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[aimsforknees]

[ John doesn't do very much texting at all, he's used to just having Harold in his ear. That being said, he thinks Gorgug's texting style is a lot like how he talks. It's... a little endearing. ]

Not making much progress. This train doesn't like to give up its mysteries. You?

[tinflower]

I'm not good at mysteries... my friends are investigating and I've been put to work fixing things on the train. I'm trying to look into maintenance logs for clues.

Maybe a King is a word for something other than royalty?

[aimsforknees]

I'm in administration so if you need any assignments let me know and I'll coordinate something for you.

Any leader could call themselves a king and not be royalty in the sense of a true monarchy.

[tinflower]

[ Oh! ]

Thank you.

I was thinking if there's anything else people use the term for on the train. Or it could be a codename for something?

[aimsforknees]

Could be a codename for anything. I'm not a train expert, but there could be something to do with whatever keeps the train going, or something in the sealed car.

[tinflower]

I'll tell you if I find anything in the maintenance logs. There was stuff about an old legend and a king, but that's about a person too.

[aimsforknees]

Tell me more about the legend.

[tinflower]

It sounded like a saying? I don't know much yet. My friend's checking out the library since he has spare time.

I'll get back to you about what he finds?

[aimsforknees]

Thanks. Let me know if I can help.

1/2

[tinflower]

I will.

[ And there's nothing else... ]

2/2

[tinflower]

[ Until about five hours hour. ]

so the king stuff is like a belief? that a king will save them once things get too bad. i don't know where the rumour comes from or if there's books about it

maybe if we ask around we can see how widespread it is? i don't know if that would help us

[ He lost his ability to capitalise. rip. ]

[aimsforknees]

[ RIP indeed. John is enough of a boomer old enough that he squints at the lack of capitalization and inconsistent punctuation, but maybe that's just what the kids are into these days. How's he supposed to know? ]

If that's the case I would guess the king is a thing instead of a person. Maybe it's hidden in the sealed carriage. Some of us are going to break in.

[ Is it wise to tell Gorgug his plans? On one hand he has no clue how good Gorgug is at keeping secrets, or who he might spread it to. On the other, there's too much ground to cover to be silo-ing information like this. And Gorgug has been forthcoming with his help multiple times so far. ]

[tinflower]

do you need anything to break in? have you got enough stuff to work with?

[ Gorgug, internally, chanting: break-ing IN, break-ing IN, break-ing IN ]

[aimsforknees]

We're good. I'll let you know if anything comes up.

[ after the break in ]

[aimsforknees]

We found a robot and star maps. The robot seems old and knows that the king is in the locomotive. Do you have any information on how to get inside?

[tinflower]

no. it's locked and no one can get in. people fix other stuff around the train but we don't do there

unless you want to break into there too

[aimsforknees]

Don't think that's the plan yet. We're gathering information now. Some people in the group are cautious of spreading what we know so you didn't hear it from me, got it?

[tinflower]

why are they worried?

[aimsforknees]

Suspicions about the network, mostly.

[tinflower]

i think we would be fucked already if they were somehow picking up on the network and listening in

you don't care if i say anything? as long as i don't point it back to you

[aimsforknees]

People were debating how much to say in the first place. I think it'll only be so long before someone cracks. Shouldn't be traceable back to me.

[tinflower]

i get the thinking to an extent, i guess. but okay, i won't say your name

how busted up is the carriage now? is everyone going to find out it got broken into anyway?

[aimsforknees]

We exploded the door a little. The guards got called. Little scuffle.

[tinflower]

that's not too bad

i wonder what everyone will do now though. now that it's open

[aimsforknees]

We took everything inside, it's empty now.