video + action || the first

[speedboat]

Who: Howard Stark and YOU (I'm sorry)
Broadcast: Video Transmission, Fleet-wide.
Action: The Marsiva
When: Now

[ howard begins by painstakingly peeling himself up off the surface of the deck. this is a familiar position for him so he's not overly worried, smoothing back his hair as he rises unsteadily to his feet. he blinks heavily a few times, expecting his eyes to be heavy and for the customary knock in his head to follow. nothing happens. he feels remarkably alert, actually. wait a second...

the hairs on the back of his neck raise up, triggered by that eerie feeling of being watched. ] If this is a ransom demand, you're going to be sorely disappointed. [ it's not directed at anyone, scarcely above a mumble, he doesn't know anyone can hear him yet. howard steps towards the viewing ports, sticking his hands in his pockets and wondering what form of trickery this could possibly be. very advanced and very clever, surely, but just as frustrating. ]

I must admit, I'm impressed with your holographic technology. I could almost believe I were really in space... if we weren't at least a few decades off from such an advancement anyway. [ unless, they aren't. that disquiets him, smugness dropping from his tone as he continues to look around, but his voice only grows smaller. ] ...Hello?

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[speedboat]

I should hope so. Seventy years is a long time for innovation and progress.

[ he pauses, as if considering what she says. ] Alright, I'll play nice. For you, Peg.

[mucked]

-- You'd better. [ there's an edge, there. but honestly, she's more relieved that he's so keen to play along. ] There's no use in giving the Atroma the satisfaction of losing our cool heads.

[speedboat]

For now. [ he amends. he'd default to her judgment until he could draw his own conclusions about this place. there was still much scientific theory to pour through. ] The Atroma. Second time I've heard the name. They brought us here?

[mucked]

They'd like us to think so. [ she answers -- frank. ] And perhaps they did. All I know for certain is they're the ones profiting from our presence.

[speedboat]

They sound like thugs. Don't we go after thugs? [ it's gentle, nonaccusatory. he knows if peggy could take these people down alone she would have already. ]

[mucked]

Oh, we go after thugs. But sometimes we needs must build a case first.

[ patience, mister stark. ]

[speedboat]

Oh, those kind of thugs. [ the ones they need proof for!!! ] I hate those.

[mucked]

In the meantime, the fleet is not without its charms.

[speedboat]

Tell me more. [ chinhands tbh ]

[mucked]

The people are good folk. There's plenty to be learned about the next seventy-or-so-years. And very rarely do people shoot at us.

[ and steve. but that goes well without saying. ]