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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.
zuhrovet: Close-up photo of a black-and-white moth in the grass (moth)

time travel problems

[personal profile] zuhrovet 2018-03-25 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Are you OK assuming Iawa hit the "delay sending message" button by mistake? By my reckoning, Iawa's sending this message around the same time Sasha starts teaching the moth Kirrish rounds, which would've been weirdly cheerful behavior if there was an immediate technical emergency looming.

Alternatively, Sasha can request a meeting with Ashari at 05:35, and they can ignore her until 05:60.]
vass: the liozh emblem, a bit warped and stained, red background (Iawa (red background))

calendrical rot has set in again

[personal profile] vass 2018-03-25 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oops, sorry. Can we make it that Iawa didn't think to ask Istradez about his lokwor until later on? I'd like to keep moving.]
vass: the liozh emblem, a bit warped and stained, red background (Iawa (red background))

Re: calendrical rot has set in again

[personal profile] vass 2018-03-25 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is literally a game called The Intolerable Clock, and about time travel! We were probably doomed to begin with. :D ]
zuhrovet: Close-up photo of a black-and-white moth in the grass (moth)

Re: calendrical rot has set in again

[personal profile] zuhrovet 2018-03-25 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[I think we can make the current timeline work, at the cost of a little bit of strategic avoidance on Sasha's part.]
vass: the liozh emblem, a bit warped and stained, red background (Iawa (red background))

Re: calendrical rot has set in again

[personal profile] vass 2018-03-25 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[I've looked through the timeline again and reread the recap, and here's the sequence of events as I understand them:

Move 19 begins at ~0550, with Ashari telling everyone to be aboard and ready to make a run for it in an hour (i.e. at ~0650.) Sasha continues singing with the moth, having already been told by Ashari (at ~0545, back in move 18, to be quiet), after which she takes Gerae's breakfast order.

Meanwhile, at ~0555, Iawa sends Sulen a lokwor message asking them to keep an eye on Mikodez.

At some point a little later on (~0555? ~0560? later?) Iawa asks Istradez about his lokwor, and then sends the message to Sasha.

I have to go afk now, but could you please let me know what needs adjusting and where I'm wrong? Thanks.]
zuhrovet: Close-up photo of a black-and-white moth in the grass (moth)

Re: calendrical rot has set in again

[personal profile] zuhrovet 2018-03-25 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[The source of calendrical rot was that Sulen and Mikodez have been talking to each other, while folks on the station have been doing things that take time, such as Virmad taking a shower, Sasha engaging in excessive quantities of math, etc. So I initially had Sulen and Mikodez starting the move at 05:30. There's a bit of wiggle room, though, depending on how long Mikodez spent fidgeting in Medical after running away from Sulen and before the nurse called security. I played with the timeline and I've got the start of the move at around 05:40 for everyone, which I think syncs us well enough to move on with?

Apologies for making this more fiddly than it needs to be!]
vass: Purple Iawa (OC from The Intolerable Clock) (Iawa (purple background))

Re: calendrical rot has set in again

[personal profile] vass 2018-03-26 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[No worries, and that sounds fine to me.]