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Who: Krista
Broadcast: Network-wide video
Action: None!
When: Nondescript space time

[Krista appears on the screen, and waves a little! she's probably hiding on one of the stations, with all the neon lighting flashing on and off around her. she continues to speak in a whisper.]

Uh, hey guys. I'm probably going to end up being "The Girl Who's Always Asking Questions" at this rate, but I wanted to check... Has anyone actually done that thing with the augment upgrades? You know, where you get powers and stuff?

I mean, I found the list, and some of them seemed pretty cool, but like, uh. I wanted to know if just downloading some power into your brain was a good idea or a bad one. Seems kind of sketchy, you know?

Anyway, yeah. Let me know if you've tried it, or... if... you have thoughts? I don't know.

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Well, there's a guy with a magnet arm up there... Your mileage may vary.

Magnet arm?

He... can make his arm magnetic. Or maybe not his arm. I don't know if he ever actually specified it was his arm, but that seemed the most cool.

I guess so. He can turn it on and off, though? He doesn't get stuck to fridges or anything?

I guess sometimes it kind of works when he's not thinking about it... but it also doesn't sound very strong. Only about as strong as actual fridge magnet, you know?

Oh. Then what's the point?

Yeah... He was kinda disappointed. Maybe it gets stronger the more you buy.

Seems more like a buyer beware sort of thing. Not even worth that much.

Well, there's your answer. Augment superpowers: currently not worth it.

Hey, better answer than nothing. [ He pauses. ] Our pay's tied to our ratings, right?

Huh? Uh... Yeah, I think so. That's sure what it seems like.

And they say ratings are how we get out of here.

[ Keep with him here, he's getting to his point. ]

Uh huh...

[where are you going, Chris... where is this point going...]

But they have us using our pay to upgrade the ships or ourselves or buying all this stuff.

[ C'mon, it's not that hard to follow his train of thought, is it? ]

...Are you saying they're getting us to spend money so we don't ever leave?

It would make sense, wouldn't it?

I guess so... But... I don't know if ratings literally get turned into money. I think they kind of go up and down, you know, like TV ratings.

But then again, no one's explained anything... And you could be totally right, and that could be totally bad.

No, you're probably right about that but who knows what kind of metaphors they're using?

Yeah. We'll have to keep an eye on it, I guess. It was just an idea, anyway.

You know what they say, no idea is a bad idea.

[a pause.]

Wait, I think they say "no question is a bad question." Shit. Nevermind.

Either way, this idea is pretty harmless. I mean... to consider, at least.

Uh, yes. That I can agree with.

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