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Fifth Howl [Video | Wednesday morning]

Good morning, everyone. It's Lyall.

[See how far he's fallen: he's not even putting up both names anymore. It's been a while since he's come up on the network of his own accord, rather than replying to someone else.]

I have a few things here I need some help with, and I've come to the end of my direct contacts. First, I have a list of numbers that are apparently some kind of directional coordinates-- from space. Destination unknown, origination point unknown, though I have a few guesses I could make. Are there any pilots who might be able to assist in finding where they lead to?

Also, I've got a piece of glass here that I'm told is potentially full of data. If anyone would like a crack at translating it, do let me know? It could be fairly important.

Thank you.

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I'm not a pilot but I know the basics of interpreting coordinates back home
And I can fly

Unfortunately, these coordinates mean nothing to anyone who has not piloted in space. As in, between planets. They don't mean much to some of them, either, to be honest. This is more of a shot in the dark than anything I really expect anyone to be able to help with.

But thank you for the offer.

I haven't tried space travel before
There's no wind to travel with there.
If you end up needing any help with the wind currents
I can help guide an airplane or ship somewhere.

[Not helpful for the current problems, but interesting, nonetheless, so Lyall keeps typing.]

That would be useful indeed. Can you help speed a ship along faster than it would otherwise travel?

Theoretically it should be possible.
The speed I could increase it by would be dependent on the aerodynamics of the ship though.

I imagine so. It's all tied into physics, so it couldn't go faster than the wind you could summon and the speed the ship itself is actually capable of. But you could, I suppose, make a ship at its most efficient. Very useful, indeed.

[Gives him momentary visions of derigibles and rolling land-ships guided by magical wind, but he knows better than to think he can actually create such things. Maybe with help.]

If you ever need the services of the wind
Just let me know!
As long as it isn't for anything unkind.

[How charming. Lyall is a little amused at the comment, but just replies:]

Thank you very much. I will keep that in mind. What is your name? I don't believe we've spoken before.

My name is Akito
But I am also called Anemoi.

Akito. Pleased to meet you, if only via text. May I ask, are you some kind of magician, who controls the wind?

[He's starting to accept magic as more commonplace these days, but it still sounds awkward on his tongue to talk about it.]

Not a magician! A spirit.
:)

A spirit, but not a ghost?

[Less like what he's used to and more like... Jack Frost, perhaps. Though he's heard of Jack Frost, and he's never heard of an Akito. Or an Anemoi. Then again, his mythology studies have always been more Egyptian and Welsh, and less Greek.]

Both, I guess!!
I died, and Mother Nature and MiM needed a new spirit.
One to help keep climate change in check!
I guess whatever I did when I was human impressed them
Or they just had no other choice!
But either way they made me into a spirit!
Based loosely off of the Greek Anemoi

[Mother Nature and MiM... Lyall has no idea what to make of that. So he stares at it for a minute, then comes up with a less than intelligent response.]

It appears I need to do some research into Greek mythology. At least when Jack appeared, I had heard of him.

I think they were really in a bind
So to speak.
They needed a myth that could manipulate the climate
That wasn't already an actual spirit
So I guess they went with that one

So these are some kind of guardian beings, then? I have heard mention of Mother Nature, but always in abstract, and I don't think I know what MiM means.

Mother nature guards the flora and fauna of the planet.
She also keeps the seasonal and weather spirits in line!
She can be really scary.
MiM is the man in the moon.
He chose all the guardian spirits.
Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Sandman, and Jack Frost.

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Fifth Howl [Video | Wednesday morning]

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