MBONE .. 001 - AFTER EVENING HARMONY LIGHTS

[chemveil]

Fucking fuck The Harmony Lights contained an encoded message tonight. There's a planned Sterilization event in Xitang, China tomorrow (29 Jan) at 1600. It's so fu

Guess we should get to work. Battle stations, etc.

Comments

dominiko.

[loculus]

[...] You did one?

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

Don't sound so surprised.

dominiko.

[loculus]

Don't confuse surprise with academic intrigue.

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

Purely academic?

dominiko.

[loculus]

How familiar are you with ethnography?

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

Not v Only vaguely.

dominiko.

[loculus]

I dated an anthropology student when I was in university. He spoke at agonizing length about one of their research methods where the ethnographer embeds himself within the people he's studying. He remains an outsider in most senses, willing to partake in most customs and rituals, but always observing with a keen and eager eye, noting every detail he's able like it's the key to some significant mystery.

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

Ah. And this, I assume, is the source of your curiosity about my Calvin Klein photoshoot?

dominiko.

[loculus]

More or less; I had a taste of the ethnographer but never the ethnography.

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

You're full of it, Domingo.

dominiko.

[loculus]

Barely.

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

We can discuss the real reason you might want such a photograph after I'm done working Command.

dominiko.

[loculus]

We will. In the meantime, please inform your colleagues I will play neither barista nor courier.

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

Pity. I already had a line ready about being short on cash, but having another way to offer you a tip.

dominiko.

[loculus]

Please read it again: your colleagues. I said nothing about my favourite customers.

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

Then I'll take mine black, no sugar. And if it's up to my standards, I'll make it worth your while.

dominiko.

[loculus]

If the Mess's motor oil is up to your standards? Fine, I don't mind a challenge.