un: aphrodite ;; text ;; 001 <- "first post"

[wingstosee]

so i'm not really sure how this works?
it doesn't look like anyone else has posted yet.
but uhhhh no time like the present, right?
so
my... bracelet? watch?
i guess it's kind of a smartwatch.
anyway it said something new just now.

"we made it work. attempt number six was successful. it worked, everyone!"
"wait, there's a problem, we're not where we..."

does this sound familiar to anyone?
there might have been more but i was in the cafeteria
or well. am, i guess

also, first post?
i think you're supposed to say that.

wow i have no idea where to end this.
i hope you're all having a good day?
even with the kidnapping and everything.
okay bye

wait jk jk
jupiter, if you see this
let me know, okay?
this is venus. though i guess that's pretty obvious.
i'm really worried :(
that was probably obvious too

okay bye for real this time?
maybe??
yeah.

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[wingstosee]

oh, right.
that's all i was trying to say anyway.

yeah. i kind of figured :(
it was worth a try at least...

[mapsio]

There would be no guarantee of the cards working here either.
Unless we knew someone who could reprogram the card reader to read the magnetic strip on the ID Card.

... and that sounded like such a good plan too!

[wingstosee]

oh!
i mean, there's a couple of super smart people here already?
one guy hacked into my smartwatch while we were in the cafeteria
i bet he could at least figure out something kind of like that?

i'm definitely not the person to ask about any of that though.
hahaha. i barely know how to scan my computer for viruses.

[mapsio]

He didn't do anything bad to it, did he?

[It makes her think of Futaba, trolling them by hacking into their stuff.]

I suppose I'm not really one to ask either, it's okay! I think we'll get this all figured out soon enough.

[wingstosee]

i mean. i don't think so?
i hope not.
oh, jeez. i didn't even think about that.
i just sort of handed him my watch?

do you think he did something to it :(

[mapsio]

Ah!
I didn't mean to cause alarm!
Please forgive me for that, I just tend to stay on the cautious side! :(

Maybe he didn't? Maybe he was doing something to it to help you out?

[wingstosee]

no no! it's okay! for real, i mean
i should probably be more cautious too?
sometimes i just think it's easier to kind of. take people at their word, you know?
even if it's obvious they're lying. haha. they get less angry that way

i hope he was helping.
he seemed nice enough, at least.

[mapsio]

I guess you make a good point there.
Just maybe don't trust too many people who offer to do things to your watch right off the bat?

But if you say he seemed nice enough! I'm still sorry for assuming otherwise.

[wingstosee]

i guess i'll try. haha.
it's not like i can usually tell whether they're lying or not, though?
so you really don't have to apologize.
for all i know he put a bomb in it or something.

[mapsio]

I really really hope that isn't the case?!
If it is, maybe...well. I don't know. I don't think it would be that serious!

[wingstosee]

haha. it's probably not.
maybe?

should i check do you think

[mapsio]

Yeah, I think just to be safe?
But...how would you be able to tell?

[wingstosee]

i mean he didn't take it apart or anything
so it's probably not in there?
the bomb, i mean. assuming it exists.
i could just take it apart and look myself but that sounds like a lot of effort for a bomb that doesn't exist.

[mapsio]

Agreed! So definitely not bomb in there. Maybe he was just curious about something regarding the watches then.
So that's good news!

[wingstosee]

oh, yeah. it was over the message i got.
the one i posted about?
he told me it was coming from inside the station, which is pretty cool.

it probably would have been easier to just say that, huh.
sorry.

[mapsio]

No apologies needed, Venus-san.
That is pretty cool, and I guess that makes things a little more creepy right?

[wingstosee]

i don't know. maybe?
i mean, it's also kind of creepy if it's like...
"this message was sent from thousands of light years away. that's the closest civilization.
you're standing on an empty graveyard, that hasn't been touched for thousands of years, and nobody will ever find you."
you know?
i think that'd be sort of worse.

[ VENUS WHY DO YOU SAY SHIT LIKE THIS ]

[mapsio]

The whole situation is both creepy and fascinating if you ask me.
Do you think this station is an empty graveyard?

[Because she didn't even think of that.]

[wingstosee]

i mean, it sort of feels like it.
doesn't it?
people talking about trying to save the world...
a completely empty station...
there's stuff all over but nobody to use it.

doesn't it kind of feel like a graveyard to you too?

[mapsio]

People are hearing things.
People are seeing things.

...I guess you're right, Venus-san. Which makes this even more of a mystery.
While I still think it's fascinating, it's also unsettling.

[wingstosee]

right???
ugh. i kind of hate it.
like it's nice not having to deal with. people sometimes?
but i never liked haunted places :(

i get scared really easily...

[mapsio]

I don't think a haunted place is the ideal well, place to be getting away from people.

Are you going to be okay? :(

[wingstosee]

huh? oh yeah. for sure.
it's still better than the summer scouts haha

not like that really takes much?? but. you know

[mapsio]

I see, I see.
I was just making sure. I wouldn't want anyone to be afraid.

[A pause.]

The summer scouts?

[wingstosee]

right.
they were. uh
technically it was a "summer retreat?"
but it was really more of a jesus camp situation.
you know. ship the bad kids off, beat the devil out.

at least you can meet other bad kids that way?
haha.