Log One

[desig_survivor]

[[He has never put pen to paper before.  He's used a stylus on a datapad, but a pen needs a much firmer grip and has to press harder and more consistently, and he hadn't realized at first that the pen nib could be clicked out of the body, so there are some indents on the previous page where he'd started before realizing that someone who knew how to

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[ice_echani]

Greetings, Rogue. I am Handmaiden. Asking who is in charge is a difficult question. We do not have a central authority in this place. The captains of the Guard, Adventurers and Watch--Bastet, Snap and Stoneface--are the closest we have to that, as they take charge during emergencies.

I have not heard of anyone who has chosen those names, unfortunately.

[desig_survivor]

Hello, Handmaiden. Guard, Adventurers, Watch. Three factions who keep this place a step above anarchy? How many people live here? Can't be too many, if there's no real government.

How long is a day here?

Thanks. It's worth a try.

most of that number's from the NPC population

[ice_echani]

Only about two thousand.

Twenty-four standard hours. A year is twelve months and 365 days, although the number of days in each varies between thirty and thirty-one.

Re: most of that number's from the NPC population

[desig_survivor]

And no one's tried to become the chief or mayor or anything? Huh.

And an hour is sixty minutes, a minute is sixty seconds, and a second is this long? [two dots one, made approximately a second after the other]

Sounds like there are more thirty-day months than thirty-one. [yes, he added them up.]

Thank you. [pause] Gravity... I don't know if it's standard or not, but it doesn't strike me as particularly weak or strong, and the air doesn't seem unusual either. I guess I was hoping that learning some specifications about this place would make me remember if I knew where this was.

[ice_echani]

Curious, but true. Although the unusual events that occur here may play a part in distracting from politics.

Correct. There is also one month that has twenty-eight days; I believe it is called February.

Yes--unfortunately, I cannot tell you the name of this planet, only that this part of it is called Edensphere. Are you familiar with interstellar travel, then? Those drawings look as though they might be starfighters.

[desig_survivor]

Do these Powers That Be just not allow peacetime leaders?

[...sudden bad feeling about this] What kind of unusual events?

They are. I don't remember what they are called or if they're hyperspace capable, but they're starfighters. Good ones. I'm just poor at drawing them.

[ice_echani]

These may be subjects which would be unwise to discuss here.

As for the events, there are many varieties. Once there were desks charging people down like animals. A week ago, many people were followed by mannequin-like droids which sang about whatever we were doing at the time.

I see. I ask because there are few people here who seem familiar with such things.

[desig_survivor]

All right. Can I meet you somewhere? I have a map, but I've just been in and out of some shops in the Marketplace[because it's cold and he's locked out of newborn housing, but he's not going to say that].

Sithspawn. Are these some kind of practical joke? That sounds like... [his ellipses are basically bumpy lines, not dot-dot-dot] well, it sounds like the kind of thing someone I think I knew would set up.

Right. Who would those be? [it's starting to sink in that he's literally grounded. There will be very little flying in the foreseeable future, and that's cause for serious dismay.]

[ice_echani]

We can meet at the Access Point. It is easy enough to find.

Sithspawn? [pause for ping-o.] That is an unusual phrase.

I am one. There are others, I believe, but I do not know who specifically.

[desig_survivor]

[pause as he figures out where it is in relation to him] Okay. When, and what do you look like? I'm a human, 1.7 meters tall, dark-haired, and I'll have a red-orange journal at my side. [he doesn't mention that he's male]

Why's that?

[ice_echani]

Now, unless you would like to wait until tomorrow. I know it can be difficult to adjust at first.

I am Echani, 1.75m, with white hair and clothing.

[ooc: Do you want me to set up a log?]

[desig_survivor]

[he's in the turbolift elevator now] Now's good. I feel like I should be out doing something while it's still light out, not just - sitting around.

[ooc: Please do. I haven't done this before.]

[ice_echani]

Very well. I will see you there.

[ooc: Here!]

[reckless_rebel]

Hey, don't forget boss Fugue, HM. Though I guess Greeters don't really keep anything in line except cocoons.

Lezard too.

[ice_echani]

No, I would not describe either of them as a central authority figure.

[reckless_rebel]

I dunno about you but I wouldn't want to piss off Lezard, or the rest of the medics.