Polling the Masses?

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard 6/1/2017 near Tisse

Did anyone else receive a strange survey from Retrospec today, asking what we would most like to have brought back? I am being absolutely serious. I just received one from that morceau de merde, Jim. I cannot even begin to decide what to think about this. Are they polling us now? As if we have any say in the matter?

Comments

[commandertoolbelt]

i have a feeling we're all going to end up with the local biologists on call at the rate this is going
weird animals, weird plants, now the possibility that the plants won't even grow
they've got their work cut out for them

[true_noir]

Yes, it seems like they might end up with a very unusual set of skills at this rate, yes. I am, however, very hopeful that this is just on the surface of things.

[commandertoolbelt]

well they won’t be alone if what some people have said is true
but the more this weird stuff happens, the more likely it is they’ll find an explanation for it, right?
then we might actually be able to do something about it

[true_noir]

The more angry we get, the more we team up, and eventually they will be forced to regret what they're doing. I'm sure some are trying already.

For now it's hard to organize with Jim watching us.

[commandertoolbelt]

well what happened to putting everything in code?
i still have that ring you gave me
they're not the most secure things ever but that would be a start since we've already got them

[true_noir]

Heh. I don't do codes on the network. Then he'd have a chance to figure the codes out, wouldn't he?

If he doesn't see it, it's that much harder to do... though I don't see any harm in trying codes here. Might amuse and distract him for a bit.

[commandertoolbelt]

makes sense

we could always try different ones on the network?
maybe see which ones trip him up the most

[true_noir]

Indeed. It's not as if he didn't suggest them, or as if the ones I offered weren't painfully simple to break. Real ones would be much more complicated.

[commandertoolbelt]

he’s kind of asking for it
i bet we could find something about it in the library
or, you know, wikipedia

[true_noir]

He isn't just kind of asking for it. He's literally asking for it, but there's no way in which it is a bad idea.

Library should work, and doesn't involve the app. Look up "Ciphers" in the card catalogue. I'm pretty sure that there are books on the subject.

[commandertoolbelt]

well if he really wanted encryption i bet we could even find someone who’s good with computers to write a program for it

but i’ll start at the library
there’s got to be something useful there

[true_noir]

Good. If you stop by this week, we might run into each other. I have other things I need to study there after all.

[commandertoolbelt]

yeah sure! i should have some free time since school’s ending soon anyway
good luck with your other stuff

[true_noir]

Thank you, and I will see you around soon in that case.