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[Now he's had more time to practice filters, he's trying one out. He's sure this matter has been brought up before at some point in time anyhow, so it's not like it's too sensitive. But he has to ask, since it seems like people never discuss it. At the moment, Mulder can be seen holding a small handheld mirror and tapping it absentmindedly into the palm of his other hand. He has a thoughtful expression on his face.]

...I bet it's been tried before, but... Has anyone ever had the barcode on the back of their neck examined? Is there a doctor in the house, or anyone with a medical background who's ever tried removing it from someone? ....Or maybe just someone in possession of a state of the art grocery store scanner to check it out? [What, YOU NEVER KNOW.] For that matter, can we be entirely sure they haven't implanted anything additional in us?

Aside from that, I'm almost starting to feel a sense of routine and normality, between my ongoing quest to commune with the spirits and now working on what's essentially becoming the Lucetian X-Files. I have some faint hope that documenting the experiments will give me a better understanding of this place. Although I would kill for a computer to type them out on. Uh... not literally kill, for the record.
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A flood of newcomers means I get to officially upgrade my New Feather badge to the next level... [Warning! Warning! Incoming snark mode!] Welcome to paradise, everyone. The food is free, but the TV reception is terrible, the recreational activities consist of reality-altering experiments which will make you wish you were on reality-altering drugs, and the vacation staff running the place have a mysterious fetish for wings. Overall I give this resort a half star. You really should have gone to Disneyworld instead.

Comments

[Voice]

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[The snark mode definitely catches this kid's attention.]

Heh. I couldn't have said it better. Well done.

[Voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I figure this place deserved nothing but the most accurate description. They really should have a brochure.

[Voice]

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

The New Feathers' guide should be the only brochure you need. Didn't anyone show it to you?

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

...scanner?

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[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, usually it involves some kind of a laser- a specialized beam of light if you've never heard of that. They have the capability to read any information that's stored in the barcode.

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[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

My first guess on the barcode is a tracking device. Maybe where they hide the translator too, because I seriously doubt the entire fabric of reality speaks English as a primary language.

...Kinda like the grocery store idea though. Wonder how they decide pricing. Genetic make up? Skill set? Area of Origin? Color of our hair?

You can try asking for a computer; dunno if you'll get one or not, but I have a laptop they gave me if you want to borrow it.

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[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Tracking device is what makes the most sense to me, too. Maybe they also store some of our identifying information, things like home worlds and so on. Good point about the translation, too, it's a logical assumption, considering that aside from it and the wings, I haven't come across any other abnormal physical alterations. Although implanted devices are hard to be certain about.

...People from the less interesting planets get thrown on sale. I bet it's genetics, though. I'm sure they already have all of our genetic information compiled in a database somewhere.

Thanks about the laptop, I might take you up on that offer, especially if I'm not able to get my hands on one of my own.

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Boy, I wish I coulda gone to Disneyworld instead.

[Voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

You and me both. I bet no one ever had this much trouble on the It's a Small World ride.

[herotypical]

Can I go ahead and down-grade that to a quarter star? A smidgen of a star?

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

How about just a single one of the points, would that count as a rating?

[Voice]

[consultmybooks]

[Oh, Mulder. Giles would almost give you a round of applause. As it is, he's just...going to laugh. A lot.]

And let's not forget the security staff. Impolite and uncooperative as anything.

[Voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

[It's pretty much all one can do sometimes when a situation is so beyond crazy like this... laugh at it.]

And they always have such terrible timing. Management should seriously think about giving them some time off. Permanently.

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[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

I've performed a few readings with my tricorder. I didn't get anything conclusive from it.

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[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Tricorder!?

[Ahem. Excuse him a moment, he's always been a bit of a Trek fan growing up. But Mulder has gotten used to things around here at least, and the types of people who appear here.]

I think I may have heard of something like that before. That's a pretty good scanning device, isn't it? Hm... If that couldn't pick up anything definitive...

[risingwinds.livejournal.com]

You're the second person who's mentioned Disneyworld here... Wonder if it's anything like Disney Town.

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised, considering there seem to be others from the same place that has it. But what's Disney Town, the less heard of Canadian version?

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

[Ignoring the sarcasm for one moment.]

...Disneyworld?

[Voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

The so-called happiest place on earth. It's a park filled with rides and attractions. The kind of place people go on vacation, to unwind and enjoy themselves. Price of admission doesn't even include monthly experiments.

[i_speak_softly]

[Unaware of McCoy's reply, because he is a very polite hacker.]

I'm in possession of a tricorder and the barcodes don't emit any kind of signal that I can figure out how to read. But I'm sure it's there...

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

You have a tricorder? How did you come into possession of it, if you don't mind my asking? [He so needs to keep a closer eye on the shops! His AU-self had had all kinds of cool stuff along those lines, alas he does not.]

But I guess it's not surprising that it doesn't pick up the Malnosso-brand of technology. Theirs seems to be unlike anything else in any world, by all accounts. Still. The barcodes have to give off some kind of signal, and possibly store information as well...

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[semper_cogitans]

[Robert is too serious for the snark - which probably would go mostly over his head, he doesn't pick sarcasm up well - and the filtered part catches his attention (he summarily bumps it up out of habit). He runs his own fingers over the barcode under his lab coat's lapels as he speaks.]

I have analyzed it using my nanocomputer's holophotography, but I do not recognize the configuration. It is nothing like any sort of encryption that I have ever seen... and at any rate, it is mostly outside of the ability of my nanocomputer to process. [Terrans had never exactly had to think about grocery store barcode scanners.]

It may be a means of identification and sequestering, or it may be a manner of quickly extracting information about us as encoded in whatever method of storage it must be. It must be subdermal, rather like some form of tattoo, otherwise we would shed it; but I do not think it is made with any ink... Have there been any cases of allergic reactions to the barcodes? We might be able to ascertain what material it is from if there have been.

And I do not think we can be certain... [Robert makes a disgusted little noise.] I long for Terran biomedical scanners, so that we might get a more accurate picture of our own bodies here, and perhaps see how the wings connect.

[And though Robert is kind of anxious of having random people touch his nanocomputer, he might make an exception for Mulder...]

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[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

[Ohh, nice, Mulder is going to spend the next few hours playing with filters so he can set up one this secure in the future. He's still getting the hang of it, but now that he has some spare time he'll delve into it more.]

I haven't heard anything about any reactions specifically to the barcodes. Location and identification seemed to be the main reasons I could come up with, too. [And it's things like that which really make his paranoia level rise.] I've been wondering what would happen if someone ever tried to remove it, but, I have a strong suspicion that it would reappear the same as ever.

It's too bad we don't have some means to full-scan ourselves. There's no doubt that some basics of our biological make-up has been altered with whatever procedure gives us wings. I bet there's a lot that's going on inside of us, unseen and unknown.

[voice]

[rain-of-bullets.livejournal.com]

...it'll just grow back.

X-Files? You gotta be fuckin' kidding me.

[voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling it might. Can you confirm that to be a fact?

...Yeah, the X-Files. Wait, you know of them? [Is this going to be one of those odd mind-bending conversations again? Oh well, Mulder is down with stuff like that.]