001 - Video/Action - Welcome to space?

[helladoomed]

Who: Chloe Price and open!
Broadcast: Fleetwide, accidental
Action: For people on the Marsiva, if they like!
When: Right now! And on until shuffle

[There was a young woman with blue hair passed out on the floor of Marsiva. She looks maybe nineteen or twenty, her clothing seems to be a tad damp, and she shifting occasionally as if having a nightmare of some kind.]

-on't you forget about me..

[The words come out in a mumble against the floor, and maybe it's the way they sound in a spaceshiip that yanks her out of her sleep, but a second later her eyes flare open and she sits up in a shock.]

WAIT I- What? [Whatever she was expecting, the Marvisa was clearly not it, and after a quick, panicked look around, she scrambles to her feet.]

Okay, calm down. Maybe this a good thing. Okay. Okay [She is clearly talking to herself, with no idea anyone is watching. Trying to calm herself down, probably.] Still alive. What does that even...

[She finally seems to have noticed a nearby window and the void of space beyond it because she freezes, then immediately darts over to it, staring out for a long breath, one hand coming up to press against the glass, making sure it was there.]

...What the fuck. Am I in space?!

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[helladoomed]

[She's hunting through names as they talk, of course.]

People can...leave?

[She frowns in surprise. But...maybe she should've expected that.]

[stefanged]

Sometimes. [He bites on his lip] Every week, when people get their assignments, we also know who's been "shuffled out," so to speak.

But they don't get a choice in leaving. It's like... one day they're here, and one day they're not.

[helladoomed]

Well shit.

I...[Chloe hesitates, then falls silent for a long time, maybe thirty seconds, her gaze away from the screen. Finally she looks back.]

...Where do they go?

[stefanged]

That's a good question. [By which he means, he doesn't know, and it's not something he's sure he wants to know.] Most of us believe that we're sent back home, should we randomly disappear.

[gently:] I'm sorry. I wish I had all the answers, but then if I did... I'm not sure I'd still be here.

[helladoomed]

So eventually Max is going to leave. Go home.

[Assuming they were right, at least.]

I guess a show like this has gotta keep the talent guessing, right? It'd be hella boring if we knew what would happen next.

[stefanged]

Maybe. It's hard to tell with this place.

[The lack of information bothers him way more than he wants to admit. It's one thing to be on reality TV. It's another to know nothing until it actually happens.]

Honestly, no news should be good news - but the hosts clearly know more than we do.

[helladoomed]

[Give her a second man, she's still stuck on that last point.]

So what if like, people can't go home?

[stefanged]

Like if their world was destroyed? [He lived through an alien invasion; this is a legitimate possibility to him.] You'd have to ask Atroma.

Most of us've been assuming we go home, but there's also the possibility that we don't.

[helladoomed]

Woah, no. No. Earth's...fine.

[She sucks in a breath, opening her mouth to maybe explain and then catching herself.]

Shit your friends with Max. Just. It's cool. Ignore me. Don't worry about it.

[stefanged]

[Now that's even more cause for concern. Stefan shoots her a skeptical look.]

You sure? I don't know what happened back home, but if it's big - like world-shattering big - you don't have to keep it a secret unless you want to.

[helladoomed]

[Chloe just sighs.]

It's not that simple, man. It's the biggest fucking thing ever...and it probably doesn't matter at all.

[stefanged]

Usually when someone says that, it matters a lot.

[Still, if she wants an out, he'll give it to her-] It might be too complicated for today. Maybe... another time?

[helladoomed]

...Yeah. Maybe.

Look, don't mention this shit to Max, okay?

[stefanged]

[He makes a zipping motion with his lips]

She won't hear it from me. Whatever this is, it's between you and her - and absolutely no one else.

[helladoomed]

Thanks man.

Gonna go wander. I'm sure we'll meet up once I'm not stuck on this thing and can drop by Max's place.

[stefanged]

Sounds good. I'll see you around, Chloe.