015✖; (text) [un: hotdamn]

[circumitus]

[Rey is tired. Too tired to be showing her face to the network after spending so much of her mental energies fighting the fire from burning down her home, as well as other endeavors against the rabid, terrified creatures fleeing the jungle. You know the drill.

[In any case, it caused a very real problem for her: She wasn't able to do her rounds of headcounting this time, as she had so been committed to. It's a bit of a problem, especially since she hasn't had the chance to do her search at the base camp since all the excitement happened.

[That said:]

did we even have any new people show up this jump?

you guys at the base camp better not be dead.

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[bailedontheempire]

Not many, but there were new faces.

[circumitus]

do you know how many?

[bailedontheempire]

Haven't had a chance to do a thorough survey, but there's a young woman from my universe.

[circumitus]

really?
hopefully it's not a someone you dislike.

[bailedontheempire]

It's not someone I know. I recognized her weapon.

[muscovy]

I'm still here.

Is Firo with you?

[It's very good to hear from Rey, he was worried, having not heard from her since before the attack started and because of the attacks having been unable to return from the camp to the treehouse.]

[circumitus]

Good. Our house is also secure. [In case he was worried. It took a lot of her strength to try and prevent the fire from turning towards their home, and her fatigue comes across through the network.]

Not right now, but Firo's fine. We ran into some-- trouble. But we're fine.

[muscovy]

What trouble?

[That doesn't sound good at all.]

[circumitus]

[No, it's really not, but--]

Don't worry about it. How are things at the camp? [Time to switch the subject!]

username: scavenger

[ventifact]

this happens often, then?

[circumitus]

jumps happen about once every month.

take it you're new?

[ventifact]

so the starship didn't just crash the other day?

[circumitus]

no. that happened about 7 months ago. a lot of us were still on it when it crashed.

[hairrands]

Only one we could find

Rest got lunched or lost probably

[circumitus]

only one?
seriously?

that hasn't happened since jump 19.

(Also: UN: Fleetside)

[hairrands]

Only one we could find

We split apart at the ship some went in some guarded around the bottom

[Not to mention dug around for anything else that might have rained down, though AJ of course doesn't need to mention that.]

Might have been more but most of us came back when we couldnt find anyone else

[circumitus]

did they at least tell you who they were?

un: fedoratheexplorer

[foundafamily]

[One of the perks of families is that they don't need to be asked and will offer their opinions whether they're wanted or not.

At least, that's how Firo's learned to family.]

What're the odds of this happening?

[He feels no need to specify that he's talking about double Reys all the way across the sky her name twin.]

Even if neither of yous got a last name did you think about making one?

i'm still so damned happy with firo's username, lmao

[circumitus]

[It's a good way to family, bro.]

don't know. didn't really think it'd be that common of a name that it'd ever be necessary.

[Let alone run into someone else who is absent of a family name as well. "What're the odds", indeed.]

used to have a lot of last names, but none of them are technically mine - and i'm not any of those women anymore, so it doesn't feel right just to take them.

You should be so proud

[foundafamily]

makes sense

[Firo's worry being that she'll lose a bit of her identity or take it as more reason to blame herself for their crimes. Unacceptable.

As so rarely happens, Firo has a thought. But it takes him a good long moment to pull the trigger on it and hit send--there are implications to this offer that even he can't miss. But that's totally not the way he means it, and Rey will understand, right?]

You could always use mine

[circumitus]

[Firo knows Rey a little too well.

[She pauses and stares at his message for several seconds, blinking.]

are you serious?

un: user885

[cannotforget]

i think they were other things to worry about during all that mess

[circumitus]

well yes.

just figured that some confused looking people coming out of the ship would be hard not to notice.

[cannotforget]

i didnt need to come out of the ship to look confused by everything that was happened.

have you found if there were any?

[circumitus]

only one has been confirmed so far.

the arrivals seem to be getting fewer and fewer with each jump. wonder if it's a malfunction.