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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.

......................................................]

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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Yeah?

Degree in what? What'd you go for?

Officers need a couple letters behind their name, and I always liked to read.

[ he's a lit major it's kind of sad. ]

Officer? So you work police?

Or you're in military. That why you were stationed on a moon?

The second one, yessir.

What's it like, in your universe — this universe? I'm guessing your military travels around space pretty often?

... Guess it's a dumb question, but this kind of stuff, it's something straight out of sci-fi movies, where I'm from.

Edited 2013-07-11 07:30 (UTC)

'S all right, I don't mind. We do a fair bit, yessir-- only way to get from world to world.

So the same military applies to multiple planets? Or is it more like passing through, having stations in foreign land?

All three planets're under one government, so it's all home territory.

Seems like it'd be a real bitch, trying to keep planets in sync with each other politically, socially, and... well, every other way.

Suppose that's why they needed me.

[ joe's philosophical about the whole thing, dystopias suck yo. ]

Lot of trouble in space paradise?

Could be worse.

[ could be better. ]

But could be better?

[ totally read ur brackets

no just kidding but you were asking for that ]

Suppose it could, at that.

[ GET OUUUUUUUUT no lbr joe likes sam ]

Well, if it's worth a single thing, I hope it does get better off for you, Joe. Hopefully ending in all of us getting the hell out of this creepy thing.

Let me know if I can do anything to help, in the meanwhile.

Edited (no hiss more text) 2013-08-04 09:25 (UTC)

Will do. And same goes, all right? Let me know if you start wanting some more names to look up in the library.

Got it, thanks. See you around, Joe.