text.

[technologist]

[ Again with a small wall of text, though this time there's no obvious indication that it's meant as an Engineering PSA. It shows up roughly 24 hours after Annie's warning about the strange noises in the corridors. ]

Re: the creepy sounds in the hallways.

Sent a few volunteers out into the darker corridors to record video and audio (cheers Raven, Sirius & Murphy), along with Grumpy and Sneezy.

[ Context would probably be useful on the last two, but either he doesn't think of it or doesn't care enough to add it. ]

Not sure whether this is reassuring or not, but analysis of the recordings didn't find much. The sounds appear to be inanimate/non-biological in origin. Grumpy didn't pick anything up in the way of human voices or otherwise obvious signs of life forms.

The noises are a bit like what you'd get from a house settling, just on a much larger scale. That said, it's probably advised that you don't go wandering off into the dark, as per usual.

The lights coming on don't appear to be related to any movement, either, but more a methodical rebooting of basic systems. Unexpected, but nothing particularly alarming on the Engineering side of things just yet.

That's about all we've got, but if you've got any questions, let us know.

Comments

[vdova]

[ Natasha only has one, very important, question: ]

Fury and Barton are here?


[ grumpy and sneezy get it natasha is hilarious ]

1/2

[technologist]

What?

[technologist]

[ oH RIGHT JOKEs he remembers those. ]

Very funny.

1/2

[vdova]

:) Thank you.

[vdova]

[ ok srs mode is srs now ]

Nothing alarming on Engineering's side, but what about the other sides?

[ ie what's the likelihood that this is related to those people who contacted the ship a while back ]

[perceptum]

The walls are talking to each other, and if they're switching the lights on too they could be planning something big. This doesn't sound like the kind of ship with nice plans in mind.

[ h e l p f u l c: ]

[technologist]

[ ??????? ???? ]

?

[perceptum]

Can't you tell? The name may be kind but the named is not. This ship can't possibly have good intentions.

text;

[righteously]

So basically what you're saying is the only difference is engineering's got a crapload more to keep track of

[ Considering he's probably got a whole new set of thigh muscle definition thanks to all the running he does already, he's not thrilled about this. Seriously, he's totally groin-ripped right now, it's like an angry Christmas ham down there. ]

text;

[technologist]

Yeah. But easy stuff. Basic maintenance, mainly.

And at least the lights are on in the sections we need to check, now.

[ Also keep your thigh muscles to yourself what the hell. ]

[kutte]

When are we getting the rest of them? At least get Doc in here.

[ focusing on the important things first, right ]

So you're saying this is nothing to worry about.

[technologist]

Doc isn't here.

[ DON'T PUSH IT IT'S A TOUCHY SUBJECT. ]

And so far, yeah. Unless it's something like what happened in Engineering a while back.

text;

[doggedly]

did they both come back

text;

[technologist]

No they've died in the hallways and I forgot to mention it

text; wait this one too

[technologist]

[ SLIGHT PAUSE. ]

Where are you?

[circumitus]

how far did you go?

[technologist]

I didn't go anywhere. But not far, I don't think. At least I told them not to go far. The point was just to capture the audio, not explore the creepy hallways outright.

[text]

[forerun]

people here get jumpy at the smallest little klunk
weird noises? lights coming on?
what's so damn bad about more lights??

[text]

[technologist]

Yeah, well you obviously haven't been here long.
It's more the hallways than the lights, I think. People have a habit of not coming back if they go off in them for long.

text;

[knackered]

I can't speak for space ships. My experience is only on vessels powered by wind or steam. Both types tend to settle and make noise in their own way. Are noises of this sort normal on the Tranquility? All this concern about them from fellow passengers who have been here much longer is worrisome, but I arrived here in the most recent jump, and do not know what to think.

text;

[technologist]

[ Steampowered, nice. ]

The noises aren't normal, no. There's nothing about them and the lights coming on that's obviously bad, it's just that the ship's sort of got people in the habit of assuming the worst.

Welcome, by the way. Have you read any of the reports people have kept on the ship?

[mindtricks]

Grumpy and Sneezy?

[ let's start with that, giving her a little more time to figure out how she feels about these recent changes ]

[technologist]

[ Oh, right. ]

Yeah, sorry. They're drones. Robots.

text.

[de_void]

gonna be honest, not sure how unsolicited system reboots shouldn't be considered somewhat alarming.

[guess who's definitely being a lot more paranoid about keep an eye on the readouts in engineering these days, it's this guy.]

text. sorry, hiatused!! slow taggin

[technologist]

[ Thanks for helping with the not spreading panic thing. But Fitz finds them alarming, too, so discussing it isn't exactly something he's against. ]

Yeah, well maybe it's just a scale thing. The hallways have done much worse, but maybe we should be advising that nobody explores the newly lit halls, either.