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paper_knight ([personal profile] paper_knight) wrote in [community profile] entranceway2014-02-27 12:05 am

56: video

[Mark's filming himself again, in a quiet corner of the library. He makes an effort to look at the camera head-on--to project trustworthiness--but his tone is quite subdued, all the same.]

'Evening.

I--ah--I know this is coming a bit late to help with everything that's happened. I'm truly sorry about that. But I'd appreciate a minute or two of everyone's time, all the same.

We all know events--or crashes, I guess--draw on aspects of our memories, or our worlds. Often the worst of them. The network is a wonderful tool for warning people, if one of us recognizes something familiar, but sometimes people don't hear in time, or are cut off. So. A while back, Souji and I hit upon the idea of collecting everyone's speculations about what dangers we might bring with us from our worlds, and putting it somewhere everyone could access it.

[Adding it to the network database, say, or the notebooks, although he's not going to mention that publicly.]

For instance, I came here from an underwater ruin full of superhuman madmen. [He winces a little as he says it. It's been years now, and it still sounds crazy, especially in brief like that.] I'm currently recording everything I can remember of the place, and when I'm done I'll put the file on the network.

I'm happy to talk now, or anytime. But if you want to write something up and share it anonymously, I've got a low-tech solution here. [He gestures at a heavy metal lockbox sitting on the table beside him.]

You can leave whatever you want here, and I'll come back for it later. Or just slip it under my door. I'm in room three, second floor. And I promise not to trace you.

[He's picked up some momentum and confidence--projects have that effect on him--but here he falters again.]

At the moment I've got no way of knowing whether what winds up here is trustworthy. I'm all right with that--I'd rather have a mass of information with some flaws than nothing at all--but I'd welcome suggestions to...streamline this. If anyone has them.

Thanks, everyone. Please be safe.
jivitadana: (> ♪ Lentissimo...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-03-07 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Another nod. It looks like it was time to do some typing. Minato took a second to think about it, then answered.]

Exactly a month ago from today. I've been told people have been here for much longer.
jivitadana: (> ♪ Posato...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-03-14 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
I shouldn't be? [Minato didn't quite mind.]
jivitadana: (> ♪ Raddolcendo...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-03-18 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'd want to. To see if there's anything I've done that I can make up for now.
jivitadana: (> ♪ Amabile...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-03-20 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[That makes Minato smile a bit.]

Thanks. I'll try not to.

Can I ask what your name is, if that's okay?

[If he needed to type things up for Mark, then he'd have to know his name and things like that too.]
jivitadana: (> ♪ Calmato...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-03-21 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
It's nice to meet you too. How long have you been here, if I can ask?
jivitadana: (> ♪ Sostenuto...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-03-26 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Three years was so long.]

You've must've seen a lot here already.
jivitadana: (> ♪ En retenant...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-03-31 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Would it be possible to see everything at all? Three years though did give him enough time to collect a ton of information.]

It doesn't help that people come and go.

[That changes the memories that people bring in, himself included.]
jivitadana: (> ♪ Pacato...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-04-29 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
There doesn't seem to be a pattern yet as to who goes or stays or comes back?
jivitadana: (> ♪ Retenu...)

[personal profile] jivitadana 2014-05-09 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Still interesting.]

Has that happened to you with people from your world?