+1 unhappy time traveler

[nostraightlines]

Who: Ramse and YOU
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: SS Starstruck, if you want to come and find him
When: soon after the shuffle!

[ To say that Ramse is displeased is an understatement. This is the second time he's been yanked from one world to another, and where the first was actually an improvement, this second place is... not. Outerspace. Really. Really?! They don't even have space travel in his time, though he knows that in the past people made it as far as the moon. Nothing like this. His outrage at being taken is the overwhelming thing, though. He was happy in Eudio, where there was food and people he cared for. They told him they were sending him home (something he already had mixed feelings about) and instead he's here. Having to learn a new way of life all over again and excuse me it's being watched?

He's found the armory and the clothes in his bunk room, at least, so now he's dressed and armed. He sits in the cold empty space while he fiddles with the communicator. It turns out to be easy to use, and when he makes a broadcast his voice is deep and grumbly. Someone's sooooo cranky. ]

So let me get this straight, I'm new and might not have understood. We're here... to be entertainment. Not to save the world, not to help with a war, not to do anything productive at all.

Yeah. How do we leave?

Comments

[takingkarabusiness]

Kara the Tea Destroyer.

[nostraightlines]

That just makes you sound overcaffeinated.

[takingkarabusiness]

Also true! I'm more of a latte girl, though.

[nostraightlines]

Don't think I've ever had one of those... what is it?

[takingkarabusiness]

Espresso and frothed milk. If I can get my hands on either of those, I'll make you one sometime.

[nostraightlines]

Now I'll be on the lookout for espresso and pizza, whenever we stop somewhere.

[takingkarabusiness]

We'll have to start keeping a running list.

[nostraightlines]

Alright, what other foods are you missing?

[takingkarabusiness]

Crullers. They're a kind of donut.

[nostraightlines]

[ She can see him wracking his brain for this one, then she gets a little head shake. ]

No idea.

[ Basically if it can't be hunted or packed into an MRE, he probably won't remember it. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Not even donuts??

[ this is a CRIME ]

They're a kind of breakfast pastry, though really they should be dessert.

[nostraightlines]

I don't remember them. My mom was big on making everything at home, and orphanages try to keep the kids away from sugar... then, you know. [ He makes a soft explosion sound, to signify the civilized world ending. ] I must've missed them in Eudio. Ice cream, though -- I found that again.

[takingkarabusiness]

Ice cream is also totally worth it.

[nostraightlines]

Astronauts used to have freeze dried ice cream, I bet we can find something like that in space.

[ ... the things you remember from elementary school, man. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Not exactly Ben & Jerry's but I'm sure we can find some. Ooh, maybe we can find some Tang, too!

[nostraightlines]

That's the orange stuff? Never had it but I remember learning about that. I wanted to be an astronaut for about a week, back in the day.

[takingkarabusiness]

Little did you know you'd get your wish.

[nostraightlines]

I also wanted to be a dinosaur for like a week, let's hope that doesn't happen.

[takingkarabusiness]

Yes, let's. That sounds messy.

[nostraightlines]

I can't remember now what kind I wanted to be, except it went "rar."

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm sure it did.

I don't really know all that much about dinosaurs, actually.

[nostraightlines]

Neither did I, obviously. I'm pretty sure it's more of a 'roar' than a 'rar'. Rar's a cat noise.

[takingkarabusiness]

You speak cat?

[nostraightlines]

No, but I know what they sound like. Were you hoping for an impression?

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, I wouldn't say no...