TO994M | day 2 | night | audio | private to BT612L, DI481O, JK002N, RE419S, TN811N, VL121R

[cactusy]

[For those who can see this message, congratulations, Shaw has seen your network activity and decided that your call sign is worth making a note of. She has a little mnemonic for your first three digits and everything!]

Heard from LO4 - Martin Blackwood. He talked to a guy over his walkie who's been here longer than us, but has access to a different radio network and is "forbidden" from contacting ours. The intel I got was kinda sketchy, but, uh-- actually, lemme just read it. "SU818C. Name Sol. On island before us. Can't talk much. Forbidden. Will stay in contact with Sol if alive tomorrow. Wants to help. On different network, but some access to us. Called something 'guardians'. Drones in Scripture, maybe. Cult, maybe. Power not supposed to be on".

[She pauses, clearing her throat.]

He had some kind of aversion to talking about it in full public view, so I'm not doing that, but LO4 said I could pass it on privately. Personally, I think it's pretty damn likely we're being monitored across private and public feeds, but this Sol could know something we don't, I guess.

Any of you got any clue what to do with this?

Comments

[hyakuoku]

And I could never hack it as a cop. We all have strengths and weaknesses.

Anyway, yes. We should definitely split something like that. Maybe the numbers in those callsigns will eventually give us some clues too.

[metalicarus]

You're right, that's why a self-made cipher would be better. Think on it. If we ever meet up or are able to leave messages for each other, that'll be the only secure way to share it. Until then, we'll just need to watch what we're saying and when.

[salamanca]

Excellent! Then the only thing left is to figure out what to say to get a response, and make sure our buddy Hoss likes it too of course.

[aluminumandash]

Someone tells him Martins dead, we need help finding the body.

Hes got spiritual leanings and obviously feels guilty, that might strike a chord.

[hyakuoku]

Probably something urgent, something other people would be unlikely to ignore.

[ Senku is good with science, but less so with people. He's all in for manipulating people if they have to do that to get ahead, but he's not always the best at coming up with how to do that. ]

[salamanca]

[ Lalo is good at manipulating people, but the thing is — as any good manipulator knows — there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach to manipulation. You have to switch up your tactics depending on who you're dealing with. What's effective on one person might not work on another.

When you're dealing with a nameless, faceless mass you know nothing about, deprived of the clues that come from dealing with people in person... Lalo's almost as lost as Senku is.

He hates to admit it, but he liked Rust's idea. Shit. ]

Think Hoss up there had a good suggestion for the "Sol" guy anyway.

[hyakuoku]

[ After checking Rust's suggestion: ]

I think it's a good starting place for that Sol guy, sure. Don't know what would work with the others. Probably a question of trial and error since they clearly don't want to talk to us or they'd be doing it already.

[salamanca]

Don't want to? Or can't?

[cactusy]

I'm from over a thousand years ahead of you. Apparently.

[cactusy]

If we're voting, this plan's got mine.

[cactusy]

Sounded like can't to me.

[cactusy]

Has anybody tried to coordinate a meet?

[cactusy]

Sounds to me like it's less "every man for himself" and more "this other group is dealing with a wealth of crap we aren't even aware of yet".

[ichoosefight]

[ ... ]

Well. Yeah. That too.

[salamanca]

Haven't heard from Hoss in a while. Hope he's okay. We don't have time to wait, though. What do you say, Fearless Leader? Are we reaching out?

[cactusy]

Blackwood might have more info. I'm not sure if he actually passed on all he knew, or--

He wasn't doing so good, and no one's been able to get to him yet.

[cactusy]

If I say yes, do you pinkie swear never to call me that again?

[ichoosefight]

[ Right, him. ]

What even happened?

[cactusy]

I don't know - he told me he was hot and dizzy. Could've been dosed with something, could've eaten something that made him sick.

[meadqueen]

I don't understand how this is possible.

[cactusy]

Join the club.

[ichoosefight]

[ ... ]

I hate to say this, but how sure are we that this conversation happened?

[cactusy]

Good point. If I'd had him on longer, I could have tried to gauge his mental state, but, uh... it was a pretty quick conversation.

I still say we try to contact the guy, but hallucination's a possibility we should keep in mind.

[ichoosefight]

Even if it's not an outright hallucination, this person might be taking advantage of his current state.

I wish we could get confirmation, but if I only get one I'd rather wish he was out.

[cactusy]

So would all of us, but you get zero, so we have to figure this out ourselves.