fourth. text.

[torrefied]

In the interest of having it completed some time this century, I'm taking over the project to create a guide document for new arrivals.

[And he's starting it from scratch, no thanks to Chris.]

If you can tear yourselves away from telling ghost stories long enough to reply, I'm interested to know what information you found most helpful when you first arrived, as well as what you would have liked to know sooner rather than later.

Comments

[torrefied]

I guess setting up a soup kitchen isn't the worst idea I've ever heard. I'm sure there are plenty of people here who aren't well-equipped to fend for themselves who would appreciate that sort of thing.

[Near being the first one to come to his mind.]

[zen_en_vert]

Exactly. It would be good to find a way to pull together so those kinds of people don't have to fend exclusively for themselves- especially if they don't know anyone else around.

[torrefied]

Well, if it ends up being a thing, eventually, I can add it to the guide.

[zen_en_vert]

You're bright and mathematically inclined, aren't you?

Could you do them a favour and help put together some estimates on population size and the volume of food they need to produce?

[torrefied]

[... Well played, Bruce.]

Well, yeah, since you mention it, I guess I could do that. Do we have any solid data on what the population size here actually is? My own estimate is wildly inexact.

[zen_en_vert]

I've been trying to build one but can't come up with an effective measure. The best thing to do might be check the network; there isn't that much content up yet, but everyone seems to have logged in at one point or another.

[torrefied]

I guess there's also the user directories on the phones to consider. That wouldn't be a perfect method either, since it's dependent on people setting theirs up for the first time, and there's no guarantee everyone who's here has done so, but that's probably the best metric for measurement.

[He's a little irritated with himself that he hadn't considered it until now, actually.]

[zen_en_vert]

We should start tracking the number of people who come out of the colosseum exits monthly, see if we can track a pattern.

[torrefied]

Has anyone definitively narrowed down the arrival days? I know I've heard that it seems to happen around once a month, but I hadn't heard anything more specific than that.

[zen_en_vert]

Yes. I can tell you exactly when the next wave is due. It's on the same date every month. We don't know what that date is, but we're in August, so thirty one days after the last one.

lightly threadjacks

[dedikated]

( her voice comes from the ward, not obscured by the sounds of changing bedsheets as she points out: ) You're in August. ( she is reasonably sure it hasn't been a year for her yet. )

[zen_en_vert]

We're in August. The first month was a wash, because the day/night cycle hadn't stabilized yet, and even though things were more regular we'll disregard the second to eliminate it as a possible source of error, but if you look at the number of days between the third wave and the fourth, that was thirty one, then again, thirty one, twenty eight, thirty one, thirty, thirty one, then thirty, thirty one. The twenty eight is the dead give away. We don't know what day of the month it is, but we know it's August.

More evidence- the second and third month we had snow and we were attacked by yetis.

hops back in here

[torrefied]

You're taking a Gregorian calendar view, of course. Are you sure the gods keep the same sort of time?

[zen_en_vert]

If it were random, what would the odds be of seeing that exact sequence? Coupled with the approximately matching seasons.

It's a question of hearing hoofbeats.

[torrefied]

There are multiple animals with hooves. I'm not saying it's not possible, I'm just hesitant to draw a conclusion without more evidence.

[zen_en_vert]

I think we'll have proof positive come Halloween.

[torrefied]

What's special about Halloween?

[zen_en_vert]

If I know Fear, he won't be able to resist it, that's what.

[torrefied]

That seems a little hackneyed, even for him.

[zen_en_vert]

I'm going to stick with my gut on this one.

[torrefied]

Well, that doesn't mean I don't believe it's possible.

[zen_en_vert]

Well, I've got to get back to work, but let me know how the estimates go.

[torrefied]

Sure.

[dedikated]

Should have told Fear that. ( she mutters it quietly enough that it probably won't be heard over the snap of sheets as she shakes them out. fucking early halloween, seriously? working in this place by flickering torch and candlelight was a nightmare.

more loudly: )

How'd you figure that out? ( because trying to think of it is giving her a headache. so far, kate's been working off the door opening as a 'beginning' of the month.

more importantly, does she have to re-schedule her important dates or... )