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Who: Pepper Potts-Stark and Anyone
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Totally Open to anyone on the First Breath
When: Now

[Among those new crew members is one displaced CEO, although this isn’t exactly Pepper’s first time waking up somewhere unfamiliar. No, the sad truth is that her first though on opening her eyes was that the Malnosso had gone back to their old tricks, that some new experiment or war required their presence. Her first shock doesn’t come until she sits up and reflexively tries to stretch her wings—

Only to discover they aren’t there.

A look over her shoulder confirms it, and only then does she begin to worry. Being in Luceti had so often been a hardship, but at least there Pepper had some idea of what to expect. To discover she’d been taken again, seemingly by some different force and potentially to a different universe all together, doesn’t exactly inspire warm feelings.

She doesn’t have long to mull it over though; so soon after she wakes Pepper is being ushered to some other place—some other ship as it turns out, and with no real explanation she finds herself exploring an entirely new space, looking for both answers and familiar faces, one in particular. Rather than that comfort, however, her tour that brings with it some unexpected (and unwanted) surprises—particularly when she comes to the communications panel on the bridge.

Although the problem isn’t that she’s unfamiliar or confused by the numerous controls, as one might expect. As she looks over each switch and screen, Pepper immediately knows their purpose, blanks in her mind filled in before they’ve even properly formed. A stray thought questions if this might be how Tony’s mind clicks on when he looks at some new piece of tech, which isn’t exactly comforting.

Still, if she can broadcast, then maybe she can find those answers she’s looking for, not to mention the people. If not Tony himself, then someone else from either Luceti or her world or both. If this place is anything like the one she’d come from, then those connections would be vital to enduring whatever they were put through.]

Hello, everyone. I’m not sure if this is how it’s typically done, but my name is Pepper Potts-Stark. I’ve just arrived here, and was hoping someone could provide an explanation as to what’s going on? [A pre-written guide would be nice, but Pepper’s not counting on her luck being that good.]

Also, is there a way to tell who else has been brought here? Or to contact someone directly. [There’s a number of people Pepper certainly wouldn’t mind having around, especially depending on just how much this set of ships has in common with Luceti.] Thank you for your time and your help.

[Short, simple, and out.]

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They left? Do you mean they went to another ship? [Or perhaps they went home, although she doesn’t want to leap to that conclusion. While the thought of escape might be closer to a pleasant dream, she’s got practical reasons to wonder about the possibility of transfers.

It isn’t exactly pleasant being so far separated from her husband, after all.]

Sounds like it was good timing on your part in either case. Congratulations. [Promotions deserved acknowledgement, and hopefully the powers that be gave them based on merit.

She has to fight off a grin when Furiosa suggests she could be put to work.] I hope so, although I’ll have to admit, I’m usually more in touch with the business end of things. I was honestly surprised I could figure out how to work the communications console.

[Except she hadn’t pieced it together so much as she had simply known how it would work.]

I've driven a lot of things but none of them are airborne. [She shrugs. Whether or not the promotions are based on merit or not isn't certain, but Furiosa felt she had the experience to back it up.]

Communications, then? I have a job for you if you're ready to jump in.

[Part of her questions go unanswered, but that could be because Furiosa doesn’t know. Hopefully someone would be able to tell her later on, and for the time being Pepper focuses on establishing a place for herself.]

Well we haven’t crashed, so I’d say you’re doing a good job so far. [Hopefully the joke doesn’t sound too terrible spoken aloud, and Pepper offers a friendly smile to match. Her eyes widen a moment later, however, a little surprised that a stray mention brings an immediate possibility.]

I’m willing, but I’m a little surprised. You don’t know anything about me. [Resumes are typical when applying for positions, and she’d expect to have to at least tell a little about herself.]

[The joke kind of falls flat. Furiosa is still getting her footing in this place and she hasn't found much room for humor yet, at least not with those she's still getting to know.

Speaking of which, she raises her brows at Pepper's reaction.] I know you're here for Communications. What else do I need to know?

[It's not like she had much of a choice.]

[...Alright then. Pepper makes note of it in the hopes of avoiding future awkwardness.]

Well, I'm glad you're so confident, but I think I might have missed something. Because I knew how the communications panel worked, you think that's why I was sent here?

I don't know why you were sent here, but if you're Communications, you do communications. [She's not understanding the difficulty of this concept; you have a job to do, you do it. She's not used to having a pool to interview from.]

If you don't want Communications, I think you can put in for an augment transfer, but until that happens; you do Communications. [Her eyebrows quirk up; does Pepper understand that?]

[It’s not until Furiosa mentions the augment—the implant—that things click for Pepper. She’s been assigned a job already, even before she set foot on the ship. The same way someone might expect a pilot to fly even if she’s never driven anything airborne before.]

Then I guess I’ll do communications. [She forces a small smile, reminding herself that here she’s a newcomer rather than a CEO, that she had wanted a job and now she has one, and that there’s always a period of adjustment when it comes for working for a new boss.] Is there anything else I should know about how things work here?

[Furiosa shifts her weight. She has to remind herself Pepper is new - like she was once - and a lot of this stuff is coming as a shock. She softens, but it's not much. Better to learn life is tough early on.]

The pilot of Red Fish is a Warboy of mine. See if you can establish a quick link or tracking with them. We'll need it. [She has to keep track of him somehow. She's still not entirely sure how the technology here works, but if there's something to make that easier she wants to explore it.]

Otherwise, get to know the ship, get to know the crew. If there's something you want modded, let me know. I'll see what I can do.

A Warboy? [The rest is simple enough, the processes already forming in her mind even as she thinks through the task at hand. She’d have to get back at the panel to be certain, establish contact with the other ship—but if she figures out how to do it for them, she should be able to piece together how it might work for the Vanquish as well.]

Actually, I do have a question: is it possible for someone to be transferred to another ship? [A heartbeat latter Pepper realizes how that sounds, and she smiles faintly.] My husband is here too, but he’s been assigned elsewhere. We’d like to figure out a way to be together.

Half-life warfodder. Trying to reinvent himself here. [Hopefully. So far there hadn't been any further incidents of joyriding.]

[Furiosa tilts her head slightly at the question until the explanation follows. So far she doesn't have the greatest first impressions of this woman.]

Yes, it's possible. Atroma's in charge of that, you should ask them. [Not expecting Pepper to opt to stay with her, after this stellar introduction, but she has to ask.] What does your husband do?

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