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Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-10-18 03:20 pm

Beam me up

[The weekly Shuffle doesn't happen quite as it should. No new passengers appear on the ships, and no message is sent in from the hosts. The usual day comes and goes without a stir.

And then, on the second day, another one of those surges of static comes in over the speakers, breaking apart for a voice in the background. It's Diamond, and she sounds too far away from the receiver. She also doesn't sound quite like herself-- her tone flat and cold. Disappointed.]


--I know. I can't. [A pause of empty air, before a short, decisive sigh.] ...Yes. Bring them in.

[A blip of lost time passes right after those words, before every passenger mysteriously wakes alone in their own unfamiliar room. They have never seen this room before, but those familiar with the Hospitality Deck of the Marsiva might recognize the style of decor. It sounds and smells the same as the host ship as well--clean and chrome--but this set of rooms have never been ventured into before.

Welcome back to the Marsiva, dear passengers.]

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save_the_souls: (watching)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-10-20 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
...Hm?

What thought is that?
experiencepoints: (I am ... the weakest link.)

[personal profile] experiencepoints 2015-10-20 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
... We're the twelfth cycle- that is, the twelfth incarnation of this fleet, it seems like.

That fleet that pushed us into the nebula... It was almost identical to ours. The ships' designs, the numbers, everything. They seem like they came from the same source.

... What if they're a previous cycle? One who managed to escape. Maybe they pushed us into that nebula to block the Atroma's ability to see us for a bit, in hopes we could escape too... Or just to push us away from going somewhere worse. Or to do something themselves where the Atroma couldn't see.

It's not likely, I know, but...It's been bothering me for a while.
save_the_souls: (this is weird but so's my life)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-10-20 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[he considers it for about five seconds, then just shrugs]

Yeah, that's possible too.

[Considering Paradisa's former residents, he wouldn't be so quick to assume their motives were benevolent towards their fleet. But hey, it's possible]
experiencepoints: (What am I s'posed to do with this chikn)

[personal profile] experiencepoints 2015-10-20 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well. She's thrown off by how nonchalant his reaction is, but tries to roll with it.]

Uh. Yeah. I guess speculating doesn't do us any good right now, though.
save_the_souls: (Lets go Tim)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-10-20 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sorry Nightingale, you just summed up half the world plot of Paradisa so it's hard for him to be fazed by that thought. But he offers her a smile]

Yeah...it's usually best not to jump to conclusions until we know more.

But I'm confident that whatever they throw at us, we'll get through it.
Edited 2015-10-20 18:31 (UTC)

[personal profile] experiencepoints 2015-10-20 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least the smile helps her relax a little.]

Yeah. Either through beating the system, or by just getting abducted to yet another one of these things.