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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]

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.

I definitely coded that wrong and didn't notice

[reconstitution]

Apparently not.

[housepartyprotocol]

Well whatever it is, I don't plan to be here long. If there's a way out, I'll find it.

[reconstitution]

'Winning' the game they've put us in. That is the only out so far as anyone can tell.

[housepartyprotocol]

Then I guess I need to figure out how to do that.

[reconstitution]

If the audience likes you, your ratings go up and you get credits.

[housepartyprotocol]

Oh good, we're American Idol.

[reconstitution]

..I don't know what that is, either.

[housepartyprotocol]

Probably better that way.