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driftfleet2016-01-28 10:50 am
amicably_absent) wrote in driftfleet2016-01-28 10:50 am
Arrival broadcast
Who: Glitch and anyone interested!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Now?
[He comes awake slowly, almost peacefully. His dark eyes stay unfocused and close again, still relaxed and calm.
The second time they blink open, there's a bit more focus and they shift to look around him.
Then he freezes.
It's a fear reaction. It's the rabbit in the headlights, stay still, maybe you won't be noticed reaction. His eyes dart around to take in details, but then he relaxes when he realises he's alone.
His hands come up and feel along the zipper in his scalp, checking with ages old familiarity for any change. Apparently satisfied that everything is right, he lowers his hands down.]
Hello? Someone? Cain… ooh, flashy light, what's… oh! Are you a Far Speaker? Miniaturised far speaking technology, look at the clarity of the screen, that's a mirror quality image.
[The communicator is grabbed and starts being turned around in his hands. His clothing seems to have once been very fine, but is now torn and dirty. His pale skin is marked with small abrasions and the dirt of living rough.
He's also still chattering away quite happily to himself.]
I wonder what sort of broadcasting signal this is using, wireless magics don't get this small, usually, but if it were pre-Witch-
[He goes stiff with shock.]
Merciful light, the Witch! DG! Where am I, I need to get back, I have to- I have to-
[He blinks and his face relaxes, all the sharp panic gone.]
Ooh! Far Speaking technology! It's so small, how did they manage to get it that small?
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Now?
[He comes awake slowly, almost peacefully. His dark eyes stay unfocused and close again, still relaxed and calm.
The second time they blink open, there's a bit more focus and they shift to look around him.
Then he freezes.
It's a fear reaction. It's the rabbit in the headlights, stay still, maybe you won't be noticed reaction. His eyes dart around to take in details, but then he relaxes when he realises he's alone.
His hands come up and feel along the zipper in his scalp, checking with ages old familiarity for any change. Apparently satisfied that everything is right, he lowers his hands down.]
Hello? Someone? Cain… ooh, flashy light, what's… oh! Are you a Far Speaker? Miniaturised far speaking technology, look at the clarity of the screen, that's a mirror quality image.
[The communicator is grabbed and starts being turned around in his hands. His clothing seems to have once been very fine, but is now torn and dirty. His pale skin is marked with small abrasions and the dirt of living rough.
He's also still chattering away quite happily to himself.]
I wonder what sort of broadcasting signal this is using, wireless magics don't get this small, usually, but if it were pre-Witch-
[He goes stiff with shock.]
Merciful light, the Witch! DG! Where am I, I need to get back, I have to- I have to-
[He blinks and his face relaxes, all the sharp panic gone.]
Ooh! Far Speaking technology! It's so small, how did they manage to get it that small?