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[coffeeking]

HELLO You're probably confused. Take some time to read this over. We do our best to keep it up to date and it should answer most of your questions. GENERAL INFORMATION » WHAT HAPPENED, WHERE YOU ARE, WHAT TO DO IN DEPTH INFORMATION » AS MUCH DETAIL AS WE COULD FIND WARNING » ABOUT THE ENTITY KNOWN AS ☺ [ADDITIONAL IC/OOC INFO] [OOC INFO ABOUT THIS PAGE] Please address any additional questions to the network. Don't trust Ward and Resnik. - Indictus & Aethalides cambitas

[ooc: For those of you who are new, this is the monthly IC info post that goes out after every jump. The "cambitas" encryption only keeps it from Ward and Resnik, all other characters can see it and it's linkable IC-ly. You can also comment IC-ly here with questions or info your character wants to add.]

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[jurisimpudent]

I've a query.

anonymous text

[coffeeking]

You generally do. Go ahead.

[jurisimpudent]

Why is this posted anonymously?

[coffeeking]

For our safety. Besides, we're not doing this to be popular.

[jurisimpudent]

"Safety." You think who, precisely, will take exception to this? Ward and Resnik? The smile?

[coffeeking]

Who knows? But it seems clear that someone took exception to Hotspur's intent to freely share information, so why take unnecessary risks?

[jurisimpudent]

Why take unnecessary risks? Perhaps to show new arrivals that we're not all paranoid power-hoarders, hiding behind locks and encryptions and filters that go to three people? You're recirculating old information - old information that is discussed freely and openly amongst nearly all other people. By doing so under the veil of anonymity, you're perpetuating that despicable culture that has formed here.

video;

[inebriety]

[Tony has gotten Anthony to hack someone's (Heine's) device to put this up. The feed shows a completely black background and a young boy smiling is the only thing visible.]

Hi, can you tell me about the nanites?

anonymous text

[coffeeking]

[There is something strangely familiar about the style of this subterfuge, but Ianto is hardly in any position to judge anonymity.]

We don't have a lot of information on them. What do you want to know?

[inebriety]

[There's a moment's pause as Anthony relays what he's been told to Tony and Tony tells him what to say. Just because they share brain space doesn't mean one automatically knows what the other does.]

I think they open doors because we can't get out right now. Do they do other things?

[coffeeking]

You can't get out of where? They do open doors, but only if those doors are keyed to your nanites. They also open your locker. Great when you want to keep other people out of your things, not so great if you want to snoop. We think they're also what's translating everything, like a babel fish.

[inebriety]

We turned them off because we want to make sure they don't download information from our brain like ours can.

I think he should wear something. Someone gave him something to wear but he says it's mass-produced. Maybe there'll be something in his locker?

[coffeeking]

[W H A T]

You turned them off? How? You'll need to turn them back on if you want to get into the lockers. It's possible there's something in there to wear, or something else from your home.

[text]

[cl_cl_claudius]

[He's still struggling with his communicator and wouldn't normally respond, but:

AETHALIDES.SON.OF.HERMES.AND.EUPOLEMEIA.HERALD.OF.THE.ARGO

[Are you him? Because that would be so cool. Also, hello, what is modern punctuation?]

text; the usual encryptions

[coffeeking]

Yes? What about it?

Re: text; lol encryptions. be glad he's even figured out the text function (sort of)

[cl_cl_claudius]

ARE.YOV.HE.INDEED

I.AM.AN.HISTORIAN.OF.MY.TIME.AND.THE.SONGS.AND.STORIES.OF.THE.MIGHTY.DEEDS.OF.THOSE.WHO.SAILED.SWIFTLY.FROM.IOLOS.ARE.STILL.SVNG

IF.YOV.ARE.THAT.SHIPMATE.OF.IASON.AND.SEEKER.OF.THE.SKIN.OF.THE.GOLDEN.RAM.AETHALIDES.OF.ETERNAL.MEMORY.IT.IS.A.GREAT.HONOVR.TO.SAIL.WITH.YOV.THOVGH.ONE.OF.WHICH.I.CANNOT.IMAGINE.MY.POOR.SELF.WORTHY.

text; HE IS SO ADORABLE WHAT IS THIS

[coffeeking]

Oh, no, I'm sorry for the confusion. We use code names, so we don't reveal our identities. One of us really enjoys the story of Aethalides and thought it was appropriate.

[Enjoyed. Sherlock is gone now, but he can't let on. If Aethalides disappeared at the same time Sherlock died, it would be too obvious. The disguise would unravel.]

I take it you're Roman.

[The capslock, grammar, and the use of V as a U is a dead giveaway.]

It is a steep learning curve, is what it is. But he's trying!

[cl_cl_claudius]

[Ah, well, that's a bit of a disappointment, although really it might have been overwhelming to meet an actual Argonaut. Anyway:]

WELL.THEN.IF.YOV.ARE.NOT.A.HERO.OF.LEGEND.YOV.ARE.AT.LEAST.MEN.OF.HONOVR.AND.EDVCATION.TO.PROVIDE.SVCH.A.SERVICE.TO.YOVR.FELLOW.PASSENGERS.DESPITE.RISK.TO.YOVRSELVES.

I.AM.A.CITIZEN.OF.ROME.YES.OF.THE.GENS.CLAVDIA. [Because he's starting to get uncomfortable with people calling him "Emperor" whenever he tells them his full name, and there are lots of Claudii in Rome.] I.WOVLD.HAVE.WRITTEN.IN.GREEK.BVT.THIS.DEVICE.ONLY.SEEMS.TO.HAVE.LATIN.CHARACTERS. [Be glad these sentences even have the words broken up with dots - most of Claudius's contemporaries would have run them all together, but Claudius was a linguistic reformer and wanted to make reading easier. Ironically enough, given his current writing style.]

[coffeeking]

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say. We do our best.

Latin characters tend to be the default alphabet of a lot of languages on Earth. Though soon after Latin started falling out of common use, people started using "U" instead of "V" for the vowel sound, among a wide variety of other grammatical changes. Even with the nanites translating everything, the use of "V" is indicatively Roman, which is how I guessed where you were from.

[text; semi-anonymous]

[chiroptophobic]

You forgot to answer an important question. Fly it where?

[ Try and hack this comment and find out where it comes from, and you'll make some small progress. That is, you'll discover the source is someone called Lelantos, meaning 'moves unseen'. It's a Greek joke, and you started it. ]

text; the usual encryptions

[coffeeking]

[He does indeed try to hack, just a little. He isn't overly invested in it, though. If he has the right to remain anonymous, so does everyone.]

Who knows? Resnik said at one point we were heading somewhere that would help get us all home. Jury's out on whether or not that's remotely believable.

Nice code name. Much better than Cassandra.

[chiroptophobic]

Cassandra would imply helplessness to act on information. I've never been very fond of prophecies.

Boarding a plane without knowing where you're landing is inadvisable at best. Find proof?

[coffeeking]

[Ha! He hopes you're reading this, "Cassandra".]

Easier said than done. We've tried. Information is a risky business here, and closely guarded. Stumbling onto something the powers that be don't want known could mean a painful death. We try to share everything we find, but it's slow going.

[chiroptophobic]

[ In all honesty he finds all the Greek a bit pretentious, but not everyone can dress up like a bat to preserve their identity. ]

Anonymity is a cloak adopted to protect not only yourselves but the ones you care about. I'm not usually one to share information, but perhaps I can make an exception.

[coffeeking]

[He should tell Ianto his thoughts on the Greek sometime, and then mention he's Bruce Wayne. The ensuing fourth-wall snark will be epic.]

Got it in one. If you have anything, you can always encrypt it using the code word "cambitas" and it'll ping us. We can announce it anonymously and it won't be traced back to the source.