PHYS495

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<div class="centertxt2">you have been working at the radio outpost for years <br>listening for off-planet messages <br> you don't know if you believe other life is out there <br>you did once, obviously you did once <br> but years of looking out into the darkness <br> saying "I know you're out there" like a prayer <br> waiting for an answer that doesn't come <br> it would wear anyone down <br> not an exciting job, but it pays the bills <br> actually not really, not even that<br> your planet cut funding for this kinda stuff a while ago <br> but it's easy work at least<br> until today, the day you get a signal <br> your old radio dish, long in need of repairs, scrambles the signal thoroughly <br> but the signal is in such a perfect on off encoding, so unlikely to be noise <br> [[you resolve to decode it by hand|r1c1]]</div> <<set $r2c1 to "we were only just beginning and already">> <<set $r3c1 to "this is our last message, we keep">> <<set $r4c1 to "passing new laws">> <<set $r5c1 to "against all the freaks">> <<set $r6c1 to "the universe is teeming with">> <<set $r7c1 to "we grew microbes millipedes creepy crawlies, oh">> <<set $r8c1 to "but our petri dish is too far away">> <<set $r9c1 to "2 see ur bloom">> <<set $r10c1 to "alone, I'm convinced that’s all locality is:">> <<set $r11c1 to "whatever cosmic plastics">> <<set $r12c1 to "in the space between our circles">> <<set $r13c1 to "I don’t think seasons are">> <<set $r14c1 to "conducive 2 life but">> <<set $r15c1 to "can i ask u a question">> <<set $r16c1 to "do u have summer">> <<set $r17c1 to "I hope u have some alien equivalent">> <<set $r18c1 to "the first warm day. I can’t get past the">> <<set $r19c1 to "pink (700 nm but less saturated), somehow">> <<set $r20c1 to "it’s been dusk 4">> <<set $r21c1 to "hours – whatever u call hours – the night just won’t fall">> <<set $r22c1 to "I am the representative">> <<set $r23c1 to "this is what I remember">> <<set $r24c1 to "please listen">> <<set $r25c1 to "at every frequency">> <<set $r26c1 to "I cannot convince them to">> <<set $r27c1 to "I know u r there.">> <<set $r28c1 to "watching universe w/ me, tending 2 the wounds">> <<set $r29c1 to "that we r all reckoning with. this thing dividing">> <<set $r30c1 to "us and the wild hauntings">> <<set $r31c1 to "of distant planets">> <<set $r1c2 to "I must confess I’m worried">> <<set $r2c2 to "astronomy is becoming the study of">> <<set $r3c2 to "missing each other, I’m always missing u. the thing about entanglement is">> <<set $r4c2 to "ever since the singularity when all our quarks were">> <<set $r5c2 to "all up inside each other, how do I not feel nasty about it">> <<set $r6c2 to "all these messages we can’t read,">> <<set $r7c2 to "how we walk through the wind of them everyday, so impossible">> <<set $r8c2 to "2 distinguish the hemorrhage against the background babble of the galaxy">> <<set $r9c2 to "2 hear ur cries 4 help">> <<set $r10c2 to "whatever lasts">> <<set $r11c2 to "we will leave behind, I can’t even imagine">> <<set $r12c2 to "sending something out 2 space knowing it won’t come back, won’t keep">> <<set $r13c2 to "passing anymore, it’s hard,">> <<set $r14c2 to "we keep asking ourselves">> <<set $r15c2 to "r we alone?">> <<set $r16c2 to "eating mulberries off the tree">> <<set $r17c2 to "a berry with no">> <<set $r18c2 to "shelf-life,">> <<set $r19c2 to "starts rotting immediately, doesn’t stop. keeps going,">> <<set $r20c2 to "forever. the pastina will keep. I’m not sure what else. the soup? the sky? ur words,">> <<set $r21c2 to "off in some binary">> <<set $r22c2 to "can’t u speak clearly 2 me, not this">> <<set $r23c2 to "buzzing, wordless, onomatopoeia I can see">> <<set $r24c2 to "please broadcast">> <<set $r25c2 to "in every time">> <<set $r26c2 to "I’m sorry. I swear I’m">> <<set $r27c2 to "in the future">> <<set $r28c2 to "with ur tweezers u will extract">> <<set $r29c2 to "me from my body.">> <<set $r30c2 to "I will try 2 pinpoint the exact moment I left">> <<set $r31c2 to "what muscles I could have flexed 2 hold on">> <<set $r1c3 to "u have already given up">> <<set $r2c3 to "putting each other's bones back together. you’ll find">> <<set $r3c3 to "the physics doesn’t make sense. we’ve been">> <<set $r4c3 to "dealing with the question of how 2 have a body. i want 2 be pressed">> <<set $r5c3 to "until I am sure of the story. here is what I know:">> <<set $r6c3 to "one day, very suddenly, we grew skin">> <<set $r7c3 to "2 contain this life soup,">> <<set $r8c3 to "one day we started bleeding numbers and ever since then we couldn’t stop">> <<set $r9c3 to "I don’t know how it is 4 u but we won’t survive">> <<set $r10c3 to "longer than">> <<set $r11c3 to "100 years, twice the half life of gold-195, it won’t be me">> <<set $r12c3 to "writing u back">> <<set $r13c3 to "they’ve proven that time isn’t real">> <<set $r14c3 to "2 believe my voice is on it’s way 2 u somehow">> <<set $r15c3 to "I mean the two of us,">> <<set $r16c3 to "although">> <<set $r17c3 to "poisonous, look alike, I’m worried it doesn’t belong 2 me:">> <<set $r18c3 to "I can almost see the strings from my descendants, ribbons, dormant arteries">> <<set $r19c3 to "stupid theories">> <<set $r20c3 to "I can’t understand, but I see them all the same, reaching from ur">> <<set $r21c3 to "star system, the multiple not-sunshine.">> <<set $r22c3 to "feigned disinterest. jealousy. a compulsive checking of the sky:">> <<set $r23c3 to "the telephone wires go –">> <<set $r24c3 to "in every direction">> <<set $r25c3 to "we r not">> <<set $r26c3 to "trying hard enough 2 survive">> <<set $r27c3 to "u stand at the edge of a century">> <<set $r28c3 to "the shrapnel of the beginning">> <<set $r29c3 to "following close behind">> <<set $r30c3 to "dove into the coldness of it, the deep end">> <<set $r31c3 to "I do not know.">> <<set $seconds to 0>> <<set $minutes to 0>> <<set $hours to 0>> <<set $days to 0>> <<set $years to 0>>

<<set $totalpoem to "hi. earth again. u aren’t returning our calls. <br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r1c2|r1c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r2c1|r2c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r1c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r1c3|r1c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r2c2|r2c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r2c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r2c2|r2c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r3c1|r3c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r1c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r2c1|r2c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r2c3|r2c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r2c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r2c3|r2c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r3c2|r3c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r3c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r3c2|r3c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r4c1|r4c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r2c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r3c1|r3c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r3c3|r3c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r3c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r3c3|r3c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r4c2|r4c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r3c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r4c1|r4c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r4c3|r4c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r4c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r4c2|r4c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r5c1|r5c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r4c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r4c3|r4c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r5c2|r5c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r4c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r5c1|r5c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r5c3|r5c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r5c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r5c2|r5c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r6c1|r6c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r5c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r5c3|r5c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r6c2|r6c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r5c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r6c1|r6c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r6c3|r6c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r6c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r6c2|r6c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r7c1|r7c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r6c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r6c3|r6c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r7c2|r7c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r6c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r7c1|r7c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r7c3|r7c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r7c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r7c2|r7c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r8c1|r8c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r7c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r7c3|r7c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r8c2|r8c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r7c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r8c1|r8c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r8c3|r8c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r8c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r8c2|r8c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r9c1|r9c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r8c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r8c3|r8c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r9c2|r9c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r8c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r9c1|r9c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r9c3|r9c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r9c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r9c2|r9c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r10c1|r10c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r9c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r9c3|r9c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r10c2|r10c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r9c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r10c1|r10c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r10c3|r10c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r10c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r10c2|r10c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r11c1|r11c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r10c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r10c3|r10c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r11c2|r11c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r10c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r11c1|r11c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r11c3|r11c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r11c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r11c2|r11c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r12c1|r12c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r11c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r11c3|r11c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r12c2|r12c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r11c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r12c1|r12c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r12c3|r12c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r12c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r12c2|r12c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r13c1|r13c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r12c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r12c3|r12c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r13c2|r13c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r12c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r13c1|r13c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r13c3|r13c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r13c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r13c2|r13c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r14c1|r14c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r13c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r13c3|r13c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r14c2|r14c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r13c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r14c1|r14c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r14c3|r14c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r14c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r14c2|r14c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r15c1|r15c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r14c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r14c3|r14c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r15c2|r15c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r14c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r15c1|r15c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r15c3|r15c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r15c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r15c2|r15c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r16c1|r16c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r15c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r15c3|r15c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r16c2|r16c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r15c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r16c1|r16c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r16c3|r16c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r16c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r16c2|r16c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r17c1|r17c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r16c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r16c3|r16c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r17c2|r17c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r16c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r17c1|r17c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r17c3|r17c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r17c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r17c2|r17c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r18c1|r18c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r17c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r17c3|r17c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r18c2|r18c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r17c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r18c1|r18c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r18c3|r18c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r18c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r18c2|r18c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r19c1|r19c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r18c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r18c3|r18c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r19c2|r19c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r18c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r19c1|r19c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r19c3|r19c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r19c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r19c2|r19c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r20c1|r20c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r19c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r19c3|r19c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r20c2|r20c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r19c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r20c1|r20c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r20c3|r20c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r20c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r20c2|r20c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r21c1|r21c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r20c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r20c3|r20c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r21c2|r21c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r20c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r21c1|r21c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r21c3|r21c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r21c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r21c2|r21c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r22c1|r22c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r21c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r21c3|r21c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r22c2|r22c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r21c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r22c1|r22c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r22c3|r22c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r22c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r22c2|r22c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r23c1|r23c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r22c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r22c3|r22c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r23c2|r23c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r22c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r23c1|r23c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r23c3|r23c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r23c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r23c2|r23c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r24c1|r24c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r23c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r23c3|r23c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r24c2|r24c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r23c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r24c1|r24c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r24c3|r24c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r24c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r24c2|r24c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r25c1|r25c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r24c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r24c3|r24c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r25c2|r25c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r24c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r25c1|r25c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r25c3|r25c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r25c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r25c2|r25c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r26c1|r26c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r25c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r25c3|r25c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r26c2|r26c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r25c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r26c1|r26c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r26c3|r26c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r26c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r26c2|r26c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r27c1|r27c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r26c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r26c3|r26c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r27c2|r27c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r26c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r27c1|r27c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r27c3|r27c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r27c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r27c2|r27c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r28c1|r28c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r27c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r27c3|r27c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r28c2|r28c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r27c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r28c1|r28c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r28c3|r28c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r28c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r28c2|r28c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r29c1|r29c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r28c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r28c3|r28c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r29c2|r29c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r28c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r29c1|r29c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r29c3|r29c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r29c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r29c2|r29c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r30c1|r30c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r29c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r29c3|r29c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r30c2|r30c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r29c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r30c1|r30c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r30c3|r30c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r30c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r30c2|r30c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r31c1|r31c1]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r30c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r30c3|r30c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r31c2|r31c2]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r30c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r31c1|r31c1]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[$r31c3|r31c3]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r31c1 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r31c2|r31c2]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[end of transmission|end]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r31c2 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[$r31c3|r31c3]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[end of transmission|end]]</div>

<<set $totalpoem to $totalpoem + $r31c3 + "<br>">><div class="text-container"> <div class="scrollable-content"> $totalpoem </div></div> <div class="text-container2"> [[end of transmission|end]] </div> <div class="text-container3">[[end of transmission|end]]</div>

<div class="centertxt2"> $totalpoem [[reply?|message]] <br><br> </div>

<div align =center class = "centertxt3"> <span id="countdown">$years years, $days days, $hours hours, $minutes minutes, $seconds seconds.</span> <<silently>> <<repeat 1s>> <<set $seconds to $seconds + 1>> <<if $seconds >= 60>> <<set $seconds to 0>> <<set $minutes to $minutes + 1>> <</if>> <<if $minutes >= 60>> <<set $minutes to 0>> <<set $hours to $hours + 1>> <</if>> <<if $hours >= 24>> <<set $hours to 0>> <<set $days to $days + 1>> <</if>> <<if $days >= 365>> <<set $days to 0>> <<set $years to $years + 1>> <</if>> <<replace "#countdown">>$years years, $days days, $hours hours, $minutes minutes, $seconds seconds.<</replace>> <</repeat>> <</silently>> </div>

<div class="centertxt2">you manage to pinpoint the area of the galaxy that the signal came from<br> you've narrowed it down to a few star systems <br> in a minor arm of the galaxy <br> approximately 5000 light years away<br> if you send a reply today, <br>you'll hear back in 10,000 years<br>[[wait?|time]] </div>

<div class="centertxt2"> what would you like to say to the aliens? </div> <div align="center"> <<textarea "$message" "">> </div> <div class="centertxt2">[[send?|reply]] </div>

<div class="centertxt2">before you begin!<br> this game doesn't load correctly in some browsers <br> if you see any black space below the red line <br> please resize your window so that the red line is at the very bottom of your screen<br>1. drag your window to be the correct vertical height<br> 2. if any text is being cut off horizontally <br>and your window is already fullscreen in width, zoom out as needed <br> [[ready?|title]]</div>