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Title: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: secretoracle on November 17, 2008, 11:07:27 AM the box was addressed to Sylvia. It had no return address, but the post mark was local. Inside was a mobile phone complete with a charger. It had no entries in the address book, but it did have one text message in the InBox. `It's not paranoia, it's being cautious.` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: cassbackward on November 17, 2008, 12:13:32 PM Quote from: secretoracle on November 17, 2008, 11:07:27 AM `It's not paranoia, it's being cautious.` [I have a cell phone. Sometimes I use it to call people. Sometimes it makes a lot of ringy, demanding noise for no reason I can fathom. So I have a question: when you get a text message, can you automatically reply?] Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: secretoracle on November 17, 2008, 01:23:51 PM [Yes my little telecom-quaker. You can reply to the sender of the message. If they are in your address book then you see the name you have given them. If not it's usually just the number or email address of the sender.] Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: cassbackward on November 17, 2008, 01:34:27 PM Quote from: secretoracle on November 17, 2008, 01:23:51 PM [Yes my little telecom-quaker. You can reply to the sender of the message. If they are in your address book then you see the name you have given them. If not it's usually just the number or email address of the sender.] [Thank you. Someday I'll get myself a Blackberry and catch up to the rest of the world.] Quote `It's not paranoia, it's being cautious.` She licks her teeth and stares at the message, head cocked to one side like a baffled terrier. She thumbs a message into the phone. `Paranoia means assuming nothing. Who are you?` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: secretoracle on November 17, 2008, 03:37:01 PM `I still don't know. But I assume Dave gave you my warning?` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: cassbackward on November 17, 2008, 06:43:24 PM Quote from: secretoracle on November 17, 2008, 03:37:01 PM `I still don't know. But I assume Dave gave you my warning?` Sylvia's guess was wrong, but she's not too disappointed. `Yes. Is there anything I can do to help?` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: secretoracle on November 18, 2008, 07:01:12 AM `Stay as safe as possible.` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: cassbackward on November 18, 2008, 07:03:12 AM Quote from: secretoracle on November 18, 2008, 07:01:12 AM `Stay as safe as possible.` `Am I supposed to worry about something in particular? Are you in any danger?` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: secretoracle on November 18, 2008, 08:38:53 AM `Kung-Fu, worry about Kung-Fu. If I'm in danger I'm blissfully unaware. Also, this technically violates my neutrality policy. So don't pass it on that I'm involved if you can avoid it.` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: cassbackward on November 18, 2008, 08:42:29 AM Quote from: secretoracle on November 18, 2008, 08:38:53 AM `Kung-Fu, worry about Kung-Fu. If I'm in danger I'm blissfully unaware. Also, this technically violates my neutrality policy. So don't pass it on that I'm involved if you can avoid it.` `Your secret is safe with me.` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: secretoracle on November 18, 2008, 10:05:56 AM `That means a great deal to me.` Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: cassbackward on November 18, 2008, 11:39:09 AM Quote from: secretoracle on November 18, 2008, 10:05:56 AM `That means a great deal to me.` And then, because paranoia seems like a pretty good idea, she quests toward him telepathically, not trying to get a reading so much as verifying that it is indeed Logan on the other end of the phone. At least that's what she tells herself. What she really wants is another glimpse of those cathedral windows, the edifice of his thoughts. Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: secretoracle on November 18, 2008, 01:25:04 PM The placid depths are easy to find. And they feel like you could almost ice skate on them. He's sitting in the park, not terribly far from his house. Feeding squirrels and texting back and forth with Sylvia. The reflections of a hundred thoughts shimmer across his mind, some mundane and some with a complexity that is staggering. And there is a disquiet. A singularity that draws at his thoughts, a need to make a decision. To take action if something doesn't work out the way it ..... should?. the problem perplexes him, and annoys him. Title: Re: chapter 50-3 Sylvia and her new cell phone plan. Post by: cassbackward on November 18, 2008, 04:00:05 PM Quote from: secretoracle on November 18, 2008, 01:25:04 PM The placid depths are easy to find. And they feel like you could almost ice skate on them. He's sitting in the park, not terribly far from his house. Feeding squirrels and texting back and forth with Sylvia. The reflections of a hundred thoughts shimmer across his mind, some mundane and some with a complexity that is staggering. And there is a disquiet. A singularity that draws at his thoughts, a need to make a decision. To take action if something doesn't work out the way it ..... should?. the problem perplexes him, and annoys him. Reassured, she withdraws and begins to think about what he's said. Kung fu? What the heck? She should probably find someone to help her with this, but she can imagine Colin and Donnie scratching their heads and coming up with nothing but empty supposition. She needs someone with a peculiar talent for connecting bits of nonsense together into something that barely, but sufficiently, does make sense. She'll talk to Sarah when she sees her in the morning. Powered by SMF 1.1.4 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC