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Who: Max Caulfield & Anybody
Broadcast: Open
Action: SS Marsiva
When: Saturday, pre-shuffle

[ Max is almost used to waking up in weird places. But when she awakens to the crisp, clean, sterile surroundings of the Marsiva's hospitality deck, she knows something is wrong. Her dorm room, Chloe's room, school maybe, the lighthouse... but this felt more like a hospital. Where...? ]

This isn't... where is this? [ She's quick enough to her feet, glancing around. ] Calm down, Max, just need to figure out... where......

[ She trails off when she catches sight of those bowing windows in the viewing bay, showing... space. ]

No way. No way... This can't be real.

[ She seems to be in denial for a few moments. Gaping, staring, taking a step back...

And then, hands shaking... she pulls out an old instant camera and snaps a picture. "Always take the shot." That's what she had been told.

She shakes the photo that pops out for a moment, then stares at it, as if the view would somehow be different. But alas, it is not. ] This is really happening, isn't it? I'm in space. How?


[ Assume she's open to messages here. During and following those, though, she'll be snooping around the deck, looking at and through anything and everything. Snoop, Max, snoop and figure things out. ]

Comments

[save_the_souls]

[Allen sees this over the feed. With a concerned look, he responds]

Are...you alright?

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What...? [ And now Max has stopped, glancing around. ] Who's there? [ New person, caught unawares by the network, you know the drill.

She stops looking around when she sees a worried looking boy on one of the screens and WOW those are some really good special effects because that scar is seriously messed up.

....He's not the one who talked, is he? ]

voice;

[bolder]

[In a creepy, deeper than normal voice:] We've finally found you...

[And it trails off. Someone take this thing away from her.]

video not that it matter for toph amirite

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Okay, who's there!? This is seriously messed up...

[ First that bullshit with Chloe, then being kidnapped, in space, and now this? How could this day get any worse... ]

[geonomy]

... You've got a camera.

[MOST IMPORTANT THING ATM]

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[ Okay, she's used to this whole... network thing. Mostly. After the last couple of people.

A little unsure why somebody's focusing on the camera instead of the kidnapping though. ]

Yeah. It's kind of old, but I actually prefer the older analog models.

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[thebestseller]

[Castle had been laying low since his arrival- he felt weak from the deadly disease he'd inhaled, and though he was pretty sure he hadn't died from it, he wasn't entirely sure this wasn't Purgatory, either. He wasn't sure what he expected the afterlife to be like, but he supposed a waiting room made some sort of sense. Buraucracy in life, buraucracy in death.

So he had yet to address the communicator he'd found on him, instead waiting to see if anyone else would pop in with him, eventually deciding to take a shower, hoping it would at least wake him up a bit. When he walked out back to the common area, toweling his hair dry, he was surprised to find that another person had arrived.]

Oh! Darn, I was hoping whoever came along next would know what was up. I haven't got a clue myself. [He sounded pretty cheerful and nonchalant nonetheless.]

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[ Oh, hey, it's an actual adult! Probably a good thing, really. Although Max doubts being an adult would help at all with kidnapping, of all things. Even if Max is technically an adult sssshhh. ]

At least I'm not the only one who's been kidnapped, I guess.

[ She has to pause for a moment, though. Because- ] Dude, we were just kidnapped, and you went to take a shower?

video;

[ino]

Unfortunately, yeah, this is really happening. Still a little fuzzy on the "how" part, though.

video;

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[ Thankfully, she's been filled in a liiittle bit by this point. ]

It doesn't really make sense. Just... kidnapped, waking up in space. How do they even do that? It's crazy!

At least I'm not alone, though. That's a small comfort.

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

Is that a camera?

[yeah he also thought that was the most important part here. not the kidnapping. the kidnapping is so nine-months-ago.]

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[ Okay, this is the second time. ] Dooo you guys not have cameras up here? Of the picture-kind, I mean. [ Since obviously there have got to be video cameras everywhere if they're on reality TV. And for using the network. ]

[Video]

[boymeetsfatherhood]

Good question! It's because of some aliens called the Atroma.

...I'm pretty sure that's all anyone knows about the 'how'.

[Video]

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Aliens. And here I always thought the alien conspiracy nuts were, well, nuts. But after waking up in space, I'll believe almost anything.

action!

[punchingly]

[ Someone else is snooping about -- or as much as a seven foot tall woman with avocado green hair can snoop, which is to say, not a lot, and very indelicately. She too hasn't particularly touched the communicator; although she has a vague idea of how to use it, this type of technology at home always screamed bad bad bad, and so she's just looking for the next vaguely human and friendly face.

In this case, Margie manages to wave at Max politely as they both go about their mutual snooping. ]

So we aren't alone here...!

[ For such a big lady, her voice is awfully quiet and reserved. ]

action!

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[ Max pauses her snooping. In general, getting caught snooping is a bad thing. But then again, this is to find out more about their surroundings and kidnapping.

She turns to the voice. Then she stares up. And... up. And further up. How tall is this lady? Max is like 5'5" okay. ]

Aaaahhh... no. We're not alone. [ In the universe. Or on the ships. ] They say there's over a hundred others kidnapped here.

Did you just wake up here, too?

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[alwayscomeback]

Sorry to break it to you, but it's definitely real, and it's definitely space.

...What's that thing you've got? [Because that's the more important subject matter here, yep. ]

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I've picked up on that much now. I mean it's still hard to really wrap my head around, but I don't have much choice.

Video

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By "thing" though, do you mean my camera? [ She's hefting it up to the video feed. ] It's kind of old - okay, very old - but I prefer the retro analog kinds.

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[tothefly]

If you're looking for a more technical response than "because you got lucky," you might be waiting a while. This place isn't exactly forthcoming about details.

Of course, that's assuming you actually think we are where it looks like we are.

[The voice coming from her communicator is female, even, dryly amused. A patient sort of voice.]

video;

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At this point, I think I'll believe anything. I've seen some crazy shit, but this tops all of that.

[video]

[delincuente]

[Alex sits up straight and tries to look authoritative.]

You're in space jail, ma'am. I'm afraid I'm going to have to confiscate the camera for security reasons.

[video]

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That is so not funny. And somebody already tried that line. [ Or, well, close enough to it. ]

[evildetector]

[ yoooo. a teenage boy also snooping around the deck at some point will nearly run directly into max. he jumps in guilty alarm, expression pretty clearly reading "oh, shit." ]

Another person! Whoah. Uh. Hi. Fellow inmate, I'm assuming? Or evil alien captor just assuming our guise, here to assimilate?

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[ Well, Max doesn't feel bad about being caught snooping. Tracking down clues is a legitimate tactic at this point, okay?

But still, with that last line, maybe she'll finally get a chance to be on the other end of the joke. ] Yes, that's right. I'm one of your new alien overlords, and I am here to drink your brains!