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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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[misconceived]

Yeah. You've been there?

[wilder]

Yes.

[a beat]

It's a long story.

[misconceived]

Is there anything else I should be doing with my time? Not exactly a whole lot of places to go or sights to see right now.

[wilder]

Learn to sew? Read a book?

Sorry, I just don't have nearly enough alcohol on hand to tell you that story.

[misconceived]

[ That's an amused scoff there. First thing to get him to crack a smile so far. ]

That kind of story, huh? Never mind. Do we actually have books here?

[wilder]

[A sigh]

Sadly not many. You find some on the planets but...so far they haven't been hubs of great literature.

[misconceived]

I guess sitting around enjoying a book isn't so entertaining for the people at home.

[wilder]

Trust me, I'm sure watching us read would be as entertaining as 90% of what goes on in these ships to pass the time.

[misconceived]

That's not encouraging.

[wilder]

Thaaat's the Drift Fleet!

[misconceived]

What the hell kind of TV show doesn't even give us anything to do?

[wilder]

Beats me.

[Since for real, he meant it when he said he hasn't watched TV before]

[misconceived]

[ Yeah, it was sarcastic anyway. ]

I'm surprised they don't issue us... I don't know, stupid objectives or something every week. That's what stuff like this usually does. [ Even the demons got that part right. ]

[wilder]

Uh...could you not give the crazy kidnapping tv-makers ideas?

[misconceived]

Trust me, they've already had it. Anyone would.

[ Chris refuses to believe anyone advanced enough to pull people out of different times, universes, realities and all that did not think of something as simple as incentive. ]

[wilder]

Awww, that's so cute. Someone who still believes in common sense.

But...I guess we'll see.

[misconceived]

They call it common for a reason. [ Let him have his fantasy, gosh. ]

[wilder]

You just keep telling yourself that.