message desk: serviço de mensagens (note: portuguese)
sukasa: hi, the message desk
message desk: mensagens
sukasa: pardon me
message desk: mensagens
sukasa: do you speak english
message desk: message desk
sukasa: thanks, I have a keep alive code for you, 231003
message desk: moment
message desk: (in background) dva tri odin nul nul tri (note: russian)
message desk: still waiting
message desk: ok, verify code
sukasa: 10FF2B
message desk: ok, this might take a minute again
sukasa: I understand
message desk: it's not responding, let me try that again
message desk: 1 0 F F 2 B, yes?
sukasa: that's correct
message desk: well it's not responding yet, do you want to keep waiting?
sukasa: yes, just keep trying for now
message desk: stupid stupid system
message desk: come on machine (hitting something)
message desk: is it acting up for you again? (background)
some other person in roomessage desk: yeah
message desk: it just sits there (background)
message desk: they're allowed to wait as long as they want, as far as I know (bg)
message desk: ok go ahead
sukasa: are there any current outstanding orders we need to know about immediately
message desk: ok submitted
sukasa: did they receive the damaged book
message desk: ok
sukasa: when are we getting a replacement book
message desk: right waiting for response
message desk: ok, in response to question 1, we have been waiting to hear from you on current situation before drop can be made, no response to keep alive has been received
sukasa: they can consider this a response, situation good
message desk: in response to question 3, due to a security breach we have reissued the entire book allocation to all agents. once you confirm situation normal, we will reissue books. please select deployment date as early as 28 23 59 Z Jan 12. Do you have any more questions?
sukasa: I do, have received the drop from knights of pythias cemetery, requesting follow up orders
sukasa: also, the deployment date, we are going to go with the exact date you gave me. 28 23 59 Z January 12th
message desk: it looks like there's another response to QX003 saying please confirm presence in region 6
sukasa: confirm presence in region 6, confirm that
message desk: presence confirmed
sukasa: presence confirmed, region 6
message desk: in response to QX005, confirmed
message desk: in response to QX006, confirmed, region 6 deployment will be made January 28th
sukasa: confirm, january 28th
message desk: any more questions
sukasa: yes, with respect to agent system, please advise on issues, technically difficulties with the system
sukasa: and I have a question for, I've had some difficulties contacting you before, I'd like to know what information I can use to get in touch with you when absolutely necessary
message desk: I'm sorry, what are you asking for
sukasa: I need to know what availability you have for contact I have tryed to contact you before and been unable to contact the message desk for information
message desk: I'm afraid you'll have to, did you want me to put that in
message desk: in response to QX004, this drop was a deposit, please do not disturb unrelated contents, agent system DRAM card was removed, intended for maintenance at that location, concern it was compromised
sukasa: understood
message desk: in response to QX007, major alert indicated regarding global ZEUS test, to ensure message reception the system has been disabled, to signal important ending message
sukasa: understood, and this relates to the worm we are told about?
message desk: QX09, this relates to what?
sukasa: the worm response we are getting on agent system?
message desk: (background) can you get me a coke, this is going to be a while
message desk: MD hours depend on workload, message customization, interactivity requirements, but generally fall between 2200 zulu and 1000 zulu
sukasa: understood
message desk: QX009, project MLPL is operation under orders of WORM
message desk: any other questions
sukasa: requesting information, do we have all of the components
sukasa: next question while we wait, what WORM stands for
message desk: in response to question 10, submit component imagery for 9, to 9 for analysis, are concerned transport of component to Tucson did not reach intended recipient due to transcoding error, may have gone to subject of interest instead, are assessing situation
sukasa: and what is complete component list?
sukasa: what is status of current ZEUS test? when will it complete and release agent system for access, can we assist?
message desk: in response to question 12, due to operational security, please provide imagery of components received to agent 9, we will drop the remainder, have had problem with grass roots counter operation and percentage was lost
sukasa: understood
sukasa: I have another question, please advise on orders related to grassroots counter operation
message desk: anything else, still there?
sukasa: why are our dates inconsistent? I have had inconsistent information sent to me
message desk: in response to question 15, date formats are typically obfuscated but sometimes people make mistakes
sukasa: understood
message desk: anything else
sukasa: yes, please advise on decryption difficulties on messages from 709 700 0122
message desk: 709 700 0122?
sukasa: confirm, yes
message desk: sorry this is taking so long, you guys have done this QA thing like 5 times now, you understand it can be problematic
message desk: I swear I've worked on AS400 that were more user friendly than this
message desk: this thing has tetris or something
message desk: in response to question 16, already sent one replacement copy of "Molds and Lichens of Nova Scotia", and you confirmed receipt. was that a mistake?
message desk: do you not have this book?
sukasa: was not a mistake
sukasa: I do have this book
sukasa: book however is compromised, unusable
sukasa: and, he just hung up on me, right at the 75 minute mark
(standard network difficulties message on callback)