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[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Kara & u
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva
When: Tonight

[ A blonde woman with glasses and her hair up in a ponytail appears on the screen. She squints momentarily and then brightens and waves genially ]

Hi, my name is Kara, and this is pretty exciting, huh? Being in space and stuff… It's really not an opportunity that people from Earth, of which I am one, get too often. I wonder, what's everyone's favorite part about being in space? I think mine is looking out into the expanse and wondering what else is out there and, like, what everyone calls the toast with the egg in the middle? Toad in a hole? Egg's nest? What if it's some really weird name like "cyclops wheat square"?

[ she laughs, snorting slightly ]

How strange would that be?

Anyway, let me know! I can't wait to hear!

[ she waves enthusiastically and turns off the video ]

Comments

video

[grounds]

[For a long moment Octavia just stares at the feed, unsure of what was even going on.]

Are you... okay?

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, yeah, why wouldn't I be? This is weird but it could be a lot worse, you know?

[grounds]

Uh, sure. [But still very unsure.] Did you have regular instead of decaf by mistake or anything?

[takingkarabusiness]

You have coffee?

[grounds]

[......]

That's your take away here?

[takingkarabusiness]

A girl has needs, you know.

Also there's so much to unpack here, sometimes it's easier to just get coffee first.

[grounds]

Try the cafeteria there. Should be off to the side.

[She's still not sure what to make of this girl.]

[takingkarabusiness]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

I don't think I caught your name?

[grounds]

Just prepare for it to be questionable at best.

Octavia. Hi.

[takingkarabusiness]

Octavia's a nice name.

[grounds]

Yeah. Thanks.

[Really not sure what to do with this cheeriness.]

[takingkarabusiness]

You think I'm really weird, don't you.

[grounds]

Maybe not really weird, but definitely more than your normal level of weird.