FROM: @WEHFRIED || TO: @ALL (backdated like hell, aka before spiderland)

[gerechtigkeit]

Before Gallipoli, it was discussed that we should come up with aliases to call each other, and have backstories to speak of while there was downtime in the war. At the time, we knew the Regency was there, but they wouldn't be so visible. It was enough to not be asked too much by the natives of the time, and allowed us the conditions we needed to blend in as a unit of reinforcements that was beached at the wrong location.

The situation may be different here, but I'd suggest we come up with different aliases from before, considering we'll be facing the Regency out in the open. Using your actual name isn't suggested- it could cause problems and endanger the rest of this cell if you do so. Try to pick something you'll remember easily enough.

Feel free to suggest names and ideas for yourselves, or help others. The BCE has a list of them you can pick from. The sooner we can compile a list, the easier it will make it for all of us to recall while in the middle of the mission.

[Boy, talking like this is a reminder of speaking with soldiers before battles. That was a long time ago, and he's getting back into the hang of it. Also, guess who's bad at suggesting names? THIS GUY. Thankfully, the BCE has a posh name generator that can be found here.]

Comments

[omniavincit]

Not so hard that you couldn't find me.

Yes, it is. A book about a spider—it's a tiny bit of a joke. And good luck, I hope.

[thoughtimight]

I'm not going to lose you to any ridiculous name.

A book about a spider? It's the main character?

[omniavincit]

I couldn't figure yours out. I still can't figure yours out.

It's a children's book. The spider spins messages in her web, trying to save the life of a pig. It's been a long time since I've read it.

[thoughtimight]

I don't much care for it.

She talks to the pig? That's a strange friendship.

[omniavincit]

We could always ask them to change it.

Surely stranger things have happened.

[thoughtimight]

I'm not sure we're here to be accommodated.

Do the animals mean anything? Like a symbol for something?

[omniavincit]

You're already talking like a soldier.

Like in a fable, you mean? Not really, not like that. The spider's wise and the pig is innocent, and they both learn to come to terms with death.

Why do you ask?

[thoughtimight]

I'd like to read this book. Maybe we will find a copy.

We're strange friends in a way too, aren't we?

[omniavincit]

I'd like to know what you make of it. BASE has a library.

Strange in a way that doesn't feel strange at all.

[thoughtimight]

Would you come to the library with me when we get back?

[omniavincit]

Of course.

I'd love to.

[thoughtimight]

Then it's a promise.

Don't forget.