reach the residents

[ximilian]

● ● ● REACH THE RESIDENTS

For any questions you want to ask Viveca or Degar and receive an IC response, please direct them here. Please indicate in the subject line who you are trying to contact.

// VIVECA

Hi, what can I help you with?

// DEGAR

Today was gonna be the day, but they'll never throw it back to you. And by now, you should've somehow realized what you're not to do.

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[aurable]

Hey. [ Drift is a little bit caught off guard by Viveca's friendliness. Even if she was an AI, he had come to think of her as another human, and not immediately being met with suspicion was an odd feeling. ]

There shouldn't be a scheduling conflict. The exact timeframe isn't crucial if it coincides with what most residents consider the 'new year.'

It's called the festival of Lost Light, and a few of us were looking to alter it somewhat to cater to a more human audience. Standard festival entertainment for about a twenty-four, forty-eight-hour cycle. I'm speaking with another orber by the name of Jiang Yanli to get a general idea of what humans expect from a typical new years event.

What I wanted to ask you is there was a way to replicate lanterns. Floating paper and wood ones are self-explanatory, but for the Lost Light, what my species uses are simple floating sphere-shaped lanterns. The technology is simple and easy to replicate. All they need to do is store enough data that an individual can read the name, brief message, and possible photograph or short video when touched. We use them to remember the dead and missing, and they're designed to fade away after forty-eight hours. I'm no engineer, but as I said, they're rudimentary.

I've seen some interest in incorporating this to invite everyone on the station to participate.

[vivecai]

The festival of Lost Light...? That sounds lovely.

[ she pauses, thinking of the mechanics needed for that. ]

If you do this in the simulation room, the lanterns can be simulated there with everything you need. If you want to build them on the station, that's going to require some more planning... but it's doable. I can't provide you with a short video of the person remembered, but I can give you a photograph.

[aurable]

I want everyone to have a moment to pause and reflect. [ He pauses to think ] Especially you.

The simulation room is perfect. I'll ask around, but possibly we could merge this with the Lunar New Year. February would be best. A small celebration of lights and memory is an appropriate observance no matter what the next month brings.

[vivecai]

Hm, you think I need to reflect on something? Though I have to say, a pause sounds nice.

[ there's a wry edge to her tone, there. ]

That's alright, we can arrange that. You may not be back quite to that exact date, depending on how your next mission goes... but not every world has the same calendar, anyway. It'll be sure to be Lunar New Year in some world's calendar when you're back here.