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

[mindtricks]

I don't know how well I could describe it, but I can show you.

[technologist]

[ Uh. ]

You recorded it?

[mindtricks]

No.

[ so her reputation does not precede her ]

But I remember it, and I'm a telepath.

[technologist]

[ To be fair, Fitz is like 90% hermit. ]

Oh.

I'm not sure that's a good idea. You could show one of the volunteers, maybe? The ones who took the recordings.

[ Because hesitation's the initial response, although. ]

How does it work?

[mindtricks]

I can do that.

I don't have a scientific explanation. It's a mutation caused by nuclear radiation.

[technologist]

But you can control what you see, yeah? Or read.

[ Like how invasive is this, exactly. ]

[mindtricks]

To the same degree that you can control how much you hear or people's conversations when you're in a crowded room. I can tune it out to a degree, and I can really get into someone's head.

[technologist]

[ So not much tuning out, then. That's what he's getting. ]

Have you ever gotten inside the head of someone who's

[ How to put it. ]

Different? Their brains. The way they function, or think.

[mindtricks]

[ she's not so great at tuning people out or shielding herself. she's learned to live with the background noise and to ignore it a lot of times, but the man who'd been supposed to teach her to shield her mind properly had instead violated her in more ways than one.

it's morgoth's mind that she's thinking of when she answers. ]

Yes.

[technologist]

[ Which he realizes, belatedly, could mean a lot of things. There are people on this ship who aren't human, or who are offshoots of human. Probably better to stick with a direct approach. ]

What about people with injuries?

[mindtricks]

To the brain? No.

[ and, a moment later: ]

Why?

[technologist]

I've got one. It messes with the information in my head, sometimes. I don't know if it'd affect your abilities.

[ Or if her abilities could affect it, or fix it. Wishful thinking, so he doesn't ask. ]

[mindtricks]

I don't know. We could find out.

[technologist]

Yeah?

I mean, yeah, I guess. When?

[mindtricks]

Are you free tomorrow at 1200hrs

bungles this bc of hiatus. you ok with backdating something when i get back?

[technologist]

Yeah. Where?

absolutely!

[mindtricks]

Wherever you're comfortable.