driftfleet | text; get this child out of his comfort zone

Who: Kazuto Kirigaya and [insert your name here]
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Today / Sept 4

[Waking up in unfamiliar surroundings is not new for Kazuto, but in the past it's been quite a different experience. It's not an MMO this time, which is what catches him off guard the most. He can tell immediately, even with a simple glance around- the world is too real, too detailed. (Just in case, he tests a few menu-summoning gestures, but no dice.)

Waking up in a hospital-eque area makes him think that something went wrong with his last MMO dive, but that isn't right. He clearly remembers being safe and healthy the night before- they'd checked him out at the hospital before he'd gone to Sinon's. So... what? A kidnapping? Some kind of experiment? Something about this place doesn't feel right, and there's information slowly filtering into his head that doesn't make much sense.

And then he goes and looks out a window. Yikes.

He spends some time wandering, quietly observing, though there isn't really anyone to observe- computers, broadcasts, machines, yes, but people? The place is pretty deserted. It's eerie and uncomfortable, and he gets totally lost before long. Finally, though, he puts to use the knowledge of the broadcast system that is inexplicably in his head now, typing out a message.]

Is anyone out there available to answer some questions? I don't understand what's happened to me.

[Yep, that sure is a message. Which... is probably gibberish to anyone who doesn't read Japanese. Someone should probably let him know about the auto-translate not working on text.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Uh oh. You gotta keep up on your studies, man! [STAY IN SCHOOL AND ALL THAT unless you're trapped in a MMO game for two years then he can understand that]

But hey, here's something about this place. You're still speaking Japanese, right?

[Yeaaaaaah his excuse is pretty good.]

I- yes? Are you not?

[What a weird question.]

Nope. English over here, like how I was texting you.

You already know the basics of this place thanks to that little chip they put in you, right? Well, it also translates almost every spoken language to something the speaker can understand. Way better than those translate apps we were talking about!

[Whoa. That's beyond trippy.]

Amazing... it sounds like you're speaking fluent Japanese the whole time. I've never seen technology this advanced before!

[He should probably be more alarmed by the whole chip thing, but- seriously, that's really cool. Hook him up if it's this useful.]

I know, right? This is something that's way beyond its time! You sound like you're speaking perfect English to me, and to you, everyone will be speaking fluent Japanese. It's really, really cool!

[Yeah, okay, he can't help nerding out a little instead of giving out more valuable information too.]

[Who needs information when there is nerding to be done?]

I guess when you're on a spaceship, you should expect things to get a little sci-fi, huh.

Just wait 'til you get to the shuttles. Everything is totally sci-fi there! I'm on one called the SS Vanquish right now, and I always feel like I'm in a movie. [...] An actually accurate movie about space.

That's a pretty dramatic ship name. It'd definitely fit.

[Sounds like something you'd find in a movie that features dramatic space battles and evil galactic empires and stuff. Not really his forte, but he can recognize genre tropes.]

What's the difference between this ship and the shuttles? The place I'm in seems pretty advanced as it is.

Well, that ship you're on - the Marsiva, you can't really go anywhere. That's where all the people who first show up go.

But the other ships, those are where you go after. You're assigned a crew, and you help maintain the ship depending on your augment and get along with the people there.

[... This'll be so weird to explain, but:] This is, uh. Kind of a reality TV show? So, you know. Recording your daily life and stuff like that.

Yeah, I... heard about that.

[Still so very unsure of how to deal with it, but aware that It's A Thing. As such, he'll just ignore it for the moment.]

So that's why this place is so empty? Everyone's in the shuttles?

That's right! We can talk to you, but we can't go to you right now. You should tell me what ship you go to after this, I can come visit you! [Yes you are his friend after about two minutes of conversation]

[He's certainly not used to that, but beggars really can't be choosers.]

Ah... sure. When I find out, I'll let you know. You can use these things to communicate people any time?

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