[OPEN MINGLE: SEPT 8-16]

[oneandmikleonly]

[So what are you up to as we pass out of the first hectic week of September and into the second? Calm strolls with alien elephants or fast swims with alien sealife? Flashing your sunglasses at crime scenes? Dreaming and building dreams? Waking and building...buildings? There's always a lot to do here, whether it's formal missions or just shenanigans with friends.

Zenning out is fine too!]

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It does, doesn't it? [ eve was still beside herself, in disbelief a little bit because…

wow. she never thought she could be of help like this. she who had seen the world mostly through pictures and holograms and the screen. ] I guess that means I'll need to explore the areas then! The information we have at hand is good and all but there's nothing like firsthand experience to really give someone an idea of something.

[ or, in this case, somewhere. ] I know I've been bothering you so much as it is, thank you so much for putting up with me, but… if you're interested… would you like to explore with me when I go out? Or have a suggestion of where to start?

[highflights]

[ Kara's smile widens. ]

Actually, hold on...

[ She fishes out a piece of paper, a crude map visible on it. There's odd marks and several places where it seems like lines have been erased and redrawn. At the bottom, AMITY ISLAND is written in block letters. ]

My cousin and I found an island recently. It's big, and unmapped. I'd love your help.

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[ eve tilts her head in curiosity, wondering what she'll fish pull out.

and then she sees what it is and admittedly she has no words at first… somewhere completely unknown? she had been thinking of maybe the island with the birddogs or maybe even the base to really cover the place but this is- this is something else entirely.

while she looks a little afraid by the idea of traveling somewhere unknown, the starriness in her eyes at the possibility of it all is undeniable. ]

I would love to help you both! I- I promise to do my best when I'm with you two. [ eve can feel ada sigh but there's no real resistance from her. she knows how much this means to eve now so she'll just have to see where this goes. ] When are you two planning to venture there?

[highflights]

[ Oh, uhm. ]

[ She hadn't planned that far ahead. ]

Soon, probably. We might need to be there a few days, is that okay with you?

[intranslatability]

A few days?

[ there's a significant pause on her end. it looks like she's thinking of the logistics or the idea of it with how she covers her mouth and her brow furrows in concentration.

the reality is that she's sussing out her sister's feelings on the matter since they can't communicate with one another privately.

for her part, ada is apprehensive about the idea of eve exploring some island for days on end if she can't defend her but- she can feel eve's desperation to be of use and some inklings of restlessness so… alright.

she gives way to acceptance and eve jumps on that quickly as she can. ]

I-I'll be fine with that! That works perfectly for me, even. Is there anything I should bring or look out for while we're there?