These handwritten notes are scribed on a scrap piece of paper. Written in Ancient Rasu.
THEORIES ON THE INGRESS
How do the ingresses actually work? Ask any ten random people on the street, you'll probably get ten shrugs. Ask any ten researchers and you'll get thirty different answers. How can this possibly be? How does one build an entire society around something that it fundamentally does not understand?
It seems frankly insane to me, and yet here we are. It's not fair to say I've 'devoted my life to studying the ingress' because I honestly just don't have the time (or the aptitude) to seriously research the subject, but it nonetheless occupies a significant portion of my mind a significant portion of my time.
If you set aside the ingress, our most basic understanding is that nothing can come from nothing. Even magic, as incredible as it is, is just the transmutation of energy from one form into another to produce fantastical effects. So surely the ingresses have to be getting their energy *from* somewhere, right? To do otherwise would fracture our understanding of the universe. So then the REAL question is, where? Ingress means entrance. But which direction is the entrance?
The last line is underlined several times, and underneath it, in much sloppier handwriting, is scribbled:
this shit SLAPS, should i actually write a paper on this??
Ingress Theta Damage Report
Transcription of the message displayed on a damaged glasstone tablet. Written in Ancient Rasu.
DAMAGE REPORT :// 09-09-1266 23:15:59
WARNING (-) This facility has suffered from Class VIII Structural Damage. Evacuate immediately.
SCANNING. . .
SCANNING. . .
SCANNING. . .
WARNING (-) Gyroscopic failure detected. Facility incline estimated at or above 37 degrees.
Text copied from the large glasstone table in Ingress Theta's command center. Written in Ancient Rasu.
Day idunno what.
Pretty sure nobody reads these reports anyway. What even is there to report? If I was reporting anything, that would be a problem. Or maybe I could report every little issue between personnel like Huthen would, and waste my superiors' time with inane personal issues. Ridiculous I say, but those are the kind of people that make it through training these days I guess.
Ingress is stable, energy readings are nominal. Therol noted some sort of seismic droning, said it was barely even noticeable. I took a look at it, and it's too steady to be anyone mining (not that I'd be worried about that; anyone stupid enough to try to dig into this station would get a face full of bullets faster than they could say "oops."). Might be an issue with the instruments; I'll have Therol go out and check them tomorrow if the readings continue.
Commander Raznik, signing off.
My Desire
You are my fire The one desire Believe when I say I want it that way
But we are two worlds apart Can't reach to your heart When you say That I want it that way Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why I never wanna hear you say I want it that way
Am I your fire? Your one desire Yes, I know it's too late But I want it that way
Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why I never wanna hear you say I want it that way
Now I can see that we've fallen apart From the way that it used to be, yeah No matter the distance I want you to know That deep down inside of me
You are my fire The one desire You are (you are, you are, you are)
Don't wanna hear you say Ain't nothin' but a heartache Ain't nothin' but a mistake (don't wanna hear you say) I never wanna hear you say (oh, yeah) I want it that way
Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothing but a mistake Tell me why I never want to hear you say (never wanna hear you say) I want it that way
Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why I never want to hear you say (don't want to hear you say) I want it that way
