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[First thing to note: Sam's got a killer hangover.

Second thing to note: he's still in the library, nursing his hangover with coffee and scanning through the network out of sheer desperation for something to find. Anything to pass the time, really. It's hours into his work that he finds something that might be familiar. Give him a few hours, a little irritation, and nothing remotely helpful in the remaining library aaaand -- ]

Alright, so get this.

There's a quote put up on a secondary sub-network, and I think it's from our friend with the red face.

[He scooches in his seat, looking over the words.]

"Such is the appearance of black birds." Now -- I can't put my exact finger on the chapters, but I remember in one of my Mythology courses, there uh -- it was a passage. From an old Greek text I read through during one of our big finals in my last year of undergrad. [A sound of frustration, some moosey grumbling about an Essay From Hell. Then he snaps his fingers, brow furrowed.] Pausanias. He, he wrote a big long piece detailing his firsthand point of view of Greece, way back when; I remember using it as a cited work for a few written works in classic greek literature.

[huff scoff first world college boy problems.]

Or -- it could not mean anything at all. Maybe if doesn't even have to do with the actual passage. Or maybe Mr. Smiles just likes to post from super ancient literature for kicks with no rhyme or reason.

I don't know. Anybody got extended knowledge in old Greek literature? I don't exactly have the actual texts around to figure anything out, anyway. Don't know if any of you do, or if it even means anything at all. I can't find anything else besides this, but maybe someone who's better at surfing through the different places around here can do a better job than me dishing out more stuff hiding out.

But then there's more. Something about Scylla turning back?

[He'll just copy/paste the full message from the page.]

SUCH IS THE APPEARANCE OF THE BLACKBIRDS.
SCYLLA TURNED BACK; SHE DARED NOT TRUST HERSELF FAR OUT AT SEA.

And speaking of... this. Who's had firsthand experience with this Red Smiley, anyway? How'd those go? I know it hasn't been all that fun, but any kind of first-hand experience about the guy, I'd love to hear. If it's not too much trouble for you.

[Man, his head is killing him.

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Or maybe something a little easier: anybody have any remedies for space hangovers?

((ooc: the first part totally just an ic shout out to the tumblr pages, but see if you can figure it out! characters can ICly figure it out too, if they can figure out all that technical mumbo jumbo and actually find the correct sub-networks and stuff. EDIT: there's more stuff, oops.))

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And I doubt it'll be the last Greek, either. Especially since their first people seem to think they were their own version of them. They just got to bring their great ideas to other planets instead.

There was a nice 70's rock phase you missed out on, but I'm hoping that one's died a quiet death. I'd take more Greek over that, honestly.

And I'm hoping they just read about our Greeks and got excessively inspired. I'm not sure I've got the energy to wrap my head around any other explanations.

[ alternate histories are the worst ]

Can't say i'm sorry I missed out on that one. [ ... though it probably would've been a hell of a lot more amusing. ]

I'm guessing that's exactly what they did, but i'm with you on hoping that's all it's about. Could be any number of reasons, and of course it's gonna be the worst possible one. But ignorance is bliss until we've got something more to go on.

[ all of which he agrees with entirely, and there's a pause before he comments again. ]

Why Greeks? I mean, if you're colonizing or expanding, or whatever - isn't there a cautionary tale in there somewhere?

Because there's a reason people still study the classics. [ he shrugs, even if josh can't see it, because it gets passed along in his tone. ]

Something to be said about a culture that still resonates all the way into the future. Just think of Alexander the Great- the stories people tell. He's still revered, people still teach the military tactics he devised, talk about the empire he created. There's something to be said about a culture that's got that much of a presence.

You ever considered teaching?

[ seriously, pass some of that enthusiasm along to the next generation, man. ]

But I get what you're saying. Seems like the Greek infatuation didn't pan out entirely well for the crew of the Tranquility, unfortunately— but I guess there weren't any "don't fuck with jump drive technology" memos in the mythology.

I already have- teach, I mean. For awhile. Until I got fired.

[ does he have to explain why he got fired? even though it kind of sounds like he's grinning because he fucking got away with it for awhile and that's really what matters in the long run. ]

Or maybe they were just the ones that got disillusioned. Figured out that the good ol' Grecians aren't really around anymore for a reason and then got screwed over for making a break for it.

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