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[notblayde]

Not to add to the increasing load but I've another round of questions for everyone.

First of all, I'm sure everyone's been acquainted with the currency here. Chroma 🌑️ and Demichroma️ 🌓️. The people here seem very fond of the moon! Good taste (everywhere, honestly, LOVE the neon look 💙)

Who here has really gone through this thing? The bracelet they've given us, I mean. It's rather robust, I'm a big fan personally and might be working on a few things already. 🤫

Right - The point! Sorry. What I'm getting to is how many of you have been checking your banks?
Follow up: Rough estimate, how much do you have? Don't share the number, that's terrible security, dear God I'm leveling with you as a cybersecurity expert all I need is whether it's single, double, or triple digits
2nd follow up: Have any of you been doing any kind of work?
3rd, final follow up: Have you noticed when/where your balance goes up?

I'll go 1st: Triple #, no work, I may have a... few working theories

Comments

[takingchances]

Might as well if it'll help us figure out anything.

[They certainly asked enough of them when she first arrived.]

[notblayde]

Were you in personal contact with anyone since arriving?

[takingchances]

Yes. Several times. I helped out when people were trapped in the vines, shook some hands too. And danced at one point.

... Is this connected to how touching others seems to be an energy boost? It seemed like the easiest way to help people out after the vines was to hug them. I passed quite a few of those out to locals.

[notblayde]

Yes! Ithink it's directly connected, in fact!

God it's nice to find another clever mind able to put the pieces together. Given the boosts, the emphasis the locals have put on physical connections, the theme of the festival (granted, it IS the only one we've seen so far) the invasive nature of the questioning, their choice of literature...

[takingchances]

EXACTLY.

[Pardon her all caps but she's been chewing on this for days trying to figure out just how everything is connected up.]

I knew there had to be some reason for all of the emphasis. I mean, they passed out lipgloss that made people want to kiss you. And the scientists were pretty focused in their questioning.

[So with that bit about Chroma rising and falling, she thinks she's worked this out somewhat.]

So physical contact directly influences how much Chroma you have. If that's the case, is all physical contact equal? Because a hug helped way more than a handshake. And some people were doling out kisses as well.

[notblayde]

[ If anyone understands excited breakthrough caps, it's Matt. ]

The chocolate fountain had a few effects of its own as well, to say nothing of the leading questions of the compatibility game.

That's certainly the next question. Not to seem crude, but experimentation should probably be conducted at some point for consistency.

[takingchances]

[Ah the game. What a pain.]

I completely agree. Even the most basic of trial and error ought to show us how much basic interactions are technically worth. The touch of a finger versus a handshake versus a hug, things like that.

[Speaking of crude though... ah what the cactus, the scientists were blunt and if they're going to figure things out, she's going to have to dive in too.]

As far as anything beyond the basics and dealing with more sexual topics, that would have to be something conducted over time. I'm going to be blunt and forgive me for this but I wouldn't mind seeing a breakdown of those too.

[notblayde]

The first thing we need is volunteers. Given some of the people already here, I really don't think that'll be particularly challenging. The second part might be a bit more difficult to find the right sort of people for but I can already think of a few names. [ To be blunt, one, in particular, comes to mind but that may be a LITTLE on the nose. ]

[takingchances]

I don't mind helping out with the first part. The second... well, you'll probably have more luck with couples.

[For obvious enough reasons.]

[notblayde]

Well, that's part of the problem solved. I don't know if any established couples were brought in, and it seems a little quick for any to have developed.

[takingchances]

Yeah, that's definitely part of the problem. It always is when research broaches those topics though I imagine.

It might be something best shelved for now and looked into later once we've been here for a while. If we're even here that long, of course.

[notblayde]

In extenuating circumstances, people seem to be capable of forming quick bonds. It may not be too long a wait.

[takingchances]

[It's a shame her huff of amused breath doesn't translate well to text.]

Can't argue with you there. The problem is getting anyone to talk about it out loud.

Or type about it.

Maybe anonymous contributions? That's hard to control though - a valuable lesson we've all learned from the internet.

[notblayde]

There are ways to get around the inherent trolling of anonymous submissions - monitoring IPs to prevent duplicate response, discarding obvious jokes... it's not perfect but good enough.

[takingchances]

Do they even have IPs around here?

[notblayde]

There has to be something to differentiate devices, I'd imagine.

[takingchances]

Guess so. I'm not really a technical person when it comes to these things unfortunately.

[She knows the basics of getting around the memory machines. She won't exactly flounder at trying to work most technology but anything in-depth is left to Neil.]

So it's either rely on others or anonymous contributions. I guess I could just do it myself eventually. It would ensure the validity of the data anyhow.