Twelfth Cycle - Season Premier!

[thespaceopera]

[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!))

Comments

[aberrant_type]

Oh my! Could it be you have some experience with this?

[ino]

Unfortunately.

[aberrant_type]

Unfortunate for you, but maybe a boon to the rest of us! So... how did you come to be in space?

[ino]

Magic.

[ LMFAO ]

Unfortunately that's all I really know about it. It wasn't really my decision. But the most important thing is that we have a decent supply of food. You can't exactly hunt for anything in space.

[aberrant_type]

I found a kitchen on my ship! It's not... hmm, what I'm used to. But I imagine we'll all make do. Magic, really?

[ino]

Fully stocked?

Really. Magic. Plenty of people have tried for years to figure out exactly how it works, but it's been very difficult.

[aberrant_type]

I got this white semi-solid cube-shaped flavorless food! Hopefully it's unlimited.

Sounds fascinating!

[ino]

... Ew. [ that sounds awful ] And you're sure it's ... edible?

I guess. More frustrating than anything.

[aberrant_type]

Well, it's ingestable for sure. I ate it. I suppose it might not actually be edible.

And I take it you don't work with magic.

1/2

[ino]

... [ great. hope this person doesn't .. die .... ] Well, uh ... let us know if you start feeling sick ...

[ino]

Nah, chakra's more my game.

[aberrant_type]

What's chakra?

[ino]

It's the energy your body naturally makes. With the right training, you can channel it to fight and do things that the average human can't.

[aberrant_type]

Sounds useful. What un-average human things are you capable of, if you don't mind my asking?

[ino]

I'm a medic -- I can heal wounds.

[aberrant_type]

To what extent?

[ino]

Depends on the wound and how long they've been wounded for. Like, for example, if things start to get infected, it becomes much more difficult, sometimes impossible. But ... if someone broke their arm, I could heal it up in a matter of a few minutes.

[aberrant_type]

And what about missing limbs?

[ino]

Well, I can't sprout a new limb, if that's what you're asking. It's not so much creating anything as it is speeding up the natural healing process.

If you managed to keep the detached limb intact, and it hadn't been too long since it was removed, it might be possible to reattach, though.

[aberrant_type]

My, my...

[Ha. If a limb is detached it's usually in a titan's mouth. So no go on that front, what a shame.]

Still, that sounds pretty amazing. I'd like to see you at work one of these days.

[ino]

Well, honestly, I'm kind of hoping those types of skills won't need to come in handy, if you know what I mean.

[ she'd rather not be stuck on a death ship ]

[aberrant_type]

Understandable... but in the event that you have to make use of them, I'd still like to observe if you didn't mind.