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[alphabeticalplans]

[At first, the device engages video, giving a glimpse of fractured pavement which could be anywhere in Temba, before he gets to the functions he’s looking for and the video disables, though the audio stays intact.]

Okay, I think I’ve got this thing working. [At least the way he’d prefer it at the moment.] So, this place is crazy, but I don’t have a reason not to believe the information the data point by the fountain fed me.

[There’s a beat here, almost for gravity.]

Unless you guys have reasons I haven’t uncovered yet. You’ve got time up on me, so fill a guy in? The name’s Biggs, by the way.

(OOC: If you'd like to continue a network thread from the test drive meme, feel free!)

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[alphabeticalplans]

(OOC: Continued from here.)

[He chuckled, and this time it sounded genuine.]

Why don't we try for a hexagon and see what happens?

[plate_builder]

[He said something silly didn't he? Shoot.]

Alright. Hexagon then.

[alphabeticalplans]

Hey, it's a step above a pentagon. You're already moving up. Just keep striving upward.

[He can keep running jokes. It's sort of what he and his friends do.]

[plate_builder]

I think calling it a step above would be a one-sided argument.

[Biggs, don't, he's a NERD. A nerd ARCHITECT. Shapes are funny!]

[alphabeticalplans]

[A nerd who is proving the former favorite and beloved school teacher of sector 5 is also a nerd, who had to keep those rascals entertained as well as educated.]

I think it's more of a six-sided argument.

[plate_builder]

Ah, but the difference was that one all important side. That's just math.

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[kyley_b]

Your actual name is "Bigs"? Like... Biggie Smalls?

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[alphabeticalplans]

Just Biggs, but whoever Smalls is has a pretty cool name.

[kyley_b]

Heh. No recognition? No-no-no-notorious...

[Kyle, please don't rap.]

Anyway. Hi. I'm Kyle. Uhm, and it seems like most of what the Agrii says is true, but I don't think it's the whole story, you know?

[alphabeticalplans]

Nope, but I guess...he's a rapper?

[See? He's cool. He's just not from Earth, Kyle. It's no big. Or no Biggs. See what I did there?]

It's never the whole story, Kyle, but you'd be surprised what you can do with half information. I think we'll manage. Have you been around here long?

[kyley_b]

Yeah!

We manage okay, mostly. Uhm, jeez. A while I guess, yeah. Sorta lost track of how long exactly.

[text, he's always texting]

[in_extremis]

Not buying what your kidnapper is selling is a pretty good reason to me, but I've got a few more if you're the bleeding heart type.

[text it is, man]

[alphabeticalplans]

This isn't a monitored channel, because your words suggest it's not a monitored channel.

[in_extremis]

Actually, you're going to love this, you should be making peace with being watched at all times. You could pull your pants up now, but the damage is already done.

Do you know where the library is? Right near the fountain, you can't miss it. I charge by the hour.

[alphabeticalplans]

Yeah, I was worried about that.
Kind of used to it in a way.

Tell me you're joking. You charge for the use of a library?

[in_extremis]

Jesus, no, not the library. Just the lending of its valuable goods.

That's me.

Trust me, that's much more convincing when you can see my beautiful face.

[Audio]

[fatedsacrifice]

[That name got Noct's attention although the accent was different and he didn't know if it was the same person. Last he knew though they were still on good terms with Lady Aranea and were still working with her, having defected from serving the Niflheim Empire. By his time frame that would've been years ago now though.]

Biggs?

[He wanted to ask if Wedge was with him, but he wanted to be sure he knew this person. Still, it couldn't be all that common a name, right? So even though he had questions of his own, helping out was first.]

This place has been getting pretty cold. So you're gonna need to find a warm place to sleep.

[And he listened to the accent some more and wanted to hear if the guy mentioned or Wedge or Lady Aranea.]

[Audio]

[alphabeticalplans]

Copy, that's me.

[Says the man who clearly doesn't recognize Noctis' voice at all.]

I found a bunk in a defunct...I think it's a space ship?

[Audio]

[fatedsacrifice]

[That voice wasn't registering, because the accent was gone? But for now he was just going to roll with the whole thing.]

Ya, there's ships here. And you'll find yourself in one sooner or later.

[Audio]

[alphabeticalplans]

[There's a pause from the audio feed as he gives the looming Starduck a suspicious one-over.]

You mean these things work?

[Audio]

[fatedsacrifice]

Ya they do. You should've been assigned to one of them and it's a good idea to find out who your pilot is and introduce yourself at some point.

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[ambitiousblond]

I would take what the Agrii with a heaping dose of salt. They at least seem to have a strange sense of humor.

You must have just arrived, I assume.

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[alphabeticalplans]

I take everything with a healthy dose of salt, but yeah. That obvious, huh?

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[ambitiousblond]

Just a bit.

New arrivals tend to have that refreshing sense of optimism for a few days at least.

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[alphabeticalplans]

[Well, that's a new perspective.]

Yeah? What's there to be pessimistic about?

[There's always something.]