Grasshopper 30, Video to Everywhere from Standard, 'Afternoon'

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[Sometime after lunch, the day before the next platform stop, Nita makes her next appearance on the Network.

Hey, this could become a regular thing...!]

Nita Callahan with Orange Team, here, and I just want to say: if you didn't have to deal with sharing memories while we were on Jema'grethy, you got off easy.

[Have a wry momentary glance, train.]

That said, if you weren't dealing with that, and didn't climb the mountain, there's some important things you'll want to be clued in on. And by 'important' I mean 'important to how and why the Voidtrecker Express got all kinds of screwed up.'

[So... that's a thing.]

I've got transcripts of the memories Enna, Minako, and I received, if you'd rather not experience the memories themselves. Either come see me or Eva if you want those transcripts, or just me if you want a direct memory transfer.

Those who've already seen the memories - what do you think of them, so far? It may sound kind of 'after the fact,' but how are you doing? There were some real heavy matters brought up in them, and if they're at all relevant to what we're going to be dealing with, we'll need to pull ourselves together fast.

That aside: keep what Senku and Ai said in mind when making purchases when our points roll around; one thing you can never have enough of is supplies, and it never hurts to be overprepared.

And that's what we're gonna have to be. Call it instinct, or intuition, or whatever, but it wouldn't be my first time, and I'm pretty sure that applies to a lot of you too.

Take care of each other. Nita, out.

Comments

[radishlobbyist]

[ Wen Qing is indeed still in the kitchen five minutes later, but soon after she walks into the dining car with a tray holding two steaming cups of tea.

She greets Nita with a nod and a small, wan almost-smile. ]

Sorry for the wait. I'll never get used to how long it takes you just to get someplace on this train.

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[Nita's is a bit less wan, but still small; she nods in return.]

Not sure if it's for the best that the Kitchens and Dining cars are separate now or not.

[There were pros and cons to it all - but that's not the point of this chat, is it?

She helps set the tea on the table between them before offering Wen Qing her hand proper.]

Memories first, then tea? I can share them one at a time, assuming you don't want to just read them.

[She did bring the small stack of transcripts.]

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And I'm going to study the transcripts in depth, but if you don't mind I would appreciate hearing your perspective first. Just a quick summary, or warn me what I should be looking for when I'm reading. You said that it's important, something I would need to know.

[ She wraps her hands around the teacup, letting the heat seep through into her hands. This entire topic, the prospect of new revelations about the train that has become their home, it's enough to make her feel cold with concern. ]

Is it more bad news?

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[Verbal reports; she can handle that. Nita drops her hand to slide the transcripts over, then reaches for her own tea to blow on it. After, in lieu of answering the question properly, she begins:]

The first memory, the one Enna got - it was of a being we believe to be the train.

Someone who'd lost their body, lost all sensation, everything except from the knowledge of their new purpose, and that they could only go forwards.

[She pauses there, waits for Wen Qing to tell her to continue.

That the memories hold bad news probably doesn't need to be stated at this point.]