( 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

[wingstosee]

oh, totally.
but basic conversation can also be kind of intrusive?
you're just sort of expected to answer things that really aren't other people's business
and you have to smile while you say it, you know?

oh! it's a family name and initial.
so should i just call you "asuka?"
i always forget. it's supposed to be family name first right

[luciformis]

I'm accustomed to giving a certain amount of information. There's very little about me that isn't already available somewhere. What's most important is that you can control the depth of the details you give. I'm not worried about expectations like that.

[ so blunt. ]

That's right. Asuka is fine. Does Venus work for you?

[wingstosee]

oh! absolutely
i mean, it's sort of. my name?
so i'm definitely okay with it.

so...
how did you figure out the security protocols?
was it just. a programming sort of thing, or

[luciformis]

It was a programming thing.

I'm familiar with network configuration and encryption. [ Yeah, no kidding. ] Considering the nature of what we do know and all that we don't, I assumed it would be easier to block any potential problems before they started. [ Definitely. ]

[wingstosee]

oh, wow. i could never do that sort of thing? haha.
i just don't have the brain for it. you know?
and i guess that makes sense.
i wasn't really thinking of many problems?
but i guess this way i don't have to waste people's time when i try to get in contact with neptune and jupiter
so i mean, there's that.

[luciformis]

It does.
But, it's less complicated than it's lead it on to be. [ It... Isn't. But, that's fine. ]

Most wouldn't. It's not uncommon. [ He really isn't trying to be condescending, but that's just how he comes off. ] The rest is precautionary, but general privacy was also one of the main reasons I decided to fix it.

[wingstosee]

haha. you don't have to be modest.
i mean, if you want to, you can? i'm not trying to stop you.
but usually, when people say "it's less complicated than people say," what they really mean is
"it's totally that complicated, and i'm looking for an excuse to look good."
you know?

what sort of precautionary things were you thinking of?

gently fixes earlier typo

[luciformis]

I'm not.
I only rewrote and repaired what was there before.
It would be much more complex if I'd worked from the ground up.

External security breaches. There's no reason to trust what was left from before.

[ He's just sayin' there might be people still here. Maybe. ]

[wingstosee]

oh my god.
that's exactly what i mean?
it's like, you're already doing something nobody else here could do.
actually. i don't know that?
maybe it just. is that easy?? haha.
i guess the problem might just be that i'm bad with computers.

also what sort of breaches are you even worried about?
i don't think ghosts can use computers.

[ venus. please. ]

[luciformis]

I wouldn't be certain of that.
I'm not the only one with experience.

It might also be that my level of technology differs from yours.

[ He'd gesture down thread, but that's difficult textually. ]

I'm not convinced that there aren't others we don't know about.
On station or off.
I'm not interested in waiting around to find out.

[wingstosee]

or maybe your level of smart?
or both. it could be both pretty easily.
but that's a good point.
we can't even see what's beyond those locked doors yet.

[luciformis]

Who can say?
Either way, it's possible.

That's what concerns me.
Given what information has been provided to us so far (and with the picture uploaded by @APOLLO2), there's ample space for others to live their lives entirely separate from us without us ever knowing. As no one has been able to get past these doors or these other impassable areas, it's not improbable that they could be deliberately choosing not to make direct contact with us.

[wingstosee]

hmm.
somehow, i don't think it's likely...?
but you're right. there's definitely plenty of space
i guess it makes the most sense to do our own little private thing.

even if that just means you can read it instead of them ;)

[ truth be told, she doesn't know if that's how it works. but she's pretty sure it is? "nothing's private." she's been told that enough times about the internet to know that much. ]