( text. un: @r.asuka )

[luciformis]

Hello.

As several before me have noted: given our circumstances, it is more crucial now than ever before that we cooperate and share any relevant information that could be of benefit to us all. However, the accessibility of this knowledge is also essential. If we have no sense of organization, then we add unnecessary frustration at least and risk at most.

I've accumulated a list of known locations and some general statistical information, which I encourage you to add to at your discretion. I believe it would be in our best interests to know the following about each of you as well:

1. Please list your name and ID.
2. Do you have any medical, technical, or mechanical skills?
3. Do you have any advanced skills in another area that you think would be of assistance?
4. Would you be comfortable using these skills if asked?

Also, I've taken the liberty to sort out how to increase security protocols. If you wish to know how this works, feel free to contact me here or privately.

Thank you.

[ ooc: So, head's up! Permission was granted to have Ryo fix up these filters for you all, but here's your catch (if you're interested): Ryo will be leaving a security loophole or "backdoor" as it were for himself (with your permission) to easily exploit so his ability to eavesdrop will be maximized. Please refer to his permission's post here if you're fine with him doing as much.

Also, if your character wouldn't agree to this? Please refer to the permissions anyhow if you eventually might be interested in this kind of technological eavesdropping. Thank you! ]

Comments

[ryuji]

[Here's my bank account information

My National ID card

My home address so you can come over and play video games

And a list of my favorite food.]

You're welcome, man

Yeah, it helps when you're trying to navigate through Mementos

So uh... what are you planning on doing with this again?

[luciformis]

[ thanks fam
give him those sweet sweet money digits
not that he needs any money in space
except maybe he could generate bitcoins here too ]

Mementos?

Think of it like a phone's contact list. In many countries, there's service numbers to call when you need assistance, correct? I assumed it would be easier to have people list their skills and have them all centrally located than to rely on word of mouth in more troubling situations. Not only would it save you and them valuable time, but ideally the list will become common knowledge.

[ryuji]

[Aren't you insanely rich?

Is this your pyramid scheme, Ryo?]

It's a weird place from my world, don't worry about it

Oh, that makes a lot of sense, then. Sorry, I'm naturally inclined not to trust people very well, so it's kinda freaky that you're asking for personal deets so openly.

[This fucking... IDIOT???

Almost blew his cover???]

But the more we know about each other, the more we can work together to fix problems when they come up, right? Since there's no one here really in charge and no direction about what we gotta be doing here anyway.

[luciformis]

[ insanely.
and maybe. who knows. it's a mystery. ]

I see.

[ even if that makes that more suspect. he'll drop it. ]

It's not anything I couldn't have asked in casual conversation. I've saved everyone at least five minutes with each possible person they could have spoken with.

[ y'all so paranoid. also, is that a joke... hard to tell with him. ]

That's the idea. Without any clear guidance or cooperation, there's no chance of sorting through the purpose for being here or any sense of secure living long term.

[ryuji]

Do you really hate small talk that much, dude?

[luciformis]

I make small talk frequently.

It's questionable if anyone actually enjoys it.

[ he's. not wrong. ]

[ryuji]

Don't downplay yourself with that shit

Why do you think no one enjoys it?

[luciformis]

I'm not. It isn't a statement about me.

Very few people enjoy any kind of small talk.

[ryuji]

Sucks to be them, then.

It's the quiet that kills me

[luciformis]

I could see that.

[ so dry... it isn't even guess, he known it firsthand since the Pizza Incident. ]

I'm used to the quiet, outside my classes.

[ And his public appearances... And demon hunting... ]

[ryuji]

Classes?

So you're a student, too?

[luciformis]

Classes.

I teach them. I'm a tenured professor.

[ no big. ]

[ryuji]

How effin old are you again?

[This is a trick question, isn't it?]

[luciformis]

Sixteen.

I assumed you would have guessed that after seeing me.

[ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]

[ryuji]

Sometimes it's hard to tell, man

You got that thing goin for ya

You coulda been 16 or 22 for all I know

[#twinkproblems]

Now I feel dumb... I didn't know I was kickin it with a professor

[luciformis]

"Thing"?

[ He's tall? That's about it. But, maybe. He guesses. To him, age is easy to mark. He just doesn't care enough to take notice most of the time. ]

Most don't. It isn't surprising.

[ It isn't like he goes out of his way to say it to everyone he meets. Most people know he is through social media, but that's a different story. ]

[ryuji]

Yeah. Like... that kinda aura, idk how to explain it

[Is this gaydar]

What did you teach?

[luciformis]

Precocity. That's not unusual either.

[ That's an easy word to supply. He's been singled out like that since day one. And yeah, probably. You got a functioning one, my guy. ]

Human Sciences, primarily.

[ Though, it's easier to ask what doesn't he study. ]

[ryuji]

Precocity?

What's that mean?

[He hates that he ends up asking that so often. School, learning, getting smarter... none of that was ever really important to him until somewhat recently.

School becomes so much more bearable when you have good extra-curriculars. And even better friends.]

Oh yeah? What'd you learn about humans that's worth telling other people about lol

[BOY....]

[luciformis]

Someone who grows into certain skills quickly and at a younger age than usual. It can give a confusing impression.

[ Ryo wouldn't know too much about that. He'd always been the one correcting teachers and reading from texts while his peers focused on cartoons on television. Ryo'd never found much interest in that. Instead, he'd dug through all that he could as if he were looking for some kind of answer as to why he was there to begin with. ]

I could explain it, but it would take several hours.

[ GOD... ]

Natural Sciences, which I've also worked in, would be easier to summarize.

[ryuji]

I mean... time is kinda what we got in abundance here, huh? Just floating around aimlessly waiting for something to happen.

[luciformis]

Then I'll explain.

Over the years, I've been called to assist various research teams as a lead due to my multidisciplinary interests. Occasionally, these projects are in the field of linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and the sub-field of biolinguistics due to my ability to understand the formulation of language in a way most others can't. As with anything, the goal was often to investigate a hypothesis about how humans evolved to acquire language or why it shifted the way it did. I've previously looked into several indigenous language isolates and as result, my findings have helped preserve and archive them for later study.

In short, teaching humans about their roots both biologically and culturally provides a base for understanding how the world now functions on a societal and evolutionary level.

[ when your canon never specifies what the fuck he does, so you gotta think about what he probably does. ]

[ryuji]

[Whelp, he did ask for this.]

So... you're good with words and telling people why they say them

[luciformis]

Partially.

I've participated in other research efforts more centrally focused on biology, but that's a different field of interest.

[ryuji]

I uh

I took biology once in high school but got thrown out of class for laughing too much when we got to the reproductive system