entry 001 | arrival

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Who: Sam and [OPEN] to all!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: December 2nd

[When Sam wakes up, he expects to be laying in his bedroom in the bunker, tired from a particularly long case (clown, there was a clown, he's getting too old for this shit—) but nope. He opens his eyes to stare at a completely foreign ceiling, in a completely foreign bunk. He's of course in his nighttime clothes, to boot. No weapons, no phone, no nothing. Okay. He considers all kinds of possibilities, first. Djinn? Some sort of curse? Witchcraft? Maybe even some sort of dream-root-related snafu, or angels being dicks (somehow). There's also that little elephant in the room, in the back of his head: dude, you know exactly how this kind of thing plays out.

He rises up, easy to spot among a milling, small group with his six feet and four inches of [giraffe-necked] height. When he finally sees the high-tech machinery, the casual and potentially oh-so-different newbies wandering, the absurd amount of space out there — he says but one thing in front of the people around him, first and foremost, to break the ice:]

Well. Shit.

[Well shit indeed. He doesn't panic, but he does suddenly crave another vacation, somewhere without rips in space and time (if that's even the case here; maybe he's a captive to some higher power, because that wouldn't surprise him at all). When he's got the broadcasting thing down — thanks Adstringendum for the life lessons on what to do first — he begrudgingly addresses yet another audience, slipping on that polite and professional (and, okay, exasperated) aura that he's good at.]

So, show of hands. How many of you out there have fallen into other universes before? Because this sort of thing's getting kind of old.

... Did anyone from Adstringendum show up? Guys? Don't tell me the PCD's teleporting feature is going on the fritz or something. I know it was kind of too good to be true, but it was going well for a few months there. [Silly Sam, nothing stays good forever. But he hopes, y'know?] Let me know if I'm riding solo here, fellas.

And, uh. This isn't exactly my first rodeo, sure, but it's the first time I've ever... um... been in space. So I gotta ask, for my sanity: where exactly do us new spacemen go from here? Other than shooting jokes about Roswell, New Mexico.

Comments

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[He gives her a nod, looking sure.]

No evil storm clouds here.

[... Might have to worry about black holes, though.]

That's one plus side, huh?

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[Katie grins at him. She appreciates the assurance.]

There's lots of plus sides, I think. Have you seen the view? [Like it's not right there behind her or anything.] Or the kitchen?

[THERE'S REAL FOOD HERE. I mean, yes processed. But not just stuff you have to grow yourself, and it's nice.]

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It's a pretty incredible view.

[Totally not even gonna comment on your kitchen thing, because Sam's never cared about kitchens omg.]

You ever been in space before, squiggles?

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[Sam SHOULD care about kitchens have you seen what you eat lately]

Hasn't everyone? [She turns to peer back out again. YEY SPACE.] You have to watch out because there's no air to breathe and there's lots of monsters, but you can't really see them until it's too late.

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[He gives a nod.]

I won't go swimming through space on purpose. Honest.

[See because I don't habitually lie.]

Maybe we'll visit some planets.

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Maybe we'll find more people for our squiggle club. [It can be a multi-planet endeavour. She peers back at Sam curiously.]

Did you get to go home first?

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[... Ah. Uh.

He nods.]

I got to go home. For a few weeks. It was pretty rough, but I think we're doing okay.

[I AM A LIAR.]

How about you?

[You're also a liar, so this will be interesting.]

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I did! I went home and I had to go to school like I hadn't just been missing for so long. It was very unfair.

[Huff.]

I'm really only here now because I needed a vacation.

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[He quirks his brow.

Is that a no? Did she just poof into this place?]

A vacation in space, on a reality show?

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[You know something funny Sam



Nobody has told her anything about that. :D]

What's a reality show? It sounds boring.

[Hello I am from 1989]

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[Oh right, you're behind on the times.]

It's where they film people doing real things. Like... dating.

Or surviving out in a jungle alone for money.

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There are people that pay you to go out into a jungle alone?

[Less boring. She'd do it for kicks, god.] Is that's what's going to happen to us then?

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[He looks around the kitchen, as if it really even reveals a decent answer for him to give her. Really, there's not much but trying to hang in there, right? So that's what they do. Lucky them, they're at least used to it from Adstringendum, in a way.]

... I guess we're space pirates for a while.

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[What a magical way to put it, Sam. Her face lights up.]

Do you think we'd be any good at it? We should see if we can find some space parrots. I'm sure they exist somewhere.

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[Pffft.]

Never owned a parrot before. Seems like an idea.

[Also it will never happen, Katie, so sorry. As he scopes the kitchen out, though, he does continue that stream of jolly good banter; he's too used to it from her by now not to.]

But what if it gets chased by a cat?

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[Snort.]

We'd have to get a very fast one. I'd hate for the parrot not to be any challenge.

[I am a cat.]

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[Oh my gosh, Katie. He knew it.]

Maybe we'll get a dog instead.

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But I don't like dogs!

[Blatantly a lie given how much time she spent flopping around in the cabin with Bones and Riot okok.]

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Oh really? You sure liked sleeping under Riot's chin...

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[IT IS A VERY COMFORTABLE PLACE TO SLEEP EXCUSE YOU.]

I was just getting him to trust me. Dogs are far too trusting for their own good, you know.

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Guess that's true. Don't know if there's many dogs out here in space to trick, though.

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[:c]

Well, maybe Riot will follow you here. You never know.

[Pretty sure Dogs In Space is a movie somewhere.]

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[He scoffs, but it's certainly a fond one.]

You really think he will? Maybe. Don't know how well a dog like him would do in space, though.

He's probably living it up back in Adstringendum.

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[Oh that's right. He didn't take Riot home with him.]

Well..maybe we'll visit a place with lots of dogs! Then you can adopt one.

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[You're the best, Katie, obviously this is why he likes you.]

My own dog kennel, huh? And one cat.