CONTACT.

[ascintilla]

Comment here with the IC date and time.

Comments

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.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ No gaps! ]

[ Iota pauses, fingers twitching faintly against his hand. When she fills in the timestamps, they only appear for the journey there. ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

[and really, how long is the gap between her arrival back to the ship in the tape and the last time stamp?]

[Someone is getting all detective man]

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ around about an hour ]

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

You're missing an hour.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

As I told you, I lost track of time.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

You. Lost track. Of time?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

Yes. I am sure that it is nothing to be concerned over.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

That you lost track of an hour.

No, no, I think I'm going to be concerned.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

If you wish to waste your time on it, that is your prerogative.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Have you ever forgotten an hour?

Barring the whole soul shattering.

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

[ ... Silently chews on her finger. ]

No. I have experienced ... lapses. Short lapses, after which I would need to check my logs.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

How short? And when would these lapses happen?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

I believe I may have been ... sleeping.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

Sleeping?

Re: DAY 220

[ascintilla]

In a manner of speaking.

[ She gives him a quiet, sidelong look. ]

Back when I had a crew.

Re: DAY 220

[purrtylittlewires]

[Pause.] You mean before Kyriakos?