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yhlee ([personal profile] yhlee) wrote in [community profile] hexarchate_rpg2018-03-10 04:24 pm
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Move 19 (Chapter 1.19)

(Thanks to [personal profile] zuhrovet for keeping the Station Moongray Timeline on the game wiki updated.)

Year 361, Month Three, Day Seventeen (Monday), ~0550

Just outside of Medical

Sulen has just been abandoned by Mikodez, who has headed into the reception area of Medical. They can hear Fluffy chirruping now that she's finished gobbling down the treats that Mikodez has fed her. Would it be best to go after Mikodez and try to contain the damage, or stand guard outside with the voidcreature? Baby Crowned-With-Eyes is wriggling very alarmingly in the sack and making ridiculously cheerful humming noises--and the spilled coffee still hasn't been cleaned up, and is probably a slipping hazard.

In Medical: antechamber

A triage nurse gives Mikodez a distinctly unfriendly look as he approaches with a caged Fluffy in tow. "You've had enough warnings," he says. "I don't care if you're Andan Bokali's special guests, you're disturbing our legitimate patients." He reaches over to a desk and pushes a red call button marked SECURITY.

In Medical: the actual patient

Istradez is, despite being awfully cavalier about his own condition, smiling reluctantly at Iawa for their solicitousness. Meanwhile, although Alaric has instructed Mikodez to fetch a nurse with float chair and discharge paperwork, he hears the triage nurse shooing Mikodez out. If they want a float chair, they're going to have to wrangle on themselves; it's clear that relying on Mikodez is not...the best idea considering how annoyed Medical is with him.

[Assuming that Alaric has called the "Bumblebee," Ashari (running as NPC) responds via lokwor.]

Ashari sounds very concerned about Istradez's status. "Bad enough to need a float chair? I'll dispatch one of the Kel to prep Medical," they tell Alaric.

on the "Bumblebee": the thieving Rahal

Gerae, taking Virmad's silence as a license to spill all his emotional upsets, will continue babbling about what a stressful year he's had unless Virmad interrupts him. If Virmad doesn't bring up the topic himself, Gerae will add plaintively that he could use some coffee (or stronger stimulant) and that he hasn't had food for a full day and could they get an early breakfast?

on the "Bumblebee": "xeno"mathematics the Cartesian way

The moth ponders Sasha's symbols and graphs for several minutes, then returns a graph with y = log10x, y = x, y = x2, and y = 10x. Its humming has definitely quieted--perhaps the math is distracting it, or is taking more of its concentration.

[It's too bad I don't remember any LaTeX...?!]

Comms to EVERYONE, marching orders from Ashari

Ashari (running as NPC) calls everyone via lokwor, sounding grim, and instructs that they would like everyone to be on the "Bumblebee" and prepared to make a run for it within the hour. This means that Ashari expects Sulen and Virmad to prepare for a (remote) confrontation with the station administrator as per the plan.
vass: the liozh emblem, a bit warped and stained, red background (Iawa (red background))

Re: [is it bugging the lokwor or Istradez?]

[personal profile] vass 2018-03-25 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Like a keylogger that tracks what Istradez is typing? Or something that records all incoming and outgoing messages? Or an audio recording device or a tracker?]

[Or given what universe we're in I suppose it might be a literal bug.]
vass: the liozh emblem, a bit warped and stained, red background (Iawa (red background))

Re: [is it bugging the lokwor or Istradez?]

[personal profile] vass 2018-03-25 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Iawa's player is also not a hacker irl, but from what the wiki says about lokwors, it sounds to me like passively monitoring transmissions from the lokwor shouldn't brick it (because it wouldn't be tampering directly with the hardware or software) and is possible if whoever placed the bug is capable of breaking the encryption. But since there's no particular reason such a device would need to be attached directly to the lokwor in that case...

So, it's not a literal insect, it's not monitoring the messages themselves, it's probably not a keylogger, and it probably is an audio bug. Got it.]