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[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Kara & u
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva
When: Tonight

[ A blonde woman with glasses and her hair up in a ponytail appears on the screen. She squints momentarily and then brightens and waves genially ]

Hi, my name is Kara, and this is pretty exciting, huh? Being in space and stuff… It's really not an opportunity that people from Earth, of which I am one, get too often. I wonder, what's everyone's favorite part about being in space? I think mine is looking out into the expanse and wondering what else is out there and, like, what everyone calls the toast with the egg in the middle? Toad in a hole? Egg's nest? What if it's some really weird name like "cyclops wheat square"?

[ she laughs, snorting slightly ]

How strange would that be?

Anyway, let me know! I can't wait to hear!

[ she waves enthusiastically and turns off the video ]

Comments

video;

[heavenonearth]

[ damn girl, that's some heavy duty peppiness. ]

Cyclops wheat square, huh? Pretty creative. Better than the other options, I think.

[takingkarabusiness]

Aww, egg-in-the-nest is probably my favorite. I'm not really a fan of thinking about toads when I'm eating though.

[heavenonearth]

Yeah, I hear you. Not exactly high class cuisine, toads.

[takingkarabusiness]

I hear frog legs are big in Europe?

[heavenonearth]

Oh yeah? I wouldn't know. But I'll be honest, I'm not terribly picky. I'd try them.

[takingkarabusiness]

I'd probably try them. I wouldn't want to be rude.

So, what do you think of all of this?

[heavenonearth]

Pretty broad question. But.. overall, I guess - [ shrug. ] - not bad. Could be much worse. It's hospitable so far.

[takingkarabusiness]

That's good. I'm glad to hear it, all things considered.

[heavenonearth]

Mm, well panicking about it won't accomplish anything, right? Anyway, what about you? You seem pretty comfortable with all of it.

[takingkarabusiness]

I wouldn't say I'm comfortable but like you said, panicking doesn't really accomplish much, you know? I'd rather give it a chance to explain itself to me than freak out right away.

[heavenonearth]

Truer words never spoken. You've got a nice, level head on your shoulders.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, thanks. I try, anyway. Though I take it it's not the normal reaction around here.

[heavenonearth]

To be honest, I don't really know. Haven't been here all that long myself. But yeah, I suppose a few people haven't taken it with such.. optimism.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ shrugs ]

I'm not sure how else to react.

[heavenonearth]

Fair enough. [ it's not like you can really choose your own reactions anyway, so cas just shrugs. ] At any rate, here's hoping you can keep it going, right? Good luck with that.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, I won't try to predict the future, but I hope so, too.

[heavenonearth]

Sounds like a plan. [ an easy smile. ] At any rate, you keep that up, and take care, all right?