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?

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[salamanca]

[ ohohoho senku u are one smart cookie ]

Don't sell yourself short. Me, I could probably study for a million years and never get this stuff like you do.

[ The praise is genuine. Senku may not like building himself up, but Lalo likes to build up other people when he feels they've earned it. ]

The device has a list of callsigns you can access! Want me to tell you how to get to it?

[ Lalo might not be a scientist but he's curious and observant! And Senku can't see it but he's giddy at the prospect of INFORMATION!!! and talking to people. ]

We can split the list. Each try to contact half. See what happens. What do you say? I already tried to contact IN732Q, and nothing.

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[cactusy]

RE4's right about waiting until we have a plan, but we shouldn't hem and haw for too long, and I like this one.

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[salamanca]

Gracias, mi amiga! I'm flattered. [ He really is. ]

Well, Hoss? What do you think?

[ He knows you're reading this, pig. Oink oink. ]

[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.

[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.

[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]

Sounded like can't to me.

[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]

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

[salamanca]

Pinky promise. <3

[hyakuoku]

Interesting question. Maybe the answer isn't cut and dry. Doesn't seem like a lot of things here are. SOMEONE doesn't want them to talk to us either way, that's my theory.