text, un: yuuki

[siriusly]

Hang in there, everyone... This should just be only a couple weeks more right? The darkness at least. I've been on a planet for so long I forgot how to manage the darkness effects at first...
But take it from me and some other folks who worked or lived in space-
Try your best to keep a routine of "day" and "night" hours so your body has some sense of cadence
It should help you feel less messed up when theres no daylight to rely on
(To say nothing of the bugs which you should already know to be avoiding by now)
I'll try to think up any other good tips but the sleep cycles a big one
If you need help getting around too let me know
I don't mind lending a hand

Comments

[alternia_strength]

D --> My species is nocturnal by nature
D --> I have not e%actly e%perienced any real difficulties
D --> But most human specimens are prone to living under the light of their solar orb
D --> Is that correct

[siriusly]

[oh]

I guess thats something

[siriusly]

Yeah
Day/night cycles are pretty important to a lot of people and things on Earth
Plants too
Makes me wonder how the plants here survive so long without sunlight

[alternia_strength]

D --> In this e%act case it is likely magic
D --> In so far as I find the whole allusion to the term e%tremely f00lish
D --> Magic seems to be the e%planation to many confusing aspects of this world

D --> That and fungal growths do not require light

[nothinglikea]

I ask too many questions about the future for my own good.
But, illumidas and alien occupations?
I can't say that anyone's ever mentioned those to me.

text : un: furuderika

[miiraculous]

Mii. Do you know if there is anything dangerous outside? I am not certain I should be walking around outside of my house by myself if it is this dark.

[siriusly]

That's OK...lots of different earths seem to have missed that part
Or haven't gotten there yet haha
Anyway, you needed me to show you how to do the alarm stuff right?

[siriusly]

OK the mushrooms i get
but it feels a bit like a copout to call stuff we dont get magic
thats what people used to think viruses and medicine were back in the day

[siriusly]

It's always a good idea to not go anywhere alone
especially in the dark and double especially when its somewhere you dont really know well

[alternia_strength]

D --> Believe me when I state that we are in accord on this
D --> I had the acquaintance of a sorceress of e%ceptional potence for a certain amount of time
D --> She was fortunately not t00 preachy on the subject
D --> Though another of our number never ceased to nettle her that her magic was not real
D --> Up until he was proven wrong repeatedly

D --> There is an e%act scientific e%planation for some of the events here
D --> But considering the prevalence of bl00d based sanguinary mystical powers
D --> We cannot entirely ignore its presence either

[miiraculous]

[She had been worried about that. On the end of the screen, Rika sighs. She hates having her independence taken away from her.]

But is there anything especially dangerous this time, do you know?

It feels like a super long eclipse, but that isn't dangerous on its own, yes?

[siriusly]

Yeah i guess thats true
Labeling it as one thing or another isnt going to change whats happening in any case

[siriusly]

I dont think any of us who use the omni have been here a full solar cycle to know if this is out of the norm or not
the local trench people at least dont seem too surprised about it

[alternia_strength]

D --> E%actly
D --> While there is a certain amount of intellectual curiosity to be had
D --> The nature of the effect origins is less important than what is happening
D --> Have you noticed issues with these flapping arthropods t00

[siriusly]

[siriusly]

are you asking about the butterflies??

[miiraculous]

If they have not told us not to leave the house, then perhaps it is okay.

I wonder how they manage it being night forever? I am getting used to, however... I worry that when this is over, I will melt in the sun.

[alternia_strength]

D --> Bah human words
D --> Yes I am asking about the butterflies
D --> I am not e%actly versed in human terminology and nomenclature

[siriusly]

If it helps butterfly is shorter and easier to type

[siriusly]

That shouldnt be an issue haha
though it will probably take some adjusting on your eyes
so maybe when you do go out with a friend or two you can pick up a nice hat or some shaded lenses

[alternia_strength]

D --> Brevity and efficiency of nomenclature are not considered requirements in Trollian speech patterns
D --> But I imagine that qualifies as e%pected at this juncture
D --> Ours is a more descriptive vocabulary rather than substitutive
D --> It does render it wordy as some might describe it

[siriusly]

Yeah sorry
i think your interface is broken too since some of your letters keep coming out weird
i didnt know omni interfaces COULD get broken

[miiraculous]

If I wear shades then people will think I'm cool!

[Feeling like she's broken the ice to a polite degree, Rika moves on to what really caught her attention about his post:]

You said you were used to being on a planet now? Does that mean you've been off the planet before?

[siriusly]

Haha exactly
Yeah i was an officer on the SDF for the galaxy railways
any time there was trouble out there my platoon was deployed to go help
sometimes it takes a while and youre out there for more than a normal day cycle so it can mess you up when you wind up back on a planet sleepy in the middle of daytime

[miiraculous]

[This is what she really wants to hear about. It's fortunate for her this isn't a video or he'd see her eyes becoming wide with awe.]

You make it sound very normal to be up in space!

Are you a space police officer then?