This just keeps getting better..

[bastardmonk]

Who: Sanzo & you
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: Marsiva
When: 1/13/16

[ Something's not right. Awareness comes swiftly, though he takes a moment to get his bearings before opening his eyes. One thing Sanzo is acutely aware of is the lack of pain. Unless he's managed to pass out for a solid week, there was no way-- not after him.

Ukoku Sanzo. God, they're so vastly out-classed by that crow bastard it's laughable.

Managing to look around, he doesn't recognize anything. The surroundings are too industrial. He's up immediately, reaching for his gun. ]

..Dammit.

[ Wherever he is, he's been disarmed. He listens attentively for a moment, though he doesn't hear any kind of activity. Joke's on them, he doesn't need his gun to deal damage. After he's had a look around, he ends up in the hospitality bay, face-to-face with an endless sea of stars. His brow furrows, mouth tipping into a deep scowl.

What the hell is this? It's not nothingness, so it's not as if his existence has actually been erased. And there's no way in hell that this is the heaven. Not that he'd want anything the gods had to give him, anyway. He'd rather rot in the ground and get some goddamn rest. ]

[ After he's positive this isn't some sort of trick, Sanzo wanders back to the cot he'd woken up on, noticing the communicator. With a bit of fiddling, he manages to turn it on and make a broadcast. ]

Whoever the hell decided this was a good idea, you made a big goddamn mistake.

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[ video ]

[beardstrokes]

[ A monk? . . . Who swears? ]

It's safe to say they really do not care whether it is or not.

[ video ]

[bastardmonk]

[ He does what he wants. His eyes narrow, regarding Obi-Wan. ]

I can't help but notice you think you're in the same position. Funny how I haven't run into anyone else yet..

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[beardstrokes]

[ Their robes ARE similar. ]

I was in your position not long ago. You are on the Marsiva. It is where new arrivals show up before being reassigned to different ships.

[ video ]

[bastardmonk]

[ Small mercies for the fact that Sanzo was never a jedi.. ]

'Reassigned'. Fancy way of saying kidnapped. How many others are there?

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[beardstrokes]

I'm not sure, but there are many. Apparently this has been going on for a while. I wish I could provide more information, but I am still quite new to this . . . place.

[ video ]

[bastardmonk]

[ The video feed shakes a bit as Sanzo maneuvers one hand around in his robes, drawing out a cigarette which he immediately puts to his lips. This is important stuff. ]

Tell me what you know.

[ Definitely not a request. ]

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[beardstrokes]

[ He takes it in stride. ]

Why don't I send you the document that helped me when I first arrived? It should summarize all the key points for you.

[ After a few seconds, you have mail. ]

[video]

[shoujoreject]

... That would be the Atroma, as I understand it, and they're not much one for giving us answers, much less answering for what they've done. I'm sorry to say, but you're stuck much like the rest of us.

[video]

[bastardmonk]

..I've gathered as much. Bastards.

[ He takes a moment, attention clearly not on the communicator. ]

These Atroma, do they have a face, or are we just forced into believing they exist? Sounds a lot like a god complex.

[video]

[shoujoreject]

If they do, I haven't seen it. They supposedly speak only via audio, according to others on the ship.

[He has to laugh at that much.]

Most anyone who kidnaps others wholesale to do their bidding has something of a god complex, I think.

[video]

[bastardmonk]

[ He scoffs. ] Of course they're not showing themselves..

Anyone who thinks they have this amount of power is compensating.

[video]

[shoujoreject]

We would hope, anyway. ... Ah, right.

[His comm jostles a bit, and there's a beep on Sanzo's communicator with a link to the guide, such that it is so far.]

It's evidently not complete, but this should help explain a little bit. I'm not its maintainer though. [He just conveniently nabbed the link from someone else's confused entrance post, tbh.] Um... I'm Qing-Yuan Zhu, by the way.

[video]

[bastardmonk]

Genjo Sanzo.

[ He pauses to take a drag from his cigarette, then looks back to the communicator. ]

Thanks for the guide. I'll give it a look eventually.

video;

[invigorates]

[ wow, clay wasn't kidding when he said a lot more people were showing up lately. lioriley regards the new arrival with a curious look - human, so far as she can tell. human and angry, like so many others. ]

Doubtful that it was a mistake at all, our captors know well enough what they are doing. [ she thinks. ] Are you all right?

video;

[bastardmonk]

[ Boy, you are very blue. The anger is simply his natural state, it's okay. ]

More 'all right' than I should be right now. I'll chalk it up to godly-meddling; not the first time it's happened.

[invigorates]

'Godly-meddling'? I cannot say I have heard it referred to as such before.

[ she doubts it, but with their ability to displace people so easily from different realms across the universe, maybe atroma is some kind of meddling god. huh. ]

At any rate, welcome to the Fleet. Have you any questions you need answered?

[bastardmonk]

Let's just put it this way- before I woke up here, I'm pretty damn sure most of my bones were broken. This isn't the first time I've been pulled away from death.

[ He actually stops and considers this question for a moment, before shrugging a shoulder. ]

Nothing that can be answered, at least.

[invigorates]

How unfortunate. [ her tone softens ever so slightly, leylines across her cheeks flickering. ] Though it seems obvious that you are not pleased to be here at all, I suspect it vastly superior to having most of your bones broken.

[bastardmonk]

[ Well, that's something he's never seen before, and he's seen some weird, un-explainable shit. ]

Oh yeah, a real keen on the change.

[ Don't get him wrong, he's grateful, but.. space. ]

Any perks to this place?

video

[effluent]

[hm hm, so many new people, so little time. She wants to be sarcastic (he's just so serious, it's hilarious to her) but she fights the urge]

Yeah, sorry cutie I don't think they're listening.

video

[bastardmonk]

[ Oh, he's serious, alright. Seriously pissed off.

...'cutie'. Sanzo raises an eyebrow with a scoff. ]

You're delivering old news. Any other secondhand wisdom you want to impart?

video

[effluent]

Then maybe you shouldn't be asking questions that can be answered so easily? Just a thought. [she winks, as if to imply that she's joking, before she shrugs and moves on]

But I'm afraid that's it. I'm still learning the ropes here myself. But I know this girl Nightengale has a newbie guide. I can find the link if you want to check that out?

video

[bastardmonk]

I've been sent the guide. Tell me something I won't find out by reading it.

video

[effluent]

[she blinks slowly and drops the grin for a second before it returns in full force]

Hm, what do you want to know?

video

[bastardmonk]

Anything you feel is useful.