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robin buckley. ([personal profile] schlick) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2023-04-16 12:43 pm

@everyone.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

hi everyone. this is robin. robin buckley? what's up? i look like this


also!

what's the situation like on swapping factions? has anyone ever done it before? on the scale of "monkeys can do it" to "basically reinventing space travel" what are we talking about in terms of difficulty? optimism is very appreciated.

over and out!
princessvegas: (021. football team)

[personal profile] princessvegas 2023-04-16 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Swapping factions isn't really a thing. Officially, it only happened once, and I don't think we're about to get another "peace summit" right now for it to happen again.

Which factions?
princessvegas: (125. you got the cure)

[personal profile] princessvegas 2023-04-16 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Thorne to anywhere's hard. Like tryin' to escape from North Korea.

Other than the peace summit? There was when those guys opened the portals initially. The only other way is expensive, illegal, risky, and honestly I don't even know if it's possible anymore.
princessvegas: (046. we are the new americana)

[personal profile] princessvegas 2023-04-16 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The borders all have wards on them, from both sides. You need portals. Untracked portals. Very pricey. Took months and months and a lotta luck to save up the gold.

Also, I don't even know if it's possible anymore. Things have changed in Thorne. There are eyes where there didn't used to be, now.
princessvegas: (170. gimme some more girl)

[personal profile] princessvegas 2023-04-18 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I'm gonna go ahead and guess that the wardens in Thorne have taken extra special care to make sure y'all can't learn how to portal. The rules in Solvunn and here in the Cities ain't exactly as clear cut, but I suspect they wouldn't much like it if we figured it out either.

[ In Solvunn, it would probably be considered subversion of the old gods, warranting exile. In the Cities, she's not sure if there's even a way to learn outside of specialized, highly regulated classes, and defection might very well lead to another attack on the other factions. ]

Based on how few people seem to be able to do it, it seems harder than most things. If it was easy, it wouldn't cost so much on the black market. Hell, even a legit portal ticket between cities runs high.
widows_kiss: serious, curious (A1 009)

Private.

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2023-04-16 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
How imminent are you looking at here?
widows_kiss: serious, curious (A1 017)

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2023-04-16 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there a reason on this end you're in a rush to move, or just reuniting with companions over there?

[ Does she need to stab someone, Robin? ]
widows_kiss: serious, curious (CA2 001)

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2023-04-16 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering most of my friends are everywhere else here? Yes, I know what you mean.

Let me look into it. There's got to be a way to do it and maybe I can call in some favors.
widows_kiss: fond (A1 007)

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2023-04-18 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
We've been separated before, it's not the end of the world. And if any of us were going to be stuck in Thorne, I'm probably the best equipped for it. I'm making it work. Ish.

I can't promise you'll like the answer, but it's at least something I can look into for you. I know there was a large group that fled Thorne back at the beginning, but there were extenuating circumstances, and I'm sure Thorne has closed whatever hole in their security allowed it then. But that doesn't mean it's impossible.

Besides. The information might be useful for me eventually, as well.
widows_kiss: fond, sass (CA2 027)

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2023-04-19 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
That and they're really the worst at politics and playing by anyone's rules except their own.

[ Said with absolute fondness, but Steve's stubbornness is pretty much legendary at this point, Sam never met a rule he couldn't bend or outright break, and Wanda...

Yeah, she's not even touching that one. ]


Which isn't a bad thing. It just wouldn't mesh very well with Thorne's... anything, really.

Don't worry about it. Like I said, I can't make any promises. And with the recent kidnappings, now might be a bit of a struggle to get anyone across any borders, since I suspect they'll be watching us more closely for a while. For our own protection, of course.
[ Or so they'll claim. ] But if there's a way to do it, I'm sure we can find it.

[ She wonders if the Creed brother in charge of trade between Thorne and Solvunn might be someone she could ask about this? She makes a mental note of that, along with the need to reach out to the others to see if they have any ideas. ]
satanicpanics: (pic#16082481)

[personal profile] satanicpanics 2023-04-16 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, more like



trying to make it over here to goat city?
i'm sure we can come up with an illegal smuggling operation
satanicpanics: (pic#15737630)

[personal profile] satanicpanics 2023-04-16 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
oh yeah
you remember the hellfire logo??
that was my doing

i'm thinking more of a trojan goat situation, you know?
offer up giant wooden goat as a gift and use it to get you inside
satanicpanics: (pic#16334700)

[personal profile] satanicpanics 2023-04-18 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ He might have been only half joking...He's been hanging out with Steve for the past seven months. Clearly it's rubbed off on him. ]

oh, i am well aware that it is a brilliant idea.
unfortunately? not sure i know anyone who can throw together a large wooden goat
satanicpanics: (pic#16082481)

[personal profile] satanicpanics 2023-04-19 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
whenever popsicles were invented probably
they really don't teach you the shit that really matters in school, huh?

i'd suggest toothpicks??
but i think that would take longer than you've got
frontlinetitties: (pic#16321362)

[personal profile] frontlinetitties 2023-04-16 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
So are you like, a cat-person or...?
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[personal profile] frontlinetitties 2023-04-17 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn, a cat-person would be pretty rad.
I met a shark-dude just the other day and was hoping to start animal-people bingo, you know?
frontlinetitties: please do not take (pic#15947915)

[personal profile] frontlinetitties 2023-04-19 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanna say he was more shark on top because he had legs.
But it's not like his legs were ordinary human legs stuck on to a shark head either.
He also had KILLER biceps.
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[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-04-16 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴?

theidlemaiden: (pic#16095020)

[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-04-18 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥! 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯.

[ There's a beat before her next message comes through because she just can't help but laugh. ]

𝘖𝘩 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴.
theidlemaiden: (pic#16006946)

[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-04-20 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 - 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦.

𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩?
ordinar: (♛ 037)

[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-17 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, you're planning on ditching me?
[Haha jk, except not jk.]
ordinar: (♛ 014)

[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-18 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
You're pretty much the only other person here who knows what movies are and normal stuff like that.
[Only a slight exaggeration.]
ordinar: (♛ 010)

[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-20 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Admit it, you'd miss me too.
nomnoms: (pic#16297420)

[personal profile] nomnoms 2023-04-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ OH BOY ART ]

Edited (ignore how big that was....) 2023-04-18 18:29 (UTC)
hairington: (135)

[personal profile] hairington 2023-04-19 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
dude
you don't look like that????

but also
we're gonna figure this out
there are portals everywhere, so??? it can't be that hard
Edited 2023-04-19 00:38 (UTC)
hairington: (132)

[personal profile] hairington 2023-04-30 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
sure
lets go with that

i am also pretty sure everyone hasn't broken out of a russian spy base thing
PLUS
i don't even know who all has tried?? so how would they know
vecna: (pic#15832373)

[personal profile] vecna 2023-04-19 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[everyone please stop sending silly things over the mental network, he does not appreciate nonsense in his head

Anyway!]


You're a cat with sunglasses?

And what's wrong with your current location?
itookashot: (8yYfaQy)

[personal profile] itookashot 2023-04-19 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Too bad you didn't have a dramatic public meltdown like I did in Nocwich, they would've had to save face and let you go.

Only happened during the Peace Summit, Thorne doesn't like letting their people go, and no one's managed to use the same magic those rando strangers did to port people out since everyone fled.
Edited 2023-04-19 22:53 (UTC)
blackeyedprince: (the mask i wear)

[personal profile] blackeyedprince 2023-04-19 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
what is space travel?
mobezon: (078 | future dwellings)

private;

[personal profile] mobezon 2023-04-20 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
If you happen to find something new beyond what is being gathered, I'd be interested in the information. Not that you're obligated, from one stranger to another.

Name's Louis. I'm in Solvunn.
{ not to be sus, but sometimes you have to look at all the options. }