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(the boy and his vlogger knack are back, and this time, the stem club room is not half as empty as it used to be. he turns the video on, a little chuckle escaping him as he casually walks up a wall, until he's upside-down standing on the ceiling.)

Hello, Aldrip! I, uh, meant to totally do this a little while ago, but you know how it is, right? Totally crazy, super insane, this whole Gnosia thing that went down! Unbelievable, right? I'm still figuring things out in this place, and it seems like it's things that just happen sometimes? First that staircase that never ended, and now this, I'm not sure what to expect-- oh, right, anyway, so! This is the STEM Club - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics!

(introductions for each of the stem members roll out, and can be found in the comments.)

Well, Aldrip, we have several projects ongoing here, all very science-y, so - we can definitely use all the help we can get, so if you wanna give us something new to make, or help us, well, come meet us at the Clubs building, go straight, then straight, more straight, then left, then... Then it's right, and you'll see a laboratory. It's us, okay? Knock and we will be with you.

Uh, we're out!

[ ooc: Characters who have had significant interaction with Jim Kirk, Spock, Gwen Stacy, or Peter Parker, or who interacted with the Dark Web Player Plot may consider themselves already in possession of a Dark Web communicator. Today, it lights up for the first time with an incoming message. ]

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ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION
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>> Hi all, Jim Kirk and the STEM crew here. We've got a lead we're chasing on the current state of things in Aldrip, and we could use some hands.

>> Consider this the call to action we've all been waiting for. If you're interested, find us at the STEM open house.

>> I can't promise it won't be dangerous, but if we work together I know we can nail these bastards.

>> Kirk out.>> COMMUNICATION WILL WIPE IN 60 SECONDS

[ ooc: Upcoming STEM player plot information can be found here. ]

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(each of them get their own introductions by yours truly.)

That's mister Jim. You have to call him mister, and remind him he's 64 at any given time, okay? Mister Jim, say hi to the camera! I know he doesn't look that old, but trust me. Just trust me.

Uh, that's Mister Spock, our Vulcan. He's from outer space! Which, well, some of you are, too? Anyway, he just looks like that, I think he's hiding that he's soft on the inside.

Thiiiiiis is my wonderful girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, D&D Queen, drummer, chemistry goddess.

THIS IS OUR GREEN MISS-- Shoot, also from outer space, that's miss Tendi, and she's super cool.

This is Marco, he's from the 90's, so should he be a mister? Vote in the comments.

(what comments)

I'm getting out the bug spray. [ Peter gets a rubber band launched directly at the camera lens for his efforts, and hey, Jim is actually a pretty decent shot with that thing. ] Keep calling me mister and I'm going to have to start calling you junior.

(the 'hehehe' that escapes him.)

Hey, doesn't bug me nearly half as much as mister does you! Hey, how about-- How about señor?

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I was not aware I was a commodity to be divided amongst our cohort, [ he says, nearly as dry as the sands of Vulcan itself. He doesn't look up, but the brow twitches up at a degree that most would now recognize as: vaguely, but perhaps fondly, exasperated by largely Human nonsense.

Also, if he's handing a neat box of paperclips over to Jim to use as further ammunition once he has expended one of his last remaining rubber bands in 4k without any sort of communication whatsoever? Nuh-uh. ]

Ah, the Orion, yes?

How fares your studies? Have you yet determined why hyur seem so favored by this star?

Girlfriend.

[There are important affairs to be determined here, especially after the announcement through their off-network communicators. Something dangerous, but urgent.

But hey Vincent's gotta focus on the important part here.]

[She snorts.] Green miss? Really? I mean-- I guess it's accurate? ...okay, altogether not the absolute worst thing, actually.

OH, but-- wow. "Outer space!" That's so retro! I never got that anyway, actually. Like, what, as opposed to inner space...? [She seems to be, uh, laughing at her own joke. Anyway.] Wait, I'm supposed to-- right! Hi everyone! My specialty is mostly in genetics, a little bit of engineering, programming-- oh, and medical! Nice to...meet you? [She looks offscreen.] Is that it? I mean, I don't know what else I'm supposed to say-- it's not like I'm looking at anyone right now, so--

[Wisely, the video ends there, cutting off whatever rambling she has left to do.]

Oh! It's you! [That not-at-all weird guy whose name she absolutely for sure definitely remembers, it was Fandango right? Fandono? Flanders...?? --wait,] Fandaniel!

[Nailed that one.]

I haven't quite worked out all the secrets this place has to offer, but I'm definitely working on it! What about you? Any idea why this world brought in those giant adorable birds from your world?

I have not solved the Chocobo mystery, what with all the murder of late.

[A bemused giggle.]

But I have not been idle either. My attention has been drawn to the unreality of our... well, reality. The very laws of physics seem to no longer function as they should.

[He resists the urge to add "and it's not even my fault this time".]

'Tis strange, no? Why, just yesterday I went for a walk and very nearly fainted from the heat and froze to death at once! I suppose I should be grateful I am not more vulnerable to exposure.

You are asking for it -

[ Another expertly flicked projectile, this time a paperclip from Spock's secreted stash, Jim glowering at Peter just off camera. ] I'm 28! I'm not even old enough to be your dad!

[A grimace.] Yeah. Okay, that's fair. It's been a lot.

[But he's right, and Tendi nods to show her agreement.]

... There was a time last month where I was just-- not myself. Like I was some other version of me who made different choices in life. It was...weird. I figured it might be an isolated incident, but considering all of these changes, I'm starting to think otherwise. Maybe the weather stuff is connected to things like that.

I had a similar experience not long after my arrival. Certain memories came to the surface, others faded. It was as if I had lived a life that wasn't my own.

[Not something he'd normally admit, but he's heard enough stories now to know that he was not the only one to lose or shift memories around.]

How much of that is this star and how much was the Gnosia I cannot say. Unless those were connected incidents as well.

Heh!

So many mysteries to solve...

Have you heard the theory that we are trapped within some manner of simulation?

sooooo there's a nerd club and you're... making what, exactly? 

[ So, that's what STEM stands for... He had seen it around here and there, yes, but hadn't been able to decipher the acronym. ]

Well met, Peter. I admit I know nothing of modern Science, but I am willing to learn! And what better way than by hands-on experiences?

Are you one of these people who come from a place without any tech?! Sweet, I don't even know how you do it, man. We'll teach you everything!

You gotta meet us three times before you get 'nerd' rights, man.

We make a lot of stuff. Fuel, components, equipment, etc.

... Yeah. Girlfriend.

Teeeechnically.

(he's JUST saying, just saying, through his boyish laughter.)

Come on, I'm joking, just joking.

I mean, you're very green, miss Tendi...

But you're doing great, yeah, that's about it! And hey, you are technically looking at me--

Yeah, you got jokes. [ Jim's glad he shoved an entire fistful of those damned condoms into Peter's backpack earlier, HE REGRETS NOTHING. ] Regular comedian over here.

Do you hear that, Aldrip? Come to STEM, you too can be subject to Peter's jokes -

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