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Who: Megaman and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: Moping at the desk in the engineer's office on the SS Golden, lights on as usual
When: RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW somewhere around the space equivalent of midnight

Hello, I'd like to ask a question for anyone still awake. Some of you have been here for a little while now, right? I was wondering...has anyone ever been able to contact people they know back home here? Has Atroma ever allowed it, I guess.

My friends back home are probably really worried about me by now...I don't think they would know what's going on. To them I might have suddenly become missing! And I'd like to let them know that I'm okay, if I can. But I don't know if there's a way...

And also, since [ah] maybe I'm going to be here for awhile too. Does anyone have a database about outer space that I could borrow for a bit? A book or a data file you'd be willing to lend? Just, something that gets detailed about how things work in general out there. I have basic knowledge on the subject, but I'd like to learn more of I can.

Thank you.

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[Oh my god Misha please...it's the sort of praise that would have had Lan's head swelling like a watermelon, and so of course Megaman feels an automatic urge to downplay it immediately. ...Even if it is rather nice to hear. But--but still! She leans in and Megaman leans back in turn, cheeks flushing faintly.]

Big shot--oh, no, nothing like that! I--I mean, we've won a couple of national tournaments on tv, but that's not really a super big deal...not a load of people really know who we are, still!

[Well, unless you count some cyber criminal syndicates and the Undernet, in which case it's probably a reputation of increasing distaste, but--well, anyway. He laughs.]

I'm definitely no superhero, I'm just a NetNavi. But...oh, that's right, I probably haven't told you! Lan is--Lan Hikari, he's my Operator! We've been together for a couple years now...he's the one that comes up with the battle strategies and gets ahold of the right chips. I'm, ah, I'm really not much of a threat to anything without him around, to be honest...

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[ She gives praise freely where it belongs. This kid is either a major backstory component or a protagonist. Either way, she is pretty okay with this. It's cool!! ]

Brains and brawn. That's pretty cool. And, hey, don't say it like that. If you're not a threat without Lan, then that means he needs you too, right?