video;

[coffeeking]

[Ianto looks fairly uncomfortable when he comes on screen. He hasn't addressed the network in a long time, and there are still people who aren't on great terms with him after the fiasco on Arima. Still, this needs to be said.]

Some of you know me, some of you don't. My name is Ianto Jones, and I've been here since the first jump. Back in the beginning, there was a whole group of us who were very seriously dedicated to unlocking the mystery of this place, and I think it's fair to say that we came a good distance. Most of the others are gone now, but we put together a guide that I kept updated for a long time after the organization was disbanded. After a while, though... Well, I suppose like I felt people weren't reading it any more. But we've lost quite a few of the old hats and gained a lot of new faces, and what used to be fairly common knowledge has been lost.

I've been convinced to revive the guide, but in the meantime, one of the things many of you may be unaware of is the subnetwork, buried directly beneath the one we're using here, and how it's been used before. Smiley, the entity you saw leave us that passage before the rescue mission, has given us nuggets of information on that subnetwork before. He left us another one, and we cracked it just a few minutes ago.

The contents of the message are as follows:

TWO RIVERS. >023001 >024147 >027025 >016146 >031002 >028073 >024174 >031076 >030156 >031030 >001056 >011139 >028091 >028100 >022157 >027193 >025132

For those of you unfamiliar, this is a list of numbers — our numbers. Each of you will recognize your own if you're on it. To date, this is the third list of passengers Smiley has given us, and we still have no idea what they mean. Most of the passengers on the previous lists are now gone, but so are many others who weren't listed, so read into that whatever you will.

[OOC: The list, OOCly:
023 » 001 Commander Lydia Shepard
024 » 147 Javik
027 » 025 Corvo Attano
016 » 146 Sgt. Brad Colbert
031 » 002 Thomas
028 » 073 William Tsang
024 » 174 Connor
031 » 076 John Grimm
031 » 156 Jason Todd
031 » 030 Tony Stark
001 » 056 Rey
011 » 139 Firo Prochainezo
028 » 091 Stefan Salvatore
028 » 100 Killian Jones | Captain Hook
022 » 157 Emma Swan
027 » 193 Kate Bishop
025 » 132 James "Bucky" Barnes | Winter Soldier]

Comments

text; private

[alsohawkeye]

How did you access this information? I'd like to take a look for myself.

text; private

[coffeeking]

The subnetwork can be accessed here. I've left it open for people to see, but I'll warn you the whole thing is in Morse code. It's a bit of luck we have someone who can read it.

[ooc: The password is "amelespotamos"]

text;

[darkart]

Those are the recon teams.

[ ooc: 028 » 091 is probably stefan salvatore, 031 » 156 is probably jason todd, if that helps! ]

text;

[coffeeking]

Do you know how many of them made it back?

[ooc: Thank you!]

voice;

[cargojet]

I knew you could do it if you put your head to it. I owe you a drink.

voice;

[coffeeking]

You can thank Jack. He's the only one of us who can read Morse off a page like it's English. I would have been forever at translating.

I'll still take that drink, though.

text;

[anybodies]

You're the man, dog! Thanks.

How long did that take you to work out?

text;

[coffeeking]

[Wow, that was a little... dated. It occurs to Ianto he never asked Mystique when she's from.]

Longer than I would have liked, but not as long as it would have taken if Jack weren't fluent in Morse Code. The encryptions weren't very different from the last ones, thankfully.

[video]

[redheaded_rock]

Well, that's not ominous or anything.

What do those people have in common?

[video]

[coffeeking]

I've been told they were all a part of Commander Shepard's exploration team. Six never returned, including the Commander.

[voice]

[circumitus]

[Welp, this doesn't bode well.]

Suppose it'd only be a matter of time...

[coffeeking]

If it helps, we still don't know what the lists mean.

video;

[ex_halberd259]

[ ah, a name. names are good! she supposes that she can finally offer hers in exchange. figuring this comm device out is still a wip. ]

My name is Lagertha. I didn't get a chance to say as much before.

[ he looks tired and uncomfortable. she notes this but says nothing of it. instead, she might just offer some assistance since (she hopes) he was genuine when he'd offered his. ]

I can take a group of people to go looking for them.

video;

[coffeeking]

Thanks for the offer, Lagertha, but I don't think it's a good idea to send any more people out there. Most of us only got back by the skin of our noses, and if what we saw is any indication, we won't find the missing ones.

[They're gone for good, Ianto knows that in his gut. The ship tempted them, and he's sure there was no coming back from the other side of that doorway.]

Did you ever find your son?

text;

[prehendere]

We haven't met; my name is Hank McCoy. Could I see the guide that you mentioned?

Also, is there a reason why the group was disbanded?

text;

[coffeeking]

Hi, Hank. The guide is here. The timeline is very outdated, but all the information is still pertinent.

The group disbanded primarily because most of us disappeared. There were only a handful of us left by the time we discovered there was no privacy or anonymous encryption that the powers that be — Smiley, the ship, invading pirates — couldn't see through, so the whole purpose of having a secret organization crumbled. After that, we openly gathered information until I was the only one left. Doing it on my own was a full-time job, and I couldn't really keep up.

Voice

[the_other_eight]

031030 is Tony Stark.

While I was missing I ... saw thing.

[coffeeking]

What kind of something?

text; private

[vindictam]

I am not sure what help I may be, but my number is on your list.

The rest of my team has yet to return. I was with Commander Shepard and Javick.

text; private

[coffeeking]

I know. No one has seen any sign of them. They may have gone through one of the doorways.

text.

[brainsqueeze]

Has anyone appeared on multiple lists?

text.

[coffeeking]

No. No one with the same number, anyway.

[kutte]

So what happens to the people who crop up on these lists?

[coffeeking]

We don't really know. A lot of them have died or disappeared, but not all of them, and there are more people not on the lists who've died or disappeared, so it isn't an exclusive club. Petrelli thinks they go insane, but he's on one of the lists and he hasn't. Well, no more than the rest of us.

[wiped]

That's me. My number, it's there in your list, the fifth one in.

[coffeeking]

Sorry. If it's any comfort, there are still some people around from the previous lists who haven't disappeared or died.

video; sorry for the late

[peckish4action]

030156 is - somebody I know. Jason Todd. I think he's gone from Tranquility, now.

np!

[coffeeking]

I'm sorry. Did you know any of the other missing ones?

[makedo]

Well, at least someone's paying attention.

[ in a lazy drawl that belies the tension at finding his own number on there.

whether he means ianto or smiley ... ]

[coffeeking]

I'm always paying attention. Whether or not it's helpful is questionable.

[northerner]

It has been a very long time since the ship has sent us such a list.

[ which robb clearly sees as a bad thing, though hey, what's a little more bad on top of everything else. ]

[coffeeking]

Personally, I could have gone for longer. Much longer. In fact, never would have been preferable.