Science club meeting the second

[i_speak_softly]

Who: SHELL members, newcomers, and interlopers.
What: Second meeting of the Scientists, Hypothesizers, and Engineers of Luceti League.
When: An announcement at about 10:00 this morning, with the meeting occurring at noon.
Where: At the rec center.
Summary: Those geeks are at it again.
Rating: They are very civil intellectual types.

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[semper_cogitans]

[It's not a surprise to see Robert here. He lives for this sort of thing - communication with fellow scientists and intellectuals. Plus it's his partner's own science club - and Robert figures he may have to take the reins eventually during the winter, so he might as well show up for all the meetings...

The question at hand, though, raises many important issues.]

I... a-am rather of the opinion that... m-much of the enclosure of Luceti is, er, a-artificial in nature...

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S-Strictly speaking, the... e-entire thing could have been simulated. B-But, without knowing the... e-extent of Malnossian technology, it is... difficult to say to what degree...

[notshadowfever]

[Despite Eggman's spirits being repeatedly crushed lately, he hasn't given up his faith in science. He'll keep coming to SHELL, if only for the information the others hold, although he has been realising teamwork may be important lately.]

That all depends on how you define a simulation, Hastings! There are, of course, simulations such as the Battle Dome - mere illusion which we know can extend outside of the Dome's facilities.

Of course, I've no doubt that the moon was artificial, but it was definitely solid. I fired enough shells at it to know that.

Re: Much later on.

[notshadowfever]

What?! [Eggman pipes up.] Post such valuable information on the locked network where any idiot could see it? Absolutely not! You don't really believe the Malnosso can't access it, do you? Besides, what about that John fellow who monitors it?!

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert is partially ashamed about this. He wonders, perhaps, if part of the reason he was taken was because of this, or whether it was entirely unrelated...]

I w-was... uncertain whether the Malnosso were capable of... picking through our minds at will to begin with.

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At first I... th-thought it feasible, simply due to experiments, but... [Awkwardly:] ... It has become obvious that we are aware of th-things that... that they would rather us not be.

[... Which begs the question of how exactly the Shifts do their work...]

... Distributing the information could... p-potentially prove useful, but at the same time... it is a significant risk.