audio | callsign TN811N | DAY 21

[hyakuoku]

I was outside early this morning. The rain stopped so I went to go see if there was severe damage.

There was some weird ass light out there for a minute or two. Looked like a laser. Had a little bit of sputtering going on so maybe whatever made it is kinda messed up. Still, what the hell is a laser doing here? Are there satellites to worry about?

[ Ah, right, hold on. Senku-sensei might have to give some context. ]

If you don't know what a laser is, it's a word from an acronym: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Basically it's a really bright ass, concentrated beam of light. This one was huge, came from the sky, I think.

Satellites are machines that orbit the earth. If you need a rundown on what that means, I can do that, but I wouldn't say it's entirely relevant. But I'd give a lot for a real telescope right now.

[ He guesses he'll have to MAKE ONE then, but anyways! ]

Anyone else see something like this, or is it just near the airfield?

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[hyakuoku]

That's just kinda what they look like. I don’t know if they were technically lasers or not, not without going up into the sky or space to see what shot that light down. And that's ten billion percent impossible right now.

[ But maybe someday, right? ]

A telescope is basically two refracting lenses in a tube. You can make a good makeshift one once you have the lenses. The lens is just a curved piece of glass when you get down to it, so even the bottom of a glass bottle could work to make a weak telescope. But you still need two of them.

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[timaeus]

Who here has a pair of glasses they're willing to give up?

[He's been considering this for a while now, but the areas he's been stuck in so far aren't the best places to scavenge for glasses.]

[hyakuoku]

No one yet, but either we find some or we get/build something hot enough to make our own glass.

[timaeus]

I imagine it'd be easier to find some glasses on a previously-populated island than it would be to build a forge.
But I wouldn't say no to one if it came to that.
Might as well get my blacksmith on.

[hyakuoku]

Yeah I think finding them is more practical but I've built a forge before. I had help from someone who was a much better craftsman than me, though. I could build a really basic one eventually. I'll put it on my list.

Can you really do blacksmithing though?

[timaeus]

In theory.
I dabble in robotics and I'm accustomed to having to make my own components.
This would be a bit more medieval than I'm used to but I know how to do it.

[In theory. It's the sort of knowledge a nerd with endless time and internet access has. He's read WikiHow articles.]

[hyakuoku]

I know how blacksmithing works but I lack the upper body strength for it.
Robotics, though. I know some about that, though it's theoretical. I never got to build an actual robot, just rockets.

You should come help me with this damn drone. Though it's not that I don't understand it so much as I don't have a working power source. Even if I make a battery, which I can and probably will do, doesn't matter if it has no charge.

[timaeus]

You have a drone?

[Most of the drone shit happened before he got here. But reluctant as he is to walk himself into yet another group of strangers, the possibility of a project does tempt him.

He tends to get carried away with his projects.]

[hyakuoku]

Technically I have two drones.

[timaeus]

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So where is your base, exactly?

[hyakuoku]

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Southwest part of the island. There's a burned up old hotel close by. Base is at the airfield.

[timaeus]

I'm on my way to check the southeast shore right now.
I'll start making my way west afterward.
Sounds like my bro's friend getting escorted down to you guys anyway, so it's only polite to go re-introduce myself for the first time.

[Fucking time shenanigans.]

[hyakuoku]

Don't die.

[ He just says this to people he feels any sort of attachment to or interest in, it's fine. ]

What do you mean by all that last part, though? Are you from different timelines?

[timaeus]

Different parts of the same timeline, I think.
But I'm not the Time guy so I can't say anything for sure.