[audio] @HK [open]

[catholicisms]

( it's been a few days since the aurora event, but, Matt needed a bit of recuperating time. he spent a lot of time with a treeby in the cold, ok... anyway, he found something, or rather, was given something... and he figures he might not be the only one.

so here he is. )

During the aurora, someone gave me something. I don't know who it was, but it was a memory. And I think it was from Beacon before things went dark. Strangely, it's just audio, I've shared it with someone else and they can't see anything, either, but... you can hear a conversation just fine.

( Matt's bestie Cao Pi has warned him against being too direct on the network, so, he won't be, but... )

Did anyone else find something similar? We might be able to put the pieces together if we share what we know.

( to that end... )

If you'd like to experience the memory I found, let me know. Maybe we can meet at town hall and have a show and tell.

( wow, he's got jokes... good for you, Matty, glad to know your sense of humor isn't totally dead!!! )



ooc: if you want your character to have seen this memory, feel free to assume Matt let them take a peek whether we put it to action or not!

Comments

@jtodd

[mind_blown]

I'm interested.

[catholicisms]

Give me a time and a place and I'll bring it along.

—audio, @parker

[webshoots]

The spirit behind the bar at the Invincible threw one at my head. I figured he just wasn't a fan of my jokes, but—. [ a beat and a huff of breath that's almost a laugh. ] I think it was the same kind of thing as yours. There isn't anything in it that identifies it as Beacon, but there wasn't anyone in the memory that's here now.

[ that they know of, anyway. ]

It's interesting that yours was just audio.

[catholicisms]

It's possible that the person experience it couldn't see. Or maybe it wasn't either of the two talking, someone hiding and listening in.

( look, he's been... he's been thinking a lot about this. )

I can't say for sure mine was about Beacon, but there was talk of lanterns. Seems a safe guess.

[webshoots]

Someone hiding would probably have tells, but there's no way of knowing for sure which it is, not without identifying who it came from. [ beat. ] But what I mean is— [ geez. ] It's convenient, right? That you get a stone with a memory, and there's no visual associated with it.

[ like, what are the odds, matty boy? ]

Mine was — a couple. Husband and wife, I guess. They mentioned kids, they were working on fixing up a spaceship. It didn't seem important, not in the scheme of things here, but — "Albatross Fleet". The most logical guess would be that it's a memory from someone who was in another group.

[catholicisms]

It'd have to be a spectacularly dark place, to be sure. The sound doesn't sound particularly muffled, but... ( suffice to say, he's not ruling it out.

if only because, yes, that's quite a remarkable coincidence. ) Right. It's a little on the nose, which is what makes me wonder. It's not impossible, just perhaps improbable.

That'd be my first guess, too. I think we'd know if there were spaceships available here. ( new endgame plan: build a millenium falcon and just hyperdrive the hell outta here. )

Text @ SuprNerd

[moderatelymaladjusted]

I found plenty of memories, but they weren't from around here.

[catholicisms]

I found a couple myself, though once I figured out what they were I did try to avoid them.

Didn't get much of a chance to avoid this one, though.

[moderatelymaladjusted]

They were kind of hard to avoid. I think at least 3 hit me on the head.

I don't have anything to show you, not like that. Only memories from not-here, but I'd like to see the one you couldn't avoid. The one about Beacon.

[catholicisms]

Ouch. That can't be fun, both on the head injury and the spontaneous foreign memory front.

I'm happy to share it. The more minds on it, the better. A lot of it is straight forward, but, I'm still not sure I totally understand it all the same.

@riku; voice

[equinoctials]

Only sound? ...Maybe the person that memory belonged to couldn't see. A blindfold, or something else.

[ He'd know one or two things about those, whatever. ]

I didn't find any memories I couldn't attribute to somebody who's already here, or somebody associated with them. Thanks for the heads up.

[ One way or another. Technically, that one with Ventus does have an association... Vanitas. ]

[catholicisms]

That's what I was thinking. Or perhaps they were listening in from a place without any light.

( he's not sure why someone would spy, but, it's a possibility. it's definitely not just him overthinking things, okay!! )

Sure. If we have more rocks than just mine, someone might be able to collate the information. I wish I could.

( but he can't write down all the received memories, bc blind. )

[equinoctials]

[ Spying on someone is a totally viable reason that sort of memory would be a thing, ok! ]

That makes sense. Bringing it to our next town hall sounds like a good idea.

[catholicisms]

Is someone planning another?

( he's used to Cao Pi running them, but hasn't asked about one of late. )

audio @cherylbombshell

[sweetwater]

Color me intrigued.

Is it a good memory, or a bad memory?

[catholicisms]

It's a... complicated memory.

( some in fighting, some lantern talk, some vaguely suicidal "i'll go down with this ship" talk. kinda soapy, cheryl would love it tbh. )

I'd say leaning closer to bad than good.

[sweetwater]

Oh! [ she is way more interested now. ]

How'd you find an opal with that kind of memory? It doesn't belong to anyone living here?

[catholicisms]

Someone gave it to me. And by the time I was out of the memory, I'm not sure there was any trace of them.

( actually, he is pretty sure, but you didn't hear that from him. literally, since he has proceeded to not say anything about it. )

I'm not sure who it might belong to, but it certainly sounds like it might be before things went dark.

audio; @hux

[therewillbeorder]

I would be curious to experience this memory, as well.

[catholicisms]

( he has literally no idea who this is, but his answer is still much the same. )

I'm happy to share it. I could use some different perspectives on it.

[therewillbeorder]

I'll meet you up somewhere that is convenient. I'm trying to learn about the previous resets.

[catholicisms]

I get the sense this is... pre-reset. Though I suppose I could be wrong.

What have you found out? Any leads?

@cuttingedge; audio

[knifecollecting]

I didn't get any memories that weren't from someone here now. [That's interesting, though. That there were others.]

What did you hear?

[catholicisms]

Most of mine seemed to involve our current population, too. It's possible these are a bit more rare, it's hard to say.

( as for what he heard... he doesn't want to detail it all explicitly on the network, but, he'll share a little. ) Two people were talking. One wanted to give up on the situation, go down fighting, the other didn't. I'd be happy to share it with you, if you're interested in listening to it.

[knifecollecting]

I'd be interested in hearing it.

[More knowledge about Beacon's past is always a good thing. It might have some clue about what was going on.]

Let me know when I can.