driftfleet | 2 >> nerd life is hard

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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[Yeah, he'd really, really like an answer to that first part too. There are people back at home that he misses dearly, and he wishes he had some way to keep in touch, at least tell them that he's A-okay.

But, well. Megs said the S-word. Clay will get that answer somewhere down the line, he's sure; right now there is something VERY IMPORTANT to discuss.]

DID SOMEONE SAY SPACE???

[ Misha's too much of a night person to not be awake for this. Even if there's no real day/night cycle, there's a sleep-one and she's adjusted to keeping awake during the "quiet" hours. When she sees the question, rather than replying in person she just makes a pit-stop at the kitchen before meandering into Megaman's room. She has a drink and ALFRED is clasped around her bicep as always, ready to settle in for a long haul. ]

Hey. Mind some company while you wait for replies?

Hello,

We haven't met yet, but my name is Dr. Crusher. I've been here since March and from everything I've gathered, people at home have no idea we're even gone. Several of us have people from our own universes here who have arrived from a period time after our own capture who remember us being at home and living as we normally would, no mention of Atroma. Additionally, my captain, Sokka, recently returned home for three years and retained no memory of being here, but for us, it was only about a week that he was in stasis. I know it is only a small comfort, but in all liklihood your friends will be waiting for you just as you left them.

As to your other question, I normally live in space at home as well, so I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have. And I do have a database from home, but unfortunately the files from my device are non transferable to the fleet's computers. I might be able to type something up for you, though.

Hope this helps!

[It takes Nightingale a minute to answer, given her own current home problems, but...]

I don't think it's possible. I mean... I've found someone here from where I was before, but from home isn't going to happen. We've been dragged across worlds- Maybe if your home world had the ability to send messages across worlds or something? But odds are we're all shit out of luck in that regard.

Some talking horse told me that time's probably frozen back where you came from, though.

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