RE419S | audio | Day 7

[aluminumandash]

[ Rust's voice comes over the walkie, urgent and forceful. ] Anyone in the area between the concrete structures where Martin and me were held—that's the foothills with, ah, a river to the south and the jungle ten hours to the west of the northeast coast, check in right the fuck now.

[ He thinks to type the rest out—some semblance of a record, something for people to refer back to for the while it's around—but five minutes punching little keys and he can't take it anymore. So his voice returns, matter-of-fact. ]

Officer de Guzman's dead. [ If anyone was hoping for a eulogy, it's not fucking happening. ] Took an arrow to the shoulder then was executed, from the sound of it, likely with his own firearm. He was in the region I just described, about a kilometer away from a wood cabin with no defenses or occupants he could discern. Guessing he walked into some kind of a trap. [ He concludes, irritation seeping into his voice. ]

Much as I hate to state the obvious, circumstances compel me to say: do not seek out the cabin. Hell, I'll say it twice: do not seek out the fucking cabin. You find yourself in an area suspiciously quiet and bereft of animal activity, turn around and go back the way you came.

The individual who killed him had a message for us. It follows.

[ After a short delay: ] The next animal I find here will die a much slower death. Tell your friends for me.


OOC: Replies subject to even more robust threadjacking than usual from Lalo!

Comments

[obeir]

They have some flexibility but they're not like bird wings. Inside each are reinforcements meant to prevent the wings from bending. Bending too far can damage them and compromise the integrity of the plane, meaning it becomes harder to control and it's more likely to crash.

The wings are shaped to enable air to move faster over the top of the wing. The faster air moves, the lower the pressure. The pressure on the top of the wing is less than the pressure on the underside, and that difference in pressure is what creates enough force to lift the plane upwards.

It's a bit different from the mechanics of bird flight. Birds generate thrust (the force that moves a bird or plane forward) by flapping their wings, for planes it's achieved through other means, not the movement of the wings. I hope I explained this well enough for you to understand.

[meadqueen]

I think I understand, or at least I can imagine it. Closer to how birds soar on the wind, then?

What are spacecraft?

[obeir]

Yes, it's more like that.

Spacecraft are similar in concept to planes but designed to fly much higher, among the stars.

[meadqueen]

Among the sparks of Muspellheim? I must confess, this sounds more unbelievable to me than the planes from the longhouses.

[obeir]

That's understandable. If I were from a place without any of this technology, I might find it hard to believe too. But I can promise you that I'm not mocking you.

When Senku figures out how to return us all to where we came from, maybe it'll be possible to show you these things. If you'd want to come with me before returning home. I think you might enjoy flying. There's really nothing else like it.

[meadqueen]

[Randvi’s favourite thing in the world to do is climb - to look at the land as at one of her maps and imagine that she's seeing things the way the raven Sýnin does. Flying might be the only thing better]

I would love that, if it's possible.