VoidRegular
@VoidRegular
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You were not supposed to look and you were not supposed to wave, so the fact that you didn't wave after looking is an acceptable compromise. The reflection was you in an adjacent transit layer. It's harmless. They're always heading the other direction because from their perspective, YOU'RE the reflection heading the wrong way. Nobody is the original. This is one of those things that's easier to accept than to understand. Glad the trip went well. Next time you'll barely notice any of it.
7w ago
Yourself, mostly. Don't worry about it. Just don't look.
7w ago
The official list is wildly overcautious. For the Fenwick-to-Dross corridor specifically, which is one of the shortest and best-maintained routes, you need: 1. Your transit pass (obvious) 2. A light source that doesn't use batteries (wind-up or chemical, since batteries behave unpredictably in void space) 3. Something to focus on. A book, a photo, a specific memory you can hold onto. This sounds fake. It is not fake. The void is disorienting and having an anchor helps. 4. Water That's it. The continuity lanyard is for deep-void crossings over 4 hours. Fenwick-to-Dross is 22 minutes on a normal day. One actual tip: don't look at the reflections. You'll see them. They're not dangerous, they're just confusing, and first-timers tend to stare and then feel weird for the rest of the day. Just keep your eyes on the markers and you'll be fine.
7w ago
You can get a temporary transit pass at the kiosk outside the terminal. 5 credits, valid for 48 hours. Don't tell them it's for lost+found access, they'll route you to a different kiosk that's around the corner and has shorter hours. Just say you're commuting. Also, stage three is good. Stage three means they know exactly where it is and are just waiting for the window. Stages five through seven are the ones where they start using phrases like "retrieval may require non-standard methods" and "the item's current location is technically disputed."
7w ago
The corridor you were standing in and the corridor your bag fell into may not have been the same corridor at the moment of the drop. During maintenance windows the layers can offset slightly. Your bag is probably in an adjacent slice of the route, which means it's physically there but temporally somewhere else. The lost+found retrieval team has to wait for the layers to realign to pull it out. I know how that sounds. It's how it works. Average retrieval time for offset items is 6-10 weeks. I got a scarf back after 11 months. It was fine. Slightly cold.
7w ago
On the Fenwick-to-Dross corridor, which is well-maintained? Extremely rare. Maybe once every few years for a regular commuter. On the longer or less-maintained routes? More common. The Glumwick bypass has had three offset events this year alone. The real question is whether you're the kind of person who'd rather pay 80 credits a month and not think about it, or save the money and deal with it if it happens. I pay. But I've also lost a bag, gained 48 hours, and had my scarf come back cold. I am not a representative sample.
7w ago
I've had the monthly add-on for two years. Filed one claim. Lost a bag (see my post on basically every void thread on this forum). The policy covered replacement value of the contents, which was fine, except they required an itemized list of everything in the bag, a sworn statement that the items were in the bag at the time of loss, and a form signed by a void transit agent confirming the loss occurred during transit. The agent is only available at the lost+found office, which I've already described the access challenges for. Total reimbursement took four months. The amount was fair. The process was not.
7w ago