un: aximili | voice [forward dated to 12/24 evening]

[canadese]

[For those uninitiated, suddenly experiencing thought-speak is probably pretty strange. It's sort-of-but-not-quite like telepathy, almost, and it's apparently coming out of your communicator. Weird!

The "voice," such as it is, sounds young, male, and somewhat wary.]

<Hello.

Does anyone here know what "protocol S-1704" is?>

Comments

[ouzel]

[ Cassian starts, coming to his feet suddenly and frowning at...nothing.

There's no one in the room.

Someone is speaking to him directly through his mind. ]

...no.

wuh oh

[canadese]

<Yes?>

[Sudden deja vu.]

LOL I MISREAD THE POST GO ME

[ouzel]

I don't know what that is.

[ He keeps his voice low because he is not going to lose his shit at the voice from the communicator sounding...so close. Hngh. ]

I didn't know these communicators broadcast voices like this.

[canadese]

[Sigh. This is what humans get for communicating in such inefficient ways.]

<It is how my species communicates. This is Captain Cassian Andor, isn't it?>

[ouzel]

...huh.

[ He'll just. Note that down, mentally, somewhere. ]

Yes. Is this Aximili?

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[straycloud]

That's a real problem.

1704? That's too many protocols. How could anyone remember them all to observe them?

[canadese]

[u can't see him but he's rolling his eyes]

<It is probably a reference to a code rather than a numbered list.>

[straycloud]

That seems almost as bad. If it's a code, you still have to memorize what the different parts mean, right?

[ Given how he's fussing, he absolutely deserves to be judged. ]

Ahhh, I hope there's not a test on things like this. Maybe someone would have a cheat sheet.

[canadese]

<If there is a test, it would have been as part of their own training. I doubt you would be expected to know it unless you are staff.>

[Which is the whole problem. Are you gonna be helpful or not???]

( un: maine )

[rumbling]

[ He doesn't like this form of talking. It reminds him of things he doesn't want to be reminded of. ]

no.
who's asking? and why?

[canadese]

i am aximili esgarrouth isthill and it is something that i overheard in the atrium

[rumbling]

[ Okay. That name doesn't sound familiar at all. ]

overheard from who?

[canadese]

a transmission received by a staff member they left immediately afterward

un: longshot

[andreios]

Never heard of it.

[ But now he's wary. Anything that starts with the term protocol never seems to end well. ]

You got a context for that?

[canadese]

<A transmission received by a staff member that I overheard in the atrium.>

[andreios]

I guess it could be some kind of standard procedure on a ship, but... [ A beat. ] Did the staff member react at all?

[canadese]

<He seemed concerned by the information and quickly left. I attempted to pursue him but he vanished before I could.>

text | un: v-nikiforov

[genice]

No, but I haven't heard about many protocols here. Is there anywhere we might find a copy of these kinds of things? You'd think someone would have a guide somewhere.

This is also a very odd way of talking.

( He means it feels odd. Because hearing a voice without using his ears is very discombobulating. )

[canadese]

<This is how my species naturally communicates.> [He says, cheerfully. Then a pause.] <Hello.>

[genice]

[ he pauses, then switches over to audio. it's too weird to be talking with Ax in text but hearing him at the same time. much as in any audio-text communication. ]

Hello, Aximili. We're back to accepting being a different species? I'm glad you're more comfortable with that. I think.

[ he pauses, letting it be audible on his end. ]

So... you naturally speak without being heard by people's ears? That's... very different!

[ it's breaking HIS BRAIN AGAIN but he can handle this, he'll deal with it, it's O K A Y ]

It doesn't work both ways, does it?

[canadese]

<If you're asking whether I can read your thoughts, then no. It is thought-speak, not telepathy. It is more efficient than vocal speech, in my opinion.>

[He pauses, also. Any hope he had of a cover has pretty much been blown to pieces, but that doesn't seem all that important anymore.]

<In any case, yes. It seemed pointless to pretend otherwise.>

audio | un: blackbird

[tenkofan]

[It's strange enough that there's a small hesitation before Hayatori replies in his even, stoic tone.]

...No. Why?

[It seems worth pursuing.]

[canadese]

<It was something I overheard while in the atrium. The person in question left before I could hear more.>

[tenkofan]

Can you describe them?

[canadese]

<The staff member in question was an adult male. I was unable to confirm any details beyond that.>