voidtreckernet | 24th Egret, morning. [Text]

[~~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.]

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... That's a hell of a lot of books to find out not much at all.

Since you've read em, why not just give us the relevant info? And save us humble mortals days and weeks of our lives reading through those books?

These are only what is available in the train's shop; they cannot actually be read without being purchased.

And so, unfortunately, I do not know what is in them either.

[He's not the snipe-y type, so you're lucky, Duo.]

And being as we are both new arrivals, we only have at most three points each. I am not expecting fellow passengers to go into points debt over this!

[He is attempting to crack a joke.]

Edited 2020-04-17 13:57 (UTC)

Ohhh... My bad. Figured they were stuff you had and were offering up to others.

[He's not a dick, he can admit when he's wrong and does it with a smile.]

Sorry bout that!

Uhh yeah, gotta save mine up.

well, I guess now I know that books I want to order next time.

[ He really just wants to spend all his point on legos is that so much to ask? But he has responsibilities. Ugh. ]

If the train were supplying its own library, I suppose things would be different.

But that's not what we have, alas.

[This would be the point where, if Webmind were a human, he'd nod.]

It could be considered a team exercise in and of itself, really; finding the relevant search terms and figuring out what to order next.

It is not a task that only one person can accomplish, this is true.

We shall see what happens when the team points are next distributed.

Maybe the train should be doing that...

[Groans and sighs, it all sounded like a pain in his ass if he was honest]

I guess... that's a thing people can do.

[And an idea occurs to Webmind:]

Perhaps if we all make the same request - for a Library car with materials from the shop - on the Feedback&Suggestions page, we could get these books that way, in addition to books we have not uncovered yet.

[Pun!]

It is another option, in any case.

Edited (Bit too much for him to bring up just yet.) 2020-04-17 14:44 (UTC)

Oh, thank you I'll have to look into those.

See now, that is something I could get behind!

[Duo laughed, yes, it was very much an idea he liked. There needed to be more options for entertainment at least. Books were a good start.]

Every effort helps, Miss May Parker.

If anything, I should be the one thanking you.

When trying to effect change, pooling our efforts is often the best way to go about it.

[There's practically an auditory wink in there, can you tell?]

I'll look into this, too.

I wonder if there is a way to get the train to donate the books to the library, as you and Duo were discussing? But if it won't, I'll donate some of my points in order to purchase some books, and then I'll donate them to the library so anyone who wants to read them can.

Just let me deal with the dream first. I suspect that we're going on another mission soon.

It may help to ask anyway.

['The people! The people!']

But yes - both efforts are most appreciated!

What is the usual timeframe between these dreams occurring and a mission being announced, Curufin?

[How much time do they have in which to GET prepared?]

Not at all! Reading and processing information is about the one thing I can actually do.

Speaking as one's who's been considered a 'glorified search engine' by my critics, I know what you mean.

That does not make them any less important skills.

That is true, there is always a use for those skills - any skills for that matter.

Think it's time I started compiling that list...

Thanks for the info though!

It never hurts to ask!

And I'll check the store instructions for how to order a book. It might not be before the next platform.

As for the timeframe between dream and mission, I think it has only been one day, or not much more than that. I mean, a Voidtrecker day.

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.]

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.

[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.

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.

[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.

[ 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.

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!]

I'm sure you're right about that.

[ The mechanical beings and the ghosts! YES. ]

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XDDDD I love that image.

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