1 - handwriting

[testsonseashells]

[The following is messily scrawled onto a piece of graph paper – the words don't seem to be able to keep up with Mordin's thoughts.]

communication network able to be projected onto any surface; likely information uploaded to local device i have on me - bug? invisible contact lens? brain?

in any case, makes much more sense than alternative– can hardly link piece of paper to network. explains why colleagues don't seem to perceive anything out of the ordinary – had a colleague look over my shoulder just now, didn't react at all

not sure how device got here however – possibly implanted during hospital stay? have to ask – what brought network to attention of rest of you?

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[chalicejoker]

The numbers just popped into my head.

I'd been in the hospital for a few hours a few weeks before they got really insistent and wouldn't go away, but I was never unconscious. They didn't do anything.

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[testsonseashells]

interesting. had any injections, IVs, drugs? also, local hospital?

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[chalicejoker]

I got shot. Grazed by a bullet. The wound wasn't bad but they thought I went into shock. I don't remember exactly what they did.

Yeah, it was a local hospital.

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[testsonseashells]

interesting, suggests resources confined to locals. network completely local, yes? no one from out of city?

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[professorwolf]

Nothing to do with hospitals, I'm afraid. I was browsing at a used book store and found a blank diary. The number came when I picked it up, along with the feeling of a powerful heartbeat, and a feeling of discomfort with the sun. I've had quite a few more since.

Randall Lyall, biology teacher at Locke High. Pleased to meet you.

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[testsonseashells]

hm. no hospital visits, injections, etc recently before that time?

odd. doesn't make much sense. information doesn't just appear, needs source

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[professorwolf]

No, no hospitals at all. I believe there must be a source, it is the only theory that makes any sense, but I do not believe it is a source we have considered yet. Something outside our perception in some way. What else could possibly connect a piece of paper to a city-wide network?

[Not that he's saying it's aliens, demons, or magic... but it's no kind of technology any of them know at this point, anyway.]

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[testsonseashells]

again, unlikely information being transmitted to paper. possibly uploaded to brain? not sure. in any case, projected from self onto visible surfaces when triggered by number.

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[argents]

My notes started writing back to me. Or, that's what I thought. Like how this looks to you.

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[testsonseashells]

no, misunderstanding me. how did you learn your number?

[argents]

The same as anybody else. Something totally normal happened that didn't feel normal. And it just appeared in my head. Like a song you can't forget.

[testsonseashells]

specify event, please. trying to understand possible triggers for learning network information.

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[earnedmystripes]

I got my number when my boss was telling me he was retiring. Found this network when I tried to call a pizza place but dialed in that number by mistake.

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[testsonseashells]

has your boss used this network? possibly capable of data transmission.

unlikely, but worth asking for anyway.

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[earnedmystripes]

My best guess'd be 'probably not' but I *really* can't ask.

[Because he would probably die. You know that 'don't trust the cops' thing? Yeah, this dude's unlucky enough to be a cop in the midst of all that mess.]

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[testsonseashells]

hm. willing to discuss what you felt when your boss told you he was retiring? trying to figure out possible psychological triggers for receiving network codes.

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[espigeonage]

It works on walls, too. Very weird.

Me, I was with my niece and she said my name in a weird way, lol.

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[testsonseashells]

odd. possible mental trigger?

any hospital visits prior to meeting with niece?

[espigeonage]

No health insurance! I haven't been to a hospital in years. The clinic, sure, loads of times, but not as a patient yet.

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[formermagicalgirl]

I found it because of an idiot. No hospital visit for me, just my own temptation to make him need a visit.

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[testsonseashells]

don't understand. what happened exactly?

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[formermagicalgirl]

A bad relationship that came to an end in the expected way.

His future attempts to spread rumors about me are why I was tempted to make him need a visit to the hospital.

[wordsgate]

[Sasame's text appears on the paper in a computer font--the default font from his Android phone.]

I first got my number when I was recording a song. I suddenly had a melody pop into my head, and the number was embedded into it like lyrics. It came with some sort of message in my voice, something cryptic about "another world."

I don't think whatever it is was implanted in me during a hospital stay. This happened when I was a teenager, and the last major hospital visit I had was an asthma attack when I was about 10.

[testsonseashells]

am beginning to notice hospital stay likely an isolated incident. possible some sort of device implanted at age ten and activated much later, but unlikely.

of course, begs several more questions, but not enough data to form answers.

[wordsgate]

"begs several more questions, but not enough data to form answers" is probably the most apt description I've seen of the current situation to date.