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come_sailaway2023-10-29 01:46 pm
astrogator) wrote in come_sailaway2023-10-29 01:46 pm
I'll send an SOS to the world
Who: Everyone who wants to!
What: Messages for the outside, NOVEMBER PLOT
When: Mid-October onwards
Where: By Phil's signpost, the lounge, Ari's cabin
Warnings: None yet, will update as needed
Notes: Credit to Batya for the first prompt!
1. Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
A day or two after the signpost goes up, a small table shows up next to it, with a large blank notebook from Sundries. It has been labeled on the front, in careful printing: MAIL CALL.
A nearby note, in the same printing, reads:
2. Only hope can keep me together
In the second half of October, Ari will be in the lounge and other communal areas with her laptop. Anyone who passes by, whether she knows them well or not, will be asked to help her with a project. She doesn't want anyone to be forgotten, she says. She wants a record, because existence is so uncertain. Her injury made her value the people here on the ship more, she'll say, - and the bandage still around her head might speak to that. She encourages people to let her make a recording of them, talking about themselves.
'We can do it however you like,' she'll say. 'Flatvid, looking direct into the camera, or I can activate the holorecorders, give you your own holovid. If you don't know what to say, I'll ask questions. Please?' Are you really going to turn down the earnest young Tradeliner?
3. Sendin' out an SOS
Late in October, Ari calls a meeting of her co-conspirators. She gives them each a different time to arrive at her cabin, so the first arrivals will get to spend time helping with video editing or rocket construction while they await the others. There's time for private chat - but when everyone who decided to come along should be there, discussion begins in earnest.
[ooc: prompts divided up below for organisational purposes; contact me or Batya if you'd like to do something different!]
What: Messages for the outside, NOVEMBER PLOT
When: Mid-October onwards
Where: By Phil's signpost, the lounge, Ari's cabin
Warnings: None yet, will update as needed
Notes: Credit to Batya for the first prompt!
1. Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
A day or two after the signpost goes up, a small table shows up next to it, with a large blank notebook from Sundries. It has been labeled on the front, in careful printing: MAIL CALL.
A nearby note, in the same printing, reads:
If you could send a message back home, or onward to the next place you want to go, what would it say? Write it here for posterity.Pens and markers are available, in a tall cup scavenged from the buffet table.
2. Only hope can keep me together
In the second half of October, Ari will be in the lounge and other communal areas with her laptop. Anyone who passes by, whether she knows them well or not, will be asked to help her with a project. She doesn't want anyone to be forgotten, she says. She wants a record, because existence is so uncertain. Her injury made her value the people here on the ship more, she'll say, - and the bandage still around her head might speak to that. She encourages people to let her make a recording of them, talking about themselves.
'We can do it however you like,' she'll say. 'Flatvid, looking direct into the camera, or I can activate the holorecorders, give you your own holovid. If you don't know what to say, I'll ask questions. Please?' Are you really going to turn down the earnest young Tradeliner?
3. Sendin' out an SOS
Late in October, Ari calls a meeting of her co-conspirators. She gives them each a different time to arrive at her cabin, so the first arrivals will get to spend time helping with video editing or rocket construction while they await the others. There's time for private chat - but when everyone who decided to come along should be there, discussion begins in earnest.
[ooc: prompts divided up below for organisational purposes; contact me or Batya if you'd like to do something different!]
Re: Notebook Messages
CG: I DON’T KNOW WHETHER ANY OF YOU IDIOTS WILL READ THIS.
CG: REGARDLESS OF EVEN GETTING A MESSAGE BACK OUT OF THIS POCKET DIMENSION, WHICH I HAVE BEEN ASSURED MANY TIMES IS IMPOSSIBLE
CG: I KNOW
CG: I JUST KNOW
CG: THAT MY BONE BULGE OF AN ALPHA TIMELINE COUNTERPART WILL BASICALLY JUST IGNORE ANYTHING I SAY HERE AS THE CONDESCENDING RAMBLINGS OF AN IRRELEVANT HAS-BEEN VERSION OF MYSELF.
CG: I KNOW BECAUSE THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WAS HIM, AND I AM HIM, SO I HAPPEN TO BE AN EXPERT ON THE SUBJECT.
CG: WAIT. RUNNING OUT OF SPACE. HOLD ON.
Another page.
CG: OKAY, BACK TO THE POINT.
CG: WHICH VERSION OF KARKAT I AM IS HONESTLY NOT THAT RELEVANT, BUT ALL I’LL SAY IS THAT I GOT UNCEREMONIOUSLY RIPPED AWAY FROM THE MAIN TIMELINE ON THE METEOR AND HAVE BEEN USED AS SOME KIND OF ENERGETIC FUEL FOR A POWERFUL ENTITY, ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF PEOPLE FROM ASSORTED UNIVERSES AND POINTS IN TIME.
CG: ALSO, NEPETA IS HERE.
CG: I HAVE THINGS I WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU, SO PLEASE TRY NOT TO COMPLETELY DISMISS ALL OF THIS WHILE CRUMPLING MY WORDS INTO A BALL AND THROWING IT OUT INTO THE COLD VACUUM OF SPACE.
CG: TO KANAYA.
CG: I MISS YOU PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY. YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST STABLE FRIENDS I’VE EVER HAD, AND I SPENT FAR TOO LONG WHINING ABOUT MY OWN BULLSHIT INSTEAD OF BEING THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED IT. I KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO FIND A NEW PURPOSE IN THE NEW UNIVERSE, EVEN IF I WON’T BE THERE TO SEE IT.
CG: LALONDE. TREAT KANAYA WELL. I WILL PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROJECT MYSELF THROUGH TIME AND SPACE TO STRANGLE YOU IF YOU EVER MAKE HER SAD.
CG: BUT LET’S BE REAL, YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR HER. WAY BETTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER IDIOTS SHE’S BEEN FLUSHED FOR.
CG: TO STRIDER.
CG: I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW IT WASN’T ACTUALLY EVER THAT BAD BETWEEN US. THE VERSION OF ME THAT’S THERE WON’T ADMIT TO ANY OF THIS, BUT... OKAY, I’M JUST GOING TO STOP HERE BEFORE I EMBARRASS BOTH OF US ANY FURTHER.
CG: TO TEREZI.
CG: EVERYTHING I SAID IN THAT DREAM BUBBLE, I STILL MEAN IT. AND EVEN THOUGH I’M PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO SEE YOU AGAIN - WELL, NOT THIS VERSION OF ME ANYWAY - I CAN ACCEPT THAT, KNOWING THAT YOU’LL BE OKAY WITH WHATEVER YOU DO.
CG: TO GAMZEE.
CG: HANG ON. YOU CAN GET THE HELP YOU NEED. THERE’S SOMEONE HERE I’VE BEEN TALKING WITH WHO’S BEEN THROUGH SIMILAR STUFF, AND I’M SEEING HER GET BETTER OVER TIME. IT’LL HAPPEN FOR YOU.
CG: TO EGBERT AND HARLEY.
CG: IF YOU’RE READING THIS, THEN IT MEANS YOU’RE ALL TOGETHER. AND THAT MEANS IT ALL WORKED OUT IN THE END.
CG: TO MYSELF.
CG: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ATTEMPT TO TAKE SOME OF THIS SERIOUSLY. YOU CAN HELP OUR FRIENDS IF YOU STOP WALLOWING IN SELF-PITY. DO WHAT I CAN’T DO, AND ACTUALLY BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT. THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD THINGS IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU JUST ALLOW YOURSELF TO HAVE THEM.