TFLN, November 2023

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Texts From Last Night

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TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT GENERATOR

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[spktr]

We could use a little fun around here to break the ice sometimes.

Yes... I won't lie and say it gets easier. I still think about it all the time but not everyone who followed the fox here wishes to go back home.

[volantes]

Especially for you, huh?
I bet you're shy.

I do get it. I'm not the type of person who can just walk away from it, but I understand why people would want to.
I hope things are going better for you back on Earth.

[spktr]

What gives you that idea?

Luckily my Big Problem was taken care of just before I arrived. Conveniently. Suspiciously.

[volantes]

Just a hunch I guess.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, and anyway I happen to be pretty good at dragging people out of their shell.

What kind of Big Problem was that?

[spktr]

Is that so? I don't know if I'd call myself shy, persay, but rather cautious. I think I warm up quickly to the right people.

Well...
the kind that would have ruined many, many lives on a global scale.
But crisis averted!

[volantes]

I can see that.
Is it easier or harder with me, since I've got a familiar face and all?

That's... good.
How'd you get caught up in that?

[spktr]

Easier, I think. I wouldn't have said so eight months ago but this place has made the bizarre feel less so. Besides, I look at my own face every day in Marc yet I see someone completely different. It would be the same with you, I imagine.

It's a long story...

[volantes]

Probably, there are a lot of differences aside from what we've got in common.
My personal threshold for weird is pretty high, you see a lot of wild things when you're going from one side of the galaxy to the other.

The kind of long story that you'd rather not talk about?

[spktr]

I bet! Never met another bloke who could be your twin though?

You'd have to get to know me better to unlock that part of my past.

[volantes]

Met a few good looking guys who came close, but not quite that close.
The real trick is finding one who's got the flying skills to match.
You aren't a pilot, are you?

So a personal thing, I get it.
My life ruining crisis is basically public knowledge, anybody who's not living on the fringes of the Outer Rim knows about the Resistance and the war. I'm either a hero or a criminal, depending on who you ask.

[spktr]

Can't say I am, no. I'm guessing you don't just pilot regular planes.

Seems like a common problem for the hero types, including people here. I suppose the event I was involved in isn't a huge secret but the journey there is... personal

[volantes]

I don't know exactly what a plane is, but if it flies I could pilot it. Mostly for me it's starfighters, my x-wing specifically.

What do you do when you aren't dealing with a planet-wide crisis?
I had you pegged as a tech or science type.

[spktr]

X-wing and starfighter sound way cooler than the airplanes I know. Are yours more for... star... battles?

Around here I don't really have a job or anything but I do enjoy spending a lot of time in the libraries and schools. I worked at a museum back home. Well... in the gift shop, but I was aspiring for something more serious and useful.

[volantes]

Now I'm curious about exactly what you've been flying in. It's all interplanetary, right?
And yeah, usually space battles, though sometimes we'll get into a skirmish planet-side.
They're intense, even in the smaller ones there's only a hair of difference between making it out in one piece and... not.

Are there no museums here?

[spktr]

Yes, our commercial planes are more for transporting people to far away places within Earth. They're massive and can hold hundreds of people at a time. There are other versions of aircraft too of course, but those don't tend to be for the average bloke like me.

There are! They're in a land that's underwater though, so very annoying to get into. Besides, there's no need for jobs here. You generate this realm's currency by interacting with other people, like we are now!

[volantes]

So like freighters. Starfighters aren't for everyone either, but even our old cargo ships are probably a lot faster than yours. Bigger too, since there's not as much size restriction when you're doing inter-galactic routes.

You ever wonder what it would be like to fly through space?

[ he has to wonder what it would have been like for him, if their positions were reversed somehow and he was born on an isolated planet like that. would he still be dreaming about the stars? he thinks so. ]

Yeah, I don't know how an economy works like this, but if everyone gets what they need then that's fine with me.
That gives you the freedom to do what you want. Like what you would have been doing if you didn't have to work at that gift shop.

[spktr]

Sounds like the more alien technology than what's been built on Earth. I'm not as familiar but there's definitely more out there.

And yes, of course! Who hasn't, really? Not sure I'd ever have the stomach for it but the idea is nice. Seems like a new kind of adventure.

[Steven definitely has wanderlust over these things but he never thought it would be a reality for him, so he hasn't dwelled on the genuine possibility.]

It works surprisingly well. no one feels the need to steal or harm the locals because it's so easy to generate Lore. I hardly even think about how much I have.

[volantes]

Maybe you're not cut out for space battles, but I'm sure you could handle a nice cruiser, most of them have got pretty decent grav control. I like the smaller ones, they've still got some power to them and they're not as hard to maneuver as those huge commercial models.

There's nothing else like it, you know?
... I mean, I guess you don't. But you should. It's amazing.

It seems almost too good to be true, no stealing and basically no crime at all that I can tell. If only there was a way to make this work back in our galaxies, I don't know if there would be wars at all if no one was unnecessarily struggling to survive.

[spktr]

Maybe one day I'll have the opportunity to find out. Even here, people have be sucked into alternate universes and whatnot because of the trials.

Well, the downside is we're toyed with monthly by the deity who runs this realm. We're her little dolls for her amusement, with the guise of self-improvement tucked in for people who believe it.

[Which Steven clearly does not.]

[volantes]

If we do I'm assuming that we'll have more to deal with than just flying around space the whole time, but hey, at least you'll have a damn good pilot with you.

Right, the whole trials thing.
Can't say that I'm a fan of being pulled around on the whims of some bored god or whatever she calls herself, but there's not much we can do about it, is there?

[ which isn't to say that he wouldn't try to object if he sees an opportunity, but he's starting to get an idea of what they're dealing with here ]

[spktr]

That's a big promise - I'll have to see it to believe it :)

Unfortunately not... Not that anyone has managed to find out. She can be tame some months and downright horrible others.

[volantes]

You'll see, they don't call me the best pilot in the galaxy for nothing.
But I'll go easy on you if we're flying together.

How has it been this month so far?

[spktr]

Anyone around here who can attest to those claims?

[there is a longer pause between responses. Steven had a pretty awful time this month.]

I'd say the worst I've experienced in the eight months I've been here.

[volantes]

Yeah, at least one person. I don't know if you've met Finn, he just got here but apparently he was here before for a while too.

Really? What happened?

[spktr]

I never had the pleasure but my brother was mates with him! He left shortly after I arrived. He's back then?

There are these wild hunts wandering about at night attacking people. I was too late to save one of my dear friends. Normally, the trials are far more... whimsical and harmless. I'd never experienced death like that before. Not here.