Blameless Mingle

[shishkebub]

Who: Those who are without blame
Broadcast: Nope
Action: On the Blameless
When: Whenever we feel like it! Gawd!

[A brand new crew has been assigned to a brand new ship. Can they find it within themselves to get along? Find out next time! Or you know, in this actual log.]

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[revivo]

The ramp's a decent enough seat, anyway. Sara nods a thanks as she takes a bottle and settles herself down on the ramp.

"Wouldn't dream of it." She takes a swig, then a moment to decide how she feels about the taste. It's surprisingly normal. "Good to know some things don't change, no matter where you are. I don't suppose anyone knows what..." She waves a hand. "Star cluster" or whatever the sci-fi speak is supposed to be, "we're in."

That'd be too easy.

[shishkebub]

He shrugged. "Never was much of a stargazer. Way I hear it, this ain't even the same galaxy."

That was annoying. Logan was a little too used to these kind of situations, but being that far away from home was still unnerving. Especially when it was all so quiet.

[revivo]

"Me neither."

Not even the same galaxy. The scale's too big for her to wrap her mind around. But in some ways, it isn't; the freighter, Lian Yu, and Nanda Parbat all felt worlds away from home, unreachable distances from Starling. Now, it's just...more literal.

"How long have you been out here?"

[shishkebub]

"About two weeks. Not long at all according to some, but still too long to be comfortable."

Any length of time in captivity was too long and while this might be short according to some, people around here had a way of making it seem like it would be lengthy. But people always craved normality, even when they were in a space reality show.

[revivo]

"I'd hate to hear what they consider long."

She can imagine it. From the way people talk about this place, from the things she's heard, she can see how two weeks might not seem long to people. But a cage is a cage, no matter how it may look, and after less than a week she's already had enough.

[shishkebub]

"Long enough to have seniority and a sense of self importance 'cause of it."

It didn't really matter what kind of place you ended up, those with seniority were always eager to establish dominance because they'd spent the longest time failing to escape. It didn't matter if that was a prison, a deserted island, retail, or a space fleet designed to entertain viewers. It was always the same.