Move 2.2 Recap - Revision history

Sasha: /* Sasha in her office, Sulen in their room, Reshad in Communications; messages involving Alaric, Iawa, the Lanterners, and the Catastrophe Axe */

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Sasha in her office, Sulen in their room, Reshad in Communications; messages involving Alaric, Iawa, the Lanterners, and the Catastrophe Axe

Sasha: /* On the Station: Alaric, Mafyyil, Reshad, Seyli, and Sasha; meeting with Flute */

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On the Station: Alaric, Mafyyil, Reshad, Seyli, and Sasha; meeting with Flute

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Sasha: /* On the Station: Alaric, Mafyyil, Reshad, Seyli, and Sasha; meeting with Flute */

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On the Station: Alaric, Mafyyil, Reshad, Seyli, and Sasha; meeting with Flute

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 ==On the ''Cantata'', in Lanterner Territory==
-===Sasha in her office, Sulen in their room, Reshad in Communications; messages involving Alaric, Iawa, the Lanterners, and the ''Catastrophe Axe''===
+===Reshad in Communications, Sasha in her office, Sulen in their room; messages involving Alaric, Iawa, the Lanterners, and the ''Catastrophe Axe''===
-As the ''Cantata'' exits the rift, Sasha instructs Alaric, who is piloting, to obey the station's instructions, and asks Reshad to communicate with. She investigates the local news feeds and finds that Flute's moth, ''Catastrophe Axe'', is in dock; Flute is posing as an arms merchant named Vel Vissen. Sasha asks Iawa, via message, to monitor the station's feeds for information about the military, and alerts Sulen, "Flute & her ships are at the stronghold. I will message her in a few minutes. Not planning to make a good impression." Sulen offers to join Sasha in her office if she needs a second pair of eyes, and Sasha responds that she will summon them if needed.
+As the ''Cantata'' exits the rift, Sasha instructs Alaric, who is piloting, to obey the station's instructions, and asks Reshad to communicate with the Lanterners. She investigates the local news feeds and finds that Flute's moth, ''Catastrophe Axe'', is in dock; Flute is posing as an arms merchant named Vel Vissen. Sasha asks Iawa, via message, to monitor the station's feeds for information about the military, and alerts Sulen, "Flute & her ships are at the stronghold. I will message her in a few minutes. Not planning to make a good impression." Sulen offers to join Sasha in her office if she needs a second pair of eyes, and Sasha responds that she will summon them if needed.
 Reshad prepares flashy attire similar to Lanterner fashions. She hails the approaching Lanterner patrol moth and asks for Vel Vissen. Meanwhile, Sasha sends an encrypted message to the ''Catastrophe Axe'': "zuhrovet sikandaret (vauri in this timeline) reporting on the wasp (symphony of bees in this timeline). sorry were late." The patrol moth replies, "Vel Vissen is an honored guest of the station." It relays a list of station regulations; in particular, only the official captain and a second-in-command are allowed to carry weapons. Flute messages Sasha to dock and report for a briefing. Sasha confirms and instructs Alaric to head toward the station.

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 Reshad speaks first, attempting to cover for Seyli: "That fox who's been running around with the Kel for ten years. If we'd known you were planning to tangle with him directly... Your people will definitely have a better chance with our supplies." Sasha grins; she's amused that she has technically fulfilled Ashari's directive to find out what Quill wants in this timeline. She notes that Jedao is "also the lover of the Shuos hexarch and a year or two away from committing mass murder," adding, "How soon is the projected assassination, will you need anything from us besides the schematics, and are you actually expecting this plan to work?"
-Flute stares at Reshad with some interest, pointing out, "once you... had access to any of the master timeline summaries during New Recruit Orientation, surely you could have guessed that involvement with 'that fox' in this place and time was at least ''possible''." She asks how many "heavies" the team has available to instruct the Lanterners, who will be directly involved in the attempt to assassinate Jedao, in the use of the new armor designs: "We ''are'' working with professional military, fortunately." She tells Sasha, in an apparent test, "So you're not all mouth. The projected assassination is in five days, when General Jedao will be attending a conference on local security considerations. We'd like you to accompany our Lanterner friends to the conference and spend the travel time, four days, helping them practice with the equipment." She points out that "historically speaking," the assassination attempt "already ''almost'' worked," and that multiple assassins will increase the chances of success.
+Flute stares at Reshad with some interest, pointing out, "Once you... had access to any of the master timeline summaries during New Recruit Orientation, surely you could have guessed that involvement with 'that fox' in this place and time was at least ''possible''." She asks how many "heavies" the team has available to instruct the Lanterners, who will be directly involved in the attempt to assassinate Jedao, in the use of the new armor designs: "We ''are'' working with professional military, fortunately." She tells Sasha, in an apparent test, "So you're not all mouth. The projected assassination is in five days, when General Jedao will be attending a conference on local security considerations. We'd like you to accompany our Lanterner friends to the conference and spend the travel time, four days, helping them practice with the equipment." She points out that "historically speaking," the assassination attempt "already ''almost'' worked," and that multiple assassins will increase the chances of success.
 Sasha responds to Flute's test by saying, "It turns out, in addition to shouting at people, I also understand how fucking deadlines work. That's why I'm in charge." She points out that the team only has one heavy (Seyli), and asks, "When you say 'accompany', do you mean on our moth, or on theirs? And who else are you sending? Or who were you planning to send, before we showed up?" Reshad adds that the supposed mission description, "supply run," is rather different from the instruction to "infiltrate a fucking Kel moth and try to assassinate the one they all care about," and asks what resources are available, listing Flute's team, "our heavy," and "our excellent equipment."

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 Sulen finds Sasha in the common room, where she is testing the new printer. They ask how they can securely search for information about their home planet and potential timeline changes after exiting the rift. They add, "I might try accessing my old Rahal resources. My credentials will be seventeen years old and were almost certainly purged after my defection, but you never know, sometimes mistakes are made." Sasha says she will tell Aymad to roll out a secure search tool called Skein of Finches. She warns, "For your Rahal materials, it's possible that they did fail to purge your information, but it's also possible that they've left something working as a honeypot. I'd want to be very careful," and suggests sitting down with Aymad. A sleepy Aymad appears, asking, "I heard 'Shuos' and 'encrypt' and my name - what sort of glorious trouble am I getting us into, now?" Sasha tells him to roll out Skein of Finches, adding, "But first you're going to talk to Sulen about their old Rahal login. They were an Inquisitor until they defected, seventeen years before when we're going next." Sulen notes that Virmad's credentials are more likely to be active: "But I was more senior and was part of the investigation into the rebellion. Also, meddling in Virmad's timestream seems unwise." Sasha responds, "If Aymad and I between us cannot obscure the use of a legitimate set of credentials, this mission has larger problems than Virmad's timeline." She notes that Sulen's knowledge of Rahal file structures will be helpful. Sulen reflects that this will be easy, since in their timeline they logged in just a few weeks ago. They add, "When I defected I was interrogated under drugs. I don't have many clear memories of it, but you should assume Quill also knows whatever I do." Aymad asks, "Do we specifically need Sulen's account, or will any Rahal login do? What's the scope, here?" Sasha points out that hacking the Rahal will be fun: "But our particular mandate is to find out what Quill wants and why she's interfering in this timeline. If we can establish a foothold with the Rahal, we can monitor changes on the heptarchate side." Aymad's a bit wistful about hacking the Rahal. He sums up: "So, first the outdated lattice-bouncing tools, and then the grid diving," and asks where to find the tea. "It must be so sad, not living in the future," Sasha tells him. Aymad shakes his head in mock disapproval and heads toward the tea.
-==On the ''Cantata'' in Lanterner Territory==
+==On the ''Cantata'', in Lanterner Territory==
 ===Sasha in her office, Sulen in their room, Reshad in Communications; messages involving Alaric, Iawa, the Lanterners, and the ''Catastrophe Axe''===

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 Sasha responds to Flute's needling by saying, "I regret the confusion, sir. I wasn't aware that the word 'fuck' was rationed. What's their surveillance like? Why aren't you just bringing in a bunch of printers?" Flute says, "Touché. Their surveillance is...well, there's a lot of it. What it is not is ''well-coordinated''." She explains that all printers will be monitored by conference personnel.
-==Integration and Orientation==
+==Integration and Alliances==
-Ione and Reshad are making serious efforts to integrate with the team, both socially and professionally. Mafyyil also makes efforts in this direction, but lacks the sociocultural context necessary to understand how much of a gap remains; the team's leadership has not yet chosen to prioritize directed mentorship for her. Aymad and Seyli are professional but standoffish; comparative isolation may make it more difficult for them to manage future stresses associated with the team's mission.
+Ione and Reshad are making serious efforts to integrate with the team. Mafyyil also makes efforts in this direction, but lacks the sociocultural context necessary to understand how much of a gap remains; the team's leadership has not yet chosen to prioritize directed mentorship for her. Virmad, who is genuinely curious about other cultures, has the potential to serve as such a mentor, but actualizing said potential may require specific instructions. Sasha manages to cooperate with Reshad on a professional level, despite her personal unease with the former Shuos member. Reshad does not appear to have noticed Sasha's habit of using more polite diction as she increases in hostility, though this ignorance may be strategic. Aymad and Seyli are professional but standoffish with the other team members; comparative isolation may make it more difficult for them to manage future stresses associated with the team's mission.
-Sasha manages to cooperate with Reshad on a professional level, despite her personal unease with the former Shuos member. Reshad does not appear to have noticed Sasha's habit of acting more polite as she increases in hostility, though this ignorance may be strategic.
+Sulen has not entirely processed their emotions around the return to their own century. Virmad seems less immediately stressed, but his complex feelings about Jedao are likely to become relevant later.
-Sulen has not entirely processed their emotions around the return to their own century; they make appropriate efforts to obtain information, but may be
+Flute attempts to engage each of the team members she meets, and perhaps to win their separate allegiances. She appears genuinely impressed by Alaric's skill, and interested in Mafyyil. Neither Sasha nor Reshad entirely succeeds at the pretense of incompetence, though they do appear to have avoided either seeming like Shuos agents or revealing the extent of Sasha's technical skill. Sasha is inclined to like Flute and respect her leadership ability. Flute's apparently genuine frustration with Personnel suggests that a future alliance is a possibility, though Sasha's positive impulses toward Flute are just as likely to pose difficulties when the team's interests and Flute's inevitably diverge.
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 Sasha responds to Flute's needling by saying, "I regret the confusion, sir. I wasn't aware that the word 'fuck' was rationed. What's their surveillance like? Why aren't you just bringing in a bunch of printers?" Flute says, "Touché. Their surveillance is...well, there's a lot of it. What it is not is ''well-coordinated''." She explains that all printers will be monitored by conference personnel.
-==Analysis==
+==Integration and Orientation==
-Mafyyil is still a problem
+Ione and Reshad are making serious efforts to integrate with the team, both socially and professionally. Mafyyil also makes efforts in this direction, but lacks the sociocultural context necessary to understand how much of a gap remains; the team's leadership has not yet chosen to prioritize directed mentorship for her. Aymad and Seyli are professional but standoffish; comparative isolation may make it more difficult for them to manage future stresses associated with the team's mission.
-Sasha was spoiling for a fight with Reshad, and didn't get one
+Sasha manages to cooperate with Reshad on a professional level, despite her personal unease with the former Shuos member. Reshad does not appear to have noticed Sasha's habit of acting more polite as she increases in hostility, though this ignorance may be strategic.
-Sulen's feelings about their family!
+Sulen has not entirely processed their emotions around the return to their own century; they make appropriate efforts to obtain information, but may be
 Alaric impresses Flute

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 Flute arrives quickly. She's wearing a pistol and accompanied by a servitor carrying agua fresca and some snacks. Seyli assesses them for threats; they notice that Flute moves like someone who's confident both with a gun and with hand-to-hand fighting, and that the walls of the conference room are pitted in a way that would make a laser attack easy.
-Flute instructs the group to introduce themselves. Sasha introduces herself as Vauri, naming the others as Eres (Reshad), Seyli, "our calendrical expert", and "our newest recruit". Mafyyil says, "Helloooo! My name is Tiad, very honored to meet you!" Flute smiles with apparent delight and compliments Mafyyil's mods. Reshad bows in Lanterner fashion and says, "Once our negotiations are complete, I am most interested to see your station."
+Flute instructs the group to introduce themselves. Sasha introduces herself as Vauri, naming the others as Eres (Reshad), Seyli, "our calendrical expert", and "our newest recruit". Mafyyil says, "Helloooo! My name is Tiad, very honored to meet you!" Flute smiles with apparent delight and compliments Mafyyil's mods. Reshad bows in Lanterner fashion and says, "Once our negotiations are complete, I am most interested to see your station. Would you prefer to see schematics first?" Flute chuckles, "Oh, if only it were ''our'' station," and agrees she would like the schematics. Sasha asks how to display them, and Flute tells her how to access the conference room's screen. Sasha displays the body armor schematics using a memory device from her pocket; it is logging information about watchers on the network. Alaric describes the design's advantages, including the power packs and the "low-profile variant intended for VIP protection or covert ops." Flute is very interested; she asks whether this is "your design, or merely your acquisition," and comments that a low-profile, invariant armor is important for the rebellion's "specific goals in this time."
 Sasha says the armor was Alaric's design, adding, "I should warn you, our briefing was fucking incomplete. I assume somebody thought you needed more techs, or they wouldn't have sent us, but beyond that... It's been your standard hurry up and wait and who cares if you have the right equipment." Flute says, watching Sasha and Reshad closely, "I'm not surprised Personnel fucked this up again...unless it wasn't Personnel you ran into trouble with. Techs are, at least, less immediately suspicious than outprocessed Shuos 'infantry'...did anyone mention the assassination plan to you?"

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	Sasha responds to Flute's test by saying, "It turns out, in addition to shouting at people, I also understand how fucking deadlines work. That's why I'm in charge." She points out that the team only has one heavy (Seyli), and asks, "When you say 'accompany', do you mean on our moth, or on theirs? And who else are you sending? Or who were you planning to send, before we showed up?" Reshad adds that the supposed mission description, "supply run," is rather different from the instruction to "infiltrate a fucking Kel moth and try to assassinate the one they all care about," and asks what resources are available, listing Flute's team, "our heavy," and "our excellent equipment."		Sasha responds to Flute's test by saying, "It turns out, in addition to shouting at people, I also understand how fucking deadlines work. That's why I'm in charge." She points out that the team only has one heavy (Seyli), and asks, "When you say 'accompany', do you mean on our moth, or on theirs? And who else are you sending? Or who were you planning to send, before we showed up?" Reshad adds that the supposed mission description, "supply run," is rather different from the instruction to "infiltrate a fucking Kel moth and try to assassinate the one they all care about," and asks what resources are available, listing Flute's team, "our heavy," and "our excellent equipment."
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		+	Flute tells Reshad, the supposed captain, "I do apologize for the apparent mission creep. There must have been a mix-up in communications, because I attempted to make it clear to Personnel that we were going to need a more hands-on approach to this particular mission." She explains that the assassination attempt will take place on the station where Jedao is attending a conference: "The Lanterners' best hand-to-hand specialist will accost Jedao under the guise of a starstruck dueling fan who has rather inappropriately gotten themself invited to the conference in order to get an autographed duelist trading card." She tells Sasha, "I was planning on sending our people on the Lanterners' moth, for simplicity's sake, but if you can make a case for sending yours as well, with your backup people, I'm all ears. We have three infantry who will be backup for the Lanterners on my team, one of whom is outprocessed Shuos, two of whom are mercenaries with border conflict experience."
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		+	Sasha doesn't like the idea of splitting the team and leaving the mothlings as potential hostages, so she says, "If you don't send another moth, your infantry will be depending on the Lanterners for extraction," and points out that it will be easy to pose as arms dealers. Flute smiles brilliantly at the idea of volunteers, and observes that either late registration for a booth or a less "legitimate" appearance is possible. Sasha asks, "When are we leaving, who am I coordinating with, and what are ''your'' moths doing while we're gone?" Reshad observes that the change in plan constitutes "an enhanced level of service," and asks with whom she should "discuss finances." Flute gives her a data solid, which she pockets, planning to give it to Sasha for later analysis.
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		+	Sasha asks what Flute's other moths will be doing. "Also, how many assassins are there? You mentioned a duelist, and historically there was someone with a scattergun--who else? What kind of strength will the Kel have? What restrictions does the conference place on carrying weapons? How good are our maps?" Flute says, deliberately patronizing, "You ask good questions for someone with such a foul mouth." She explains that the moths contain "network infiltration equipment in the form of grid support," that the duelist will be shadowed by an observer, and that "The Lanterners have two people with scatterguns--we're not sure, historically, what happened to the second one--as well as two people with conventional handguns." Jedao will be accompanied only by an aide--he seems to be relying on his own combat abilities--though other high-ranking Kel will be attending the conference. "Weapons are the big problem. The conference does not permit anything bigger than a utility knife or combat knife. The Lanterners claim they've suborned someone at security who will let them smuggle through suitably shielded or disguised hand weapons, but of course no one is getting in anything big like a sniper rifle."
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		+	Sasha responds to Flute's needling by saying, "I regret the confusion, sir. I wasn't aware that the word 'fuck' was rationed. What's their surveillance like? Why aren't you just bringing in a bunch of printers?" Flute says, "Touché. Their surveillance is...well, there's a lot of it. What it is not is ''well-coordinated''." She explains that all printers will be monitored by conference personnel.

	==Analysis==		==Analysis==

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 Seyli is confidently wearing a combat uniform. They are uncomfortable with Sasha's plan to seem incompetent. Reshad nods at them, trying to seem reassuring without contradicting the cover story.
-At the ''Catastrophe Axe'', two of Flute's people are standing guard, apparently unarmed. Sasha tells them, "We're with the ''Symphony of Bees''. We're expected." One of the guards leads the group to a conference room. Sasha sits on the table and plays a game on her tablet, while investigating the local grid. Reshad pretends to fiddle with her fitness tracker, while watching the exits.
+At the ''Catastrophe Axe'', two of Flute's people are standing guard, apparently unarmed. Sasha tells them, "We're with the ''Symphony of Bees''. We're expected." One of the guards leads the group to a conference room. Sasha sits on the table and plays a game on her tablet, while investigating the local grid. She finds that there are multiple matter printers on the ship, one particularly well-protected, and that there is another hacker watching for unusual traffic. Reshad pretends to fiddle with her fitness tracker, while watching the exits.
-Flute arrives quickly. She's wearing a pistol and accompanied by a servitor carrying agua fresca and some snacks. She instructs the group to introduce themselves. Sasha introduces herself as Vauri, naming the others as Eres (Reshad), Seyli, "our calendrical expert", and "our newest recruit". Mafyyil says, "Helloooo! My name is Tiad, very honored to meet you!" Flute smiles with apparent delight and compliments Mafyyil's mods. Reshad bows in Lanterner fashion and says, "Once our negotiations are complete, I am most interested to see your station."
+Flute arrives quickly. She's wearing a pistol and accompanied by a servitor carrying agua fresca and some snacks. Seyli assesses them for threats; they notice that Flute moves like someone who's confident both with a gun and with hand-to-hand fighting, and that the walls of the conference room are pitted in a way that would make a laser attack easy.
 The servitor and its canapes suggest an intent to do that negotiation right here. She ignores it unless it offers something, and then takes whatever is most decorative by her own standards.
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 "Would you prefer to see schematics first?" Flute chuckles, "Oh, if only it were ''our'' station," and agrees she would like the schematics. Sasha asks how to display them, and Flute tells her how to access the conference room's screen. Sasha displays the body armor schematics using a memory device from her pocket; it is logging information about watchers on the network. Alaric describes the design's advantages, including the power packs and the "low-profile variant intended for VIP protection or covert ops." Flute is very interested; she asks whether this is "your design, or merely your acquisition," and comments that a low-profile, invariant armor is important for the rebellion's "specific goals in this time."
-Sasha says the armor was Alaric's design, adding, "I should warn you, our briefing was fucking incomplete. I assume somebody thought you needed more techs, or they wouldn't have sent us, but beyond that... It's been your standard hurry up and wait and who cares if you have the right equipment." Flute says, "I'm not surprised Personnel fucked this up again...unless it wasn't Personnel you ran into trouble with. Techs are, at least, less immediately suspicious than outprocessed Shuos 'infantry'...did anyone mention the assassination plan to you?"
+Sasha says the armor was Alaric's design, adding, "I should warn you, our briefing was fucking incomplete. I assume somebody thought you needed more techs, or they wouldn't have sent us, but beyond that... It's been your standard hurry up and wait and who cares if you have the right equipment." Flute says, watching Sasha and Reshad closely, "I'm not surprised Personnel fucked this up again...unless it wasn't Personnel you ran into trouble with. Techs are, at least, less immediately suspicious than outprocessed Shuos 'infantry'...did anyone mention the assassination plan to you?"
 ==Analysis==
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 Sulen's feelings about their family!
-Seyli needs some friends
+Seyli needs some friends - scared by mission, not sure about team
 Sasha fails at seeming incompetent, though succeeds at not looking like a Shuos spy - feelings about Flute

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 Mafyyil reflects that Reshad must be an infidel as well as a barbarian. She introduces herself to Rashad, with false cheer, as "Zagfehan Mafyyil," and tells Sasha, "I'd really ''love'' to know why you picked that particular nickname for me!" Sasha explains, "Fyedl- from fyyil, -et because you're dressed like a girl. Where I'm from, [[Naxarat#Names|everyone's got a nickname]]." Mafyyil asks, "Does that mean if I wear something else I get a new name? What are you going to call me when I get my new uniform?" Sasha offers "Fyedka" (with a grammatically neuter Naxorian suffix) as an alternative, adding, "I can't see you as a Fyedlik, somehow." Mafyyil asks, "So, where you're from, people have only three types of dress?" She thinks this might explain Sasha's drab clothing. Sasha clarifies, "The choice is rather like woman/alt/man, though the Fyedka or Sasha option is more like 'why the fuck are we talking about this?'" Mafyyil reflects that Sasha's language lacks a civilized option for plant-people, and asks, "Did you choose to be called Sasha?" Sasha tells her that she chose not to use "Sdaret," the usual feminine diminutive for Sikandaret.
-Reshad, who has been listening quietly, confirms that she will use "Mafyyil." She tells Sasha, "Where I'm from, nicknames are often used by friends or family members." Sasha wonders if Reshad will reveal something about her actual past; she asks, "What name did you go by, when you were small?" Reshad says, "In school, I was called Myoya Tonash"--the name she went by as a small boy in a Vidona school on a recently conquered world--"And you?" Sasha says, demurely, "I never went to school." Reshad says, "Ah! How times have changed."
+Reshad, who has been listening quietly, confirms that she will use "Mafyyil." She tells Sasha, "Where I'm from, nicknames are often used by friends or family members." Sasha wonders if Reshad will reveal something about her actual past; she asks, "What name did you go by, when you were small?" Reshad is pleased that Sasha seems less hostile. She says, "In school, I was called Myoya Tonash"--the name she went by as a small boy in a Vidona school on a recently conquered world--"And you?" Sasha says, demurely, "I never went to school." Reshad says, "Ah! How times have changed."
-==On the Station==
+==On the Station: Alaric, Mafyyil, Reshad, Seyli, and Sasha; meeting with Flute==
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 Sulen's feelings about their family!
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