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Who: Zoe Hange
Broadcast: Video
Action: for Red Fish crewmates
When: Tuesday... October 7... midday...?

[Someone is experimenting with shipwide broadcast. The screen shows Hange sitting with her hands folded in front of her, grinning amiably at the camera.]

Hmm. Is this thing working? I think so... [She pauses for a couple seconds and then laughs.] Well, I guess I'll find out! Hello, everyone, this is Captain Hange of the SS Red Fish speaking. [She winks.] I just got the paperwork turned in. Sorry to surprise you, Nunnally and Skull, but I decided I'd be up for it and thought it was better to get it done!

Now, I'm addressing everyone today to mention the tiny thing that's been embedded in our skulls! I'm guessing everyone has noticed that they have something in the back of their head that's difficult to even touch. It feels maybe bottle-cap sized! I hope that's familiar-sounding to all of you? I'm a little reluctant to actually open up someone's head but I wonder if anyone has tried that yet! Have you removed someone else's implant? Have you removed your own? If so, amazing! How did you do that? Nunnally let me experiment with hers a little, noninvasively of course, and reported discomfort that seemed unnaturally strong even when another person was just touching it! Thanks for your contributions, brave girl.

Also, as I told some of you, I didn't know anything about space before arriving here, but suddenly upon arriving I do! Also, we have a little room on this ship where I know how to use everything! That's unusual, given my home doesn't have anything close to this level of technology. I'm still exploring that equipment, but I wonder what others have noticed! I certainly don't understand everything on the ship, but I'm guessing if I mysteriously understand this one room, others will understand some other parts! What do you know now that you didn't know before? If you feel up to it, please let me know!

[holy talking, batman. She takes a moment to breathe, grinning at the screen still in an I know I know many words fashion.]

Great to meet you all, by the way! Let's get along and work productively together!

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Quite amazing, isn't it? I wish I could get a look at their lab. [She's just friendly and sunny-sounding right back please to meet u michael so pleased.]

Maybe you can. They have to keep it somewhere. Maybe in that big ship that's escorting us around.

[This line of thought leads him to go searching for a window. Don't mind the wobble in the picture, Zoe]

[No worries, she doesn't get motion sick. Heh.]

Now there's an idea. I wonder if we'll have a chance to get back on there? I'd like to take a look around...

That would be interesting. We have shuttles don't we...speaking of things we shouldn't know. Someone could fly one up there. Have a look-see.

[He finally reaches a window and stops, craning and twisting to get a look at the larger ship nearby, and while he's at it, he tries to find the others. He squints, face thoughtful.]

Like baby ducks in a row~

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With any luck the mother ship will look after us as carefully as a mother duck looks after her ducklings...

... actually, I'm not sure how good that is.

As well as she can. Baby ducks have to learn to fly sometime...

[He glances at the camera for a moment]

Which one is you, I wonder?

I hope Marsiva shall be as diligent a mother as she can be-! [A little pause, and then she laughs.] Impossible to say, isn't it? It looks like we have quite a little fleet being put together here.

I'm interested to see what plans they have for us. Some combat maybe. Shame we didn't get any honorable weapons. [He'd seen the guns in the armory, but that's not really his style. But it did hold some kind of promise for fun]

I'm sure some interesting times are ahead of us... [She gets quiet for a moment. Combat? She's not suited for it without her 3-D maneuver gear... which she's already beginning to miss, in spite of not a single titan being in evidence.]

Haha! An honorable weapon? I'll take one that I can use to get the job done.

[He gives her a crooked grin] Any weapon can get the job done in the right hands.

I'm perplexed as to how anyone would call a weapon "dishonorable," still.

It's all about standing face to face with your enemy.

[He makes an amused sound and glances back to the expanse of stars]

But I might be what they call 'a little old fashioned'.

[Pretty much the oldest ever]

[That makes her laugh a little longer. To her, it seems like a sweet notion... but impractical.]

Oh, no... I can't say I've ever considered whether a weapon is honorable or dishonorable at all, in that case.

[It probably it, but he's got angel strength and durability to back up his skills, so it's a bit of an advantage for him]

No? Is that because you have no war, or something else?

I suppose it's because the war humanity is waging won't be won if we think about what's "honorable."

[Then again, she thinks, maybe he would consider scouts honorable. Haha.]

[He just might.]

It's that desperate? [And he notices how she said 'humanity' and not just one particular nation]

It's been desperate... but these days, I think we have a fighting chance!

[it doesn't even occur to her to mention countries or nationalities, those things are so un-relevant to the world she inhabits. A world with so many countries full of humans would be weird for her!]

So to those ends, I suppose I'll put honor aside.

It's better than not fighting at all.

What's your name, by the way?

Michael.

Do you know your new skillset, Michael?

[Oh, right, that thing she was asking about before]

Me? I don't think I got much, besides knowing how some of the buttons around here work.

The buttons for what, specifically?

Oh, the basic stuff. How to open the door, how to make the food come out, how to turn this thing on...

But nothing very specific?

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