InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Sam, where's my car?"

Breq aka Justice of Toren was a (troopcarrier) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-07-08 14:28:00

Entry tags:

!network post, fray, gideon, justice of toren, katniss everdeen (au), kell maresh, matt holt, michael, ororo munroe / storm (616), rhy maresh, tony stark / iron man (mcu)

Greetings everyone. It would be a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Most recently in my life, most people call me Breq, but I am also Justice of Toren. Please forgive the immediate discussion of business; however, I have some issues that need to be addressed.

Athoek Station, part of it, has arrived with me, and Station - its AI - is in need of more assistance than I can provide. The Botanical Gardens, recently repaired, will need regular work to maintain it. Given enough time, I can take care of the rest of Station. The Undergarden was mostly repaired, and I can fix what remains. However, living things cannot be ignored for so long. Unfortunately, having just arrived, I do not have local currency on a scale to pay anyone yet. I do have more than enough food, we grow our own, as well as tea and other options, pursuant to conversation and your needs.

While I could spend all my hours maintaining Station, and I will spend a good number of them doing just that, I am also interested in gaining paid employment. I have roughly two thousand years experience in the military, five years experience as civilian security, as well as experience in a multitude of jobs from janitorial to sewing to sports. I am fluent in more than sixty languages and learn new ones easily. If you have means and need for any of my skills or ones I could learn, I am interested in speaking with you.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

	burningwings 2018-07-09 03:49 am UTC (link)
	A lot of people around here have figured out their own methods of transportation. Some people have magical ways of doing it and you can pay them to take you places. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-09 04:06 am UTC (link)
	That is good to know. Are any of these magical means able to set up permanent transportation between two locations? That would require someone's direct involvement less often. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

burningwings
2018-07-09 04:11 am UTC (link)

Some of them, I think. There were people who made portals for people that go to an island where we could be safe if something bad happened here. There are also bracelets available at the military base that can bring you there, and back home, if you haven't already gotten one of those.

But probably the people who made those portals could do another one for you, if they wanted to. I don't know if they'd charge you or bargain for it, or how much it would be.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-09 04:35 am UTC (link)
	I have not tested the bracelet. I chose to come out to Station by means that would not cut me off from it during transit. Speaking with people who make portals will be added to my to do list, even if they must wait until I have more means. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

burningwings
2018-07-09 05:06 am UTC (link)

I haven't tested mine either. But my brother's friend made them, and he said that they work. I don't know if it would cut you off from Station or not, though.

I think Pixie and Eliot were the ones that were doing them. But I'm not sure, and there are probably other people who could make them too. If you asked about it on the network, someone would be able to tell you.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-09 05:20 am UTC (link)
	I do not know either, and I did not want to take that risk. I believe it can wait a few days. People do not seem to post every day on this network. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-09 05:31 am UTC (link)
	I don't know if there's a way to get your Station to the island with us. How big is it? There's no rules about it. I don't know if anyone really cares how often people post. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

troopcarrier
2018-07-10 01:35 am UTC (link)

Station went in orbit around a planet, but it is embedded in the ground here. It would take more than a human sized portal or the bracelet to move it. For Station, it is fairly small. Well less than half of it is here. But the Gardens are five acres.

There may not be rules, but there are customs. I am not used to using this kind of network. But you are right that I should not put it off too long. Something could happen.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-10 02:13 am UTC (link)
	Well, there are a lot of powerful people here. But that might still be more than they're able to manage. I really don't know. [...] Five acres of garden sounds amazing. Things do happen very quickly here, and without warning. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-10 03:11 am UTC (link)
	I will not depend on it. But we will do what we can. [...] Three acres of it is a lake. If things are anything like our arrival. I am glad to have what warning I can, even if that is simply to be prepared for things to change in an instant. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-10 03:28 am UTC (link)
	Probably Station would be okay here. Usually buildings and gardens don't get destroyed. Just people get hurt, or [...] changed, or confused. Sometimes right before we change locations, there's an earthquake. But not always. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-10 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Station is pretty hardy. But we'll do what we can. [...] What do you mean by changed and confused? When we change locations, do the buildings come with us? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

burningwings
2018-07-10 03:52 am UTC (link)

Like [...] people grow older or younger, or change genders, or change species even, or swap bodies or powers or abilities with someone else. It's usually temporary, but it can last up to a week. I don't know why it happens. There's just a lot of magic or energy floating around that does it, I guess. Or sometimes it's the portal. And sometimes other things happen, like we get presents from home or random things appear out of portals, which can be useful or dangerous. There's a lot of possibilities and usually it's not the same thing twice.

It depends. When we went to space, or on the cruise ship, the buildings didn't come with us. But when we changed Tumbleweeds -- this is a different one from the first one I was in -- the buildings did come with us. We always seem to come back to some version of Tumbleweed after we go somewhere else.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-10 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Those are not changes which usually happen, in my experience. And not temporarily. This place is more unusual than it looks. Do we know what happened to the buildings while people were elsewhere? Does anyone's buildings have a way to determine that? I would like Station to be ready for what happens. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-10 04:05 am UTC (link)
	I know. It's weird. I don't think anyone knows that. But I don't know if any of our buildings can [...] tell us what happened to them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-10 04:13 am UTC (link)
	While I do not look forward to parting with Station, it will tell us if it can, afterward. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-10 04:14 am UTC (link)
	The people in the town don't always seem to notice we're gone. But there are a lot of things they seem to not notice, that affect us. So I don't know whether Station would notice or not, but if you're here long enough you'll most likely find out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-10 04:29 am UTC (link)
	The people in town don't always seem to notice a lot. I would prefer not to. But that counts for little. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-10 04:36 am UTC (link)
	Did you notice that already? Yeah. Preferences really don't count for much. [...] I'm not good at sugarcoating things. Sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-10 04:39 am UTC (link)
	My über driver did not notice the arrival of a five acre garden. Just for a start. I do not like things to be sugarcoated. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-10 04:46 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. When new buildings just show up, everyone besides us seems to think it's already always been there. Okay. I won't worry about that, then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-10 04:55 am UTC (link)
	I wonder if their minds are actually being affected by something or whether they simply are adapting. I appreciate it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-10 04:57 am UTC (link)
	I really don't know. It seems like they'd have to be really oblivious not to even notice at all. It seems like something weirder than that, to me. I think it's better to have a realistic idea of the situation you're in. Even if it's bad. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	troopcarrier 2018-07-10 05:13 am UTC (link)
	I suppose it depends. If new buildings showing up is strongly associated with something they would rather believe does not exist, I believe humans capable of adapting to avoid the difficulty. But it could readily be something different, to have affected so many people to such a degree. It's only then you can do something about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	burningwings 2018-07-10 05:27 am UTC (link)
	Well, they're currently starting to celebrate Crash Day. So clearly they have some beliefs about things that show up here. Exactly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)