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{{Infobox_episode|title = Second Street Drifting |episode_number = 07|release_date = August 11, 2017|length = 83 min|previous_episode = "[[We Want You To Come Home]]"|next_episode = "[[We are the River, And it is the Sea]]"|episode_page = https://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-07-second-street-drifting |transcript = https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QeA5wmSE1ADw_kGPwWDe9c8_9mOmShymCpSqO4xoFkc/ |color_theme=tm}} | |||
== | ==Episode description== | ||
<blockquote>Following a distress call from the Vice-Warden of [[Contrition's Figure]], [[Seance|Seance's]] correctional facility, the [[Beloved Dust]] prepare to enter the building under special circumstances. The gunslinger [[Fourteen Fifteen]] checks in with an old friend at The Signal*, and manages to only talk of work, while the [[Excerpt]] [[⸢Signet⸣]] spends time thinking of a past so different from, and yet so close to, the present. [[Tender Sky]], an architect utterly familiar with [[The Mesh]], considers herself ready for what awaits inside the digital environments of Contrition's Figure. But these are strange times. Something has changed in the facility and, worse, perhaps the Beloved Dust aren't the only people interested. | |||
These people, these people,<br> | These people, these people,<br> | ||
They’re people, first | They’re people, first | ||
=== | '''This week on Twilight Mirage: Second Street Drifting''' | ||
{{Quote|Dispatch 93A. | |||
''[[The Living Library of Memorious]] // VOLUME 147χ: The Signal''<br> | |||
''Publications: Print: Seance: The Signal''<br> | |||
''Founded in PM 0079 by former explorer Expectancy Saint-Argent, The Signal survived two journalistic crises while establishing itself as a primary source of news for many citizens of Seance and the wider fleet. The paper saw dark times during each, but, steered by the infamously pugnacious Saint-Argent, redoubled in strength each time. Much of its initial editorial team, Saint-Argent included, were not, in fact, residents of Seance, having been born on The Sky Reflected in Mirrors. "It's quite simple," the founder was oft quoted saying. "Growing up in a city where, so often, one is kept in the dark, a child will develop a pertinent sense for the truth."''</blockquote> | |||
==Contents== | |||
===Opening=== | |||
{{Quote|<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Demani Dusk|Primary]]<nowiki>] Dispatch 93A.</nowiki> | |||
I'll tell you one thing, [[Satellite]]. Even now, even with so many of the [[Divines]] gone, the [[Divine Fleet|Fleet]] is really good at knowing how to take care of its own. So much of what they do is about understanding what people need and how to get it to them. But I have my doubts, Satellite, if they're any good at understanding people outside of the Fleet. | I'll tell you one thing, [[Satellite]]. Even now, even with so many of the [[Divines]] gone, the [[Divine Fleet|Fleet]] is really good at knowing how to take care of its own. So much of what they do is about understanding what people need and how to get it to them. But I have my doubts, Satellite, if they're any good at understanding people outside of the Fleet. | ||
The Assemblage has this book, ''Overcoming the Problem of Other Minds''. It's… kind of a slog, all about knowledge and selfhood and all of that. The first half is an epistemology textbook meets holy tract, but the second part, it turns, and suddenly it becomes a story, a sort of longform fable. It's about this Divine, or a stand-in for one, anyway, who can't convince someone of his divinity. He tries over and over again to display his power, his knowledge, his technological superiority. But the would-be convert just shrugs. | The [[Assemblage]] has this book, ''Overcoming the Problem of Other Minds''. It's… kind of a slog, all about knowledge and selfhood and all of that. The first half is an epistemology textbook meets holy tract, but the second part, it turns, and suddenly it becomes a story, a sort of longform fable. It's about this [[Divine]], or a stand-in for one, anyway, who can't convince someone of his divinity. He tries over and over again to display his power, his knowledge, his technological superiority. But the would-be convert just shrugs. | ||
The lesson, as the Fleet teaches it, is that there are people that you cannot teach, many who do not or will not understand. But they don't know what we do, do they, Satellite? | The lesson, as the Fleet teaches it, is that there are people that you cannot teach, many who do not or will not understand. But they don't know what we do, do they, Satellite? | ||
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We know that when someone shrugs at a display of power, at a display of knowledge, at a display of technological superiority, it is not because they do not understand. It is because they are not impressed.}} | We know that when someone shrugs at a display of power, at a display of knowledge, at a display of technological superiority, it is not because they do not understand. It is because they are not impressed.}} | ||
== Plot | ===Plot=== | ||
{{ | {{No plot}} | ||
=== Poem === | ===Poem=== | ||
{{Quote|In my dreams I've curved this place<br /> | |||
Flat boulevard from funicular<br /> | |||
Flat boulevard from funicular | An overhang in the sidewalk patio<br /> | ||
An overhang in the sidewalk patio | Burnt coffee and barbecue and tilted strings<br /> | ||
Burnt coffee and barbecue and tilted strings | And scaffolding and the inconsistent shoulder rubbing of people<br /> | ||
And scaffolding and the inconsistent shoulder rubbing of people | |||
Second street drifting | Second street drifting | ||
In my dreams I've curled this place | In my dreams I've curled this place<br /> | ||
Around me sitting still on a bench | Around me sitting still on a bench<br /> | ||
While many fill the streets | While many fill the streets<br /> | ||
With chatter, swilling drinks | With chatter, swilling drinks<br /> | ||
Dancing in the blush of starlight ink | Dancing in the blush of starlight ink<br /> | ||
Who do not know how close they are to the one | Who do not know how close they are to the one<br /> | ||
Who left them drifting | Who left them drifting | ||
In my dreams I've curbed this place | In my dreams I've curbed this place<br /> | ||
The | The [[The Divine Fleet#The By-and-By|By-and-By]] and by and by<br /> | ||
I cruised from temple top to agitprop pinnacle | I cruised from temple top to agitprop pinnacle<br /> | ||
A stop at each divine: | A stop at each divine:<br /> | ||
Retired to statue, retired to shape | Retired to statue, retired to shape<br /> | ||
Retired to tired symbol of then | Retired to tired symbol of then<br /> | ||
To when these people, this fleet | To when these people, this fleet<br /> | ||
These targets, these echoes of deceit | These targets, these echoes of deceit<br /> | ||
These simple, happy, joyous folk | These simple, happy, joyous folk<br /> | ||
These people, these people | These people, these people<br /> | ||
They're people, first | They're people, first<br /> | ||
Til then, the long days before I came | Til then, the long days before I came<br /> | ||
When they could just be drifting</ | When they could just be drifting|author=[[Declan's Corrective]]<ref group="note">This poem is a transcription taken from the episode; as such, punctuation and line/stanza breaks may be incorrect.</ref>}} | ||
== Cast == | ==Cast== | ||
* [[Austin Walker]] (GM) | *[[Austin Walker]] (GM) | ||
* [[Ali Acampora]] ([[Tender Sky]]) | *[[Ali Acampora]] ([[Tender Sky]]) | ||
* [[Janine Hawkins]] ([[⸢Signet⸣]]) | *[[Janine Hawkins]] ([[⸢Signet⸣]]) | ||
* [[Jack de Quidt]] ([[Fourteen Fifteen]]) | *[[Jack de Quidt]] ([[Fourteen Fifteen]]) | ||
== Notes == | ==Notes== | ||
{{Reflist|group = note}} | {{Reflist|group = note}} | ||
{{Twilight Mirage episodes}} | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Twilight Mirage episodes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:31, 19 December 2023
Episode description[edit | edit source]
Following a distress call from the Vice-Warden of Contrition's Figure, Seance's correctional facility, the Beloved Dust prepare to enter the building under special circumstances. The gunslinger Fourteen Fifteen checks in with an old friend at The Signal*, and manages to only talk of work, while the Excerpt ⸢Signet⸣ spends time thinking of a past so different from, and yet so close to, the present. Tender Sky, an architect utterly familiar with The Mesh, considers herself ready for what awaits inside the digital environments of Contrition's Figure. But these are strange times. Something has changed in the facility and, worse, perhaps the Beloved Dust aren't the only people interested.
These people, these people,
They’re people, firstThis week on Twilight Mirage: Second Street Drifting
The Living Library of Memorious // VOLUME 147χ: The Signal
Publications: Print: Seance: The Signal
Founded in PM 0079 by former explorer Expectancy Saint-Argent, The Signal survived two journalistic crises while establishing itself as a primary source of news for many citizens of Seance and the wider fleet. The paper saw dark times during each, but, steered by the infamously pugnacious Saint-Argent, redoubled in strength each time. Much of its initial editorial team, Saint-Argent included, were not, in fact, residents of Seance, having been born on The Sky Reflected in Mirrors. "It's quite simple," the founder was oft quoted saying. "Growing up in a city where, so often, one is kept in the dark, a child will develop a pertinent sense for the truth."
Contents[edit | edit source]
Opening[edit | edit source]
“
[Primary] Dispatch 93A.
I'll tell you one thing, Satellite. Even now, even with so many of the Divines gone, the Fleet is really good at knowing how to take care of its own. So much of what they do is about understanding what people need and how to get it to them. But I have my doubts, Satellite, if they're any good at understanding people outside of the Fleet.
The Assemblage has this book, Overcoming the Problem of Other Minds. It's… kind of a slog, all about knowledge and selfhood and all of that. The first half is an epistemology textbook meets holy tract, but the second part, it turns, and suddenly it becomes a story, a sort of longform fable. It's about this Divine, or a stand-in for one, anyway, who can't convince someone of his divinity. He tries over and over again to display his power, his knowledge, his technological superiority. But the would-be convert just shrugs.
The lesson, as the Fleet teaches it, is that there are people that you cannot teach, many who do not or will not understand. But they don't know what we do, do they, Satellite?
We know that when someone shrugs at a display of power, at a display of knowledge, at a display of technological superiority, it is not because they do not understand. It is because they are not impressed.”
Plot[edit | edit source]
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Poem[edit | edit source]
“
In my dreams I've curved this place
Flat boulevard from funicular
An overhang in the sidewalk patio
Burnt coffee and barbecue and tilted strings
And scaffolding and the inconsistent shoulder rubbing of people
Second street drifting
In my dreams I've curled this place
Around me sitting still on a bench
While many fill the streets
With chatter, swilling drinks
Dancing in the blush of starlight ink
Who do not know how close they are to the one
Who left them drifting
In my dreams I've curbed this place
The By-and-By and by and by
I cruised from temple top to agitprop pinnacle
A stop at each divine:
Retired to statue, retired to shape
Retired to tired symbol of then
To when these people, this fleet
These targets, these echoes of deceit
These simple, happy, joyous folk
These people, these people
They're people, first
Til then, the long days before I came
When they could just be drifting”
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Austin Walker (GM)
- Ali Acampora (Tender Sky)
- Janine Hawkins (⸢Signet⸣)
- Jack de Quidt (Fourteen Fifteen)
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ This poem is a transcription taken from the episode; as such, punctuation and line/stanza breaks may be incorrect.