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[avengeful]

[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.))

Comments

[thatsaflaregun]

Because having someone here from this world on our side gives us an advantage we didn't have before. If we can make it onto the bridge, then we can do whatever the hell we want so long as we have Joe to tell us where we're going.

[avengeful]

Guess so... but last I heard, getting passed the bridge has been kinda' a problem, hasn't it?

[thatsaflaregun]

Aye. For people who've never been on a Titan before. [You hear his crazy manic smile.]

[avengeful]

Yeah? And you have?

[because he'd love to know about your experiences, bro]

[thatsaflaregun]

Joe has. Served on one of them, apparently. Back when he was in the military. He might be able to get us in, brotha.

[avengeful]

That'd be almost too good to be true. And hey, even if he can't for some reason, it's still good to know about -- well, anything around here.

[thatsaflaregun]

Perspective helps. What'll really help though? Is if someone were to come lookin' for him.

[avengeful]

You mean, his usual group from outer space?

I mean, they're military, so they'd stand a better chance than those pirates ever did...

[thatsaflaregun]

And likely more interested in providing aid to civilians, yeah? Unless they're as superstitious as the pirates.

[avengeful]

Don't know. Part of me thinks I'd rather take my chances with the guy from the military than with Ward and his friend, though.

[thatsaflaregun]

I take it you don't trust them either, then.

[avengeful]

About as far as I can throw them.

They don't exactly give us a lot to build our faith on.

[thatsaflaregun]

I can't imagine why they'd have a reason to, yeah? They didn't ask for us to be on their ship. Still. If I were them, I wouldn't be actively trying to alienate the people that outnumber me.

[avengeful]

I wouldn't either. Especially when we didn't exactly have a say any more than they did. We just want off this place -- you'd think they'd help us figure out how to, or at least go to somebody who'd know more than them on the science of ripping people from universes...

[thatsaflaregun]

Skulking about in shadows doesn't really help the matter any. Half the ship thinks Joe's suspicious and he's been more forthcoming than either of those two. Assumin' he's tellin' the truth and not toyin' with us.

[He accepted that Joe is probably not lying for now, but...]

[avengeful]

I guess that's possible. That he's lying. Good to remember that, too, despite everything. But even if he is, it wouldn't be much of a step beyond what people're already dealing with here with the original crew.