driftfleet | 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!))

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Haha! The SS Wonderfuck sure would be something!

[her voice comes crackling cheerfully out of the speaker]

Edited 2014-10-05 19:29 (UTC)

[he's surprised a little by the voice coming over the speaker! Oh, he didn't realized he broadcasted that. Not to mention, she's so damn CHEERFUL sounding]

...Heh! It sure would be.

You sure sound like you're in a good mood.

Haha, it's not like being furious would solve my problems, would it?

[Oh...great. One of those types. His favorite]

I...guess not?

You're right, it wouldn't!

So, who are you?

[..........]

Kaneis. [Which considering he's been using that as a fake name for a year now, it comes naturally]

You?

Zoe Hange. Good to meet you, Kaneis. Is all this new to you? Or have you been to space before?

Zoe, alright.

[From her emphasis about space....he has a bad feeling about this]

I stayed on a space station once for a few months. No idea what's going on here though.

That's so fascinating! What was it like? Anything like this?

Mostly I just remember it being cramped, bad food and full of space zombies.

So...I hope it's not like this!

Interesting! What are zombies?

Reanimated corpses that eat people?

Ha ha, that sounds unfortunate! [and familiar. sort of.] I assume if they're corpses they're difficult to kill... but perhaps there's a way to lay them to rest again?

Yeah, they can be a real pain sometimes. [Though he doesn't sound too worked up. Since hey, he went to a school with a forest of them nearby. You're used to the living dead]

It depends on the type- but usually you do something to destroy its brain and you should be fine.

Though personally, I'm still hoping we don't get any again.

It's unfortunate that we're unarmed, in that case. [She doesn't sound worked up... either...] How big do they get?

Yeah, no kidding. [He's feeling pretty naked without his sword right now, he's gotta say]

[But he frowns furthered, confused by the question]

Well...they're reanimated corpses, so, however big the corpse was?

Oh! Well, that's not so bad. Hopefully we'll be able to come up with something if that situation arises.

[....]

You know I can't tell if you're the overly optimistic sort, or have really weird standards for bad.

Have you ever heard of a Titan before?

A Titan?

[He thinks, then gives a small headshake]

Can't say I have.

The biggest one I've ever seen is sixty meters, and they eat humans alive! Haha! Human-sized isn't so bad.

Sixty-

[His eyes are big]

- The hell?! Are they some kind of dragon?!

Edited 2014-10-05 21:51 (UTC)

Not at all! They're humanoids, although for the most part they don't seem to be sentient. Their goal is simply to mindlessly devour humans. Size ranges from a few meters to sixty, which I mentioned, which is the largest one they've ever seen!

However, they don't eat humans for sustenance. In fact, when a titan fills its stomach it'll simply vomit the ingested remains back up. The internal environment of a titan is very hot! Boiling hot! So if a human isn't killed by the teeth or being ripped apart, they'll be boiled to death in the stomach. Titans use sunlight for sustenance!

[A...PAUSE...]

[SERIOUSLY HOW DO YOU EVEN RESPOND TO THIS CHEER. THIS HORRIBLE CHEER. THERE"S ANOTHER PAUSE BEFORE HE JUST...GOES ON OLD DEFENSE MECHANISMS OF CHEERFUL SASS]

...Well! Isn't that just terrifying, horrifying and disgusting! I think I'll be skipping lunch after that wonderful sharing of knowledge! Thank you, my dear Zoe!

Oh... well, would you like to hear some more?

[SINCE SHE ALREADY PUT HIM OFF HIS LUNCH take it easy Zelos it would've been awful anyway]

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