CONTACT.

[ascintilla]

Comment here with the IC date and time.

Comments

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

[It's totally what tsun feels like]

You know my logic is sound. If it involves me and I want to know, it's relevant.

[Just gonna let her keep hitting. HE CAN DO THIS ALL DAY]

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ Congratulations, Puma. Your Terrible Maine Substitute has added TSUN to her repertoire of skills. ]

I believe the term for that is 'intensive curiosity', more colloquially known as 'nosiness'.

[ ... she has also learned HYPOCRISY. Maybe she has been spending too much time around Epsilon. ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

You're one to get on me about being nosy.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

And you have spent a not insignificant percentage of this conversation arguing that AI benefit from the active consumption of knowledge.

It is not nosiness when I do it. It is self-care.

[ WHACK. ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

It can be nosy when it's laser targeted on one person.

Come on, you really that embarrassed?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

It is not my fault that you are interesting.

[ turns her nose up, and ... finally ... drops the pillow. she's actually a little out of breath, probably because she is still healing. ]

No.

[ yes ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

If you're not embarrassed, no reason to not share.

[Looking her over, she didn't pull anything, did she?]

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ Well, she is pressing a hand back over the wound … ]

I do not want to.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

So you are embarrassed.

Are you bleeding again?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ … Pulls her hand away to check. ]

No. Her muscles are merely sore.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Good.

You're also still totally embarrassed.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ ...... ]

According to my research, the correct phrase for moments like this is, "Go to hell."

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Been there and back the last few days. [Shrugs.]

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ lays back down against the bed with a wince, and SOMEWHAT POINTEDLY puts the pillow over her face. ]

[ the sulk is strong with this one ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

You kind of brought the passive aggressive guilt trip on yourself.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

I am perfectly capable of kicking you off my ship.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

You are.

But do you want to?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

... Not particularly.

I have ... missed you.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Did you?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

To a certain extent, yes ...

[ ... ]

Much of my time has been occupied elsewhere.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Hm.

...do you remember which way you were coming from, after you played in the snow?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ The holoscreen switches to a blueprint-style map, with the route Iota took highlighted. It's a fairly straight shot to and from where she'd been playing around. ]

Is it significant?

[ ... and also, is he still holding one of her hands. ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

[...yes, he is.]

It is.

Mark your whole path as you remember it. As accurate as possible, but don't fill in any holes.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ w e l p ]

[ The map alters, becoming significantly more detailed, and the marked path adjusts accordingly. She was by the river south-east of the Cat dorm, about halfway along the route to Tiamat. Her route there was slightly more meandering, like she'd paused to wander around, but the route back is as straight a shot as can be. ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

[Looking for any gaps.]

Can you time stamp it? Five minute intervals.