Spinning Compass Network

look how i have learned to use this

[please imagine a picture of Astrid's baby is here, as advanced as the station's tech will let it be]

doctor cuddy has done tests and given me medicine to help the baby be strong

the baby will be born towards the end of the snows after dans birthday

(OoC: Backdated to a couple of days after this thread)

so this is space, huh?

space hospital

So, um... one of my spells is broken.

DOOR

Another new door, and we have it for almost two months this time. The sign says it's going to a place called Ingoulf in what's going to be Norway, and the dates are April 7 to May 31 in the year 836, which is like 1200 years ago or something.

Anyone recognize this view?

[Photo of the view from just through the door, showing some of the branches of the tree and the road down to the village]

The room of Doors is right beside Bad Things.

i see that people have finally remembered who their true gods are

miguel you did not tell me that people here worship the aesir

Does anyone have any questions about Nueva York? I would have posted this earlier, but I was busy being home.

Edit: If your hand is itchy when you go through to Nueva York, I think you'll have a cred chip implant. Ask Lyla to run a scan before you leave my apartment, and she'll tell you what sort of chip you've got (and how much money you can spend).

Am I allowed to hibernate until March?

(to after this http://asylums.insanejournal.com/spinningcompass/1332303.html)

I don't know if any of you science types, or the magi, are interested but there is a gift box right outside my club. It was sent to me by Higgs.

Higgs, I know your listening, I know your watching. You are hereby banned from both of my establishments. If you cross either threshold it will be considered an act of war. And I'm a fucking Viking. I will take pleasure in pulling your entrails out through your nose, if you declare war.

I know we all mourn in our own way... But I would like to celebrate the men that are now gone from our community. Would anyone like to join me? Or shall I do it alone?

So... That was a really really long nap. How's everybody doing?

I miss Asgard.

I would apologize for missing over a week of station goings-on, but I was on my honeymoon and I turned off my phone until about two minutes ago. So, what did I miss?

[Bryn]

You're different. What happened, why are you different?

Greetings, fellow station dwellers.

I am not certain that what I have to say requires such a formal declaration, but I feel that to continue in such an evasive and abashed manner about these things would be greatly disrespectful to those who courageously fought against injustice and inequality. And if you can't say it during a whole month of pride, then you risk staying silent forever.

I am a homosexual.

Alright y'all, I know the wedding is still hopping over there but it's PRIDE month too and I'mma be loud about it for a few minutes, because that's half of my personality, and because in some alternate universe I was not, and that is just sad. Normally there is a party for this, but I think most of us are partied out.

Things here are pretty great, all said and done, but I know not everyone is from here and sometimes the shit you need to hear isn't said. So, as the resident disaster gay, I'm just gonna put it plain and simple: it doesn't matter if you're not straight. Literally doesn't matter. If anyone makes it a thing I would call them an asshole but those are more fun and it would be an insult to asses everywhere. You have every right to be who you are and if anyone wants to fight me on that I will sic an angry Eddie on you. He is very loud and talks VERY fast and it is terrifying.

I'm in the need of some willing participants. I need some women for Brenna, and some men for Dan...

But first anyone that is going to attend my daughter Brenna, and soon to be son-in-law, Dan's wedding would you please come through the door, and come to the palace. This will be a week long celebration, because we are doing it as close to Norse tradition as we can, so pack for staying at the palace for a week. The Allmother has had the rooms prepared already.

As for what I need the men and the women for. We must prepare the bride and the groom for their coming nuptials. And the men must dig up a sword I buried.

It'll be a week full of merriment, I promise.

Edit: I use the terms men and women loosely, women can join the men and men can join the women in their rituals.

My friends, might any of you know where I could get my hands on a crate or even a basket of oranges? I do not wish to drive down supplies, but if we could spare around ten or perhaps even a dozen, I would be incredibly grateful.

It's been a while since I posted a reminder for this, and we've had plenty of new people show up in that time, so here is my post where I ask people for genetic samples for the database I'm building. If you're new, or you don't remember me asking before, please read it and reply either on the original post or to this one. There's no pressure to do this if you don't want to, for whatever reason.

Thank you.

I have an odd request: Many humans offered their blood to me last time and the response brought me to tears. Are there any nonhumans that would offer the same?

Here is why I ask: A friend brought up the idea that I do not have to outlive everyone, that my 'immortality' could go away, for the lack of better words. Another seems to think this may end my life, but brought up a loop hole when I told him of the way I know of to remove my vampirism, to stave off of human blood. And I hope my self-loathing will be enough to open a door close to the time before I killed my Master so that I might do it again.

The reason I need to feed, and can't just go without blood all together, is I will lose selfcontrol. I will be come a ravenous beast, and that is not something I ever want to be, let alone on a floating island.

For those of you that are finding out about my vampirism this way, I am sorry. I did intend to be more delicate with it but opportunity did not present itself.

I am tired of being repulsive. I'm tired of outliving everyone I love, but I am not ready for an unnatural death.

Would anyone be terribly offended if I dubbed the station Texas?

Greetings to whomever finds this note,

I have been informed that we are on a space station. I, much like Jacob Frye, have only arrived here recently. We have been here long enough to settle down at least, and thanks to Sophia, have been given a great deal of information about our new home.

I do however have an inquiry I wish to share. From what I have observed, this space station is like an island, floating in a sea of stars. There are worlds out there beyond those stars and there are means to travel to them in the form of space ships. I wish to learn how to sail one of these ships. Might there be someone willing to teach me? I would ask you to name your price, of course.

Yours,

Captain Edward Kenway.