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TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S VOYAGE

We're pretty sure someone has hacked the shellphone network again. Somehow, everyone's random text messages are being sent to other random shellphones without anyone’s permission. Worse yet, these messages seem to be random texts that anyone would have sent last night. Texts from last night...

No one has been able to figure out how to correct the network just yet, so ... Try not to get too upset if you see your messages being responded to by someone else! We’re looking into it.

In the meantime, maybe chat with someone new? There’s no harm in making a few new wayfaring friends along the way.

[Welcome to Escordvi's version of the TFLN network meme. You know what to do. Post several of your character's random text messages from last night to THIS POST and respond to others! If you need some ideas, here's the original post. Just make sure to Escordvi-fy them! And remember, this is an IC network post.]

All threads on this post are worth 4 points.

seasaltkeys

How do I get the numbers to work? I don't know if I've done it right.

[There's an image of a Character Sheet and a lot of (probably unnecessary) calculations scribbled on it.]

How's anyone supposed to come up with a name?

[He's trying.]

evervigilante

Type: Voice
Sender ID: lowell (Yuri Lowell)
To: Public/Open
Subject: Query
Warnings: N/A

[ the broadcast turns on, after some finicking on yuri's side ]

So, just wondering. What exactly do you guys do? Besides MANTA quests and rushing off to solve world problems.

Just kinda curious, looking to find my sealegs.

makoglow

Type: Video
Sender ID: makoglow ( Cloud Strife )
To: General
Subject: Hop To It
Warnings: N/A

I don't know how it happened, and I don't care. Someone needs to get here and get these damn rabbits off of my ship.

Don't even know where the hell they -

[ And in the background! The sound of one of those three-headed dogs barking and the scrape of nails against the deck. ]

Fenrir - No!

[ Someone might have found those dream rabbits. ]

activatingcombatmode

Type: Text
Sender ID: activatingcombatmode (Zack Fair)
To: General Public.
Subject: What's even the point?
Warnings: Tba.

Have you ever thought about it?

What's the point? Why do Manta work when more work's just going to pile up? Why make the bed if you're just gonna get into it again? Why put the milk back in the ice box when you're gonna drink it again? Why try anything worthwhile? Why do anything? Who the hell needs heroes?

Screw it. Leave it out on the counter. Who gives a ship.

[Someone's feeling that dangerous lack of inspiration... At least he's got enough spark to make a stupid pun?]

sos_pilot

Type: Video
Sender ID: perfpilot (Della Duck)
To: Public
Subject:help
Warnings: N/A, will update if needed

[ If anyone's been wondering where Della's been the last couple of weeks, worry no more, because here she is! ... laying on her stomach in the middle of nowhere, looking as if she hasn't eaten, drank, or slept in that same amount of time. She's shaking as she holds the device, struggling to hold onto consciousness. She leans on her arm, trying and failing to get up. ]

... Heh, last time I got a video out... I was being chased by a possessed friend... boy, I really can pick 'em...

[ She winces, and seems to realize this is not the time for jokes. She breathes hard, trying to get out info as quickly as possible. ]

Look... the missing people? Those weird larva things? It's Shadow! Shadow the Hedgehog! I don't... understand it all, but... one of those things, they took over my...

[ Oop, she's about to pass out, and she knows it. ]

... Chaos Emerald! You've got to get the Chaos Emerald! It's only... gunna get worse from... gotta get the Chaos... Emerald... Shadow...

[ Thunk. Down she goes, dropping the device as she face-plants into the sand.

Faulkner will be the one to find her and bring her to the conservatory - feel free to use this post to mingle/thread-top! Otherwise, unless they're at the conservatory, she won't be responding. ]

reindered

Type: Video
Sender ID: reindered (Tony Tony Chopper)
To: Default, Public/Open
Subject: First Aid Classes
Warnings: Uh, potential hints/mentions of Chopper's backstory if people go there somehow???? Accidentally killing his mentor while thinking he was helping because oops wrong mushroom

[The toddler sized reindeer gives a wave, looking somehow both sheepish but determined all at once. He waves a hoof before gesturing to his medical texts and supplies.]

With everything going on. Um. I just figured. I'm not sure how many other doctors are around, exactly, but. It'd be good if we could maybe teach some people. At least some basics. To help in emergencies and stuff. We can't be everywhere at once. So. If anyone wants to learn some basics of medicine, what to do in emergencies. I don't have healing abilities, magic or anything, but. I know the right herbs and medicines and stuff. And I'm learning about the ones here, too. Trying to. So if anyone gets sick, I know what it might be and how to treat them, even if it isn't something I'm familiar with back home.

emet_sulk

Type: Text
Sender ID: Hades (Emet-Selch)
To: Public
Subject: Sandwich versus Burger
Warnings: None

Please assist me in resolving a tedious, petty argument:

What, for you, defines whether something is a sandwich or a burger? The fillings or the bread which contains them?

seasaltkeys

Type: Text
Sender ID: seasaltkeys (Roxas)
To: everyone
Subject: Roxas can't sleep
Warnings: Roxas is having memory issues at the moment so, warnings for that

How do you ~~know how someone likes you~~

How do you ~~know any of this is real~~

How do you turn your brain off?!

[ooc: strike throughs have been deleted.]

phoenixdominant

Type: Text
Sender ID: Phoenixdominant (Joshua Rosfield)
To: Public post.
Subject: Strange tidings...
Warnings: This pertains to the current Player Plot that is happening now. Full details can be found there.

I come bearing a fair warning.

You may have noticed strange creatures lingering around the Leviathans, lately. They resemble misshapen stars ... almost like sea urchins or barnacles, were they to be found upon the land. Black and red in colour, each bears a single eye that I assume it uses to track its prey.

Please be careful should you encounter one of these creatures. By all means, do not approach them, nor attempt to engage with them.

These small beasts appear capable of latching onto anyone, using their hosts as a form of prey? I’ve noticed the creatures induce a sort of paralyzing effect. They do seem to shy away from sunlight while staying close to the shadows, as well...

How all this affects the host, however, I cannot say with certainty. ... Yet, I have noticed that hosts tend to grow hostile or try and extend the creatures to others.

I am currently helping to investigate the matter. If you possess any other information on these, I would greatly appreciate you sharing it here.

Again, do be careful.

esquim

Type: Text
Sender ID: esquim (Lune)
To: All
Subject: Survey Questions
Warnings: None so far

I have a few points of data I'd like to collect and I was hoping to enlist some volunteers to answer a few short questions. Any knowledge is potentially valuable, so don't hold back.

1. How many people do you estimate you've known here that have returned to their world?
(1.A) Did any of them return?
(1.B) Did they retain their memories?

2. How many people have arrived here from your own world?
(2.A) How many were from a different time than you?
(2.B) Were there any other differences of note?

3. Have you ever left and returned? Describe the experience.

Feel free to include anything else you wish to if you feel it pertains to the topic.

astudyinviolet

Type: Video
Sender ID: astudyinviolet (Sherlock Holmes), fractales (Turo), guest starring various critters in the bg
To: public
Subject: Shadow the Hedgehog's Whereabouts
Warnings: Shadow Player Plot: Stage 1.5, possible mention of Shadow related horrors, nerds compiling data for the benefit of Esco

[[ ooc: While there is going to be a thread where Sherlock and Turo go back and forth about findings, characters are welcome to jump in to react and ask questions. ]]

[ In some place that is not the medical building in the Cosmo Conservatory, Sherlock stands in front of another wall of paper, pins, and different colored strings. Upon closer inspection, many of the pieces of paper are actually various maps. Each map appears to be made by a different cartographer, and Sherlock has placed them in generalized areas as a full map of this part of the ocean would lack the required details. The strings are beginning to form a complex web, and using the colored strings as a guide, the strings and pins begin to converge to a more specific area.

Like another such post, Sherlock doesn't turn around to address the camera. He remains poking at various points of information, adjusting something here or there. ]

By now, we've figured out that Shadow the Hedgehog is behind many of the recent larval attacks and disappearances, though intentionality has yet to be established.

[ Sherlock may not know Shadow well despite having worked with him multiple times, but this doesn't seem like something Shadow would want to do. He could be wrong, but… he's keeping an open mind that this is being done against Shadow's actual will.

Oh, is that one, two, no three snoots poking into camera frame? Basker is here and not about to let anything or anyone harm Sherlock. ]

Sightings of Shadow have all dried up. So Professor Turo and I are sorting through the data to deduce where he is now. Cross-referencing when and where previous reports of sightings against current larval activity, disappearances, and other related info, we should be able narrow down where we might find him.

forgeabettertomorrow

Type: Video
Sender ID: forgeabettertomorrow | Darin Altway
To: Open Network
Subject: Birthdays???
Warnings: None

[Hey who's this? It's some blue-haired stranger who has been otherwise out of the public eye for almost two months. Why? Don't ask questions. He was off somewhere working on a major project.]

[At the very least, he looks hale and whole, though he seems to have something on his mind.]

Okay, so...I'm admittedly out of ideas here. To those of you with birthdays— ...wait, that's stupid. Everyone has a birthday.

Right, anyway. Say you've never really celebrated a birthday before until recently and you were blindsided by that by someone you love and cherish and now you want to do something again for your birthday because the thought of spending it the way you're accustomed to fills you with a bunch of complicated feelings you'd much rather ignore than examine. In that hypothetical scenario, what do you....like...do? Like, what if your hobbies are usually affairs that aren't suited for a group?

What's the etiquette here? Also, on a scale of one to old where does 27 fall?

emet_sulk

Type: Video
Sender ID: Hades (Emet-Selch)
To: Public
Subject: An apology
Warnings: None

[ It isn't easy for a man with as much pride as Emet-Selch to apologise. He has had an entire month to think about what to say during his stint in Lunare's nose mines, but even so...it takes a few minutes for him to compose himself before he turns on the video feed.

He faces the camera, as calm and stoic as ever on the surface. ]

Good afternoon, riftfarers. A moon prior, I'm told I attacked and hurt a great many people - not only some of you but native inhabitants of Lunare. Although I was not in possession of my senses at the time, I realise that does not erase my actions. I'm sure a mere apology will not be much of a salve for those I hurt but I offer one all the same.

[ He pauses, tapping his fingers with a frown directed slightly off to the side. ]

I've also decided to offer lessons in sorcery. Magic, spell-casting - call it what you will: I'm considered peerless amongst my brethren on the subject and, as some of you already know, I have had aeons to master my skills. The lessons were not intended to be a part of my apology but I suppose...if you were one of the few I attacked a moon ago then contact me in private and we may arrange something.

[ A small sigh. He glances back into the camera directly. ]

To my crew: I've been reinstated as the captain. I hope we may continue to pursue the unknown together and find a way home for all.

indispensable

Type: Text
Sender ID: vulturvolans (Alhaitham)
To: Public
Subject: Moon Survey
Warnings: Potential spoilers for Genshin plot stuff if you care about that

This is Alhaitham.

I have something to ask for anyone who is willing to answer. You may consider this a survey of sorts.

🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

[Yes, he did in fact put down moon emojis and attempted to number them. He also gave up on trying to format it nicely.]

Please indicate if you have seen the moon in your world in any of these states labelled above. If you are able to determine any sort of frequency between their occurrences, that would also be appreciated. I will follow up with any questions I deem necessary.

Thank you for your time.

carpetrides

Type: Video
Sender ID: carpetrides (Kalim Al-Asim)
To: Public
Subject: Cooking Lessons
Warnings: Potential talk of poisoning/assassination attempts?? There are Reasons he has Jamil make all his meals back home and thus is now the most hopeless.

[Kalim sighs, figuring it's about time he at least attempts something. He can't just keep relying on Leona and Azul like this forever. Not when he isn't sure how long they might be here. Somehow, with Jamil, it's different. Probably because Jamil is his servant and has been at his side since before he can even remember. Still, he straightens, beaming like he is giving people the most amazing opportunity ever here:]

Hey! Hey, guys! Who wants to teach me how to cook? I've never done it before, but I can't really keep just relying on Leona and Azul all the time. So. I want to try and learn some for myself! If anyone is okay with teaching me some basics.

[And we mean basics. This child has never even made cereal or a sandwich in his life.....]

velocityraptor

Type: Text
Sender ID: Anonymous (Hawks)
To: Public
Subject: General advice
Warnings: None intended, will update if necessary.

Have you ever had to reinvent yourself?

I mean, have to might be a bit much, but let's say you get a chance to, and maybe there's some things you want to leave behind, and anything that could've been stopping you before, isn't.

How would you do it?

It just seems like an awkward conversation to have.

dedoink

Type: Video
Sender ID: dedoink (Grog Strongjaw)
To: general public
Subject: Grog is bored at the festival
Warnings: discussions of violence, will update as necessary

[ Grog thinks he's got the hang of this Shellphone thing by now. Keyleth helped him figure it out, probably. So, when he's wandering around Port Hope at the Festival of the Whales, and he starts to get bored of just stuffing his face with as much delicious seafood as he can, he decides to get his Shellphone out and properly introduce himself to the public. ]

Alright. So, this festival's nice an' all, but I could do with a little more action. I say we set up a bit of a contest. A test o' strength, of sorts. If you think you can beat me in a wrestlin' match, come and put it to the test. Anyone who can beat me, I'll give ya...

[ He pauses. He just got here, so he doesn't actually have much to offer by way of prize money. ]

Uh... I'll owe anyone who can beat me a favor, how 'bout that?

[ Yeah. That'll do. Surely no one will take advantage of how open-ended the promise of "a favor" is, right? ]

Come an' give it a shot. I'll be waiting.

crystalrepose

Type: Text
Sender ID: crystalrepose (Miriam)
To: Public
Subject: Information Collecting
Warnings: N/A for now

Greetings,

I’m called Miriam; I’m one of several who’s been investigating the disappearance of the villagers from Marrowmouth, down the coast from the lighthouse. Though I do not know all of you, I believe I have information to share instead of feeling as though I’m chasing shadows.

Whatever took all these people also took the village’s boats, save for one too mired in red seaweed to be salvageable. There was a cut net on board, however—and the net was surrounded by a binding circle. To keep an entity contained—or trap those who came along to look into the matter. Which almost happened to me.

The crimson seaweed that washed up on the shore has its origins further out to sea; its stalks go far deeper into the water than any kelp forest I’ve seen, and it doesn’t seem attached to anything. Large mats of it drift wherever the current takes them. They feel...unpleasant to touch, but the worst is what hides within them. Predatory fish, some from my world. A group of hostile mer has made exploring the sargassum a bit troublesome.

If you’ve uncovered other information, I’d be glad to hear it. Others may find it useful, as well.

P.S. I’ve found what that antivenom was for, Sherlock.

((OOC: Further information has been gathered here! This is part of a leadup into a player plot development next month. And feel free to threadjack around this post if a subject of interest comes up.))

incensor

Type: Voice
Sender ID: incensor (Lio Fotia)
To: Public (locked to rift-farers but well...)
Subject: Rift-farer treatment
Warnings: None, topics of general prejudice and oppression could come up

I've been here a few weeks, and this isn't the first time I've found myself in the position of being an outsider. So, I just have to ask. What's your experience with the locals and their treatment of us rift-farers?

[ Someone just wants to be prepared in case he has to deal with the same bullshit he just left behind. ]

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TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S VOYAGE

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[ voice ] BUNches of Buns

[open] 🐺 keep looping the rooms full of endless routes

video, as the sun starts to set

First Aid/Medical Knowledge

Sandwich versus Burger

text; some time late at night

[open] 🔴 A careful warning to others...

(no subject)

[video] Shadow the Hedgehog's Whereabouts (forward dated to middle of the month)

[VIDEO]; un:forgeabettertomorrow

An apology

text; moon survey

Cooking Lessons!

Anonymous Text

video; +1 angry himbo

Information Collecting [Lonely Lighthouse quest]

a simple question