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[doubled_speed]

[Enjoy the screen coming alive with Tommy, local fast person. The world beyond him is a blur of sparkles. With the way his hair is going in the wind, he clearly was running somewhere.]

Okay, two things on the current state of the world.

I've repeated my test to try and and get to the new blinking light. Like Cayde said, someone's fucking with us. It doesn't matter how long or how fast I run at the thing. It's always the same distance away. Which, you know, wouldn't be so bad if it was reality warping, or like world maps in old school video games where you're actually just circling the world in an impossible loop or something.

No, the amount of distance you walk toward the thing is how far you need to come back. So at the moment, I'd seriously discourage expeditions, guys, gals, and all other designations. If that thing is just as far away when I've gone fifty miles, it's not something we can get to by traditional means.

[The colors behind him blurring on the screen now take on a decidedly pink tinge. Yes! He's getting into a fucking zone of hearts.]

In other news. No. I am NOT responsible for the glitter. But FUCK it makes me look amazing I bet. If you see a cloud of sparkles in the distance, that's me. Or is about to be me by you. Can any of you communications people set up, like, a network thing? That pings my phone off yours, like a GPS? So I don't accidentally go blazing past someone and leave them covered in a cloud of my sparkling dust?

Not that some of you wouldn't look amazing in rainbows and hearts and stars. You know, in my flawless opinion.

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[lionunchained]

Good to know it is not a good idea to try and follow a random blinking light.

You're not responsible for it? Good to know. Also, I'm sure it makes you easier to track right now.

[doubled_speed]

[ooc: oops didn’t see you had hit up here. If you want to you can ignore Tommy’s tag on shiro’s and we could cover that here. Lmk what works best.]

I mean blinking lights aren’t always bad. But now it’s fruitless. And frustrating. We might need to ask the Agrii and that doesn’t help much very often.

And I guess easier to track is good. I just don’t wanna coat everyone else in this if they don’t want it. I try to be polite.

[lionunchained]

[ooc: Up to you. I'm good with multiple threads or making one shorter than the other]

Yeah... that doesn't make any sense that you can never get any closer or further away from them. Man, Pidge would have a field day with this trying to figure out why that is.

[Shiro laughed at that]

Leaving a trail of glitter in your wake. It's amusing to picture.

somehow never got this notif wow

[doubled_speed]

IT just makes my head hurt. It's clearly not teleporting or anything, but it never looks any more or less distant which means there's something affecting vision with it. Or, you know, it's ACTUALLY moving.

[Tommy laughs right back.]

I'm fabulous.

i guess dw didn't want us to tag lol

[lionunchained]

Huh... I guess we'd have to have someone stand and watch it while you are moving. If it never seems to change distance for either person then it is doing something not normal.

[Shiro grinned]

Clearly.

[doubled_speed]

Oh man, that's a REALLY good idea. And maybe a third watcher, one of the droids.

[He grins too, and winks.]

It's okay to be jealous that the glitter looks better in my white locks than yours.

[lionunchained]

Yeah. The droid would be able to verify that it wasn't in fact moving since I'd assume they'd be able to determine that with calculations and not just with a human brain.

[Shiro laughed]

You know. I am a little jealous. It doesn't look so good on me I think.

[doubled_speed]

We could even ask Beady and Webble if they could both watch from different points and see if they get different readings. Damn, see, this is why we need smart people here.

[Tommy likes this plan and needs to start coordinating it. But then he's just laughing.]

You're the sorta guy that should probably just go with glitter on the cheeks or something. Me, I'm just enjoying the fact that I get to have a cool looking trail of light for once. Yeah, I'll own it, jealous of the flying brother with his wonky blue light and all that.

[lionunchained]

Yeah, I think that would be a good idea. More eyes calculating the location of that light, the better. Best to see if it is acting normal or not.

Probably better for me. By all means, enjoy that you get to have a trail of light right now thanks to the glitter.

[doubled_speed]

[He considers Shiro with a smile and a shake of his head.]

Maybe you can show your good leadership potential here by arranging it.

[lionunchained]

Then I will work on that. Contact all the relevant parties to arrange this experiment.

[doubled_speed]

I'll try and help figure out who could help us.

[lionunchained]

That would be great. You have better connections here than I do.

[doubled_speed]

Well, you're friendly and likeable. That'll help. Plus I've paved the white-hair way.

[lionunchained]

[He chuckled at that] Thanks. But yes, I am probably just riding on your coattails in terms of white hair.

[doubled_speed]

Good thing I'm setting a good example, right? Anyway, I'll see what I can figure out. You think of some good angles or whatever for what math we'll need.

[lionunchained]

I would say it's a good example. Will do. I'll take a look around and see where we get the best views of it without obstruction so we'll have the best chance to do calculations.

[Too bad Pidge wasn't here. This was right up her alley]

[doubled_speed]

Roger! I'll be in touch asap.