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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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[wearingthestars]

I can't get there by nontraditional means either. I tried porting. No matter how I worded it I couldn't get to it either.

Also- glitter is totally not MY fault either.

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[doubled_speed]

The glitter just screamed 'twink in need'. I thought it was you.

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[heypartner]

[ Don't mind this old man with his red bandana pulled up over his mouth and nose to block the baby pink glitter that's currently twinkling around him.

Sorry if his voice is muffled. He'll try to speak clearly. ]

Just a possibly stupid question here... anyone try binocs or a scope? It doesn't want us getting close but does it mind if we look close from a distance?

[doubled_speed]

[Well, there you have it, weird questions.]

Binocs? You mean binoculars? And telescopes? No, many. We haven't got that shit.

[heypartner]

[ He's a painfully practical man. ]

Yeah, binoculars. Not a single pair in this whole town? Well, that's annoying. Any idea if someone around here can make 'em?

[doubled_speed]

You could ask Stark, but he's busy with a lot of shit. So hit up the Agrii or the replicator I guess.

[heypartner]

Alright, guess I'll try that. Thanks for the help. Good luck with all that runnin'.

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[kyley_b]

[Yeah, that's a hell of a lot of glitter and he has no intention of taking off his hat because if he does there's no way it's coming out of his curls.]

Okay, new guy here, hi, hello. Can I ask about the blinking light? Mostly about when it showed up?

Also, uh. You're not like... an elf or something, are you?

[doubled_speed]

Running is what I do. No need for luck. It's all natural.

[doubled_speed]

[Yeah, there is TOO much glitter. But it makes Tommy look amazing, and he knows it.]

Yeah, definitely new. Never seen your face at the diner. The blinking light started after the invasion of the wolf-spiders ended. So only days ago. I've tried getting there twice. It's horrible.

[Wait, elf? Tommy actually stops and the process of skidding to a stop and the motion of the trail of glitter means it overtakes him, and soon there is just a glitter-covered person on the screen. Who starts to vibrate quickly, sending glitter out from himself in a cloud that slowly settles around him.]

What the hell? No ears, dude.

[kyley_b]

Huh. Okay, giant spiders, untouchable light. So way, way too early to know if there's a correlation.

[Now THAT is quite the sight to see. He snickers.]

Well, just checking, I don't know. You're covered in fucking glitter and have Orlando Bloom bone structure. You guys have giant spiders, it's not that crazy of a guess.

[doubled_speed]

[Well that wasn't the answer he was expecting. How... interesting.]

Dude, are you hitting on me?

[kyley_b]

What?! No! Jesus! [Oh, fuck his life.] Just a fucking observation, dude!

Also wow, seriously, going to focus on THAT and not the creepy light?

[doubled_speed]

[Oh, well then, whatever.]

Guys don't tend to observe that other guys got Orlando bloom hotness and mean nothing by it but whatever.

Anyway, the light's been a thing for days, so while it's completely creepy, there isn't much we can do about it until it causes shit to happen. Simple fact of life on Agra 10.

[heypartner]

I mean, everyone can run.

[doubled_speed]

[Tommy laughs.]

Yeah, they can. But not like me.

[kyley_b]

That is fucking bullshit. And I said bone structure, not hotness, you dick.

Okay, you've got a point. Especially since you just said you tried to reach it with your... whatever you were doing there. Moving quickly somehow.

[heypartner]

... I'm afraid I don't get the joke, kid.

[doubled_speed]

He says as if bone structure isn’t one of the factors to hotness.

[Something about this guy is just rubbing Tommy wrong right now, so he intended to just go right on harassing them guy.]

Super speed. It’s not that hard of a think to say, if you put your mind to it.

[kyley_b]

Oh, whatever. Ego, much?

[The feeling is mutual. Kyle's not even sure why, exactly, and he was actually hoping to make a GOOD impression on people, considering they might need one another.]

Super speed. Seriously? Not some sort of technology or whatever?

[doubled_speed]

What, jealous much?

[Technology? That shit is cheating.]

I just run man. It’s a mutant thing. I’m supersonic.

[kyley_b]

Fuck you! [Yes.]

A mutant thing. Okay. Like a superhero? [Crap. That's actually pretty cool.]

[doubled_speed]

[Yeah, Tommy speaks angry retort and he loved it.]

I don't know, man, I might have to pass. Don't think you could keep up.

[Snark, this is his favorite language.]

And yes, completely like a superhero.

[doubled_speed]

How many people do you know that can run faster than sound?

[kyley_b]

Okay, one? You know goddamn well that's not what I meant, and two: yeah, you're right, you DO seem like the type to shoot too fast.

...oh. Okay, well, some of us don't have those where we're from. Not real ones.