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[misconceived]

WHO Chris Halliwell
BROADCAST Network unfiltered video.
ACTION The SS Huntress.
WHEN Shortly after the Shuffle.

Again?

[ This is a young man circling around as he's transported to his new ship, the SS Huntress. He's mostly talking to his new crewmates but there's that unknowing broadcast going out, too. ]

Moved around twice in twenty-four hours, and this one is not nearly as nice as the first one. We're supposed to stay here while we play this stupid game? [ Psht. ] Which, by the way, I didn't sign up for. Did anyone? Because I was in the middle of something, you know, important.

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[rebella]

In a whole universe, there's a lot of... boondocks, you said? That's the same as the countryside or deep inside the forests, would you say?

( His lingo's just a bit beyond her, but that would make sense in context. )

[misconceived]

Yeah. That's what I meant. Somewhere completely out of touch with everywhere else.

[rebella]

Strange to think an audience doesn't need to be local... but that might be part of what works in this case. If we're so far away from anyone who knows this, doesn't it make it harder to believe us? And would anyone care?

[misconceived]

Probably part of the appeal. No help from the locals because they won't know what the hell we're talking about.

[rebella]

Or they don't care. It's difficult to say in the end. People we've run into so far aren't very invested in what we're doing.

[misconceived]

Even if they didn't care, they'd still know, right? What are we doing?

[rebella]

I think that's the question of the hour. The last however many hours, by now.

[misconceived]

Just great. Perfect. And I bet you there's no way to break a contract we didn't sign, either.

[rebella]

Can't really break it when we have no idea what's in it, or what's claimed as a signature, that's true enough.

[misconceived]

Basically. Is there seriously no way to fight back?

[ There has to be something. ]

[rebella]

There is always a way. It might not be as direct as we like, but there's always a way.

( EVEN IF THE WAY SUCKS there is always, always a way. )

[misconceived]

[ He pauses, tilts his head partway to a nod. ]

No way that we know yet.

[rebella]

Inquiring minds find answers.

( She smiles. )

Which I'm sure is unsurprising to our watching audience, whoever they may be.

[misconceived]

They're probably expecting us to do something.

[ He sighs, then offers a meager smile in response. ]

I'm Chris, by the way.

[rebella]

I'm Ella. It's a pleasure to meet you, Chris. Circumstances aside of course.

[misconceived]

I think we can imply that part, really. Nobody is gonna say this is a pleasure.

[rebella]

Oh, there might be a few. Sad, unfortunate souls they might be!

( Said with a half smile and a shrug of her shoulders. Can't dismiss that some might find it a sort of attention they wanted, if they were selfish enough not to care about the other details. )

[misconceived]

Don't know how sad they'd be here. If there are any.