C6DVD reveal
Feb. 17th, 2013 12:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaOkay, so, I wrote a science fiction Fraser/Thatcher card for sage! Or not a card, exactly--more a computer printout. This was probably the easiest C6DVD card I ever made, because as soon as sage suggested a space AU, this popped into my mind, and it was so much fun to write. It turned out strangely retro, because to make it clear what the message was, I wrote it as a sort of command-line interface, which is not how most people read their email these days (although I used Pine on Unix, which does have this kind of interface, to read email until about 2008).
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From: Margaret Thatcher
To: Benton Fraser
Subject: Status report
Time sent: 08:34 TAI 14/02/2418
Routed via Tau Ceti ansible at 09:48 TAI 14/02/2418
Arrived on ship: 10:06 TAI 14/02/2418
No problems, everything is fine--I'm just seizing the opportunity to send this, even though I said I couldn't be in touch until we got to Alpha Centauri. Seriously, if I were running a smuggling operation, security would not be this lax. I can't believe they're letting me have access to the ship's message logs. This message, needless to say, will be erased after I send it.
It's even worse than we thought--they've got crates and crates of Cetian coral plants in the hold. I heard one of the crew brag about how much they were going to get for it in the AC system. I did not lecture him on how endangered they are--this is why I do the undercover work and not you, dearest. : )
It's lonely, though, and I can't help but wish I was on the Maple Leaf with you instead. Do you know, this date used to be a holiday when people sent messages to their loved ones? Of course you know--it's just the sort of thing you would know. Anyway, I'll think of you in my lonely bunk, and I can't wait till we nail these bastards.
All my love,
Meg
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sage! Or not a card, exactly--more a computer printout. This was probably the easiest C6DVD card I ever made, because as soon as sage suggested a space AU, this popped into my mind, and it was so much fun to write. It turned out strangely retro, because to make it clear what the message was, I wrote it as a sort of command-line interface, which is not how most people read their email these days (although I used Pine on Unix, which does have this kind of interface, to read email until about 2008). Login
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From: Margaret Thatcher
To: Benton Fraser
Subject: Status report
Time sent: 08:34 TAI 14/02/2418
Routed via Tau Ceti ansible at 09:48 TAI 14/02/2418
Arrived on ship: 10:06 TAI 14/02/2418
No problems, everything is fine--I'm just seizing the opportunity to send this, even though I said I couldn't be in touch until we got to Alpha Centauri. Seriously, if I were running a smuggling operation, security would not be this lax. I can't believe they're letting me have access to the ship's message logs. This message, needless to say, will be erased after I send it.
It's even worse than we thought--they've got crates and crates of Cetian coral plants in the hold. I heard one of the crew brag about how much they were going to get for it in the AC system. I did not lecture him on how endangered they are--this is why I do the undercover work and not you, dearest. : )
It's lonely, though, and I can't help but wish I was on the Maple Leaf with you instead. Do you know, this date used to be a holiday when people sent messages to their loved ones? Of course you know--it's just the sort of thing you would know. Anyway, I'll think of you in my lonely bunk, and I can't wait till we nail these bastards.
All my love,
Meg
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Date: 2013-02-19 11:56 pm (UTC)