24th Egret, morning. [Text]

[iamnotgod]

[Oh gods, the Internet's back again.]

Hello again, Voidtreckers.

While I confess I would not be much use in helping to understand these dreams people are having, I have found something - several somethings - that may be of interest and use anywhere.

Earlier this week, a colleague of mine found books pertaining to the history of the Void, and potentially VoidCraft.

I have found books pertaining to Void Law. Though I remain uncertain as to whether they are physics textbooks, 'laws of the land', or actual laws the Void Ministry follows regarding administration of worlds.

Using that and related search terms, I have compiled a short list of books fellow Voidtreckers may want to look into:

Laws of the Void

Voidspace: What you need to know.

Filling a Void.

Law and Order

A Far Away System

System Shutdown

Empire of Stars, Champion

Empire of Stars, Resistance

Empire of Stars, Honor Lost

Empire of Stars, Hope Restored

Empire of Stars, Closing a Door

I took the liberty of looking up the names, if available, of previous systems this train has visited. If anyone wishes to know what the Empire of Stars was doing, this may be another object of interest.

Thank you for your time.

[And your screens.]

Comments

[iamnotgod]

That is important to know, as well.

[It'd certainly make sense why people don't talk about these books more often, if they have to wait to receive them for so long...]

And that isn't much time at all, by most standards.

[That is, not by HIS, but Webmind knows humans and such don't think as fast as he does.]

It is odd how the Voidtrecker Express arbitrarily determines time, however. These are not 24-hour days, and the months appear to be 30 'days' each.

[Courtesy of reading the only available Network 'archives' of posts, which only have times/days and cabin/car of origin.]

[so_dark_a_road]

Yes, I'd really prefer that the train do the book donations. We could get all sorts of books in the library that way, and everybody would benefit from that. But we'll see.

Nope. Not much time. We could be launched on a new mission in a day -- a Voidtrecker day, as I was observing. These are more like 48-hour days, and the months as long as two months standard earthly time.

[iamnotgod]

[There would be a pause, but resolving confusion is more important than instilling drama right now! His screen shifts to a shocked emoticon.]

How have you been able to perceive that? I admit time passes more slowly for me than most others on the train, but I hadn't observed that level of distortion.

[so_dark_a_road]

I'm an Elf. We have a sharp perception of the flow of time. I can compare my past experience of time to my present experience and come up with a ratio. And as I said, I think it's about 2:1, earthly days to Voidtrecker days.

[iamnotgod]

[Internally Webmind considers whether or not this is a product of having a circadian rhythm...]

Interesting.

I suppose this counts as exposure to living on a different planet, then; other worlds rotate on their axes at slower rates.

Though that explanation will not cover this situation, of course.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ An Elf's circadian rhythm would look like a color frequency readout in the Mac Preview's Adjust Color image option! ]

Maybe so. Even though the Voidtrecker Expresss doesn't rotate. [ He has a humorous image in his mind, the Voidtrecker spinning and rotating through the Void, flashing colors all the way! And the people inside tumbled and mightily confused. ] It's the lighting, I suppose. When the train's cabin lights go out, our bodies think it's night, so we are set up to experience day and night at certain intervals.

XDDDD I love that image.

[iamnotgod]

Human circadian rhythms can be altered in such a way; that it can work the same for other species is a reasonable extrapolation.

[The mechanical beings, meanwhile, are relatively immune... as are the ghosts. What an odd combination!]

You're one of the few people I can think of who would get it! XD

[so_dark_a_road]

I'm sure you're right about that.

[ The mechanical beings and the ghosts! YES. ]