01 - Light the fire

[onlyburnhotter]

Who: Yang Xiao Long
Broadcast: Network-wide
Action: Marsiva and SS Bishop
When: 1/08/16 - 1/10/16


A: Arrival on the Marsiva (Backdated to 01/08):
[When the communicator's network feed goes online, it does not show anything at first. Seemingly just an empty cot room aboard the Marsiva. However, after a few seconds, a girl with long blonde hair slowly sits up in bed, rubbing her bleary, sleep-filled eyes. She stretches both arms above her, yawning loudly, and trying to evict whatever remnants of sleep were lingering on her person.]

Bluh. Hope I didn't oversleep. Weiss will kill me if I'm late to the--

[It's then that she takes a moment to look around, still looking half asleep. Slowly, she noticeably begins to realize that this is not, in fact, her dorm room back at Beacon Academy. No, this appears to be something far different. She notices a nearby window, the inky blackness of space stretching far out beyond the glass. She walks over to it, looking outside. She crans her neck this way and that, as if looking for the seam or the border of the set, some clue that this could actually be an elaborate prank. However, she quickly determines that this is all rather convincingly real. Rather than freak out though, she takes a moment, crosses her arms, and even grins a little.]

Well, this certainly was not what I was expecting to wake up to today. Space, huh? I can dig it.

[She spies the communicator sitting on a table, nearby the cot that she woke up on. She walks over and picks it up, offering a wave of greeting.]

Hi there to anyone watching this. All you aliens and space people and whatnot. Um, as cool as this all is- and really, it is pretty cool-I kind of have to get back to Vale soon. Like, right away actually. Got this big tournament that I'm fighting in, and my team's counting on me for the one on ones. So, if we could turn this thing around or if you could beam me back or just do the reverse of whatever you did to bring me here, I'd really appreciate it.

Maybe we can do this whole outer space thing some other time?

B: Arrival on Bishop (01/10):
[From one ship right to another. Not that Yang was complaining. After only a day on the Marsiva, she was already bored. She'd never been one to want to hang around in one place for too long. Unfortunately, it was seeming like this new ship was smaller than the old one. Still, at least it was something new to explore.]

[After the shuffle, Yang can be found wandering around the Bishop, getting the lay of the ship and figuring out all that it has to offer. She can be found in the kitchen, combing through the food supplies or playing with the drink machine's options--she'll be mixing flavors to see what tastes the best. She can be found in the bunkroom, looking a little disappointed with the overall lack of space provided. In the bridge, she'll be curiously checking out all the fancy knobs, switches and buttons. You may walk in on her about to push one or two. In the cargo bay, she'll be ogling the Bishop's shuttle craft, wondering how easy it would be to take one out for a spin. Not like she exactly knows how to fly one, but how hard could it be, right? Finally, she'll find her way to the armory, inspecting the various weapons that it has to offer. Sadly, discovering that she'll likely not find any good substitutes for her ember celica here.]

Comments

[video]

[honorbends]

[ weiss. that was the girl that was here earlier, right? ]

-- you can't just get beamed back.

[ sorry, yang. ]

But time stops when you leave your home world, so you're not missing anything.

Video

[onlyburnhotter]

[Whoa, wicked scar. Course Yang knows better than to just say something like that outright. Still, she's a little surprised to see that her supposed nappers are rather human looking. Young too, apparently.]

Why can't I just get beamed back? You beamed me here right? So, unbeam me. Should be simple.

Wait, hold up a second. Did you say time stops back home? How the heck does that work?

[Lot of questions, I know. But this is now becoming a lot for Yang to wrap her head around.]

voice.

[brokencopy]

What sort of tournament?

Video

[onlyburnhotter]

Uh, hello there... random disembodied voice. Well, it's the Vityl Festival. So, kind of important, you know?

[action]

[actsmagnificent]

[ Hey whoa new person on the bridge. Hey whoa new person touching the controls.

But Haruka isn't about to get touchy just yet. She will, however, speak up from behind Yang. ] Don't tell me you're another pilot.

[ She doesn't like sharing to begin with. ]

Action

[onlyburnhotter]

[Yang turns around to see who is addressing her. And it's... a guy? Girl? Definitely a guy... maybe? Best not to address it right now. Sure, it'll become clear in time.]

Who me? No, I'm the new security officer. This is the Bishop, right?

Action

[preformthisneigh]

[As she's in the kitchen, mixing up drinks, she may hear the steady clip-clop of hooves on the metal walkways. The owner of said hooves turns into the room to beam happily at her. ]

I thought I heard someone arriving.

[He'll move a little closer, inspecting what she's doing. ]

Oooh! You should try the licorice flavour with the blue drink. It's pretty nifty!

1/3

[onlyburnhotter]

[Yang does hear what sounds like hooves on metal, but even still she is not prepared for this.]

[A talking horse.]

2/3

[onlyburnhotter]

[That

is

so...]

3/3

[onlyburnhotter]

[AWESOME!]

[She's clearly looking at him starry-eyed as he talks to her. She wishes Ruby was here right now to see this. She'll never believe Yang when she tells her.]

You are the coolest shipmate ever! What's your name? I'm Yang. Could you talk before you came here? Or did they like give that ability? Can you pilot the ship too? That would be amazing? Have you been here long? I just got here myself. I was hoping to meet some cool new people aboard the ships, and now I get to meet you and this is the best.

[And she's off. Her motor mouth going a mile-a-minute. Sorry Cheese, give her a moment to gush, and then she'll be good... if she totally hasn't scared you off by the time she's finished...]

video

[lord_wizard]

Asking nicely won't be of much help. Of course, neither will the opposite.

[onlyburnhotter]

Is there maybe a password? A secret handshake? Something?

video

[fedupwithyourbull]

[It takes her a moment to calm down after hearing that voice, and seeing her partner in the feed. She should have known if she ended up somewhere like this, Yang would soon follow. That's how she works, right?

She's returned to her normal impassive demeanor by the time she responds, though... Except for maybe that bow of hers standing up a little taller than normal. That's probably just camera angles or your imagination, right?]

Yang. I'm here too. I've heard Weiss is, too, but I haven't seen her yet.

[onlyburnhotter]

[She knows that voice! And that face! It is Blake! Yang is visibly relieved to see a familiar face, even more so that it's her partner. At least now, she'll have someone to back up her story about crazy kidnapping. Plus, if Weiss is here as well, then it's much less likely that she'll be coming home to an earful.]

Blake! You're here too?! And you said Weiss also around? What about Ruby? Is my sister here as well?

[action]

[experiencepoints]

[Of course, Yang can't get too far through the kitchen before a voice pops up behind her.]

If you're hungry, you can just ask, you know.

Action

[onlyburnhotter]

[Yang will turn around, revealing her mouth is already half-stuffed with food. She's holding a drink in one hand as well, clearly having no trouble with helping herself.]

Ergsh mer ish warh reeray hushgrie.

[Talking with food in her mouth, classy.]

video

[electrostatics]

You're out of luck for asking questions nicely and actually getting an answer. We got done with that about two months ago.

[ He shrugs. ] But at least you have someone here with you, so at least you can be confused together.

[onlyburnhotter]

I see. So you're a captive here too then? And you said, "we." So how many people are here exactly?

[Cool face paint though dude.]

bishop;

[arcanepower]

[Belth doesn't live in the kitchen, but he comes close. He hears someone rummaging around before he sees who it is.]

There are leftovers in the refrigerator, you heathen--

[And then he realizes it's someone new, and the rest of what he is about to say comes out in a hiss. Like a cat.]

W-what are you doing!?

[onlyburnhotter]

[Yang turns around, some food still dangling out of her mouth. She was putting most of it back... honest. Specially after she had her talk with Nightingale, and now knows there's better quality food to be had. Still though, some of this stuff wasn't so bad that it couldn't stop her from grabbing another bite or two.]

[When she talks, she's a little muffled by the food in her mouth. Also, she keeps trying to cram stuff back into the various pantries, probably in not too orderly of a fashion.]

Osh hi dere! I wash jush puddingsh dis all bach where ish found ish.

video;

[maschinenpistole]

[ Hello! Have a friendly smile and half of a wave of one hand~ ]

Ahh, sorry... They won't just beam any of us back. I know they're listening, so I think the thing is that they don't care. [ Sigh. ] Welcome to the fleet...

What kind of tournament, though?

[ She's lit up like Christmas and so very curious to hear! ]

[onlyburnhotter]

So I've heard. "The Atroma," right? That's whose running this thing? Where the hell are they exactly? I mean, has anyone here actually seen any of them?

[She sighs. As cool as some of this was, there was definitely still frustrations to be had.]

It's the Vityl Festival. You know? The big tournament where all the huntsmen and huntress academies attend, and their students show off their skills in friendly combat matches?

video;

[cpt_ressentiment]

Man, I wish they'd just send us back... Trust me, you get kinda tired of the whole space thing after long enough here.

[ So bitter, Yosuke...! But it's clearly at least a little bit theatrical, given the spectacular eyeroll he gives and the fact that he's at least cracking a faint semblance of a smile. ]

[onlyburnhotter]

Really? I mean, I get that the whole captive, prisoner thing is a real drag. But I mean, it's still space! That's got to earn some points right there?

[Well, at least it does for Yang. Back home, space travel was still theoretical. No one in remnant had succeeded yet it building a functional model ship that could leave the planet's atmosphere.]

video;

[stefanged]

I wish. Most of us would've gone home a long time ago.

[He pauses, tilting his head at her a little] But since we're in the same boat - has anyone given you the basics yet? About your augment and your crew and all that?

Video

[onlyburnhotter]

Think I've gotten the gist of it by now. Space reality show, no way out, camera's everywhere, alien tech shoved in our heads, that about sum it up?