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text, @JPHawkins

[rattlingthestars]

[ Unlike Hiro, Jim's reading over the conversation with Kunsel and trying to work out the context for all of this. He doesn't think she's a bad guy, but until Cloud weighs in there's no way to know. Best to ignore the question about Cloud for now. ]

Hey. I'm Jim.

Haven't found any warmer clothes, but a lot of the houses have bedsheets. You might be able to do something with those until you find something better. Should be a jacket around you somewhere, too, and a bag with food in it.

You're going to have to get out of there and get moving soon. If you stay in one place for too long you start to go crazy.

@CaptSteveRogers; text

[starsandtights]

Sorry, excuse me, how long is 'too long'?

[rattlingthestars]

Anything longer than two or three days is not a good idea. If you can, move every day, because there've been a few times we weren't able to leave the houses.

[starsandtights]

OK, thank you. So long as I don't have to hustle out of here in the next few minutes. I'll take that under advisement.

What does 'crazy' mean, exactly?

[rattlingthestars]

Hallucinations is the only one I've experienced.

At least I'm pretty sure they were hallucinations.

[starsandtights]

Gotcha.

Am I good as long as I get outside and move around some, even if I come back to the same place? Or should I try to avoid sleeping in the same place multiple times in a row under any circumstances?

[rattlingthestars]

I don't actually know, I haven't tried that.

[starsandtights]

OK, guess I'll deal with that as it comes and report back.

[rattlingthestars]

[ Jim kind of wants to tell the guy to play it safe but, well, he's a captain. If he's anything like the captain Jim knows, then he's probably okay to look after himself. ]

Yeah, let me know if you find out anything.

[starsandtights]

Will do... Jim, was it?

Sorry, I skipped the introduction. I'm Steve. ...In case you couldn't tell from my username.

[rattlingthestars]

Yeah. Jim Hawkins. I've been here a while.

Nice to meet you, Captain.

[ Old habits apparently die hard. ]

[starsandtights]

Nice to meet you, too.

How long is a while?

[rattlingthestars]

About five weeks. The people who've been here longest were only here about two weeks before that.


[ Not that long, in the scheme of things, but long enough that he doesn't like to think about what everyone back home must assume. ]

[powersouls]

Thanks, Jim. It's nice to meet you.

What do you mean, "go crazy"? How long do I have?

[rattlingthestars]

Hallucinations, mostly. I don't know what the exact cut-off is, but it's better not to stay anywhere longer than a day or two. Better to keep moving every day if you can.

[powersouls]

[This place is sounding better and better.]

Thanks for the warning. Are the monsters common?

[rattlingthestars]

They're getting more and more common, it seems like. It may be worse for people who have something called the Beacon, which you don't.

They're not bad enough that you run into them every day. It's been almost a week since our group hit one.

Common enough that you need to be on your guard all the time. Make sure you check around the inside of the houses, too, before you settle in for the night.

[powersouls]

[Well, that's good news, at least. Although the fact that she apparently won't be able to defend herself against monsters that like to hide in houses is unsettling.]

I'll be careful.

Can you tell me what a Beacon is?

[rattlingthestars]

It was an application that appeared on the tablets. There's a theory going around that the people who activated it attract more monsters than the ones who didn't, but it's just a theory at this point; my buddy and I are planning on testing it at some point.

[powersouls]

Does the application do anything else that you know of?

[rattlingthestars]

There were a few days when everyone got sick except the people in our group who activated it.

When it first appeared, everyone was hallucinating something. Hitting the button made it stop.

That's all I know about it.

[powersouls]

[So, everything here is awful all the time. Got it.]

Thank you for answering all my questions. You've been a lot of help.

[rattlingthestars]

Yeah, any time.

[Private]

And, uh, I know Kain is being kind of ... Kain, right now, but you can trust him. He's not a bad guy.

[powersouls]

[Private]

Don't worry. I understand. It doesn't hurt to be cautious, right?

private

[rattlingthestars]

Yeah, exactly. Most people here are okay but you can't go around trusting everybody.

You can message me if you have any more questions, though. I've been here a while.