(OPEN) probably the least secret secret meeting, all things considered

[elswhisperer]

WHO: Setsuna F. Seiei (elswhisperer) & you!
WHAT: The code word log!
WHERE: City Hall Park
WHEN: July 12
WARNINGS: N/A


[ Over the course of the past few days, you may have noticed simple, nondescript flyers posted here and there across the city. All handwritten, they list a location (a particular statue in the City Park) along with a time and date (3:00 PM, July 12). Below that, an extremely brief message:

For establishing safe communications.

- moment.

On the day of, you'll find a young man in a red scarf waiting by the named statue. He has with him sheets of blank paper, pens, and pencils. ]

My name is Setsuna F. Seiei. 'Moment' from the network. The purpose of this meeting is creating a way to safely disseminate information to each other all at once. If one of us found an exit, or determined the identity of our captors, we'd be jeopardizing ourselves by revealing it openly over the network. At the same time, the network is our most efficient method of communication. We need to make the most of all the tools at our disposal.

We can accomplish that with the use of code language. One that's not complicated; that anyone could remember and pass along. What that code is and what we want to communicate with it is something one person can't determine for themselves. That's why I wanted us all to meet.

Without cooperation, we're not gonna get anywhere.

[ ooc: just a couple things! go ahead and mingle/threadhop as you like (especially bc i may not be the fastest tagger rn), and if setsuna has already mentioned to your character that he's been working on something, feel free to assume he left some kind of vague message about checking flyers over the inboxes or smth. ]

Comments

[benedicus]

( who let all these youngin's in?! out here being loud, causing problems, getting on the lawn—

aziraphale lets out a soft sigh. he would like to say that he would prefer never to have to get used to it and he's resisted it up until this point for a reason, but that would be a little uncouth of him. this isn't the place for that. )

Yes, I'm afraid it does.

( then a little friendly laugh. )

I must confess to being more spirited over knowing that it's not just me having troubles.

[indwelt]

[ It's easy to settle into a casual back-and-forth despite the gravity of the topic at hand, and the smile on his face lingers even past his initial answering remark. ]

There's always someone out there going through something similar.

[ Well, usually. At least for small thingsl ike this. ]

Did you not have technology like this where you came from? Or is it simply that you prefer simpler methods of communication?

[ No wrong answer here. ]

[benedicus]

No, no. We have the technology.

( a couple quick swiping gestures of his hand, almost as if trying to dispel thought from his conversation partner's mind. the question itself, however, is rather interesting. fascinating, actually. did he just imply that others come from places with different technology levels?

or was he reading too much into it? )

It's just. . . Well, I suppose you could say that I am a bit old-fashioned. The phone on my wall has worked perfectly fine for the last couple of decades, I never saw fit to change it.

( but it's easy to say this as someone who can shape the reality around them with a thought. )

[indwelt]

[ A fair enough answer, and not one Welt deems worth nosing deeper into. People are varied creatures with their own desires and preferences. It's part of what makes them so unique and so fascinating. ]

Nothing wrong with that. As they say, if it isn't broken, why fix it? [ But, hmm.... ] I can't say I'll be able to make a mounted telephone any time soon [ ah, if only he still had the bulk of his powers ] but if you don't mind traveling a little further back in time, I could leave letters in your mailbox.

[ A penpal who lives a mile or two away at most, but surely it's the thought that counts and not the logistics. He smiles to himself a little ruefully. ]

Though I suppose I'd have to deliver my own letters, in that case.

[benedicus]

( what an incredibly kind offer.

offering to make him a mounted phone? he almost wants to take him up on that offer, but he doesn't want to waste his time with unnecessary work either. there's no telling such a thing would work and then there are probably limited uses for it as well.

still the offer warms him. )

Perhaps not! We have been discussing the idea of creating something of a homebrew postal service.

( because please know about this. he is really stoked for it. )

But if you were looking to be penpals, I could hardly refuse!