♢ 01

[effluent]

Who: Sarah Turner and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Golden
When: 12/06

[as the video flickers on, a blonde teenager stares intently at the camera before she flashes a toothy smile and leans in closer]

Aaaand there we go. Testing, one two-- [she taps the camera twice and grins a little wider as she hears feedback from her own device]

Is it too late for a Wizard of Oz reference? Because we sure are not in Kansas any more. [her left hand reaches up to fiddle with a strand of her wavy blonde hair as she looks up, past the camera]

So tell me if I leave anything out, because here's what I've got figured out so far. We're on Survivor: Space Edition, with just a dab of Star Travel mixed in for flavor. And I'm guessing instead of getting voted off the island, we get jetted off into space? Man, and I thought human reality TV was vicious. Turns out aliens are the real assholes.

[but despite that she laughs a bit at her own joke and turns her full attention back to the screen before she continues]

I guess the meet-and-greet comes next. Hey, I'm Sarah. [she wiggles the fingers of her right hand in a half-hearted wave] Nice to meet you, blah blah blah. While we're on the subject of introductions, I looked through the contestant list, and you guys have some wild names. Special shout out to "Belthazar" and "Adrasteius"... I can't tell if your parents were huge nerds, or if they just hated you.

So! Who all is out there? Don't be shy, I don't bite... much. [aaand yep, she accompanies that with another shit-eating-grin. She'll also be lounging around the Golden's kitchen area... Draped forward on the counter and snacking on her free pudding. Such a class act, this one.]

Comments

[hymnals]

[He can see that this girl is a child, too. His eyebrows furrow.]

It's a little past mattering either way. Just a consideration for the future, if you care to take it.

[effluent]

Thanks, Mom, I'll be sure to take it all really seriously in the future.

[and the shit-eating-smiles are back in place]

[hymnals]

[Shrug.]

If making children cry is your thing, I guess it's just your thing.

[effluent]

[she rolls her eyes]

I'll choose better targets.

[hymnals]

Good idea. I'm Adrasteius, by the way. An excellent target, if I do say so myself.

[effluent]

You do seem pretty easy to tease. [sarah.. this isn't teasing, teasing is friendly]

What's with your eyes, by the way. Too cool for pupils?

[hymnals]

Too full of demon blood.

[effluent]

Eugh, seriously? What a gross way to put that. [but she doesn't look that grossed out, despite her protests]

I didn't know demon elves were a thing.

[hymnals]

['Demon elves' isn't quite the right term, but Adrasteius doesn't really care to break down the details.]

Mm. And now you do. Congratulations.

[effluent]

Can you also, like, disappear into shadow? Suck the blood of unsuspecting humans? Posses people?

[hymnals]

We're not actually demons. We just absorbed their magic. Ate it, if you want to be plain.