At least there's no elevator music...

[thespaceopera]

[At least two weeks have passed since the Drift Fleet passengers woke up on this strange wing of the Marsiva... Some new passengers have even joined the group instead of being Shuffled off to a fleet ship! The large monitor in the central room remains quiet for now, so how is everyone holding up?

Have you been relaxing? Enjoying the Earth media? If you can even remember them, how have Calibrations been treating you? Has anyone started getting a little stir-crazy?

Don't worry... This ship has no shortage of mysteries, and you'll be seeing a few more soon.]


ooc: here's another mingle for the current game event! players can start or continue threads here from any point during the event. the additional setting information is still being postponed due to sickly mods, but y'all are welcome to post additional topcomments for reactions and investigation once it's up!

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[admirably]

Yes, though I suppose I don't really think of it in terms like that. I'm from the Southern Isles, to be specific.

[dancingmd]

Southern Isles? I don't think I'm familiar with them. Maybe we have a different name for them.

[...]

Then again, I'm not technically from Earth.

[admirably]

[ He gives her a look. ] I beg your pardon, but what do you mean by "technically"?

[dancingmd]

Well, I am completely human, so in that sense, I am from Earth. However, I was born on the moon and grew up on other planets. I only lived on Earth for a short time.

[She will pause there before trying to explain Starfleet, given how most people here have reacted to the whole being from the moon thing.]

[admirably]

[ It's a good thing she pauses, because as sharp as he is, it's still a little baffling to process the idea of someone being born on the moon. ]

Well, now! That's quite the story, I'm sure. Tell me, what was living on the moon like?

[dancingmd]

Not much different than Earth really, except for the artificial climate. [She smiles, very aware of how strange her nonchalance about such things sounds.] You have to realize, by the time I was born, the moon had been colonized for centuries. It's kind of like... Well, if someone from a landlocked country met you and wanted to know what it was like to live surrounded by the ocean, it might take you a minute to know what to say, since it seems normal to you to be on an island.

[admirably]

I see. [ The metaphor, fortunately, is easier for him to grasp.

He chuckles, goodnatured. ] I must seem positively primeval compared to the world you're used to.

[dancingmd]

Hey, just because I'm from the future doesn't mean I know everything. What works for me in my world isn't necessarily right for you in your world.