geonomy: (☆ dreaming about what we could be)
clay тerran | ѕpace nerd ([personal profile] geonomy) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-09-19 01:52 pm

When We're Rollin Through the Wild Wild West

Who: Everyone! EVERYONE!
Broadcast: IF YOU WANNA
Action: Everywhere! EVERYWHERE!
When: Mid-September - Mid-October

[How's your ship doing, pardners? Is it still pretty damaged? Is it glitching out hardcore? Well, there is one place to land to take care of all that, and that's on a dusty old moon in front of a planet that no one wants to go to. On this moon, you'll find a civilization that looks a lot like one's stepped into a wild west movie, hardened cowpolk and mutant horses and all. Will you become a vigilante, hunting bounties and stopping gangs from doing their dirty work? Will you go exploring planetside, with a cowboy hat and a stalk of wheat in your mouth to complete the look? Good luck with that; there is no wheat. This town ain't big enough for all you flooters, but make it so! For the ratings!

In other words, it's a planet mingle! Get 'er done!]

[September Planet info here]
dancingmd: (what just happened?)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-21 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bevrly looks up in surprise at the sound of a familiar voice.]

Ah... I'm not used to people paying me for medical care.

[Or anyone paying for anything, really.]
dancingmd: (spinal tap)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-22 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods.]It's always available to anyone who needs it, for free.
takeabow: (But when it's over)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-22 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
That's charitable of you.
dancingmd: (looking down)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-22 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
It isn't charity, it's just the way things work at home.
takeabow: (I'm ashamed that I'm barely human)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-22 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Along with food for everyone, huh.
dancingmd: (looking down)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-22 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right. I ... know how unusual that sounds, here. It's been a real adjustment for me.
takeabow: (So glad we almost made it)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-23 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
I can't say I understand it. It makes me wonder what challenges you had there.
dancingmd: (oookay)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-23 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
What do you mean?
takeabow: (No matter where I sleep)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-23 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know, free healthcare and accessible food sound like pretty good deals.
dancingmd: (looking down)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-24 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose so... it took us a long time to get to that point, though.
dancingmd: (Default)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-26 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
About three hundred years ago, there were two catastrophic wars that spanned the entire planet, killing over 600 million people, destroying hundreds of cities, and creating a nuclear winter. It took almost a century to recover from that... but even now, there are lingering effects. We never want something like that to happen again.
takeabow: (So glad we almost made it)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-26 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds familiar.

We just kill kids every year to remind people not to revolt.
dancingmd: (what just happened?)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-27 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Beverly stares at Nova in shocked and horrified disbelief, almost like she had just been sucker-punched.]

You do what?
takeabow: (Some far away)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-27 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...I forgot I hadn't actually told you.
dancingmd: (listening)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-28 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
No, you didn't.

[She takes a deep breath, calming herself after that initial shock.]

But, please know, you're not obligated to tell me. That was just... unexpected.
Edited 2015-09-28 15:59 (UTC)
takeabow: (I'm ashamed that I'm barely human)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-28 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Sorry.

And... I don't know. I don't really care, except it's complicated. Usually I feel like I have to... I guess, comfort people when I get into it. There are reasons I don't want to go back, except to get my sister.
dancingmd: (looking down)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-29 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I can only imagine...

[Literally. Even the most ruthless of the Federation's enemies would never sacrifice children. Sometimes she wonders if humans really aren't the most brutal species in the galaxy.]

takeabow: (I spend my life)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-29 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Anyway. Sorry. I didn't mean to just surprise you with that.
dancingmd: (looking down)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-29 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all right.

[A pause, as she realizes what Nova's line of thinking may have been here.]

If you're wondering, no one has to do... anything like that as a trade off for food and medicine.
takeabow: (I'm ashamed that I'm barely human)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-29 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's good. The last place I was, we didn't have to pay with money, but we did do tasks, sometimes.
dancingmd: (oookay)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-29 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
The last place... you mean not home, right? Another place like this, where they take people from different universes to live together?
takeabow: (But when it's over)

[personal profile] takeabow 2015-09-29 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. They also took our memories and made us earn them back.
dancingmd: (what just happened?)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-09-29 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her hand automatically goes to the implant at the nape of her neck. No doubt Atroma could do that here, if they wanted. The thought makes her shudder.]

That's awful!

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