THIRD VERSE ☯ VIDEO;

[problematical]

[ River has stayed in the city while most of the Foreigners venture into Valishaera and the less-pressing thrum of white noise they create has helped her focus, working away studiously at her computer. Picking apart the console's coding structure is peaceful and it occasionally throws out randomized bits that even she doesn't expect. Thus as people come trickling back to the city between jaunts into the Dreaming side, they will find a fully encrypted message containing a permanent code to install waiting for them as a follow up to this plan. Those who worked on the project: Aya, Rex, Mike, River and others, can probably find embedded fingerprints of their work in the final result. ]

Ladybird, ladybird fly away home, your house in on fire and your children are gone. All except one and that's little Ann, for she crept under the frying pan.

You can all talk in secrets again.

[ OOC: Full encryption functionality restored for the network! ]

Comments

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[iwannabeadragon]

Thank the Maker for that. I was worried my Orlesian foot cheese recipe might get out.

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[problematical]

Your feet smell like cheese.

[ It's the type of thing she'd tease Simon for, if only because her prim brother got so embarrassed if they were in public. ]

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[iwannabeadragon]

That's all just part of the recipe.

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[problematical]

We were supposed to play with swords.

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[jinzhong]

...I have no idea what any of that means.

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[problematical]

The secret-keeper went away and now it's back.

[ A beat and then, in a much more conversational tone: ]

The encryption on the consoles was broken so we fixed it.

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[jinzhong]

Oh.

[See, River? See how easy it is when you don't talk in your crazy riddles?]

Thanks for that, I guess.

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[problematical]

[ But where's the fun in that. ]

You're new.

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[trainwrecked]

[ Message received, though Bucky cocks an eyebrow at the young woman. ]

You like ladybirds?

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[problematical]

Scientific name: Coccinellidae, higher classification: Cucujoidea.

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[trainwrecked]

Cu-cu-zhu--

... All right, you win. I can't actually say that.

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[problematical]

[ River doesn't mind, nor does she think it reflects badly on Bucky. ]

It's the wrong kind of game.

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[6collegecredits]

[It takes her minute to think that over for what it might actually mean.]

You were working on the network, right? You mean you guys have fixed it?

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[problematical]

[ River nods, her fingers tugging absently at the laces of her dress neckline. ]

A lot of people helped. The code grew, so we had to as well.

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[6collegecredits]

[She nods.]

Yeah. I helped out where I could, but I'd never have been able to write up code like that. You guys did great.

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[problematical]

Everyone helped. [ River smiles. ] You're strong in other ways.

[superoverachiever]

I dunno. This was never really the right place for secrets.

[problematical]

Secrets are like birds, you have to give them a nest.

[superoverachiever]

But not a nest too close to predators.

I'm so sorry.

[mictlanrises]

Oh my god, what happened to Ann? Did she die in the fire?

[Aracely thinks it's a story or song.]

never sorry hahaha

[problematical]

No, she came back and built a new home.

[mictlanrises]

Oh that's all right then. Why didn't you say that?

[backinakidflash]

Make haste or they'll catch you and harness you fast with a cobweb to Oberon's star.

Nice nod to Shakespeare in a nursery rhyme.

[But Bart's actually using that line to ask her to be careful what she says on the Network.]

[problematical]

Does that make you the trickster?

[backinakidflash]

[Bart just laughs at this.]

Nope. I don't look so hot in vertical stripes, and I left my flying shoes on the other turtle.