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[blueskying]

[Sky is tapping out ideas in a text document and happens to include his number.]

That the love between us is flows out & surrounds us & sustains us & is real & tangible. The open heart can be hurt & can be a balm to the self & to others.

[Pause.]

'All things are quickened by the unseen all-sustaining life. The air is alive and the land that flowers, the waters flow as if they live, the sun too lives, and when the moon wanes it is rekindled.'

Hymn 'i am that great and firey force'. Too on the nose?

[Another pause.]

Firey force are fire powers overused and do i care? How soon to introduce powers? 3rd act too overdone?

[He's going to ramble on in this vein for a while if someone doesn't interrupt. Sky's brainstorming documents tend to run long.]

Comments

Text - she is receiving Sky's messages a text messages on her phone

[darkmagiciangirl]

(OOCly: each '>' marks a separate text from Chi, so it'll be a new message from her.)

> The first bits you wrote are pretty - I like it. What is this for?

> Powers? Act for what?

[blueskying]

[There's quite a long pause because he's trying to close what he thinks is a pop-up. Two pop-ups. Eventually:]

I knew i should have read the user agreement for this computer ware.

[It's called software, Sky.]

[darkmagiciangirl]

[ No response for a minute or two, then she sends another one. The subsequent messages come quickly. ]

> ...From the way youre responding I'm assuming you don't know whats going on, do you? This is gonna be a little crazy but you accidentally accessed a network. I don't know what it's specifically for but there seem to be a good amount of people who are here.

> I dunno the connections but I know that you use a number to access it - I made a chat on my phone for it and that's how we're talking! I'm sending you little text messages and you're receiving them on whatever you're on! Probably... A computer, since you said computer ware lol

> It's weird, like a private social network! My name's Chihiro!

[blueskying]

That IS weird. I thought I typed in an isbn but apparently not. This computer isn't even connected to the WWW right now, it's a different network?

Hello Chihiro. I take it you're not here to spam my computer after all? L.O.L.

[Sky is old.]

[runs]

That hymn sounds like a preschool song for learning about things on the sky.

[blueskying]

[There's a pause as he leans back and says something out loud, but this connection is set up to receive keyboard input, not his voice, so after a moment he types]

Kitty did you do something to my computer? :c

[Yes. Yes, he uses small smileys.]

[runs]

No, you did something to it.

You input your number into it.

[Or at least that'd explain why his rambling is here.]

[blueskying]

Is there a vaccine program for it?

[...sky.]

[runs]

[wat.]

...Did you write your number with your blood?

[blueskying]

You can do that?


No.

[runs]

I don't know.

I haven't tried, I'm just using my phone.

Then where does the vaccine come in if you didn't use your blood?

[blueskying]

For the viruses on the computer. If i down loaded something with the number, & its immune programs aren't good enough, it needs a vaccine program.

[Somewhere he has grandchildren suddenly stricken with exasperation.]

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[iamnotgod]

[Walter first thinks to reply to this one on his laptop - then changes his mind, taking to a notebook instead.]

I think you wrote in an extra number somewhere. Might want to pick a different paper for your second draft.

[He'll tell his internal literary critic to shove off for now.]

[blueskying]

[Sky tries to close what he thinks is an especially weird pop-up, but no matter how he moves the mouse there's no little X. He hopes he doesn't have to lose a computer to bad 'ware'.]

ISBN's are not

[Yeah, he does the apostrophe before the S. There's a pause.]

That's not right.

[Take the middle up with St. Hildegard of Bingen. The rest, yeah, that's all Sky.]

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[iamnotgod]

[Walter winces internally at the apostrophe.]

I've found that one out the hard way, myself.

This wouldn't be the first time you've ever typed out a string of numbers with your notes, would it?

[blueskying]

This particular string of numbers, yes. I suppose i wasn't paying attention.

[Sky considers.]

I don't suppose you have an explanation?

[iamnotgod]

Explanation, no, though we're still searching for one.

Were you at the festival June 15th? Something about the Northern Lights showing up then kicked off access to this Network for a random few of us here in Mossgate.

[What Walter would really like is a why, along with more details on the how. Neither's easily forthcoming, however.]

[blueskying]

I was, but i left early.

[He wanted to avoid the fireworks.]

I have to say my extensive exp in genre fiction suggests this kind of thing traditionally comes right before a great deal of excitement & adventure.

[iamnotgod]

[Perhaps it was the timing after all, not whether or not one had observed the Lights.]

I don't think the mayor's going to like that, depending on how fast things escalate.

Do you remember a feeling of hollowness as well? That seems to be part of the package.

[blueskying]

Does she know about this? Or is there anything left TO know?

That's right. Like stalling out at a height & something rushing in.

[fracturedbeauty]

[Rafe is forever unamused, but he'll drop a line here.]

It appears as though someone is writing their notes where everyone can see. I certainly hope those aren't supposed to be classified.

[Look, he's a teacher. He gets writing ideas to yourself, but do you really want the public eye seeing such unorganised thoughts?]

[blueskying]

Classified? No, that's too exciting for me. I guess it does suggest my great secret. c:

[It's not that much of a secret that he writes under a pseudonym, he just doesn't announce it.]

[fracturedbeauty]

And that secret is that you are a poetic sort? Although, I can't imagine that you would want your plots to leak to the general public before they're ready.

Although the ideas certainly seem compelling. I don't suppose it's a play you're writing?

[Interested? Rafe's not interested.

Okay, he actually is. At least a little.]

[blueskying]

I have an interest in St. Hildegard of Bingen, which is very common in my faction these days, & it's difficult to handle her writings without dipping into poetic language! That's no secret.

Not as lofty as that. I think if i wrote screen plays or just plays they would rely too much on special effects.

[fracturedbeauty]

Ah, I see. I suppose that's fair.

You rely on special effects, then? Like all of that CG used in films?