First Mission - Video/Action for the Marsiva

[girlverine]

Who: Laura Kinney/X-23 and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: For the Marsiva
When: March 1st

[Broadcast]

[When the feed clicks on, it's a close up of Laura sleeping on one of the cots on the Marvisa, her fingers coiled around a silver locket hanging from her neck, and she looks...almost peaceful?]

[But it's a very short moment, as after a few seconds, her eyes spring open, and for a few more she doesn't move, perfectly still, not even breathing, just listening to her surroundings. When she sits up finally, it's a single smooth motion that sends the communicator spinning off the bed and clattering to the floor, filming upward as the teenager stands, her hands balled into fists. She was dressed in a black leather jacket, a purple tanktop and dark blue jeans, and would have looked like a pretty normal teen if not for the intense expression on her face. Slowly she scanned the room, head tilted to the side as she listened to the sounds of the ship, and...sniffing? Was she smelling the ship?]

[Not getting whatever information she was hoping for, she turns and kicks the phone by accident, glancing over as it skittered away and then crouching down to scoop it off the floor. She frowned as her eyes search the screen, and after a few seconds, she finds the right button and the feed cuts out.]

[When it kicks back on, perhaps fifteen minutes later, it's pointed at one of the viewports on the ship, out at the stars, and Laura can be seen standing behind it on the reflection of the glass. She looks...uncertain now, hesitant, clearly her exploration did not turn up what she wanted it to. Finally she addresses the camera without turning it towards herself.]

Where am I?

[Action]

[Laura could be found moving quietly around the hospitality ship, mostly keeping to herself, sometimes sitting where she could look out the windows or where she could watch other people without being particularly intrusive, or just watch the feeds on her communicator. She was studying the ship, studying the people, studying the situation, trying to figure out what she could learn before she made any decisions about what to do next.]

[She was a bit jumpy, honestly, though not to the point of being dangerous yet. But if there was one thing X-23 hated, it was being held prisoner, and this ship was certainly a prison. In moments where she thinks she is alone, one of the long, metal claws slides out from between her the knuckles on her right hand and traces patterns on her forearm, X's and O's mostly, just deep enough to cut, not deep enough to last more than a few seconds with her heeling factor. It's not a good thing, but it helps her focus, helps her deal...]

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[passingthrough]

[Kitty's eyes open a little wider as she turns the feed on. She recognizes the girl though not from her own world. As far as Kitty knows she was never born there. She met a version of her in the prison though. And the girl was an X-Man. What else mattered?]

Laura?

You're on the Marsiva somewhere in outer space. [Which is both uselessly specific and horribly vague.]

[girlverine]

[The teen's eyes narrow faintly as she turns the camera towards her, studying the face there for a moment. Her information didn't actually provide anything, but the fact that she knew her, when Laura didn't know who she was. Although there was...something...]

That does not tell me anything. Who are you?

[passingthrough]

And yet, it is where you are.

Kitty Pryde. [She just watches Laura's face for signs of recognition. In the prison Laura had recognized her, but she knew she also looked different than she expected. For this Laura she may look even stranger or be completely unknown. Oh, the fun of reality hopping.]

[girlverine]

[That was it. Not quite the same but close...hmm. To be fair, she had not seen Kitty in some time.]

Oh. [She took another moment to process this.]

You are different then I remember.

[passingthrough]

I'm from a different reality, so unless you remember MarinaNova, we've never technically met. There are other X-Men here too though.

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[alwayscomeback]

That is a long answer but the short one is 'space'.

[And, because he has to comment on the sniffing. ]

...Does the Marsiva have a funky smell or something?

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[girlverine]

Yes.

[How unhelpful. Still, she's getting better.]

It smells of metal and antiseptic and engines. But they are all different.

[It reminded her of what being on a navy ship smelled like.]

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[alwayscomeback]

...Yeah, that sounds about right.

[Super smell? Maybe? He doesn't know, he doesn't get all this magical powers stuff. ]

Anyway, you've been kidnapped by a group of people called Atroma. I don't know if you know what one is, most people don't, but you've been taken to be on their TV show.

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[girlverine]

...We are being watched?

[She knew what TV was, even if she rarely bothered to actually watch it. She turned away from her phone though, searching the walls for cameras.]

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[alwayscomeback]

Yeah. You won't see any cameras, I have no idea HOW they're watching us, but they definitely are. The TV show might not even be real, but them keeping an eye on us? Very real.

They'll have put a chip in your head, it puts all the info about space and the job you're supposed to do. [Quickly: ] D-don't try to pull it out. It's...really not a good idea and you'll regret it.

[shishkebub]

(Continued)

Far as I can tell, it ain't none of the usual suspects.

[Scary thing was, it might actually be because of the stated reasons. Entertainment.]

[girlverine]

[Hm. That didn't really answer her question, but at the same time it did.]

I see.

Are Gambit and Jubilee here also?

[That's who they were all with most recently, after all.]

[shishkebub]

[That's awfully specific...]

Gambit, but he ain't ours. Him and a few others come from another 'verse.

[And he wasn't even aware Laura knew Jubilee enough to even ask about her.]

[girlverine]

[That was...unsettling, which might even be evident on her face.]

He is a gambit from another universe.

[She repeated this, mostly to herself. So he wouldn't know her.]

[shishkebub]

He ain't the only one. [For all he knows, she might not be the same Laura he knows. That was one possibility he didn't expect would go over well, if it came to it.]

This place is a stew of folks, some with familiar faces and some not so much.

[video]

[thebestseller]

Nowhere good, sweetie.

[video]

[girlverine]

That is unhelpful.

[Well, it was.]

[video]

[thebestseller]

Well, that's not untrue. First things first- do you have reality shows back where you come from? I'm asking because some people don't.

[video]

[girlverine]

Yes.

I do not watch them.

[She manages to say that without it sounding derogatory. She doesn't really watch any tv...]

[video]

[thebestseller]

Well, good news- you're now on one. Our lovely hosts, Atroma, have volunteered you to be on the super popular show, Drift Fleet.

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[ladybro]

Space. That's the big answer. The littler answer is probably the Marsiva, if you're freshly arrived.

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[girlverine]

[There's a delay when Laura first answers, studying the image of the girl. She was so familiar but where...]

I have just arrived.

[She agreed, still trying to place that face. Hmm.]

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[ladybro]

[ well, then! now she's studying her in return. eyes ever-so-slightly narrowed. ]

Then...yeah. The Marsiva. Think of it like quarantine, I guess. Or a very lush waiting room.

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[girlverine]

[It's actually the narrowed eyes that make it click.]

You are...[She stops, suddenly considering she has no idea who else is watching this.]

I know who you are.

[She finally finishes. Oy. Secret identities were they a thing?]

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[ladybro]

You do?

[ that stops her in her proverbial tracks. most of the time, she's been doing the knowing. and while indeed this other woman is recognizable, kate still can't quite put her finger on it. ]

Got a name, not-stranger?