'something secret' approximately 70 miles, in any direction, is in no way a 'solid lead'. would you like the exact math for the square mileage to be covered in a ring between 60 and 80 miles out? it's a lot.
or is there new intel that turns this half-remembered overheard scrap of a red herring into an actual solid lead?
I agree, I want to keep scouting. But let's find this bridge first and make sure that we're protecting the teams that are in the swamps. Once we have these waystations set up enough that weaker teams can travel to and across the bridge without needing as much protection, we can discuss where to look next.
No, of course not. There are the ruined outskirts we've seen, and those cabins... And the two other cities(?) marked on the map.
I get the implication that the things in the swamp are the locals left outside the relative safety of the city. I think it's more likely that they're the previous set of the Augmented.
My question in this case is: why are those things specifically in the swamps? We haven't encountered humanoid mutations like that--the ones that are so uncomfortably reminiscent of our augmentations--anywhere else.
well. there's one farm, really, and konoha's in charge of it. she doesn't really report to me but i have (i think) made clear that she should reach out to me if she has any problems that need solving. i would assume that she's reporting any outcroppings of katalyth, like we all are (right? i mean i'm not always a good little soldier but i have actually been doing that) if we encounter them.
there were a few terra-types who were planning to do some farm-related creation elsewhere, but none of them are actually reporting to me about location and honestly the food they source is ... well at least some of it's going to tifa, some of it might be going to the city?
i'm really a lot less in charge of this whole project than you might think.
You don't think it's relevant to anything that the radioactive, invasive substance can communicate its song? It doesn't stop once it's started. It isn't like the effects of being around it for a little while.
i think it's super relevant in general being as the whole katalyth situation is both why we're here and being made subjects of non-consensual experimentation and the biggest threat that we're aware of
i mean why is it relevant to me specifically or the farmers specifically
just like in terms of us being outside of the city and more likely to encounter it?
but what do you mean it doesn't stop like like you hear it in your head at any distance after it's started?
No, I'd rather not. We're not exactly learning these things with Patho-Gen approval, and their response to such a public announcement may be worse than Brickston's adorable slide show.
idk they've been very clear about 'katalyth is deadly and causes mutations and arcane radiation is super bad' like i feel that is in fact common knowledge
also in what way are we learning these things without their approval they literally funded Team Science's laboratory
they are funding my exploratory expeditions
they are actively encouraging us to learn about this shit
i am immensely tempted to make a network post specifically advising the augmented not to do anything wildly dangerous and stupid and i WILL shame you in it
are you familiar with dog shaming? it's a thing in my earth
people take a picture of their cute pet with a handwritten sign to shame the pet for its crimes, like "i tore apart the couch" or "i peed in my own bed"
the sentiment is the same here
"i touched the angry rocks we were specifically told not to touch"
Shame and wariness of our overseers are not the same thing. I can take the long way around to spread the word. Your farmers were the pressing concern, as most of us aren't leaving the city that often, or alone.
so beyond what we already know regarding the publicly-available dangers of katalyth
your warning is specifically that people shouldn't handle it or be exposed to it at length
which ... i ...
palamedes, help me out here, what is the imagined situation?
beyond scientists intentionally continuing to handle it beyond the initial unpleasantness of just being around it at all
are you thinking the farmers are just going to blithely work around it despite it making them feel sick? intentionally use it as fertilizer? shape it into a nice dildo?
genuinely. what am i warning them about other than 'don't be incredibly stupid and handle the stuff that makes you feel sick'? recap it for me.
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Whatever this secret is, it's not there.
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1) There are ever so many secrets, don't get fixated on just one, they're lying to us in LOADS of ways
2) The swamps are enormous and we have only just started
3) There are plenty of ways to camouflage things in wild territory, especially in swamp land
4) Okay actually which secret are we talking about though
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Wherever it is that all the scientists and engineers went. 70 miles out.
I know there's more going on than just that, but it's the most solid lead we have.
[It's anything but solid, as distorted as it's become through this game of telephone.]
If it were somewhere in the swamps, they wouldn't have so many people crawling through them. Sooner or later someone would find something.
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or is there new intel that turns this half-remembered overheard scrap of a red herring into an actual solid lead?
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If it's too much for you I can take Set.
Or go alone.
[We're not addressing Gojo's other point.]
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I'd rather be out of the city.
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Maybe we'll learn something new by then.
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those things in the swamps, though, felwinter
we haven't encountered things like that anywhere else
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There had to be something left.
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I get the implication that the things in the swamp are the locals left outside the relative safety of the city. I think it's more likely that they're the previous set of the Augmented.
My question in this case is: why are those things specifically in the swamps? We haven't encountered humanoid mutations like that--the ones that are so uncomfortably reminiscent of our augmentations--anywhere else.
text, un: sextus
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[ huh, that's a good question ]
well. there's one farm, really, and konoha's in charge of it. she doesn't really report to me but i have (i think) made clear that she should reach out to me if she has any problems that need solving. i would assume that she's reporting any outcroppings of katalyth, like we all are (right? i mean i'm not always a good little soldier but i have actually been doing that) if we encounter them.
there were a few terra-types who were planning to do some farm-related creation elsewhere, but none of them are actually reporting to me about location and honestly the food they source is ... well at least some of it's going to tifa, some of it might be going to the city?
i'm really a lot less in charge of this whole project than you might think.
i connect people and solve problems.
so. yes?
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We're not completely immune to that radiation. It will mutate us the way it mutated the people found out there. I'm not sure how widely that's known.
And [how to broach... this next weird thing...] well, it sings?
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ummmm possibly
i'm not keeping close tabs on anyone, like i said
but yea brickston said something about it singing
uh how is that relevant tho
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being as the whole katalyth situation is both why we're here and being made subjects of non-consensual experimentation
and the biggest threat that we're aware of
i mean why is it relevant to me specifically or the farmers specifically
just like in terms of us being outside of the city and more likely to encounter it?
but what do you mean it doesn't stop like
like
you hear it in your head at any distance
after it's started?
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In any case: yes.
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well fuck
who is this affecting, that we know of? just you and bricks so far?
sextus did you lick the rocks
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[He's not answering the licking rocks question because he's not in the mood for japes and jests, sorry.]
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maybe a network post announcing it would be a good idea?
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also in what way are we learning these things without their approval they literally funded Team Science's laboratory
they are funding my exploratory expeditions
they are actively encouraging us to learn about this shit
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[The rest of those nerds secretly buried the sample in the woods instead of reporting it properly, and everything. Sooo...]
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yeah because that would be wildly dangerous and stupid
given how 'katalyth is deadly and causes mutations and arcane radiation is super bad'
ok message received i will do my best to tell my people not to do anything wildly dangerous and stupid
fortunately most of them aren't scientists
so i can generally count on them to only do things that are somewhat to moderately dangerous and stupid
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Thanks, though, that helps.
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are you familiar with dog shaming? it's a thing in my earth
people take a picture of their cute pet with a handwritten sign to shame the pet for its crimes, like "i tore apart the couch" or "i peed in my own bed"
the sentiment is the same here
"i touched the angry rocks we were specifically told not to touch"
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Cute pet custom, though, admittedly. We don't have pets on the Sixth, so no, I didn't know that one.
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so that we can PROPERLY warn the augmented of the actual dangers
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so beyond what we already know regarding the publicly-available dangers of katalyth
your warning is specifically that people shouldn't handle it or be exposed to it at length
which ... i ...
palamedes, help me out here, what is the imagined situation?
beyond scientists intentionally continuing to handle it beyond the initial unpleasantness of just being around it at all
are you thinking the farmers are just going to blithely work around it despite it making them feel sick? intentionally use it as fertilizer? shape it into a nice dildo?
genuinely. what am i warning them about other than 'don't be incredibly stupid and handle the stuff that makes you feel sick'? recap it for me.
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That said, it was primarily the additional issue of it being in one's head. I didn't touch it for it to take up residence humming a little ditty.