Video

[hearsthesea]

Who: Shirley Fennes
Broadcast: Network; open video
Action: SS Huntress
When: Morning after the shuffle (1/03)

[There's a new face on the network! Specifically a teenage girl's, curious but not quite sure of herself.]

Can people see this?

[She pauses for a second before continuing, standing up straighter and speaking carefully.]

Um, if you can...good morning, everyone. My name is Shirley, and I suppose I'm new here.

I'm speaking to everybody now because I wanted to ask if anybody's seen a quill pen. I know I had it on me before they took me here yesterday, but it's disappeared since then. If it's not on this ship, then it should be on the big one...the HS Marsiva, I think. I'm on the SS Huntress right now, but I haven't seen it anywhere.

That quill means a lot to me, so I'd like to have it back if anyone can find it. Thank you very much, all of you.

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[hearsthesea]

[Oh, how embarrassing. Shirley turns red for a moment.]

I didn't know you could do that. I really do need to learn more.

[misconceived]

[ Chris shrugs. ]

I'll show you sometime. I get the feeling we're going to have a lot of time on our hands here.

[hearsthesea]

Yeah...

[Unfortunately. She doesn't want to dwell on that right now, though.]

Do you have any recommendations for something to start with?

[misconceived]

Depends on what they even have here. We might both be starting from scratch. We'll see once we get a look at what's in the systems.

[hearsthesea]

All right. Let me try it out.

[She hurries on to find the nearest computer. Gotta learn the system, right?]

[misconceived]

[ Chris stares after her a moment before going to follow and watch. ]

How much did these things teach you about computers?

[hearsthesea]

Um...well, I think I'll be able to use one like the communicators.

[It's a start.]

[misconceived]

Okay... but computers have a bit more to them than the communicators do. [ He's about to make a comparison here, but stops. Shakes his head briefly. ] Go ahead and mess with one. Let's see what they've got on here.

[hearsthesea]

All right.

[Shirley takes her place at the first computer she finds and pauses there for a moment. First step: turning it on...successful.]