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WHO Itzal Noah / you
BROADCAST Video all over fleet-wide
ACTION On the Wonderduck!
WHEN Shuffle-ish (July 19th)

[ There's a young man on the camera. The video looks impromptu but not accidental where he's found himself in the Wonderduck's bridge. He does not look happy, nor does he seem very confused. Just angry. Indulgently angry in the way only a teenager can be. ]

Hey, chuckleshits! Whoever is running this show should send me back right now before I get ready to pull the whole thing apart. Bygones and bygones and all that shit, as long as you reverse your damn polarity and get me back to Terminus!

Which, what the fuck? You pull me, but Argent gets a fucking pass? How do you guys even decide this? This is not karmic, no way, not if that motherfucker isn't here with me.

[ There's a pause, like he isn't sure what to say next. ]

You're space is all fucked up, too. Not enough stars. You taking us to the ends of the universe or something? Fuck.

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Yeah, that's what I said. But seeing how Atroma claims they've got a vested interest in their kidnappees and a cast of zombies isn't gonna bring home the bacon, our continued survival is probably imminent.

[It comes with a general tone of "whatcha gonna do".]

And yeah. She's like. Actually certified.

You think they've got that much control over everything? That doesn't make sense.

Shit, that's gotta be the jackpot. An actual doctor on this fuck-farce of a show.

Pretty much. Other ships have got more.

[Quite possibly the most useful people in the Fleet, Davesprite thinks.]

And depends. Who knows what they fucking did to us with the impromptu brain surgery. [Said with a motion towards his own implant. God, does he hate that thing.]

More doctors? And you still think you're guaranteed to survive?

[ He scowls at the reminder. ] What, like make us their goddamn puppets?

Isn't that usually how doctors work. The more medical professionals you got on hand, the more likely it is they know what they're doing in life-threatening situations. [He's not seeing the issue here. Is there an issue here? Maybe he's misunderstanding.] Not that anyone would know what to do with me. I don't know what to do with me.

[Why does he talk so much.]

But maybe. It's not like this shit comes with a manual. More like they are the manual, actually. Could be that's how they get all their video footage; they're linked the hell up to the visual cortex of our brains.

More doctors you got, more dangerous shit they can throw at you. Stuff like this, doubt they'd ever overprepare. Who'd do that? [ He pauses, head tilts. ] Because of the wing stuff?

Ah, fuck. You said it. Anybody rips theirs out and get a look yet? Can't be too complicated since it's gotta be so small.

[Davesprite's head tilts right back, though more in a way that telegraphs, eh, point. He sighs a little at the wing inquiry.] Yeah, the wing stuff. I'm kind of a freaky fuckin' zoological impossibility.

As for the implant, I dunno about any haphazard ripping, 'cause I'd like to keep my intellectual facilities intact as little as I may use them. But I had a friend try to teleport it out and that didn't work.

Or an alien. Or both. Sucks to be you, doesn't it?

Teleport it how? There's got to be other ways. Might be protected from that kind of thing.

Depends. But your face looks like it could feature on the newest issue of Alien Magazine, so I guess that's one mystery solved that no one cares about.

And I don't know; time was my thing, not space. You're better off asking Jade how it feels being able to teleport wherever she wants whenever she wants.

Haha, fuck you. [ He is actually entertained, though. ]

Time and space? What the fuck does that mean? Wait, no, don't—I know what it means. Just like that?

[They speak the same language. :|b]

Just like that. She's a witch of the stuff. Nigh omnipotent. Or, well, she was. I guess there are different rules here. Or maybe it's this shit again. [He flicks the implant embedded behind his ear.]

Omnipotent?

[ That gets him to perk up, and he's not sure how to feel about that. Sure, he's a demigod but he's never met a power legitimately higher than that. Of course, people claim that kind of shit all the time, but... other dimensions, other rules, other-other-other. It doesn't matter unless it's local. Still, he's curious. ]

Doubt it. You really think they could fuck with someone that strong?

If they're fucking up our brain waves or something, [and he can't quite hide a flicker of dark displeasure] sure. I mean you control your powers with your brain, right. Impede that and there's no telling what grody terroristic shit you might do.

[Great. Now he's gone and freaked himself out. He rubs the bridge of his nose.]

Jade might be a god where we're from, but there's always someone better.

Yeah, but how would you ever get the drop on someone who's omnipotent? That's unreal bullshit.

[ Noah shakes his head, doesn't look too pleased. ]

This whole thing is just fucked. Fucking... foreigners, even those pricks didn't shove things in their heads.

[Davesprite tilts his head, arching an eyebrow. That's a kinda weird thing to say, but ok.]

You're preaching to the choir, dude. This is my second runaround with this horseshit and I still don't got answers. [Pause.] Actually, they might've grabbed Jade that way. 'Cause it was just a thing you lost all your powers in the last trash heap that snatched us up.

[ It is extremely weird and Noah doesn't bat an eye at the eyebrow. He isn't going to explain anything he doesn't want to. ]

You know, I heard the saying "nothing's new under the sun" before but this is just getting idiotic. How many people in the universe can possibly think it's a good idea to pull random as fuck people out of random as fuck dimensions and hope it fixes shit?

Right.

[SERIOUSLY.]

What the fuck are we gonna fix that they can't, when they've got the technological or magical prowess to filch us from totally separate dimensions. Like I guess we were successful where I was last, but that is the opposite of what I've heard about elsewhere.

Depends on who you ask where I'm from. [ Beat. ] Guess everyone's not dead, so that's a win. The fuck kind of place were you in?

Asgard. Trying to stave off the collapse of the multiverse. It was hella steeped in Norse mythology and involved way more fighting than I ever wanted to sign up for.

[He's still not really sure if it was an improvement over his own reality.]

How about you. What kind of bullshit did you get dealt besides a standard end of the world scenario.

Norse mythology? [ Well, that sounds like BS. ] That shit is super out of date, who still has a universe based on it?

[ He crosses his arms, rolls his eyes. ]

Let get this part straight: I'm not one of you losers who gets tossed around like a chewed up doll every-fucking-where. I was actually at home. Some idiots just thought foreigners would know how to deal with—our shit better than us.

[The look Noah gets is profoundly unimpressed.]

Yeah, well, looks like you're one of the asshole foreigners now. Welcome to the club. I guess that's what they call poetic justice.

Yeah, whatever. Don't doubt the home field advantage.

[ And the fact that he still exists when away from it is... nervewracking. ]

Or... fucking do because these guys are complete ass-sucking dick-rippers that think we're gonna play for them.

[Davesprite lets out a quick, only half there heh at the profanity.]

Beats me what they even want besides the general caveat of "be entertaining". Which could mean literally anything. But if you figure out a way to get these implants out of our heads, I'll fork over every credit I've got and then some.

Yeah, some people like dog fighting and others watch some stupid romantic comedies. That shit isn't specific at all.

[ His brows raise while furrowing together and he tilts his head. ]

What am I gonna want with your credits? If I figure out how to remove this, I'm going the fuck home next.

Use 'em to buy your way home.

[Which sounds more like a cross between "beats me" and "obviously???", in terms of tone.]

You don't got to take it literally, man. Just think of it as a deal, if it really matters. You do me a favor, I'll do one for you, assuming you even want it. [It's not like Davesprite has a whole lot to offer.]

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