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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.

Comments

[aberrant_type]

Well, it's different food. Try the tallbird, it's delicious!

[misconceived]

Tallbird? You made that up.

[aberrant_type]

I did not! They're very tall birds. Delicious.

[misconceived]

I think I'll just stick with the less... weird food. Unless there's nothing else?

[aberrant_type]

Well, it's all a little strange, but the meat is really very good! Try it fried!

[misconceived]

Fried, huh?

[ SIGH. Looks like Chris won't get to be picky like he wants to be. ]

What's the worst that could happen?

[aberrant_type]

Aw, you'll be fine! You've got to test that delicate constitution sometime.

[misconceived]

[ He laughs at that. Delicate constitution. Hah. ]

This isn't exactly how most people would want to test it. Then again, at least I've got everyone else before me to say it isn't poison or something.

[aberrant_type]

[It's funny, you can laugh, Chris!]

It certainly isn't... unless the server takes a disliking to you, I suppose.

[REASSURING]

[misconceived]

[ HE DID okay, gosh. He has a sense of humor under the grump! ]

And how often does that happen?

[aberrant_type]

It hasn't happened to me yet!

[misconceived]

Or anyone else, I hope.

Anything else I should be on the lookout for? Or is just the fried, hopefully not-poisoned tallbird?

[aberrant_type]

Dangers and such, you mean? Nothing stands out to my mind... we've had mysterious disappearances, but no murders by anyone on the ships, if that's what you mean.

[misconceived]

[ On one hand, no murders is a relief. On the other... ]

Disappearances?

[aberrant_type]

Very mysterious. About once a week, some people depart with no fanfare at all. It doesn't seem like they were taken by force, but none of them have said anything about leaving willingly, either. They've simply vanished without a trace.

[misconceived]

Right... I think I was talking to someone about that. She just came back from that, didn't know where she'd gone.

[aberrant_type]

[Believe it or not, her voice suddenly takes on a more serious tone.]

Let me guess, that was Nunnally.

[misconceived]

It was. Something I should know?

[aberrant_type]

She was on my crew, that's all. And we were quite fond of her.

[misconceived]

And... she's back now.

[ He's not seeing a problem here. Well, aside from someone coming back to Drift Fleet anyway. ]

[aberrant_type]

Indeed she is.

[misconceived]

... Okay. So there's nothing else that goes on aside from disappearances?

[aberrant_type]

Not that I know about so far.

[misconceived]

And how long have you been around?

[aberrant_type]

A few months now. Since the beginning.