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[precedented]

Who: Leto Atreides the II
Broadcast: Video
Action: Hospitality Deck, Marsiva
When: Feb 4th

[ The video activates itself to reveal a young man staring into space. His eyes are probably the most startling thing about him. Bright, eerily blue eyes that seem to pierce the fabric of reality. You may also see brown flecks of creatures embedded into his skin, near the neck and face.

And suddenly his gaze snaps back to the camera and he is all smiles and good intentions, as if a switch had been turned on. He sits on one of the many beds on the Marsiva Deck and kicks his legs, caught between the impression of a boy and a man.

( or something much older and far more dangerous ) ]

I do not need the spiel and I'm sure you are all quite thankful for that, but I am curious to know what qualifies as entertainment for our most benevolent hosts?

Comments

[video]

[helladoomed]

Since they keep bringing people here, wouldn't the obvious answer be us?

You're just the latest season.

Re: [video]

[precedented]

Hopefully I'll be a little more long-lasting.

Still, that is a valid point. But so many? Perhaps they are stirring the pot for something more.

[video]

[helladoomed]

Hey, that's what we all hope.

But if this really is some kind of reality tv show, and they keep bringing in more and more people, seems to me that means everyone already here gets dull pretty quick.

Re: [video]

[precedented]

[ Hm. That would hold, logically. ]

I wonder what kind of effort is involved though. I cannot imagine it to be easy, dragging people across the universe for such a thing.

[video]

[helladoomed]

No clue. Back home we've barely made it to the moon, so.

This is all basically magic to me.

Re: [video]

[precedented]

[ Beautiful. He wondered what it would be like to see it through her eyes - new to the world, new to the mysteries of the universe. What would it be like, to be new and young at heart? ]

For me, this has familiar roots. I lost my memory not long ago in a place called Aather and my universe is technologically advance.

[video]

[helladoomed]

...Lost your memory?

Re: [video]

[precedented]

Yes. I was, for a while, a complete amnesiac. No name, no ties to anyone.

[ Except to Ruby, ties that went as deep as blood. ]

But I slowly regained my memory over time.

[helladoomed]

That is...weird.

[Still.]

But I guess if you remembered everything it's probably alright in the long run, right?

[precedented]

I did. It was a process of trial and error, but also of growth. Seeing my memories from an outside point of view helped me gain perspective.

[helladoomed]

...Okay, yeah, can't imagine that.

I've got a hard enough dealing with my life from this side of it.

[precedented]

Oh? Is it so hard?

[ A little teasing. ]

[helladoomed]

Mine was.

[She shrugs.]

No clue what it'll be like here though.

[precedented]

I imagine it'll be a little of both. Hardships will always follow, no matter where you go.

But in this place, you might find that we are not so different.

[helladoomed]

[Chloe laughs.]

'And everyone bonded over being miserable' you mean?

[precedented]

[ He shrugs loosely. ]

Something like that.

[helladoomed]

Hey, maybe you're right.

So far this place isn't all that bad either way. A little boring maybe.

[precedented]

That might have to something to due with the large influx of new people. I imagine once people settle down, chaos will follow soon enough.

[helladoomed]

What, they're giving us time to relax first?

We're already in the chaos of 'not enough places to sleep.' I'm stuck sleeping in the medlab.

[precedented]

I consider that to be mild mayhem rather than chaos. But it's a personal opinion.

[helladoomed]

Hm.

So what would you call chaos then?

[precedented]

Once, long ago, an omnipotent child took control of some friends and turned them into their bitter incarnations and then froze half the land in order to prove a point.

It was not a pleasant time.

[helladoomed]

...That would count, yeah.

You had god-children where you were?

[What else would she call that?]

[precedented]

Yes. Remnants of unfinished stories. They were not deliberately cruel. They simply did not know better.

I wasn't terribly fond of them, but I did not hate them for it.

[helladoomed]

Remnants of unfinished stories.

That's...gonna take a little more explaining to not sound crazy, dude.