{🕷🕸} network; text

[obmanchivyy]

[ Natasha, apparently going for the insomnia vibe, is lying on her bed awake when she should be asleep. So, naturally, like any Millennial, even an older one like herself, she starts scrolling through her phone, eventually posting a cryptic-looking message to the network, which looks a whole hell of a lot like drunk keysmashing. It's actually a request for information, because you never know when you might need more codes in your metaphorical back pocket on an alien world — and since she can't sleep now, she may as well ask now. ]

kw wdn kip icpw bpkj - naxiag kcae um yyyi dqvfj mu mmfv vlrkgxvzmcl/kqrycgl gww lqt fwav. Z ltxl aqdc cxe uckcgbit vf jttzv. Vyycda.

[ It's actually in Vigenère cipher, her message reading: "if you can read this - please tell me what kinds of text encryptions/ciphers you use most. I need some new material to learn. Thanks."

And back in something coherent: ]

On another note, if anyone has fifty gallons of melatonin sleep aid, I could use some of that as well and would love you forever. Or at least owe you one later.

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[Text]

[small_compromise]

[Not anything she can make out, definitely.]

I'm not sure we have anything like that available, but maybe one of the people who know agriculture can help me find something that works for sleep?

Are you okay?

[She figures it couldn't hurt to ask. The first message had looked like gibberish but given this person's texted quite fine not long after, Omega suspects it was intentional. Well of course, then there's the punctuations.]

[Text]

[doubled_speed]

Have you considered talking to the medical people? They might have some stuff. If you have, I can check if something in the greenhouses might work.

[He thinks he could make a sleepy tea. That could be interesting.]

[kree_soldieress]

[Oh dear, what a strange series of letters. That is not a human language she had learned before. How strange. She will play with it for a bit, trying to figure out just what to do with it. But over time she'll figure it out with enough time.]

Melatonin, that is a neurochemical that humans produce when they grow tired, yes? I am sorry, I lack such things. Perhaps if you need to work off some energy you can join me at the gym.

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[thestaremaster]

Hzyadi. Jwk G rtvvqk rttkp afs.

[//Fialka. But I cannot teach you.//]

No melatonin, but I can offer you a drinking buddy?

[havesomany]

You are so cool!

[obmanchivyy]

That's a weird way to spell bored but I'll take it as a win

[obmanchivyy]

I'm sleep deprived and code texting, so maybe four out of ten on the scale of okay? An alien planet substitute for melatonin would also work, I can't be too picky, heh.

[obmanchivyy]

The greenhouse route sounds more appealing of a first try; I try not to make my face too well known in medical bays. I'd never dare one up Clint in that department.

[obmanchivyy]

that's the elusive one indeed. I can try that one, and if you mean now, you can even laugh if I fall asleep next to a punching bag after thirty minutes.

[obmanchivyy]

You know that just sounds like a challenge, right?😂

and drinking buddies for sleep sounds hilarious enough I could take you up on that. (Also, a very my dad thing that I can see him saying 'vodka put you right to sleep, when I was 12 my father gave me whole row of shots one night')

[ Alexei never said this but she can still hear him saying something like it. just 'questionable weird grouchy Soviet dudes' things. ]

[kree_soldieress]

If you fall asleep, I will move you somewhere very comfortable to rest.

[doubled_speed]

Not like I'm about to sleep right now anyway.

Yeah, Hawkass is prone to ending up in one ain't he?

[thestaremaster]

Maybe it is.

Well, I'm around if you want to test that lovely family proverb.