[uiug | text]

[elfstoned]

This is Aaron Strider. Some of you know me, and some of you who do know that I had a number that disappeared over a year ago. It's back.

I've caught up some on what's been happening with the new locations, the new animals, and the kidnapping - don't think I didn't see that, Toushirou. It's something I never thought I'd ask for a year ago, but if anyone's been updating Emmanuel's new-number guide or has put together one of their own, I'd appreciate a glance at that all the same.

Now, with my pulses back, I have a talent that I didn't put to its best use in 2013. I may be able to use it to pinpoint where the underground animals are, to find them while they're still dormant. I'm willing to do that for the new locations. Maybe the areas can be evacuated.

[Thank god this is text. To be completely honest, those animals scare him shitless, but over text, no one can tell.]

I have another question.

Has anyone else noticed physical effects from using the teleporter?

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Text;

[evowhisperer]

Welcome back. It sounds like you've missed a great deal.

Dr. Solus was the last one who kept any FAQs that I've seen, and the most recent version is here. Unfortunately, he has since lost his echoes, and the records have fallen out of maintenance.

The most recent dates in it stop in June.

Text;

[elfstoned]

[He's missed so much.]

No kidding. Thank god for Mordin. I'm sorry we lost him.

Thanks for the information. There are five pulse locations total, correct? And only the first two have had an awakened animal?

Text;

[evowhisperer]

I am too. He was there while you were here, last time?

You're right on both accounts. The first was Wise Snake, and the second was some sort of giant crab-lobster hybrid.

[Voice]

[espigeonage]

We need a name for those things besides "giant animals." [after all that can be applied to him now, which... UGH. MOVE ON.] One was Wise Snake, one was Refined Shell... Pretentious Beasts? Shorten it to PBs.

Everyone hates searching or waiting for those. If you could do the ear thing...

[Voice]

[elfstoned]

It's definitely worth trying. I'll find time to do it somehow.

You were the one who suggested it, actually, during that first week of January.

[The tenseness in his voice is very subtle, but there.]

[espigeonage]

Yeah, that sounds like something I'd say.

[Julien hears it, and takes care in turn to keep any impatience from his voice. Aaron and reticence...]

Aaron. What's up?

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[moreweaponsthanyou]

I haven't thought of the guide in a while...then again I don't think we've had new Numbered in a while. Or if people are new, they're not talking on the Network.

Nope, not a thing. I was the first one through actually so if something has happened it should have already.

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[elfstoned]

Must be a pulse, then. I'd gotten abilities back before, but that's not the same as a physical change.

It's weird.

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[moreweaponsthanyou]

Now that you mention it....I did get a pulse back soon after going through that thing.

I've lost track of 'weird' things ever since my first pulse.

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[ruleorserve]

If it would help keep things from being quite so much of a disaster it would certainly be useful. I'm not certain that everyone would care to be evacuated, but even a forewarning would be better than nothing.

As to the teleporter, I'm not certain about physical effects but it has been known to cause... Pulses, I think the commonly accepted term was?

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[elfstoned]

Certainly not everyone in the pulse location, but maybe the immediate area could be cleared. But that's getting ahead of ourselves. There's no guarantee I'll be able to find these things. I could detect -- what are they calling it -- Wise Snake, but Refined Shell was in water, wasn't it? I couldn't have found it there.

And about the teleporter, thank you. If it induces pulses, that'd explain it.

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[ruleorserve]

Refined Shell was, yes. I can't say for certain about the other. Its emergence was before I moved here.

Voice

[icy_heavens]

And yet I'm fine. [He got called out on this plenty already; he's a little sick of it.]

Going through the teleporter the first time causes a Pulse, not anything specifically physical.

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[elfstoned]

[He can hear that. He won't press it.]

So I hear. Have your pulses been more or less constant over the past year and a half?

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[icy_heavens]

I've never lost them. Went through about a three month stretch of not getting any new ones, though.

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

It's been a long time. I'm glad you remember again; it happens that Numbered doctors are in short supply, lately.

I'd like to talk to you about the ability that you think can locate the dormant animals. It could be very useful, but obviously this has to be done very carefully to avoid another tragedy. Knowing more about it could benefit everyone.

[Audio]

[elfstoned]

I hear just about all Numbered are.

But I'd be happy to discuss what I can do.

[He kept it largely to himself a year ago and regrets it.]

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

It's true... I try to keep tabs on everyone, but the general population has thinned out considerably worldwide. Due to echo loss, and... some death.

[He sounds like he regrets it very much.]

Can you start by summarizing the nature of the ability and how it presents... whether you need to be there in person, or any implements, that sort of thing? A general outline will suffice to begin.

[He's trying not to sound bossy, but this kind of crisp, directorial role is one he slips into rather easily these days.]

[handwritten]

[wastingtime]

Define 'physical effects'. I do sport some remarkable designs on my skin, if such count.

I must admit it is good to hear from you again. You will be pleased to note I have had no further collapses since when Christobel dragged me in to the clinic.

[making fun of himself? the only way to get by, sometimes.]

[text]

[elfstoned]

Well, I'll be damned. Here we are, a year later, right back where we were.

I'm glad to hear from you, too, and also to hear you're doing well. When did your pulses come back?

[wastingtime]

A few months ago. I hope yours returned better than mine, at least, for I was in a taxi when I nearly gave the driver a heart attack with it all coming back at once.

[text]

[scarlet_devil]

Dani got herself involved too.[And she was less than happy with the kids. Anyway, sometimes she'll bring the girl with her to the clinic when she's getting her blood.]

If we can find these animals before they wake up, maybe we can put them down before they start rampaging.

[text]

[elfstoned]

Do they always rampage? For a given value of "always," since there have only been two so far, but what set off the crab in Vegas?

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[ursoreckless]

the aliens like to call them Souls. they said that the animals are a collection of souls that are very much like animals and have no real anything save to be left alone
i'm not sure if i could trust them since every time the aliens want to talk, they bring that one with them and he's hard to get your mind straight around
according to a couple people, it's been admitted that he can generate a feeling of trust

welcome back
tell me if your clinic needs any supplies

text;

[elfstoned]

Thank you for the offer, the warning, and the information. What else can you tell me about the aliens?