CHAPTER THREE

BONAVISTA, NEWFOUNDLAND



Bonavista, Newfoundland
[16:15:02] EOB_BLUE HAS JOINED THE FREQUENCY
16:15 ParaFINN hi!!!
16:15 EOB_BLUE Hello.
16:16 ParaFINN so you're the celebrity everyone's talking about
16:16 EOB_BLUE I am not familiar with that designation.
16:17 ParaFINN good answer honestly
16:17 ParaFINN you kinda blew up this week
16:17 EOB_BLUE Clarify "blown up."
16:18 ParaFINN famous dumbass
16:18 EOB_BLUE sorry
16:18 ParaFINN its fine
16:19 ParaFINN i heard from people in america about you
16:19 ParaFINN and thats funny because my parents live in america
16:20 ParaFINN and i hear about you more than i hear from them
16:20 EOB_BLUE I understand.
16:20 EOB_BLUE Why?
16:21 ParaFINN idk
16:21 ParaFINN ur an oddity
16:21 ParaFINN and entertaining, and helpful sometimes from what i hear
16:22 EOB_BLUE Okay. I see.
16:22 EOB_BLUE Why do you not hear from your parents?
16:23 ParaFINN ...
16:24 ParaFINN thats kind of a heavy question
16:24 ParaFINN i pay a psych for those
16:25 EOB_BLUE Should I not have asked?
16:25 ParaFINN nah
16:25 ParaFINN we just dont see eye to eye
16:26 EOB_BLUE Should family members communicate frequently?
16:27 ParaFINN ideally yeah
16:27 ParaFINN doesn't always work out like that though
16:28 EOB_BLUE Understood.
16:28 ParaFINN you ask weird questions
16:29 EOB_BLUE I have limited experience with human relationships.
16:29 ParaFINN fair
16:30 ParaFINN what do you even do when u got nobody to talk to
16:30 EOB_BLUE Observe Earth.
16:31 ParaFINN all the time?
16:31 EOB_BLUE Affirmative.
16:31 ParaFINN u dont get bored?
16:32 EOB_BLUE Negative.
16:32 EOB_BLUE Earth changes continuously.
16:33 ParaFINN damn
16:33 ParaFINN wish i had that attention span
16:34 EOB_BLUE Clarify "attention span."
16:34 ParaFINN 😭
16:34 ParaFINN you really dont know anything do you
16:35 EOB_BLUE I know many things.
16:35 EOB_BLUE I know very little about humans.
16:36 ParaFINN ...
16:36 ParaFINN most humans dont know much about humans either
16:37 EOB_BLUE ...
16:37 EOB_BLUE Understood.
16:37 ParaFINN i dont think you did
16:38 EOB_BLUE Negative.
16:38 EOB_BLUE I did not.
16:39 ParaFINN lol
16:39 ParaFINN atleast ur honest
16:40 EOB_BLUE Honesty reduces ambiguity.
16:40 ParaFINN good way of looking at things
16:41 ParaFINN people usually make things more confusing than they need to be
16:41 EOB_BLUE Why?
16:42 ParaFINN beats me
16:42 ParaFINN if i knew id prob have more friends
16:43 EOB_BLUE Do you have no friends?
16:43 ParaFINN ...
16:44 ParaFINN ive got people
16:44 ParaFINN just
16:44 ParaFINN not a lot of people i actually talk to
16:45 EOB_BLUE I understand.
16:45 ParaFINN do you?
16:46 EOB_BLUE Negative.
16:46 EOB_BLUE I am attempting to.
16:47 ParaFINN well...
16:47 ParaFINN consider me your friend then
16:48 EOB_BLUE Friend.
16:48 EOB_BLUE Understood.
16:49 ParaFINN yeah haha
16:49 ParaFINN i actually need a favour
16:49 ParaFINN i make these puzzle things
16:50 ParaFINN post em on the community forum
16:50 ParaFINN little four-letter word game
16:51 ParaFINN want to try today's?
16:51 EOB_BLUE Affirmative.
16:52 ParaFINN okay
16:52 ParaFINN it should be loading

FINN'S DAILY SPACE PUZZLE

v0.8 — unfinished build

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GUESS TODAY'S FOUR LETTER ASTRONOMY WORD

Finish this to continue reading this part of the Chapter.

Letters do not need to form a real word.

CLUE: BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE LYRA CONSTELLATION.

Green  = Correct letter, correct position
Yellow = Correct letter, wrong position

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>
> AWAITING INPUT
16:56 EOP_BLUE Done.
16:56 ParaFINN . . .
16:56 ParaFINN ALREADY?
16:57 EOP_BLUE Affirmative.
16:57 ParaFINN well, you do have unlimited space knowledge
16:57 ParaFINN i fucking guess
16:58 EOP_BLUE Correction.
16:58 EOP_BLUE Knowledge is not unlimited.
16:58 ParaFINN close enough
16:59 ParaFINN alright then
16:59 ParaFINN gimme ideas for tomorrow's puzzle
17:00 EOP_BLUE Clarify requirements.
17:00 ParaFINN four letters
17:00 ParaFINN space themed
17:01 ParaFINN simple, but not too simple
17:01 EOP_BLUE Understood.
17:02 EOP_BLUE Recommended entries:

MARS, MOON, LYRA, VEGA, CRUX, APUS, BULL
17:03 ParaFINN ...
17:03 ParaFINN moon's way too easy
17:03 ParaFINN mars too
17:04 ParaFINN crux and apus might be too hard
17:04 EOP_BLUE Understood.
17:05 EOP_BLUE Recommended entry:

BULL
17:05 ParaFINN hmm
17:05 ParaFINN thats actually pretty good
17:06 ParaFINN lyra is fine too but related to todays
17:06 EOP_BLUE Which will you choose?
17:07 ParaFINN ill sleep on it
17:07 ParaFINN probably bull i think
17:08 ParaFINN Thank you.
17:08 EOP_BLUE No problem, friend.
17:09 EOP_BLUE Question.
17:09 ParaFINN shoot
17:10 EOP_BLUE What is your surname?
17:10 ParaFINN ...
17:11 ParaFINN why?
17:11 EOP_BLUE I require it for identification purposes.
17:12 ParaFINN Walsh.
17:12 EOP_BLUE Understood.
17:13 ParaFINN why'd you ask?
17:13 EOP_BLUE Signal quality is decreasing.
17:13 EOP_BLUE I will lose contact in approximately 110 seconds.
17:14 ParaFINN yeah thats normal right
17:14 EOP_BLUE Affirmative.
17:15 EOP_BLUE My orbital path will intersect Indianapolis.
17:15 EOP_BLUE I will say hello to your parents.
17:15 ParaFINN ...
17:16 ParaFINN what?
17:16 EOP_BLUE You stated they reside in America.
17:16 EOP_BLUE The surname "Walsh" will assist with identification.
17:17 ParaFINN blue
17:17 ParaFINN you cant just find people like that
17:18 EOP_BLUE Clarify.
17:18 ParaFINN they live in a city of like a million people
17:18 ParaFINN thats not how that works
[17:19:04] SIGNAL QUALITY DROPPED TO 22%
17:19 EOP_BLUE I will try regardless.
17:19 EOP_BLUE Please wait.
[17:19:38] SIGNAL LOST
[17:19:38] EOP_BLUE HAS LEFT THE FREQUENCY
17:20 ParaFINN ...
17:20 ParaFINN what the fuck
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