video/optional action

[dontthinkaboutelephants]

Who: Arthur
Broadcast: Video, fleetwide
Action: Optional; Red fish
When: Now is good

Hey! [Arthur waves at the camera, he's wearing some of his new clothes that are more utilitarian than his usual style (Yes, he keeps blowing his money on clothes. Hush.)] So I have all the preliminary sketches done. If you asked me to draw you something, you should come on over to the Red Fish to see them and tell me if I need to change anything.

I'm also working on a research project with Ms. Carter. If you could answer with some of these preliminary questions I threw together, I'd be most appreciative. Keep in mind that you don't have to answer all of them, especially if they make you uncomfortable, and that these results may be available to anyone on the ship.

attachement: surveypt1.docx

We may have some more questions in the future.

[He picks up and fiddles with a pencil, needing to do something with his hands.]

Has anyone here... lost someone close to them? How do you deal with that, especially if you maybe could have stopped them dying, if you had known something was wrong?

Comments

Video

[spontaneouscombustion]

[OOOH a survey! Pinkie pauses the video while she fills that out, but when she fills that out... oh... ouch... so yeah, the pink pony face coming on right now... is a little less chipper than normal.]

No, I haven't. I'm really sorry, though. Do you wanna talk about it?

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

[YAY survey!

But oh my god, a sad talking pony what is going on. But she's so nice... he holds back on asking about that.]

Thanks. I don't know. I don't usually. I was just kind of hoping there was some quick fix to how I feel, but I guess that was stupid.

[GOD THOSE SAD PONY EYES THO.] I'll be okay. I survived getting shot; I can survive this.

[spontaneouscombustion]

Wait, WHAT?! Who shot at you, why?!

[SO MANY FRIENDSHIP PROBLEMS WITH THAT, WHAT KIND OF KIDNAPPING, ANIMAL-EATING, PEOPLE-SHOOTING WORLD HAS SHE BEEN TAKEN TO?!]

[dontthinkaboutelephants]

Ah... [PANICKED PONY oh no.] This was at home, not here! And it was someone very mean.

[Who Arthur incidentally stole from but shh shhh]

[spontaneouscombustion]

Well, DUH, if they were nice they wouldn't have SHOT you! Who goes around shooting humans like that?!

[Nicely put, Captain of the SS Obvious.]

Sooo you're okay now? And the mean someone's not here?

[dontthinkaboutelephants]

Yeah, I'm okay. And that person's not here.

Uh, so... can I ask about your world? Are the beings there all horses?

[Because this is weird but he's also really curious.]

[spontaneouscombustion]

Well, that's good.

Hmmm not ALL of us are ponies, but most of the ones in MY country are! There's also cows and donkeys and dragons and griffons and zebras and yaks and buffalo and sea serpents and...

[Aaaand it goes on for a while; might wanna grab a book. Eventually, though, she comes to SOME kind of stop.]

No humans, though!