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[unbridles]

Who: John Laurens
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: Aboard the Marsiva
When: Right the heck now.

[He wasn't expecting a bed. More to the point, he wasn't expecting to wake up at all; did someone wake up when they were dead? He's not sure. Well. At least he doesn't hurt after dying, though John can't remember it hurting much before, either. He sits up anyway, still clad in his continental uniform, now with a mysterious lack of bulletholes. In doing so, he jars the communicator nearby, and it falls to the floor with a clatter.]

Shit, what -- [Oh. Okay. There's a thing on the floor, he's surrounded by mysterious silvery walls, and he's trying not to panic. This is great. Maybe the thing will have some answers. So he picks up the comm and pokes at it, tentatively. That manages to activate the video, and behold, there's one seriously perplexed lieutenant colonel onscreen.]

--Um. Can anyone maybe tell me what the hell is goin' on? Is anyone there?

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[wolfuncaged]

[Ah. Fenris remembers what it's like, to be brought into a world you can barely understand. That was years ago now, for him, he's adapted- but he at least has some sympathy for others in this situation. ]

You may find people around you, but most of us are not currently there. I am speaking to you through the box you're holding. It is not dangerous.

[unbridles]

[Well, yeah. It hasn't tried to bite him yet or anything. Also he wouldn't care much even if it were, John can take care of himself.]

Okay, I see that, yeah; but what the hell kinda afterlife is this?

[wolfuncaged]

It isn't. You are alive and...as well as one can be, here.

[unbridles]

....That explains a lot. Any purpose as to why whoever this is decided to bring me here?

[wolfuncaged]

Entertainment, if we are to believe our captors. They allow others to watch us...like a play. Though we will not see our audience.

[unbridles]

...What the hell? That's bullshit.

[wolfuncaged]

Tell me about it. And yet, here we are. I have been here for two years already.

[unbridles]

And no one's ever tried to fight back?

[wolfuncaged]

Fight back against whom? We have never seen our captors in the flesh.

[unbridles]

Well, I dunno, we managed to fight back against a country that was across the sea; I'm sure we could work somethin' out.

[wolfuncaged]

Ah, but even in a war, you have something to point your weapons at, do you not? We have nothing.

[unbridles]

Mm. I guess you gotta point. [He's not gonna give up, though. This is still bullshit.]

[wolfuncaged]

Still, do not think we will sit idle, should Atroma ever reveal themselves. True, not all of us wish to go home, but none of us wish to be trapped here, either.

[unbridles]

I'd like to think that, but I dunno how true it is yet.

[wolfuncaged]

It is something you need to learn for yourself, I am afraid. It will probably help once you get settled into a crew, learn how they feel about such things.

[unbridles]

Yeah, prob'ly. I still don't like it much.

[wolfuncaged]

Well, no. Most of us do not like it, but until we have a way of attack, playing along is all we can do.

[unbridles]

Yeah. Guess I'll have to wait an' see.