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[lyingheart]

WHO: Annie Leonhart & OPEN
WHERE: NONAH, HEROPA, anywhere
WHEN: 1st - 16th of May
WHAT: Annie takes Rex out for runs; Annie carries a giant stuffed squid; anything else is in the cards.
WARNINGS: n/a

NONAH | IN NONAH, DOG WALKS YOU
[ There's an almost full grown brittany spaniel trotting up to you holding its own leash in its mouth. Annie's still sprinting up the path Rex had taken off up ahead of her; she rounds the bend even as Rex sits in front of you and wags his tail.

He's a good boy, right? Right? Give his head a pet, he's taking one of his owners out running. He's such a good boy. ]

Rex! Stay!

HEROPA, A TRAIN, THEN NONAH | I'M 10,000 FEET AWAY FROM THE SEA
[ Don't ask. Annie has no good story to tell for why this has happened, but it has.

And she is walking down the sidewalk with a giant stuffed squid in her arms. It is so large she can't keep its arms from dragging on the ground behind her, mostly because each time she's wrapped them around herself a few have come loose anyway.

This is Annie, resigned, all of five feet tall and carting along a squid that's twenty feet of stuffed, tentacled goodness. And if you end of stepping on a tentacle: ]

... Will you get off the tentacle please?

[ Whereas if she runs into you at an intersection, she might ask: ]

Will you hit the cross signal button?

[ Or if you catch her on the train, she may simply throw tentacles across the seat in front of her and sit next to the darn thing with an unimpressed look on her face. ]

WILDCARD
[ Hit me up via PM and I can start something out for us, or make up your own here and roll on out! ]

Comments

[cartesianspidertank]

They took control of the nanites! That's very interesting! I didn't realize they could take control of motor functions, or override powers, even!

What's stopping them from doing that again??

[lyingheart]

System upgrades.

[ Is her delightful answer to that question. There's a mental shrug that accompanies it. ]

The Hornets themselves no longer exist as a group.

[cartesianspidertank]

Oh, so the central leadership was somehow destroyed!

[lyingheart]

Through collecting import efforts, yes.

[cartesianspidertank]

Well that's good! You seem to be rather knowledgeable about imPort history! Can you tell me what a 'Vanir' is?

[lyingheart]

... Mythology, mostly. If you mean what it was here, well... an older name for a group of individuals active in the prior decades. Part of them joined with the Hornets, or founded them, or something like that. You won't find much talking about them online. All the older sites and articles are down that I could find.

[cartesianspidertank]

[ search (vanir) ]

Hmm, Norse mythology, huh? That's a departure from the Greek Mythology theme I've seen discussed so far!

Perhaps they are unconnected to Lachesis, though, and merely picked the name as symbolic of their organization!

[lyingheart]

Lachesis came later. The one that touched the Porter in a way we acknowledge at least.

[cartesianspidertank]

Hasn't Lachesis been involved since before the first imPorts arrived here? Since the other city?

[lyingheart]

This world has had imPorts before. Lachesis had nothing to do with them. She took advantage of something that existed to bring some over from the City, that's all.

[cartesianspidertank]

Do you the names of any imPorts that predated Lachesis's involvement?

[lyingheart]

Ah... yes, a handful. You can find them as the older records here. Why?

[cartesianspidertank]

I'm collecting and compiling imPort data and history into a central accessible place on the network!

[lyingheart]

Working alongside anyone, or just on your own?

[cartesianspidertank]

Well, I want to get other people to help, but no one else is really contributing!

So for now its just me.

[lyingheart]

Ah... well, isn't Houka's AI helping with that to a degree? There's the write ups Kate's done, too. I think you'll find more out there than you believe at present.

[cartesianspidertank]

Kate Bishop's FAQ formed a baseline for the wiki, but she isn't interested in contributing to the wiki, and is instead invested in keeping her attempted 'unbiased' FAQ updated!

Houka's AI ostensibly will answer questions to newly arrived imPorts, but I feel that self-directed investigation using a wiki-based resource is more accessible and organized! The Intro AI also is not interested in contributing directly to the wiki! Also it is not very friendly!

[lyingheart]

... Is that what she calls that document.

[ No further commentary from Annie along those lines. ]

I'm almost surprised... he can design friendlier ones if he wants.

[cartesianspidertank]

I have not met Houka myself, so I will defer to your opinion of his capabilities!

[ Houka's AI was definitely unfriendly to everyone, and not just imPorts that started conversations by trying to hack into them and find out personal specifications. ]

[lyingheart]

[ Wow, an AI closer to Houka's actual personality with strangers... ]

Mm. Probably better that way, for now. [ She reaches down, ruffling the fur on Rex's head. ] Good luck on your project.

[cartesianspidertank]

Thank you! Good luck retaining your subjugated animal!

[lyingheart]

[ that's an amusing way to look at it. slapping her thigh, signaling Rex to walk with her (he picks up his leash in his mouth again), Annie nods to the AI, then departs. ]