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[regulatingpressure]

re: the housing crisis we're apparently having -

What? Is this seriously a problem we're having? I've got technology, and isn't there a Home God around here somewhere? There has to be something we can do.

Tell me there's some kind of plan.

re: getting the hell out of here -

People keep asking how we get get out of here. Other people keep saying that we don't, or if we do then they don't know how.

I do.

Step 1: Aircraft. Skipping past land-based vehicles because I'm assuming that if you can't leave on foot, you can't leave by bicycle or automobile either. So I spend the next couple of weeks pulling together some kind of helicopter, hovercraft, plane - I haven't decided yet. My area of tech expertise is 100x higher in altitude, so I'm going to need to do some research, not to mention gather the scrap I need to piece it together.

If it won't let us fly out, Step 2: Spacecraft. I build a damn good shuttle. If we can't leave in any of the cardinal directions, we'll go up. Once we're in orbit, we scout out our options, plot our target, and re-enter the atmosphere for a bumpy but mostly safe landing somewhere far from here.

It's not foolproof and it'll take a while to get everything in order, but unless someone finds the Throne of Dimensional Bullshit around here somewhere, it's the best plan we've got.

re: general pantheonic ineptitude -

This should go without saying, but based on the fact that at least half of the 'gods' on here can't find their own ass with both hands and a tracking chip, this is your first of probably many reminders to get your shit together. In a perfect world, this place wouldn't depend on your ability to at least pretend to know how to build a radio or grow some food, but it does. So figure it out or find someone who doesn't have to.

- r. reyes

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[justanitgirl]

[She actually kind of appreciates this. It's a bit like home.]

1. Zelda and I have started working on the housing issue, but we're more than willing to take any help we can get.

2. If you need a programmer for any of that I'm all yours. It's sort of what I do.

[regulatingpressure]

1. Just tell me what you need and I'm on it.

2. Programmer. I get the feeling we're from completely different technospheres. Honestly, I kind of dig it.
We can cover more bases that way. What do programmers do, where you're from?

[justanitgirl]

1. Right now we're in the planning stage with time being a huge barrier to the permanency of any plan. Reset days means reset deals, minds and anything we do. [Off network for prying eyes Looking at you Georgea] They're different, but one can easily go hand in hand with the other. I'm from 2017, or the 21st century, whichever is more useful to you. I'm also more skilled than your average programmer. Not that I want that spread around. Programs do anything really. By 2017 everything is run by programmes; including rockets. The problem is that I think this might have more to do with temporal theory then rockets. Which mean no amount of man-made travel is going to get us out of here.

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[callipygous]

Unfortunately, the choice tends to not be "inept" or "competent" so much as "inept" or "no one at all." Considering the "no one at all" option for my throne means no food grows at all... I'll be keeping my inept butt planted where it can do the most good.

But if you have a better candidate, please send them here. I really wouldn't be doing this if there were a better option.

[regulatingpressure]

Well, okay. It's cool of you to come forward like that, seriously. Text sucks at delivering tone, so know that I mean it. I'll be on the lookout for someone who actually knows how to do your job (you said food, so you're "agriculture" I'm betting), but if the pickings are that slim, we've got to at least teach you how to do it better than you are right now.

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[ichoosefight]

2. There does seem to be an airport, but it's not working. Probably investigate that before you start building from scratch.

Also, what's the point in getting away from this city if we can't get to our actual homes? I for one am from Earth, which does seem to be the correct planet. Just the wrong universe. No amount of spacecraft is going to fix that, unless you're also an expert in interdimensional bullshit.

3. Skill in your area doesn't seem to have anything to do with it. I know how to brew a pot of coffee, but all I've got right now is instant. Dick's no farmer but crops are growing. Clearly it doesn't matter who's on the throne or what skills they have.

Maybe we should figure out what skills are needed before we start harassing people for not having the right ones?

[regulatingpressure]

2. Thanks for the heads-up. I'll check it out.

And I'm not saying we zoom off into deep space. I'm saying we escape whatever field is keeping us here, then drop down to Earth somewhere that isn't some sort of mystical city-sized cage.


3. I'm not saying we have to be experts at what we do. I just keep seeing a lot of "I'm the god of X, what is X? Can I eat it?" bullshit that probably isn't making too great an impression on the locals who apparently look to us as some kind of gods. What if they start to doubt us? I've seen anarchy. It ain't pretty.

[ichoosefight]

2. What if there isn't anything else?

3. Sounds to me like discretion is more important than experience, then.

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[tatra]

Her majesty Queen Zelda and Miss Felicity have approached me about the housing situation. Until it's resolved anyone is more than welcome in my temple. Frank would love nothing more than to have more people to cook for!

[regulatingpressure]

❰ well. apparently they're doing video, so raven answers in video just so it isn't weird. she's got grease smeared on one side of her face, and the backdrop seems to be some kind of mechanic's workshop. ❱

And who are you? No offense — just getting a feel for who's working on some kind of a fix here.

[tatra]

I am Tatra, the goddess of home you were speaking about.

[choosetruth]

I doubt it'll be so simple as to just fly out, especially since we'll need to figure out a destination and there appears to be at least some amount of time travel involved, but keep me updated on your progress. I'll run an article on it.

[regulatingpressure]

No place like space to plot a destination. You can see anywhere from up there.

❰ she's half kidding, but only half. ❱

I know it won't get us back where we came from. I just don't think we'll find a way back where we came from while we're trapped in here. Whoever or whatever has us trapped is probably on the outside, so that's where we need to be.

[choosetruth]

Outside doesn't necessarily mean up. We can't assume this place follows any normal rules of physics. At least not until the god of physics takes the throne, I guess.

[That might be a joke. Maybe.]

In any case, it is still a good idea. Even if it doesn't let us get out, getting a full bird's eye view of the place will certainly be educational. Just make sure you can also get back down.

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[floatingrocks]

If there're any sites of wreckage or if the craft Poe and I came in on starts to wash up on the shore, let me know. I've a lifetime of experience scrounging for parts to make something of it.

That, and I can be a pilot if Poe's not around. Or if we need more than one.

[regulatingpressure]

❰ another video response. once again, raven answers in video just so it isn't weird. she's got grease smeared on one side of her face, and the backdrop seems to be some kind of mechanic's workshop. ❱

You came in on a craft? ❰ this seems to have her immediate attention. ❱ What kind of craft? Shuttle, drop-ship?

[floatingrocks]

[Rey's eyes go wide at the woman's surroundings, and her mouth starts to open, ready to ask where she is, if she could come look closer, if--

Oh, right. She's the one who needs to answer, first. Can't be rude.]

We did. It was--just a fighter, an old one, but it did the job. [Sort of.] That is, we didn't die on impact, I mean.