surprise.chat

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author: ArchSys
dateCreated: 516-08-17
dateRecovered: 524-12-23
length: 512
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• [c.vadnais] Honey, do you know who Tess is?
• [informationExcavation] drew's friend?
• [c.vadnais] Yea, that one. Who are they?
• [informationExcavation] Drew's friend?
• [c.vadnais] This is my issue.
• [c.vadnais] Any time I ask anyone, that's always the answer.
• [c.vadnais] Our town is what, 3,000 people? And nobody's ever heard of this kid, other than that they're "Drew's friend."
• [c.vadnais] Hell, I searched the intranet for any instances of "Tess" and related names, and all I got was neck pain and invited to volunteer weekends at the datacenter.
• [informationExcavation] is this why you started asking abt my filtering techniques?
• [informationExcavation] I thought you maybe wanted to try infoarcheology :'(
• [c.vadnais] You wanna get elbow deep in fertilizer? We could do a swap.
• [informationExcavation] So about your search
• [c.vadnais] That's what I thought <3
• [informationExcavation] is there a reason you're going all CIA on our son?
• [c.vadnais] You know I don't know what that means.
• [informationExcavation] nevermind, just. him having a little independence is fine!
• [c.vadnais] He's not exactly cloistered. He went solo-diving in the tunnels last week.
• [informationExcavation] tbh Ive been really curious about tess also, especially after he called them ghostie, but if he wants to keep his secrets, thats up to him
• [c.vadnais] Called them what?
• [c.vadnais] I'm fine with independence, but a "mystery friend" that nobody knows ANYTHING about is unacceptable.
• [c.vadnais] Especially not when they're called "ghostie."
• [informationExcavation] i interpreted it as more affectionate than spooky
• [c.vadnais] And that's better?
• [informationExcavation] Why don't we just ask him?
• [c.vadnais] I did. He told me they made him promise not to talk about them.
• [c.vadnais] Sorry, he said "it made me promise not to talk about it."
• [c.vadnais] ???
• [informationExcavation] just sounds like it uses it?
• [informationExcavation] new name, maybe it feels unseen like a ghost, doesnt wanna be outed. seems like he's become a confidant to someone figuring itself out.
• [c.vadnais] Sure, but that still doesn't fit?
• [c.vadnais] Remember when the intranet went down and he was still messaging it?
• [c.vadnais] What's up with that, is it living in our walls?
• [root] i mean they were my walls first.
• [c.vadnais] Very funny,
• [informationExcavation] what
• [c.vadnais] infoarcheology got here TWO DAYS before bio
• [informationExcavation] that wasn't me
• [c.vadnais] What?
• [informationExcavation] Cher that wasn't me.
• [informationExcavation] meet me in the dining cabin right now, please
• [little-dr.] guys its fine
• [informationExcavation] THIS IS A PRIVATE CHANNEL
• [informationExcavation] HOW LONG??
• [root] I thought you said they'd take it well?
• [c.vadnais] Drew, you're grounded. Superlatively.
• [c.vadnais] @root Hi mystery hacker, who are you and what do you want with Drew.
• [root] for the record, drew wanted to tell you immediately, he only didnt cause I made him promise
• [root] And hi Cheriss, its nice to finally, officially, meet you. My name is Testudo (I think?), what I want with Drew is to continue serving as his chief editor, and yes, I have been living in "your" walls.

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