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[housepartyprotocol]

Who: Tony Stark and anyone!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Still on The Marsiva
When: Now

[ The video feed crackles to life, and on the screen is a man looking equal parts composed and annoyed. He settles into the frame and smiles wryly.]

I'm not going to waste time here asking where we are, since I'd like to think we can all recognize space, but fair warning: you've got about [ he looks at his watch ] 2 minutes before I start taking this place apart. Not a threat, just making you aware that without a pretty impressive explanation, I will cannibalize your lovely and expensive ship and fly myself home.

[ He smiles briefly and with no humor before sitting back in his chair and tapping his watch. ]

Comments

[housepartyprotocol]

Is that so? I could always throw a fit and hit it with a hammer. It can't be indestructible.

[reconstitution]

As I said, you could try. There probably aren't many to try and stop you on the Marsiva, now.

[housepartyprotocol]

No one, actually. Very hospitable letting someone wake up alone in the infinite vastness of space.

[reconstitution]

You'll be assigned a different shortly. The rest of us are on the smaller ships.

[housepartyprotocol]

And who is 'us' exactly?

[reconstitution]

The rest of us that the Atroma have brought here.

[housepartyprotocol]

[ Yeah, gathered that. Why us? Who are we? And who are you for that matter. Text only is kind of a cheaters introduction. ]

[reconstitution]

I don't pretend to know why they do the things that they do. They must have seen something to want you here.

[ There's a pause before the next text comes through. ]

It's Winter.

Haha, sorry I coded that last one wrong!

[housepartyprotocol]

I have something everyone wants. It's never gotten me kidnapped to space before.

It's fine, I figured it out 8D

[reconstitution]

Now you can add it to your list of experiences.

[housepartyprotocol]

Just what I always wanted.

[reconstitution]

Depending upon which ship you're assigned to, you have more to look forward to.

[housepartyprotocol]

You mean there's a party ship I should be gunning for?

[reconstitution]

I've heard the Red Fish is the energetic ship.

[housepartyprotocol]

Fun. Any other details I should know about?

[reconstitution]

You just missed people being able to take a walk through your memories.

[housepartyprotocol]

Yikes.

[reconstitution]

It was far from pleasant.

[housepartyprotocol]

More reason to always be fashionably late. Stuff like that happen often?

[reconstitution]

Similar, though that was a first. The month before, the fleet was attacked. Nothing was irreparable. Shortly after that, it was an alien moon.

[housepartyprotocol]

Attacked by an alien moon? Death Star situation?

[reconstitution]

I have no idea what that means.

[housepartyprotocol]

So not attacked by an alien moon then?

[reconstitution]

[ I guess not in the way you're thinking of.. ]

[housepartyprotocol]

[ Probably not. ]

I'll take that as a no.