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[The video turns on from Riley's cell phone. He's looking down as he gets the recording started.

Hold on, hold on. I need to capture this moment. You know, for posterity.

[Ben and Abigail both look at the camera with unamused frowns.]

So you really don't know this? I know something about history that you don't know.

I'd be very excited to learn about it, Riley.

Wait one second. Just let me take in this moment. This is...this is cool. Is this how you feel all the time? Well, except for now of course.

Riley!

Alright. What I know is that daylights saving wasn't established until World War I. If it's three PM now, that means in 1776 it would be two PM.

Riley you're a genius.

Let's go.

[And they're already on the move.]

Yeah. Did you actually know who the first person to suggest daylights savings was?

Benjamin Franklin

[Riley flinches and stomps his feet at being out-smarted once again. He shuts off the video feed.]

[ooc: regular text is Riley, italics is Ben Gates, bold is Abigail Chase.]

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Did posterity mean the community, or did the community decide that on its own?

What? Did it...?

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. This is bad. VERY bad.

Yeah, it does that.

I know that, but I wasn't even connected to the Internet. I've been off the grid for days now.

It does that too.

[and god does it suck]

Well, that's just great. If we get arrested now I'll know who's fault that is at least.

On the bright side, it seems the cops can't see it unless they're a member?

Probably less a "bright side" and more of a silver lining.

At this point I'll take what I can get.

[She snorts, amused.] Show off.

If you knew how often Ben gets to be the smart guy around here, you'd understand.

But this really, really wasn't supposed to post here. And of course it won't let me take it down.

Is it ever supposed to post here? I just assume not. It's not too bad, though.

But it is completely out of context.

Which is somewhat helpful.

On the other hand, when you have certain violent parties, and government agencies looking for you...well, I'd rather not give them anything to make things easier for them.

Riley, how deep are you? [Good-bye amusement.]

Incredibly, dangerously deep.

But when we get the treasure we should have some pretty decent bargaining chips on our hands.

And what's stopping them from killing you and then taking it? Or taking it and then killing you?

They haven't found us yet. We're a step ahead of them thanks to the cipher we found.

It's the after that I'm worried about.

...You can always make a fake post. If they can see this, it could throw them off track.

Maybe. That's not a bad idea, actually.

We're in a hurry to find the next clue, but hopefully I'll have time for something after.

You know, this post is a lot less funny now. Life and death stuff does that.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to dump this all on your or anything.

For now, things are going well. If we keep going like we are, we'll be fine.

Hey, no, dump away. When it's over, I'll dump boring cheerleader things on you in return.

[So just make it out okay. She's never had a friend in this kind of situation before.]

That will be an excellent change of pace. Seriously.

[You know, if he doesn't get arrested and all.]

[She's studying to be a lawyer, arrested isn't to bad. It's killed that has her worried.]

I'll remind you that you said that.

Please do.

I...really have to go for now. But I'll keep you updated, okay?

And I'll hold you to that. Just...check in when things get quiet enough?

Will do.

Thanks. See ya later.

What does it matter what time it was?

We need to be at a certain place, at a certain time.

What, are you trying to catch an eclipse?

More like the position of the sun.

Hamunaptra?

What?

The Egyptian city from that movie with the mummies.

Oh! Oh, right. Been a while since I watched that one.

Um...a bit like that. Kind of.

Sorry, can't really get into the details.

Do you think I'm going to worldhop over and steal whatever you're after from under your nose?

No. I'm more worried about other certain people finding out about it.

Not that I think the community works like other parts of the internet, but you can never be too careful.

If it helps, I don't even have access to the rest of the internet right now because I'm stuck on an island that time doesn't pass at because the person I'm living with is playing a bunch of games with witches over his family's massacre and before that, the afterlife. Dead men tell no tales and all that.

...

Okay, well, possible horror story aside, the entirety of the internet is blocked to you, but this place still gets through?

Unless I worldhop over to a coffee shop and leech the free wifi, it's just this place.

This place really loved to defy the laws of...everything.

There are some people who access it from mirrors or pieces of parchment paper, are you really all that surprised that it doesn't need internet access?

I really shouldn't be, but yeah, still just a little surprised.

How long have you been here anyway?

Since January, I think?

That you've kept your childlike wonder about the community for that long is impressive in its own right.

Well thanks. I do try.

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