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[almaredemptoris]

To Whom It May Concern,

Based on the current cycle of the moon, Easter ought to fall on the 7th Sunday from today, which would make tomorrow Ash Wednesday. I do not expect that a great many here share in these traditions, being that we are refugees of countless lands. I wish only to ask if any have attempted to establish the faiths of our home lands here in this new one, if there exist places of worship outside of the temples of Olympia and Wyver.

With sincerest thanks,

U.F.

Comments

[almaredemptoris]

Yes, that is right. A church. I had not considered this. Such technology is unknown in my homeland, and so I know nothing of how it works or how I might use it.

[hedonistic]

i can show you, if you want

[He hasn't gone up to visit his friends today, anyway.]

[almaredemptoris]

I would be grateful if you could. How does one send a private message?

[hedonistic]

do you know how to get to the contacts list on your phone?
look for my username in there and tap on it, and the option should come up

[almaredemptoris]

[.......] Forgive me. I feel foolish but this device too is very new to me.

-> inbox

[hedonistic]

ohhhh you're one of the ye olde types
here, lemme just send you a message and i'll show you how to do it on the station

[ping! you have one (1) new message from unchained]

sup it's me

[almaredemptoris]

[Fortunately, despite being of perhaps a bygone era, Jean Valjean has always been a quick study. He will grow accustomed to the strange technology yet.] Hello. Thank you again for your help. Sup? What is sup if not supper?

[hedonistic]

...it's slang
"what's up"
basically another way to say hi

anyway
meet me on the station?
i can be by the stasis unit or the mess hall or wherever's easy

[+attached selfie for identification purposes. look, it's that guy from the altercation in olympia. small world, huh?]

[almaredemptoris]

[He certainly does remember the young man, although he makes no indication of recognition just yet. He is glad to see that he is well.] Yes, it is for this reason that I wished to write to you in private. Being that Ash Wednesday is tomorrow, I would wish to meet then that you might show me how the simulation room works.

[hedonistic]

hold on
do you mean you want me to wait to show you how it works until tomorrow?
cause uhh
it makes the simulations based on your memories or imagination, so i can't actually make you a church, i've literally never been inside one
i was just gonna show you an example of what you're supposed to do to fire it up

[almaredemptoris]

I see. Is it true that we might return to the station when we wish, merely by thinking it so? [With his first week on the planet not yet complete, Jean Valjean has not attempted the improbable return to the cosmos, although always in his thoughts weighs the sleeping Cosette.]

[hedonistic]

sure is
only once a day, though

[almaredemptoris]

Then it should be no trouble. If you think it best to meet today, then we shall.

[hedonistic]

i can meet whenever you want, really
but if we go today at least you get a trial run before your religious stuff tomorrow

[almaredemptoris]

Will you be free in an hour?

action?

[hedonistic]

sure, that's fine
you know where the simulation room is, right?

jk let me edit this

[almaredemptoris]

Yes, I've been there before. I shall see you shortly then. [The reason Jean Valjean asks for an hour is that he might first visit Cosette in the stasis unit, that vast catacomb of dormant hopes. There would be little to do but watch her in her slumber and offer prayers to God, yet the thought of it brings him some small peace. Instead, a few moments later, Kagari receives a follow-up message:] You're certain that such travel is possible? Nothing has happened.

[hedonistic]

yeah i've done it a bunch of times
hang on

[...]

huh, i guess whatever broke this month's still busted
keeping all those stasis pods running probably eats up all the station's power or something

[almaredemptoris]

I appreciate the offer nonetheless. Perhaps you might show me another time.