let's make a plan of attack

[airlockedmods]

[The Spitter account has been quiet for a few weeks, after the cameras were removed from the Temerity. The password was changed so that the crew of the Temerity couldn't get into the official account, but there was nothing stopping them from making their own.

Whether they have their own account or just scroll through it in their free time, however, #Airlocked! has been trending all week on social media and it all comes from the Airtalked spitter account which has been spitting vague words all week.

Today, there's a new spit on the account, along with a respit of a thread from what looks like a highly popular fan spitter:]

Got the clues? Join me this weekend for Airlocked! fun and games, and a chance to get YOUR message featured in the SPECIAL BONUS CONTENT!

[The image attached to the first spit in the thread is some kind of map with a variety of planet-sized buildings all with space-themed names like the Tropicancer, Halley's, the Monte Starlo, Treasure Planet, and the Milkyway Bay hotel.]

As if that wasn't enough, participating will also enter you to win a prize of 50,000 credits!! #VQCC

So get your clue-finding hats on and get ready for a mystery that YOU get to solve, and get excited for Season 3 coming soon! WOO!

And a BIG shout out to @Airtalked for giving me the honor of letting me run this event!! THANK YOU GUYS

[You have a fist full of spitter, a tank full of fuel, and a map full of stupid space puns. What's the plan, Temerity?]

Comments

[kingshaming]

Well, since we have a heading, I suggest we divide into teams to try and find the next clues. Two should be enough, I think?

[stitch_in_time]

Splitting up more than that could be a risk, yeah. We should have at least one person familiar with tech and modern culture on each team, as well.

[kingshaming]

Agreed. That way no one ends up utterly lost and confused.

[ratherdoweddings]

Right, and someone who's good with finding things!

[Like evidence.]

[cyan_maid]

Two teams...yes, that should be good. If worse comes to worse, we could have one team go to that, erm, weird convention thingie and see if there might be any clues there, while the other scouts out locations.

[But how will they keep in contact...]

[kingshaming]

Good idea. We should at least set a time limit and a meeting place though.

[cyan_maid]

But where could we meet? Sure, there's a map, but none of us knows what's what out in this quadrant.

[kingshaming]

Back at the ship perhaps? I wish we had some way to communicate directly.

[He jabs at the dead PIP in annoyance]

[cyan_maid]

[Not like they did anything useful for them when they DID work.]

Okay. That's as good a meeting place as ever. So then...the question is, who goes where? I'm sure no matter what, whoever's going to that convention is going to get bothered a whole lot, whether or not they're properly recognized. But if it's really a big deal, I'll bet that some important people in charge of running this show might be there.

[I mean she's not saying assassinate Kip or EP but she is insinuating undercover espionage in plain sight.]

[stitch_in_time]

[Deepest sigh of all.]

...I'll take the con. People're a good source of information, even if they're annoying as all hell, and that's what we need right now.

[He is already regretting this.]

[ratherdoweddings]

Me too! We ran one right on the ship once, it can't be that different!

[imnotfat]

I'll go to the convention as well. I don't expect any of us will be able to reach the people in charge, but we must try.

[And Togami still needs to give them all a piece of his mind]

[cyan_maid]

...Then I'm going clue-hunting. For both our sakes, it's better if we keep ourselves apart.

[They could get roped into a photoshoot, Togami. They can't pair up at a con, for their own sanity. Alas.]

[kingshaming]

I will go with you then. If we have to get into strange places to find clues best I be there to do any climbing or lifting.

[cyan_maid]

[There is a small internal sigh of relief. She really doesn't want to be alone on a casino pirate planet.]

You can do other stuff to, you know - like observe things! Or help fight off people who might think we're in costume and assume that means we consent to whatever they want of us!

[kingshaming]

Of course... I wonder if I should take Siegfried though...

[His sword would be good for scaring people off but also he could get trigger happy, so to speak]

[cyan_maid]

I...don't think you can conceal it as easily as I can conceal my knife. Unless we can find a few spare sylladex outside of my world, you're going to stand out a lot with an actual magic sword.

[refusedtoleave]

[Natsuhi shuffles for a moment. What to do? What can she do?]

I'm not fond of crowds... Would I be able to assist you two?

[cyan_maid]

Of course! If you're up to it, we'd be happy to have your help.

[Either that or stay in the ship, you gotta do what's comfortable for you Natsuhi.]

[kingshaming]

Indeed. The more heads we have working together the better.

[stitch_in_time]

Back at the ship'd be the best bet for now, we'll all know where that is.

And hell, maybe we'll get lucky and there'll be someplace selling- I don't know, walkie talkies or burner phones. This place looks to be literally the size of a planet, they've got to have some kind of communication infrastructure that's not just Spitter.

[refusedtoleave]

Maybe there's a landmark, something that we can easily see. If we can leave the ship near something like that then we should be able to get back.

[unhappylittletrees]

I'll take team clue-hunting I guess.

[He's not entirely happy about being on a team with Xander but the alternative sounds like it has potential to be a lot worse for his mental health. And they have Jane on their team, Jane is the best buffer he could ask for.]

[cyan_maid]

[It's either deal with Xander or deal with untold amounts of aliens. This is the lesser of two evils.]

[unhappylittletrees]

[He would take Xander over a single alien fan to be perfectly honest.]