it would be pretty jarring. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-19 10:17 am UTC (link)
	The things that happen like that are few and far between, so you should have a chance to get used to them, I think. It was really weird. My husband took pity on me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-19 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure I'll find out whenever it happens. Hopefully you won't have to deal with that same problem again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-20 05:58 am UTC (link)
	I hope you're at least a spectator for your first time. I'm not that lucky. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-20 07:46 am UTC (link)
	So these events don't just effect everyone? Are they random? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-20 10:08 am UTC (link)
	Sometimes they do, but it's rare that they do. Even when they do it's not everyone, sometimes one or two people are left out of the fray. And I haven't seen a pattern with any of them so they have to be random. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-20 11:56 am UTC (link)
	You've been really helpful. I'm grateful, so thank you. Is there anything else you think I should know about this place? Or anything you'd like to ask me? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-21 08:25 am UTC (link)
	I'm glad I could help. There's a farm up in the biodome at wheel one end, and wheel five is... well, don't go there alone. It's wild and there are creatures there that you've never seen before, and probably some you have. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-21 09:43 am UTC (link)
	Do these creatures leave Wheel 5 at all or do they stay there? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-22 04:26 am UTC (link)
	They stay there unless someone goes in and mindful of whether or not they're being followed when they leave. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-22 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, I'll try to remember that. Thanks for letting me know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2024-03-23 07:35 am UTC (link)
	No problem, if you need anything else don't hesitate to ask. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	i_play_to_win 2024-03-18 08:46 am UTC (link)
	A little droid? Oh! That’s the cute guy I saw running around! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-18 09:02 am UTC (link)
	Hopefully he wasn't getting into any trouble. He likes to explore. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_play_to_win 2024-03-18 09:26 am UTC (link)
	None at all! Even if he did, I can handle it. I wouldn’t hurt him or anything, just try to stop him. And because he’s tiny I wouldn’t need Toki’s help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-18 09:34 am UTC (link)
	Toki? I forgot to ask your name too. I'm Cal. What's your name? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_play_to_win 2024-03-26 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	Toki is my mecha. I go inside her when I need to fight. Long story. I’m Hana. If you’ve seen my streams then you know me as D.Va, but just call me Hana. Nice to meet you Cal! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-27 02:15 pm UTC (link)
	It's nice to meet you too, Hana. What's a mecha? And a stream? And what are you fighting? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

i_play_to_win
2024-03-28 05:40 am UTC (link)

Mecha is like a robot I can climb into to fight the omnics. My squad and I fought for South Korea. We were the best! (D.Mon and I were the top two, but don't tell the guys. Don't want to hurt their feelings too much.)

A stream is- well, you watch television and games and such right? Well a stream is a televised event. I'll play games and stream it so others can watch me. I'm a top Starcraft player where I'm from. (That's a video game.)

We were fighting omnics. Its a long story but they were robots that didn't want to serve anymore. They did a lot of destruction. So I hope that answers everything for you!

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cal_kestis
2024-03-29 12:01 am UTC (link)

That sounds pretty cool. I can't say I've heard of South Korea but I'm learning that this is a pretty big universe.

I don't know Starcraft either. Can you still play it here?

And I can't say I've heard of Omnics either. I'm sure there's plenty of stuff from where I'm from that might confuse you too though, so I guess we're kinda even there.

That's great. I kind of want to ask more questions but I don't want to overload you. You're welcome to ask me something in return?

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	i_play_to_win 2024-03-29 01:22 am UTC (link)
	Never heard of South Korea? So where are you from? What country? You can! Want to play sometime with me? I'll show you how! You're lucky you're learning from the world champion. You never heard of omnics either? You're not overloading me at all. Do you have a workshop here? Do you have any other of the droids? His name is BD-1, right? What does he do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-29 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	A world called Bracca. Sure. I'd like that. I'd say I was pretty fortunate to learn from a world champion. I'm sorry, I haven't. I don't have a workshop yet but I plan on setting up a small one in my new home. BD-1 is my only droid, sometimes I just call him BD. He's an exploration droid. He gathers information and helps me get around. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	feelyournoise 2024-03-23 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	You do ask a lot of questions. I'll be generous and answer one. The biggest adjustment I'm making is to the social structure. Talking to people just for the sake of talking or freely sharing valuable information is weird. But it gets you what you want here. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cal_kestis 2024-03-23 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks. Adjusting isn't always easy. Maybe you'll get used to things soon? Do you prefer an exchange when asked for information? You can ask me something if you'd like. How's that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	feelyournoise 2024-03-26 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I can adapt to this. At least I'm not in a place modeled after the feudal period. That's more what I'm used to. We can trade questions. So, Cal Kestis: I want to know what exactly a 'droid' is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cal_kestis
2024-03-27 02:11 pm UTC (link)

I can't say I know what that is like.

Droid is mechanical helpers. They can serve a variety of different purposes, depending on what they were made for. Some are made to fight, some are made to store information, clean, provide medical aid. There's a lot of different types of droid. BD-1 was made for exploration. He likes to gather information.

Can I ask what your name is?

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