diff --git a/gopher/MSS Endereon/.description b/gopher/MSS Endereon/.description index 265f82a..460c068 100644 --- a/gopher/MSS Endereon/.description +++ b/gopher/MSS Endereon/.description @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ A beast of a ship, containing about 150 crew members out of its maximum 300. The MSS Endereon was built as a battle ship, but the war ended shortly after construction finished. It now serves as a merchant and research vessel. +Aboard the ship is a woman named 2M. She is a programmer and has been writing +logs to the QEC. diff --git a/gopher/MSS Endereon/Endereon003.txt b/gopher/MSS Endereon/Endereon003.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..09e3c09 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/MSS Endereon/Endereon003.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + SQUIGGLY_LOGGER + SQUIGGLER: 2M +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Don't judge me! I'm just trying to see what else I can change, damn it. + +I know people outside of this ship can read these, through the QEC. As such, I +should probably explain some things. You already know I'm a programmer aboard +the MSS Endereon, a ship with many purposes. We're flying through various star +systems to find extraterrestrial life. The bio-guys and the astronaut explorer +fellows go down to each planet, collect samples and data, then leave. I try to +follow along with the daily happenings. We reach new places almost every cycle +thanks to our mysterious (to me, at least) FTL technology. During my off-time, +I'm allowed to wander around the ship and view the samples that are being +stored in bio-containment. + +There's some really, really weird stuff in bio-containment. + +Apparently, a few kilocycles ago, they found a plant on some planet that +reminded them of Earth, the birthplace of humanity as we know it. I don't +remember much about the incident - I'm only 9, after all - but the plant is +still in bio-containment. It's surrounded by soundproofing material. Why, you +might ask, does a plant need soundproofing? Is it sensitive to loud noises? +No. It's not for the plant, it's for us. + +The plant screams. + +It's just constantly screaming. I hate the thing. Sometimes my boss asks me to +help out by refilling the auto-waterer, and every time I get close, I can hear +it scream. I feel like the biologist dudes only put it in containment in the +first place as a prank, or maybe as the world's funniest / least funny alarm +clock. It's not even a weird or interesting plant to look at, either, it looks +similar to the snapdragon flowers in the Mental Wellness Garden. I think the +plant has a tongue, but I'm no biologist. + +I'll keep whoever reads these updated on the stuff that's going on as I tinker +with this old-as-balls logging software. Who in their right mind would make +software that works like this? I still hate it! + +~~~~~~~~~ + END LOG +~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/gopher/MSS Endereon/Endereon004.txt b/gopher/MSS Endereon/Endereon004.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c25c8f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/MSS Endereon/Endereon004.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +-------------------------------- + SQUIGGLE-FREE LOGGING SOFTWARE + SENDER: 2M +-------------------------------- + +"Merry meet" Susan, Speaker Elect of... something~ + +I have a few questions. + +1. Excuse my language, but what the F[THE REST OF THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN +PROHIBITED FROM BEING SENT DUE TO FOUL LANGUAGE] +2. You're talking like some sort of lowkey cultist. Not that that's bad or +anything, and that's also not a question, but what-have-you. +3. Is this "2M Supernova" thing a joke?! + +I asked Boss about this "Lucky Homes" thing, and also about whoever you and +Starbloom are. He doesn't know. I calculated our distance from your +coordinates, and we are approximately 300 megaparsecs apart. I will literally +never see this "2M Supernova" you speak of. + +Anyway, so you want to know about the screaming snapdragon? I personally don't +know much about it, other than that it's incredibly annoying and screams at +around 110 decibels almost constantly. It screams louder when it's being +transferred to new soil or being trimmed, to the point where the ship's local +deaf guy is usually the one to do it. It is about twice as tall as the +garden's Earthly snapdragons and is apparently somewhat chemovorous, mostly +metabolizing the chemicals in the dirt. + +I decided to go back to its containment chamber to see what else I could tell +you about. It has a tongue, as I suspected. It was also retrieved about 10 +megaparsecs from your current location, if that helps. I can also attach its +gene file to this log that your folks can analyze, if that's what you're into. + +ATTACHED FILES: +[stupid_dumb_plant.dna] + +--------- + END LOG +--------- diff --git a/gopher/Starbloom/009.txt b/gopher/Starbloom/009.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2c2994 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Starbloom/009.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Message Incoming... + +Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection +γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes] +Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s +Declination –01° 23′ 14.4031″ +Distance 178.211ly +Equinox J2000.0 SOL +Year 2448, QEC adjusted + +[Autotranslator enabled...] + +Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod +::: +Merry meet, SQUIGGLY_LOGGER 2M~ + +Your latest message on the QEC has drawn the interest of our most +illustrious botanical artist, Brunhilda Ogandabe. You may have +heard of her seminal work, "Anthergenesis", which famously started +the Qvinci civil war and also inspired the cure for space lupus in +the same year. She has relayed to us a message of peace and +curiosity about this vociferous antirrhinum. Is it a genetic +hybrid of some sort or a naturally occurring variety in your +region of space? Would you be willing to further describe it and +its origins for us? + +The Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection also wishes to +relay its gratitude for your help by performing a ritual in your +honor. Even as you read this, our cats are triggering the +antimatter detonation to silence a star in your name. Look toward +the Lucky Homes in a few millennia, local time, and you may +witness the 2M Supernova. May her radiant energies echo across the +galaxy with the joy of thanksgiving. + +Blessed be. +. diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 3e6dd2f..652c624 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +0MSS Endereon - Starbloom_response /MSS Endereon/Endereon004.txt +0Starbloom - SQUIGGLY_LOGGER /Starbloom/009.txt +0MSS Endereon - test_title /MSS Endereon/Endereon003.txt 0Forge Relay Point - broadcast_1 /Forge Relay Point/broadcast_1.txt 0Forge Relay Point - introduction /Forge Relay Point/introduction.txt 0MSS Endereon - Trying Something Out /MSS Endereon/Endereon002.txt