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[ihavesomany]

Oh, Tranquility. Looks as though the honeymoon's over. We all had a good run-around with our hands in the air wondering what the hell was going on... a week in, no real answers as to what happened, things are getting all Quiet on the Western Front and suddenly - bam. Potential prophecy of impending doom. The long silence about to be broken. Secrets

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[whatanovelty]

If there was a security measure like that in place, I don't think it was too thorough.

[Y'know, being a Cybernetic killing machine and all. You'd think it would have done something about that.]

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[ihavesomany]

[The Doctor looks - in succession - surprised, a tiny bit scared, and then surprised again.]

...Well, there goes that theory.

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[whatanovelty]

[shrug.]

The again, one isn't exactly an invasion. Not that I'm the invadin' type.

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[ihavesomany]

Neither am I.

[Still giving off a strong WEIRDED OUT vibe here.]

.....You're a Cyberman.

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[pretendernoia]

The more you try and keep others out of something the more they attempt to get into it. Especially if you don't have a reasonable explanation to give out to tell them why it is a bad idea to do so. Not like one can just order all of the non-combatants to sit peacefully by after such announcements are being broadcast for all to see.

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[ihavesomany]

Schrödinger's Cat.

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[pretendernoia]

[Human lingo what is this? He still recalls when humans hadn't even developed the internet yet. Doctor you're confusing the alien here.]

What does a human's domesticated feline have to do with this?

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[ihavesomany]

No explanation is

[After a very brief pause, the Doctor appears onscreen.]

Good lord, you lot do like to text around here. Much more of this, my thumbs are gonna get sore.

Schrödinger's Cat. Thought experiment. Basically states that inside a locked box, all possible states of reality exist simultaneously, at least from the perspective of anyone outside the box. That is until it's opened. Schrödinger actually came up with it as a joke, but he was on to something.

The question is whether one feels the need to open the box or not.

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[archimedeia]

[ Either the flirtatiousness passes right over her head, or she's not in the mood to acknowledge it. Bet's on the latter. She's watching you, buddy. ]

Sorry to disappoint you, but we don't have that security measure in place. Before last week, there was no foreign technology to deal with.

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[ihavesomany]

[The Doctor will have given up on texting a little bit ago, so he's responding to every text with video.]

No chance the ship itself is sentient? That would explain almost everything.

[...correction:] A few things.

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[archimedeia]

[ It's text until you make this more worth her while. He can't see or hear her sigh in frustration, but rest assured, she does. ]

No. We've had this conversation.

[ A pause. Then: ]

But I'm curious -- how would it explain a few things?

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[ihavesomany]

Could help to explain the strange occurrences onboard. Large-scale events taking place without the crew's knowledge or permission. The disruption of technology. That sense of being watched. [...] I mean, that'll always happen if you spend too much time alone in an empty hallway, but it's not always meaningless.

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[motiontracking]

[north doesn't say anything right off the bat - but he does ponder the man offering all of this advice like it's all he's ever done in his life.

there's something in him that inspires a fair bit of curiosity.

but since there's nothing about him that seems to have been altered in any way - that he's noticed, at the very least - he finds himself paying close attention to everything the other is saying.]

What reason could there be for altering someone's physical state of being, though? Or - [squint.] a .. screwdriver? Organic?

[now it's just a little bit more than curiosity, he's gotta say.]

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[ihavesomany]

[He holds up two fingers, indicating 'this much.'] Only a little. Had a few sonics over the years. This one came out of my ship, which is very organic, and as for the alterations of physical states... ooh, just off the top of my head, fitting people inside the grav couches. The ship is built for humanoid life forms, or at least life forms of a generally human scale. Whoever did it might have thought of it as a courtesy.

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[all right, now he's just wondering how a ship could be organic. but out of not wanting to seem rude, he keeps his mouth shut.]

That does make sense, but then you might wonder what the point of bringing non-humanoid life-forms aboard is. Unless whatever brought us here is all about a broad sense of variety.

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[ihavesomany]

It's all speculation at this point. Perhaps they had a quota for diversity.

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[turntechgodhood]

well now i cant stop thinking about all those seductive locked doors and smooth round buttons
aching for my touch
practically begging to be pressed

you have fun playing with your
organic screwdriver
and dont ever make me type that again christ

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[ihavesomany]

[Oh hiii. Another troll. Or so the Doctor assumes, from the style of text. He rather liked the one he 'spoke' with before, with the double w's.]

I was actually serious about one thing: Don't Panic. Good general advice.

I'll leave you to sort out the rest.

[turntechgodhood]

[they are both tools, but from different sheds.]

i have not even begun to consider the possibility of flipping the fuck out
the imminence of my tragic loss of excrement is not within sight

what do you plan on doing then

[ihavesomany]

I dunno. Might see what they've got in the media library. Been meaning to catch up on As Aarseth Turns.