01 | anonymous text/untraceable | sunday morning

[thefourteenth]

Hello, Siren's Port. I come before you with a desperate plea.

[Visser One is no fool. First she takes a few hours to scan the networks and sort through enormous amounts of archived data. What she finds is interesting: evidence of Earth mythological figures, inhuman creatures proudly identifying as alien. People obviously from worlds far more advanced than Earth.

Still, she chooses anonymity. No sense in publicly humbling herself and exposing her Achilles Heel.]

I am a new arrival to this world in serious need of help. My species needs a certain kind of sustenance that we can't find outside of our home world.

I need help, or I will die.

I need someone with highly advanced technological capabilities to help me. Fortunately, I have the means to feed myself temporarily, which you can adapt for your purposes in creating a larger generator. Without it, I will starve to death painfully within a week.

Please, I beg you. Compensation will be given in whatever manner I'm capable, once I can concentrate on anything other than survival. I assure you, I am far from helpless, and will pay my debt in full. Anyone who chooses to assure my long-term survival stands to gain much from the bargain.

Comments

[text/private/unhackable]

[shifting]

What? By shapeshifting? How?

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[thefourteenth]

That's hardly a conversation for a first date, Sam Merlotte.

[text/private/unhackable]

[shifting]

[...but he didn't tell you his last name...

Looking around, huh? Sam leans back - wary, but still mostly curious. At least he can guess he's talking with a woman. ...Maybe.]

Huh. Guess I'll have to look forward to that second one then.

[text/private/unhackable]

[thefourteenth]

[Creepers gonna creep.]

Soon enough, I promise you.

Thank you for being more reasonable than some people who replied.

[text/private/unhackable]

[shifting]

'Course. ...I hope you get this thing solved that you need to. If you do, you can always drop by Merlotte's. Newcomers get a free drink their first time in.

[text/private/unhackable]

[thefourteenth]

It may be a while before I take you up on that offer, but I don't doubt I will.

[text/private/unhackable]

[shifting]

Could be sooner'n you think. We've got plenty of talented people to help you with your problem. But we'll leave the light on for you regardless.

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[thefourteenth]

Thank you. It has been an extraordinarily long time since I have been able to relax this much or met even the smallest measure of kindness.

[text/private/unhackable]

[shifting]

You don't mind me sayin' so, that's a real shame.

[text/private/unhackable]

[thefourteenth]

The situation was somewhat of my own making. I suppose it's a sad state when fearing for your survival past the next three days is more security than you've had in months.

[text/private/unhackable]

[shifting]

Little bit, yeah. But I've got a hunch you'll get through it. ...Then your biggest concern can be figurin' out how to relax for a while.

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[thefourteenth]

A luxury I have not had in years.