driftfleet | 01 ( video + action )

Who: Lydia Martin + you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva
When: 27/1

( This time when Lydia awakes it's easier. No screaming, but still confusion. She's still in her Eichen House gown, hair messy and limbs feeling tired - achy from the lack of use even though it's only been a few days.

The first few seconds - maybe even first minute - of the transmission are met with silence, the image showing Lydia looking around the room, walking closer to the walls to examine them. After all that's just happened, after being trapped in her head, it's hard for Lydia to know whether this is real or not. Touching the wall helps slightly, but everything with Meredith had felt just as real )

Is it real? ( Her voice is soft, a little confused - dazed. There's something of a fog in Lydia's mind that isn't just from the recent events. Like there's something that she should remember but is having trouble with - or somewhere ) It isn't Eichen House.

( Not Eichen House. Possibly real. The only places that Lydia had seen in her head were places that she'd been before. If only waking up in unfamiliar places wasn't so unusual for Lydia )

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( It's a few hours later when Lydia's roaming around the ship. She'd wanted to wait to see if there were any answers to her question, and to get her bearings some more with what there was. There was little in the room that Lydia could find for herself - or of her own things. No other clothes, no belongings or familiar items.

As Lydia walks the hallways, still in her Eichen House clothes, there's an occasional hand touching the wall. Although Lydia has heard answers, and even spoken to some that are familiar, she wants to know. Be sure. Be sure that there isn't something about the Dread Doctors involved here - that it's really happening. Lydia doesn't know what she's looking for. Someone in person to really confirm it? Food? New clothes would definitely be nice. It might take a few hours - or a day or two before the reality of this really sets in. Being in space? So different to supernatural creatures )

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( There's a slow nod, a pause before Lydia actually speaks again. People are there. The pause gives Lydia a few seconds to think - to try and push aside a little of her confusion )

I've just been kidnapped to- somewhere. ( The words aren't said quite as quickly or with her normal sharper edge, but this isn't normal. Unexpectedly waking up isn't normal ) Is that supposed to be okay?

[She snorts, she can't help it. There's a one shouldered shrug with a soft smile.]

For most of us, not at all. A couple others are used to it, though. [A pause, then she appears sort of awkward.]

Uh, you're in space, by the way.

I've been kidnapped before.

( It's unsettling, and happened far more times than it should have. At home and- somewhere else. Another world? It's part of the memories that aren't quite there )

I don't think I've been to space.

[Octavia doesn't address either of those directly. There's probably a long and or personal story there. That can wait. Instead, she opts for the explanation.]

Well, you're here now. Actually, you're on the Marsiva, the main ship in the Fleet. Aside from the people around you, the rest of us are on a space station. [Another, awkward pause, where she visibly rubs the back of her neck.]

Uh, the quickest way to put this, you've been abducted to be part of a space reality show. And yeah, I know how that sounds.

A space reality show? ( There's a heavy amount of disbelief in Lydia's voice. That's absurd, strange girl ) Who's watching if we're in space?

We assume populations on other planets. Nothing's been proven as far as I know.

[Her voice is a little skeptical, but she's rolling with it.] Name's Octavia, by the way.

So it could be false.

( Or just a free show for whoever owns the ships. Or nothing. A lie to cover up something worse. She wouldn't be surprised )

I'm Lydia. How long have you been here?

It could be. I guess we've been figuring it's not to be on the safe side.

[Honestly, it's not something she worries too much about.]

A couple months now. I'm on one of the other ships-- The Wonderduck. Yeah, I know.

Which isn't a bad idea.

( Safety first! Don't let them know you're onto them )

Do all of the ships have names like that?

[There's a chuckle now.]

Weird name, sure. But mine got the saddest one by far. There's other ones like The Tourist, The Golden, The Pathstone.

How many are there?

Uh, maybe like fifteen, give or take? Never really counted.

Then there could be a lot of us. Or a lot of ships to use for escape.

There are. The majority of the ships are over capacity when it comes to crew. It's weird, I've never heard of it happening before.

[And she shakes her head.] Not possible. People would have done that by now if it was.

Difficult doesn't mean impossible. When did they start getting over capacity?

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