video/action

[artifacetious]

Who: Claudia Donovan and YOU
Broadcast: VIDEO, Fleetwide
Action: Y, if you're on the Marsiva!
When: late May

See. I'm used to being whisked away to other universes, but usually there's a point to it. Saving the world tree or helping in a war or whatevs, big ticket things that would actually merit prying open a wormhole and plucking us from all over to help. Not... for intergalactic reality shows. Are you kidding me? This [ she waves both hands at her surroundings ] cannot actually be what they want from us.

[ She is incredibly displeased, she was told she was going home and the Marsiva definitely is not home. It's an unwanted detour. ] If anyone does know what they want from us, feel free to speak up! Or outerspace big brother could speak up! Outerspace!!

[ Claudia settles down with a huff, and picks up the beautifully crafted elven guitar she was allowed to keep from her time in Asgard. That's something, at least. The feed cuts off but anyone on the Marsiva will hear her playing from against the wall on the hospitality deck. ]

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video;

[interspace]

[ Yeah, she heard the whole thing. She definitely understands all that. What Misha has issue with is who is asking those questions. ]

Excuse me?

[artifacetious]

There's a replay button but if you wanted the tl;d...r.......

[ Whoaaaaaaaaaa. ]

Okay. Hi?

video;

[interspace]

Well. Glad I'm not the only one seeing it.

[ She pauses, suddenly completely uncertain what to say. ]

Uhm. Misha. You're...? Hopefully not?

Re: video;

[artifacetious]

No, no, not just you. And also no, I'm Claudia.

[ That's a relief, actually, that this isn't someone impersonating her for whatever reason, but it's like looking in a mirror. And if it's not a thimbley thing, what's the explanation?

She peers a little closer; it's uncanny, right down to the little bump in her nose. ]

This is glitch in the matrix level freaky.

video;

[interspace]

Claudia... [ Yeah, she's trying to absorb this. It kind of goes against everything she understands about the multiverse and also HER FACE. PLEASE. ]

This isn't a glitch, this is a copy-paste failure gone completely wrong.

Re: video;

[artifacetious]

[ Your face? Her face. What the frack is happening here? ]

Copy paste failure is usually just a clipboard malfunction, not a corruption of the data itse-- why am I even explaining this. [ She presses a hand to her forehead. ] How old are you?

[interspace]

Twenty-two.

[ Misha's older, it's her face! Hah. ]

Let's just—not with the computer analogies anymore. How old are you?

Video

[dancingmd]

As far as I can tell, it is indeed what they want from us. Trust me, they go through great lengths to make sure we're entertaining.

Re: Video

[artifacetious]

What kind of lengths are we talking about, and are they measured in metric?

Re: Video

[dancingmd]

Do you know about the augment yet?

Re: Video

[artifacetious]

The tech they jacked straight into my brain to tell me how the ships work? Yup. [ She taps it. ] Not a huge fan.

Re: Video

[dancingmd]

Me either. We haven't found a safe way to take it out yet, unfortunately.

But they can use the augment to mess with our minds in various ways.

Re: Video

[artifacetious]

Mess with our minds how? Let me guess: not purely helpful ways!

[ She'd still like to know details. ]

audio;

[feathery]

Are you from Asgard.

Re: audio;

[artifacetious]

Yeah, actually, how'd you guess?

[feathery]

The part about the world tree kind of gave you away. I guess we could be talking about different world trees, though; I already met some people who heard of totally separate Asgards. Got a house?

[artifacetious]

No, we're talking about the same world tree. I was in Freya. You?

[feathery]

Hel. Shadow control, if it matters any.

[Which he still finds kind of amusing, because holy shit did that house get huge.]

Were you around for all the bullshit heroics at the end or did you get kidnapped early.

[artifacetious]

Energy transfer.

[ Hel did get huge, so it doesn't matter any to her that it's his house. It had all sorts. ]

I was around, but I couldn't do much.

[video]

[thebarkside]

Claudia! Whoah!

[ and she's talking about the World Tree. jade feels a little swell of guilt at how happy she is to see a familiar face right now. ]

I didn't think anyone else who knew Asgard would ever show up. Hi, it's Jade, do you remember me?

[ oh boy she sounds hopeful. ]

Re: [video]

[artifacetious]

I do! Hey Jade. How's tricks in outerspace?

[ She's so relieved to see a familiar face that's not her own, Jade, you have no idea. ]

Davesprite told me you were here but there's no Traveler registry.

[video]

[thebarkside]

Hehehe. I miss Asgard. I definitely didn't think I'd be saying that when it was all over.

[ mostly because she always assumed she'd forget it all. ]

And I know. It's really inconvenient, isn't it?

Re: [video]

[artifacetious]

I know the feeling, at least that was a familiar weird foreign place.

[ She was so ready to be home and then... no. Staying in Asgard awhile longer would have been preferable, even if Atroma let her keep a souvenir. And Asgard didn't hijack all her tech. ]

Why don't they, they're high tech enough. ... And I'd give you a hug if I could get off this stupid welcome deck. There aren't even air vents, I don't know how I'm breathing right now.

[video]

[thebarkside]

The Marsiva's really not so bad, but I'd come get you if I could, I promise. Um - just let me know when you're assigned a ship, okay? I'll make sure to come visit you ASAP.

[ it's pretty impossible to hide the relief in her expression still at claudia just being there. ]

Do you still have your power?

Re: [video]

[artifacetious]

I'll let you know.

Uh. It's hard for me to tell without kissing someone. You want to be the test subject?