thespaceopera: (Diamond)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2014-10-05 10:08 am

Twelfth Cycle - Season Premier!

[Everything is quite dark as the passengers regain consciousness, with little lights and panels on the walls just now beginning to wink to life. It seems as though everyone and their new homes are rising from slumber together. Even the air is sleepy, and it tastes stale--it must have been a long time since it's been anywhere other than recycled endlessly through this space.

And for a few minutes, the only sounds that aren't coming from the passengers themselves is the omnipresent hum of electrical and mechanical parts surrounding them on every side, and the occasional scratch of vermin-feet in the walls. Then, regardless of where each passenger wakes in their ship, a short musical tune and an exuberant female voice crackles to life over speaker panels in every room.]


--Good morning, honored passengers! My name is Diamond, and on behalf of Atroma and our entire audience, congratulations on being selected to participate in the twelfth cycle of Drift Fleet! We are all eager to get to know you, and I just know you must all be eager to get started, so let's get right to it!

[And with that, whoever happens to be on the bridge of their ship at the time will be treated to watching the solid panels slide away from the windows, revealing infinite black and uncountable stars... and whether or not they've ever been capable of comprehending the concept before, they immediately recognize outer space.]

In a few minutes, the HS Marsiva will come into view through the windows to my left. Please familiarize yourself with her presence.

For more information on your new roles, and of the Drift Fleet itself, please refer to the helpful information files already uploaded to the network. And from here on out, it shall be up to you to refer new cremates to these information files and to make sure that their stays on your crews are pleasant and rewarding!

...Also--speaking of your new responsibilities as crewmembers--I expect captain forms to be filled out and submitted by the end of the week.

[The smile practically drips from her voice at that last point, and there's a little pause before she continues]

And finally-- we won't be approaching our first system for a few days yet, so you are all encouraged to get to know each other and enjoy the ride in the meantime.

Welcome to Drift Fleet, and remember... the worlds are watching!

[and the voice cuts out, but the lines are still open. the network is live and listening.]



((ooc: the Fleet is now live! dive in and tag around! it's a good idea to put whether or not your thread is open to the network, and what ship you're on, in the subject of your reply. to see who is on which crew, please refer to this sheet! have fun!))
payback: (slightly strained)

[personal profile] payback 2014-10-05 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's being watched very calmly by a narrow-faced girl. There are faint circles under her eyes, and she has an expression that suggests a headache. When he looks up, she smiles a little at him.]

Maybe you need a space clock.
limitstorm: (ღ hm; ❝i can hear your heartbeat.❞)

[personal profile] limitstorm 2014-10-05 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he makes a face at that thought, looking back down at the table. riku doesn't make much eye contact. ]

How many hours would it run on--is a day in space the same as a day on a planet? If not, how many hours long is a day? [ ugh. he's getting a headache. but before he can go on, or she can answer, he offers; ] I'm Riku.
payback: (distant; they follow us like fools.)

[personal profile] payback 2014-10-05 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Rin.

[Unseen now, she just continuous to watch him. Very calm about her creepy staring.]

Maybe they give us twenty-four hours like on earth. This ship is full of humans, after all. [Or mostly close to it.] I guess I'm assuming your earth has twenty-four hours. Does that thing tell you? [She points to his communicator.]
limitstorm: (ღ fret; ❝discord; whatever did we do?❞)

[personal profile] limitstorm 2014-10-05 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she can continue to watch him. he's going to continue to not make much eye contact, though he does raise his head when she speaks to him. he just focuses on her nose or ear or somewhere on her face rather than direct eye contact, fingers brushing against the rim of his glass as a nervous fidget. ]

Nice to meet you. [ but he has manners, at least. looking back to the communicator, he turns it over and flicks through pages. ] I think it's 24-hours too, on here. Guess it's weird to think of that when there's no sun.
payback: (distant; they follow us like fools.)

[personal profile] payback 2014-10-05 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
They must know what they're dealing with...

[She jumps down from her bunk, feet thumping on the floor.]

I'm going to go and look around. [So he's invited, if he wants to come.]
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[personal profile] limitstorm 2014-10-05 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ taking that as her declaration of leaving, he just nods, looking back to his communicator. ]

I don't think we'll have a problem with anything--there isn't anything on board except us and a few others.

[ no rabid space animals... ]
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[personal profile] payback 2014-10-05 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You can come along if you like. [Which is about as far as she'll go to press it.]
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[personal profile] limitstorm 2014-10-07 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ he doubletakes and blinks at her.

wait, she--? uh, it'd be rude to decline, he guesses...

getting up, he rubs the back of his neck. ]


Sure, I guess.
payback: (distant; they follow us like fools.)

[personal profile] payback 2014-10-07 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not obligatory. [With that she'll leave the bunk area. She's just walking at a sightseeing pace, not exactly booking it anywhere. Where, pray tell, would they even have to be? Nowhere right now. Thus.

Outside appears to be a bit of hall. Rin heads to the next door visible from their bunk room.]
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[personal profile] limitstorm 2014-10-09 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It's fine, I'm--

[ he looks away and shrugs his shoulders as he follows her. ]

... not used to people, sorry. [ hm. this place has a sort of sterile feel to it, though--like brand new lab supplies. riku would rather it didn't, honestly, so he's staying a little closer than he usually would ]
payback: (distant; they follow us like fools.)

[personal profile] payback 2014-10-11 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ha, she smiles a little bit to herself, almost in secret.]

Oh, that's all right. I'm used to that. [Haa... a new world full of new people again... though she's sort of vaguely met Riku before, she was never that close to him. Well, it's all right. She doesn't have to mention it either way.

There's obviously not much space on their ship, anyway. There isn't really a hall to speak of before they're out in the galley, with what's clearly the common area... luxuriously appointed with... a table and benches.]


I guess this is where we can have meetings.
limitstorm: (ღ awks; ❝the worlds revealed.❞)

[personal profile] limitstorm 2014-10-11 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ so luxurious. ]

I'm not sure about the food here.
payback: (relax; thoughts I could make real.)

[personal profile] payback 2014-10-12 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Mm... have you looked in the kitchen yet? Is there a kitchen?

[There's a door off their little center meeting room and that's... where she goes. Coincidentally, it happens to let into the kitchen!]

... Maybe this... [She's looking dubiously at the food... dispenser... thing.]