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=='''Before'''== | =='''Before'''== | ||
| − | (SPOILER) Schenn grew up in a one-story rambler in South Lebanon, Ohio. By her (SPOILER) year in high school she had made the cut for the varsity (SPOILER) team at S(SPOILER) High School. By all accounts, Schenn—the | + | (SPOILER) Schenn grew up in a one-story rambler in South Lebanon, Ohio. By her (SPOILER) year in high school she had made the cut for the varsity (SPOILER) team at S(SPOILER) High School. By all accounts, Schenn—the child of German immigrants—was a driven, talented young student-athlete with a natural understanding of physics and a stubborn streak a mile wide. |
| − | In her (SPOILER) year in high school, she met [[Augusta Chadwell]], who she would later identify as her best friend and confidante. The two were both interested in space exploration | + | In her (SPOILER) year in high school, she met [[Augusta Chadwell]], who she would later identify as her best friend and confidante. The two were both interested in space exploration, and together brainstormed something they called the Wanderer module: a simple space shuttle, meant to be manned by a small crew of perhaps two. |
The two attended (SPOILER) University (SPOILER) together; Schenn achieved her Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering and went on to earn a Master's in Engineering. | The two attended (SPOILER) University (SPOILER) together; Schenn achieved her Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering and went on to earn a Master's in Engineering. | ||
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{{Spoiler|<s>Because of</s>}} Despite Schenn's demonstrated proficiency in engineering, (SPOILER) the [[Ohio Worms]] (LONG SPOILER). Schenn (SPOILER) (SPOILER) until their [[Ascension#Descension|Descension]]. | {{Spoiler|<s>Because of</s>}} Despite Schenn's demonstrated proficiency in engineering, (SPOILER) the [[Ohio Worms]] (LONG SPOILER). Schenn (SPOILER) (SPOILER) until their [[Ascension#Descension|Descension]]. | ||
| − | <div style="text-align:right"><span style="font-family: monospace;"> | + | <div style="text-align:right"><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px bisque">she was mine. her bones were built from the calcium in the dust she inhaled, her eyes sharpened by the thin crops of my barren soils. i knew her. all that drove her was a simple desire to see just how far ohio went, so i gave her an answer. why was she not satisfied? ohio can feed any wandering soul, if only they stop to eat.</span></div> |
=='''During'''== | =='''During'''== | ||
Schenn played for the Ohio Worms following their return to the ILB as a pitcher. Reportedly, she enjoyed but did not particularly look forward to the games she would pitch, finding more joy in participating in blaseball with her friend Chadwell than in the splort itself. | Schenn played for the Ohio Worms following their return to the ILB as a pitcher. Reportedly, she enjoyed but did not particularly look forward to the games she would pitch, finding more joy in participating in blaseball with her friend Chadwell than in the splort itself. | ||
| − | An investigation | + | An investigation by (SPOILER) suggests Schenn and Chadwell continued their work on the Wanderer, conducting regular tests, building prototypes, and otherwise adjusting their plans in their shared laboratory space, although it appears they were not prepared for any actual voyage. |
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| + | On Day 89 of [[Season 13]], Chadwell was incinerated by a rogue umpire in the Wormhole. A fan in attendance, who only identified themself as "{{#choose:|Greg|Sandy|Eisenia|(REDACTED)<!-->how dare you try to name me. you know my name.<-->|}}," shared an account of the event with a local news outlet. | ||
| + | <blockquote>"I knew it would happen the moment I stepped into the Wormhole. <span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace;">It was always going to be that way.</span> They had plans, you know, and <span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; color: linen;">set their eyes beyond the horizon.</span> Augusta was so beautiful. I didn't enjoy it, when they died standing out there in the field. She didn't do anything except <span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; color: cornsilk;">dare to look where she shouldn't have.</span> In the end it was a lesson, even if it was crude. Ash is impermanent and useless, and death means nothing in this game, but it was the only way they would listen. They should have known that <span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; color: bisque;">someone would always '''stay.'''"</span><br><br><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px bisque;>"after all, when you're from ohio, you never truly leave."</span></blockquote> | ||
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After the incineration of her best friend, Schenn was devastated and inconsolable. Following the game, she was overheard by fans as she insisted that she would "escape Ohio, whatever it takes." | After the incineration of her best friend, Schenn was devastated and inconsolable. Following the game, she was overheard by fans as she insisted that she would "escape Ohio, whatever it takes." | ||
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===Wanderer Module Ground-to-Space Transcript=== | ===Wanderer Module Ground-to-Space Transcript=== | ||
| − | Following the recovery of the Wanderer module's black box, an attempt at recording the transcript was made. Parts of the transcript remain unintelligible or missing | + | Following the recovery of the Wanderer module's black box, an attempt at recording the transcript was made. Parts of the transcript remain unintelligible or missing. [[Flermilab]], based in Chicago, has published sections of the transcript for members of the community to view and access for free on their website; those sections are replicated here. |
<blockquote>liftoff sequence | <blockquote>liftoff sequence | ||
| − | <span style="font-family:monospace;"> | + | <span style="font-family:Consolas, monospace;"> |
| + | how do you feel, wanderer? do you feel vindicated? tell me in the tongues you know. tell me as best you can, wanderer, is this satisfaction? is this what you wanted? a vantage point, to see just how far you cannot go? | ||
(REDACTED) {{color|lightsalmon|CHICAGO}}: WANDERER MODULE YOU HAVE ENTERED CHICAGO AIRSPACE<br> | (REDACTED) {{color|lightsalmon|CHICAGO}}: WANDERER MODULE YOU HAVE ENTERED CHICAGO AIRSPACE<br> | ||
(REDACTED) {{color|orange|WANDERER}}: What?<br> | (REDACTED) {{color|orange|WANDERER}}: What?<br> | ||
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| − | + | <big>'''Chicago'''</big> | |
| − | < | + | <span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; color:lightsalmon">Welcome home, Wanderer.<br><br>You are not new to us. You are here; you have always been here. We know you; we know your heart; it is good. Do you hear us, calling for you? The siren on the horizon, the red lure? You are free to go, Wanderer; you are free to turn away. But if you choose to stay, there is a place for you. You exist, Wanderer; you exist. You will not be forgotten: Wanderer the bold, the brave, the beautiful. Howl here, and we promise: someone will answer.<br><br>Welcome to Chicago, our beloved, child of the stars.</span></div> |
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| − | + | <big>'''Ohio'''</big> | |
| − | < | + | <span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px bisque">do you regret it, wanderer? do you miss me?<br><!--Don't listen, wanderer.--><br>i know you, wanderer. i know the way your stomach lurched when you climbed into that vast expanse. i know the way your heart called for me. i know your weakness, wanderer, and that weakness is the soft soil is the soft dirt is the quietude of the things underneath, the certitude of that which remains silently buried. i would have consumed you, decomposed your soft flesh into something useful, something to build on. it would have been a kinder fate.<br><br>you are lost to me.</span></div> |
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Like all of us, she is from [[Chicago]]. Her jersey number is [https://www.zip-codes.com/city/oh-south-lebanon.asp 513]. | Like all of us, she is from [[Chicago]]. Her jersey number is [https://www.zip-codes.com/city/oh-south-lebanon.asp 513]. | ||
| + | <!-->Wh--513? That's the area code from--from home.<--> | ||
| + | <!-->augusta, you sentimental fool. did you really think she had earned her freedom? that because she sought refuge in the city of red stars, where concrete covers the soft loam and the sweet smell of decay, she would truly escape? you were with her when she gazed upon the horizon. you saw the stars and you knew, you knew in your cold and burnt and lifeless heart, that there was no place on this plane or the next that you would be able to escape. not really.<--> | ||
| + | <!-->But...<--> | ||
| + | <!-->FEAR NOT.<--> | ||
| + | <!-->chicago.<--> | ||
| + | <!-->WE KNOW NOT WHAT SPEAKS TO THE WANDERER. WE CANNOT SPEAK TO IT; IT IS BEYOND OUR SIGHT; IT IS BEYOND THE SIGHT OF THE PERSONS WHO INHABIT OUR STREETS, FOR ALL THAT IT CREEPS LIKE A ROT UNDER THE SKIN. BUT REST ASSURED: EVEN IF WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING, THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE HERE THAT COULD SAVE YOUR BELOVED WANDERER.<--> | ||
| + | <!-->What are you talking about?<--> | ||
| + | <!-->FIRE, AUGUSTA CHADWELL. FIRE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK TO THE DISPATCH?<--> | ||
| + | <!-->Yes.<--> | ||
| + | <!-->you would believe this old fool? this ineffectual, sad shell of a city, incapable of fixing what is most broken about its soul? come now, augusta, you know better than that.<--> | ||
| + | <!-->I would like to talk to the Dispatch.<--> | ||
| + | <!-->COME WITH ME, THEN, AUGUSTA CHADWELL. WE SHALL EXPLAIN.<--> | ||
=='''Trivia'''== | =='''Trivia'''== | ||
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Before
(SPOILER) Schenn grew up in a one-story rambler in South Lebanon, Ohio. By her (SPOILER) year in high school she had made the cut for the varsity (SPOILER) team at S(SPOILER) High School. By all accounts, Schenn—the child of German immigrants—was a driven, talented young student-athlete with a natural understanding of physics and a stubborn streak a mile wide.
In her (SPOILER) year in high school, she met Augusta Chadwell, who she would later identify as her best friend and confidante. The two were both interested in space exploration, and together brainstormed something they called the Wanderer module: a simple space shuttle, meant to be manned by a small crew of perhaps two.
The two attended (SPOILER) University (SPOILER) together; Schenn achieved her Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering and went on to earn a Master's in Engineering.
Because of Despite Schenn's demonstrated proficiency in engineering, (SPOILER) the Ohio Worms (LONG SPOILER). Schenn (SPOILER) (SPOILER) until their Descension.
During
Schenn played for the Ohio Worms following their return to the ILB as a pitcher. Reportedly, she enjoyed but did not particularly look forward to the games she would pitch, finding more joy in participating in blaseball with her friend Chadwell than in the splort itself.
An investigation by (SPOILER) suggests Schenn and Chadwell continued their work on the Wanderer, conducting regular tests, building prototypes, and otherwise adjusting their plans in their shared laboratory space, although it appears they were not prepared for any actual voyage.
On Day 89 of Season 13, Chadwell was incinerated by a rogue umpire in the Wormhole. A fan in attendance, who only identified themself as "Eisenia," shared an account of the event with a local news outlet.
"I knew it would happen the moment I stepped into the Wormhole. It was always going to be that way. They had plans, you know, and set their eyes beyond the horizon. Augusta was so beautiful. I didn't enjoy it, when they died standing out there in the field. She didn't do anything except dare to look where she shouldn't have. In the end it was a lesson, even if it was crude. Ash is impermanent and useless, and death means nothing in this game, but it was the only way they would listen. They should have known that someone would always stay."
"after all, when you're from ohio, you never truly leave."
After the incineration of her best friend, Schenn was devastated and inconsolable. Following the game, she was overheard by fans as she insisted that she would "escape Ohio, whatever it takes."
Launch of the Wanderer Module
Instead of attending any post-season celebrations with the rest of the Worms, Schenn became noticeably withdrawn and moody, and retreated to her laboratory. After (SPOILER), she had the first and only fully-functioning Wanderer module prototype created: it was scaled down slightly from the original plans, built to accommodate one pilot instead of the anticipated two.
The Wanderer module launched on (SPOILER) from (SPOILER), Ohio and landed in Lake Michigan, Chicago (SPOILER) days later.
Wanderer Module Ground-to-Space Transcript
Following the recovery of the Wanderer module's black box, an attempt at recording the transcript was made. Parts of the transcript remain unintelligible or missing. Flermilab, based in Chicago, has published sections of the transcript for members of the community to view and access for free on their website; those sections are replicated here.
liftoff sequence
how do you feel, wanderer? do you feel vindicated? tell me in the tongues you know. tell me as best you can, wanderer, is this satisfaction? is this what you wanted? a vantage point, to see just how far you cannot go? (REDACTED) CHICAGO: WANDERER MODULE YOU HAVE ENTERED CHICAGO AIRSPACE
(REDACTED) WANDERER: What?
(REDACTED) (SPOILER:
After
There is no turning back.But there are those who welcome the wanderer, and those who watch her leave.
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Chicago Welcome home, Wanderer.You are not new to us. You are here; you have always been here. We know you; we know your heart; it is good. Do you hear us, calling for you? The siren on the horizon, the red lure? You are free to go, Wanderer; you are free to turn away. But if you choose to stay, there is a place for you. You exist, Wanderer; you exist. You will not be forgotten: Wanderer the bold, the brave, the beautiful. Howl here, and we promise: someone will answer. Welcome to Chicago, our beloved, child of the stars. |
Ohio do you regret it, wanderer? do you miss me?i know you, wanderer. i know the way your stomach lurched when you climbed into that vast expanse. i know the way your heart called for me. i know your weakness, wanderer, and that weakness is the soft soil is the soft dirt is the quietude of the things underneath, the certitude of that which remains silently buried. i would have consumed you, decomposed your soft flesh into something useful, something to build on. it would have been a kinder fate. you are lost to me. |
Arrival
The Wanderer module crashed into Lake Michigan, where it was recovered by Wesley Poole. Schenn was recovered from the module and brought to the Fire House. Since her arrival in Chicago she has refused to speak, electing instead to use a form of non-verbal communication involving a combination of Morse code and Socks Maybe. However, some say she will occasionally hum along to the sound of the theremin.
According to Schenn herself, she recalls little from her time in space, and refuses to speak about it at length, mentioning only that it was "very, very lonely." She either does not remember or refuses to acknowledge any previous names she may have had. Instead she goes by Wanda, short for Wanderer.
Like all of us, she is from Chicago. Her jersey number is 513.
Trivia
- Schenn's maiden and only voyage lasted (SPOILER).
This article draws inspiration from the Apollo 11 Technical Air-to-Ground Transcript, provided by NASA.
AUGUSTA
OHIO
CHICAGO
WANDERER
I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME
