@parker — text.

[webshoots]

I haven't met everyone, so for those of you I haven't met: hey, my name's Peter, wish circumstances were better etc, and I'm going to admit I don't really do this a lot, so you'll have to bear with me.

I know we've just had a meeting to discuss how we can be more prepared in the future and how we can try and limit repeats of the Lighthouse expedition and the party, but that was before Robin and the Doc shared with the class what they know about the World Eaters. New and old, we're all roughly on the same page as far as that's concerned.

Saying it'll be worth putting our heads together at some point to work out how we're going to deal with that threat is an understatement, but... It'll be worth it. Apparently the quickest way to send us all on a one-way trip to definitively not existing is by not working together, and I'll be honest and admit I'm pretty keen on avoiding that.

(That doesn't mean now, for the record, but we've got a time limit and this doesn't look like it's one of those situations where you can cram all night with a jugful of coffee and hope for the best at 8am, day off.)

(And while we're here, can we all agree that murder is bad? Yes? Great.)

I haven't had the (questionable) luck of coming across anyone from my version of Earth here, but we can basically sum it up with: stuff happens. Invading aliens, not-so-invading aliens, pod people, body snatchers, you name it, it's probably happened. I don't want to assume that's the case for everyone here, but I've spoken to enough of you that I feel pretty comfortable going out on a limb and saying that most of us have had experiences that kind of stretch the definition of 'normal'.

Which also means we've got enough experience between us all to make some kind of headway.

(That's the long way of saying "okay, so", by the way.)

There's been a lot of encouragement about exploring Beacon and pulling together whatever we find into something cohesive to be able to figure out a survival plan, and that's great but it's not without its risks.

In life, I had a tech company. At the moment, I've just got it on my tablet, but I've been messing around with something I came up with back home. Think of it like GPS, but with fewer (read: no) satellites.

Radius isn't unlimited and it's not totally foolproof, but if anyone's heading out into the forest and they've got any concerns or reservations about ending up separated from whoever they're with, or unable to find their way back to town, let me know.

Comments

[quotability]

i'm not sure it's a good idea yet
but i'd like to go see what's out there

[webshoots]

Right. Settle in first, learn the lay of the land...
Are you settling in okay? (I'm using a loose definition of 'okay').

[quotability]

i found a place to stay and the library, so yeah
i'm settling in okay

[ you know ]

same definition as yours

[webshoots]

Well, that's something at least.

If you've got any questions or if you need a hand, feel free to get in touch.

[quotability]

i have a lot of questions
but i don't think anyone here has the answers

but thank you

[webshoots]

Yeah, the ratio of questions : answers is skewed pretty heavily against answers, sorry.
Robin and the Doc have some, but it's hit-and-miss.

[quotability]

it's all right
honestly, i'm already used to that, i think

[ in as far as anyone can be used to it. 6+ months of more questions than answers about new ham have definitely prepared him for more questions than answers here ]

[webshoots]

You think?

I'm not sure that's something anyone should be saying they're used to.

[quotability]

it's been that way for a while now

[ in principle, grizz agrees — but there's only so much existential dread and so many questions anyone can feel and have for extended periods of time, he figures ]

[webshoots]

That’s actually not making it sound any better.

[ like, u ok, dude? ]

[quotability]

[ not really, no ]

i was in a weird
parallel universe maybe-purgatory replica of my home town before all this

it wasn't great

[webshoots]

That’s both incredibly unfortunate and weirdly similar, so I don’t want to sound insensitive by asking this, but: do you know how you got there?

[ please don’t say you died, grizz. ]

[quotability]

[ he didn't die ]

a school bus dropped us off

[webshoots]

I’m going to admit that I was prepared to accept a lot of answers there but that wasn’t one of them.

[ u wot m8 ]

[quotability]

okay so
there was a weird smell
then there was a graffiti of the writing on the wall
you know the one from the bible? you've been weighed in the balance and found wanting

all the kids between 16 and 18 were send on a school trip, but the road was blocked, so the busses turned around and dropped us back off at home, only it was a replica of our home completely cut off from everything else, no adults or younger children

no satellites or internet or hospitals or supplies except for what was still in the supermarkets and homes

[webshoots]

That manages to be creepy and really oddly specific.

I don't know if I should be welcoming you to Beacon, or giving you my condolences.

[quotability]

it was creepy
is, for everyone still there

i'd prefer still being alive

[ he'd prefer still being there to help explore, to help get started on farming the land, to make sure no one starves to death

with allie and him both here, who will do that? who will make sure it happens? ]

[webshoots]

I know this won't necessarily help, but FWIW the official line is only that we're dead. Memories aren't infallible, so the more we find out about this place, the better equipped we're going to be to figure out what comes after it.

Maybe that means going home.

[ most people would prefer to be alive grizz. ]

[quotability]

you think that's a possibility?

[webshoots]

A possibility? Sure. I’ve heard of weirder.

[quotability]

really? like what

1/2

[webshoots]

[ WELL. ]

2/3 i lied sorry

[webshoots]

You know, that's a really good question. I definitely feel like I've put myself on the spot with that reply...

[webshoots]

[ there's a delay before peter replies because yes, he's experienced weird but like, has he experienced weirder than whatever grizz described? and sure, beacon's weird but— ]

I was pretty sure mind/body snatching was up there, but after what you've told me, I'm not so sure. [ even if he's still really offended that no-one realised doc ock had stolen his body. like, they don't even talk the same. ] I know someone that fell through a dimensional portal into their own past and had to fight their greatest hits of villains to get back to their present.

Apparently their nose almost ended up in the wrong place.

[quotability]

their nose??

[ yep. that's it. that's the reaction.

everything else will need some more processing. ]