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01 - video/action

Who: Winn & you!
Broadcast: video
Action: on the Marsiva
When: now!

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[ it's the smell that makes the first tug towards wakefulness, or rather the lack of it - over the years, winn's gotten used to waking up to a familiar aroma of an apartment that's just a little too dusty, has just a little too many clothes that really should have been washed yesterday lying around, maybe some residual takeout smell that still lingers from the night before because he's forgotten to properly ventilate - none of it is hitting his nose now, and his mind is not taking it well. groaning, and rubbing his eyes with one hand, his other reaches for his bedside table to pick up his phone - only to hit air.

well that's weird.

eyes finally blinking open, he finds himself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling. shifting in bed - he finds himself falling to an unfamiliar floor.

what the hell?

he's dreaming, right? he has to be dreaming. or maybe it's a freaky fantasy like the one kara was stuck in - though why would anyone waste disgusting alien hallucinatory-leach things on him? and besides, this - this looks absolutely nothing like his ideal fantasy world! well, just in case it'll work (he'd fill really silly if he passes up the simplest solution for being too simple and it'll end up being all that it takes!), he shuts his eyes tightly, pinches his arm, and mumbles to himself ]

I hella reject this fantasy. You are rejected, fired, gone!

[ opening his eyes again, he finds that unsurprisingly - the only change that transpired is that his arm now aches. well, what else was he expecting? pulling himself up to his feet, he decides he might as well try to figure out where he is - and how to get out of here.

and then he spots the window. blurting out a girly scream, he turns his back to it, his knees nearly buckling under him, and his face losing color. slowly, he turns back towards it and chances another peek, chuckling nervously at his own behavior, trying to ridicule his fear away ]

That's a pretty good green screen -

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[ the face that appears on your screen is pale and clearly very shaken. actually, he kinda looks like he's going to be sick, doesn't he? good thing that space tech isn't 7-D! ...unless it is in which case, now would be a pretty bad time to find that out... ]

I got a couple questions for -- whoever's watching this - or - [ he looks around, waving his free hand to gesture around the room - wherever the less voluntary cameras may be ] this - If this is a reality show, when's elimination? Cuz I - I volunteer to go home! I mean let's face it, there is no point to keep me in the running - unless elimination's actually eh, elimination [ he runs his finger against his throat to illustrate his point ] in which case -- my vote is still on home, thanks -

This...isn't really space, is it? [ he chuckles nervously ] I know 'beam me up' was my birthday wish for like 3 years running, but you're over a decade late and this is so not what I had in mind - [ he clears his throat. not the point! and not something he needed to share with - potentially an entire galaxy. actually, this whole broadcast was probably pretty dumb, way to make himself easy prey. ok, no worries! he can still salvage this! ] Anyway! Little help, a lotta help, Xanax, I'll take what you got, thanks. [ clearing his throat again ] Over? [ nailed it. ]

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It's good she has someone from home. [Kara did seem really genuinely nice. The kind of nice that would sometimes put Kitty off out of fear of accidentally corrupting it. But she also likes being around. Enough of those thoughts! She smirks at Winn.]

Which also means I just said it's good you were abducted from your home and dragged into a space reality show so she has a familiar face, but that's kind of how these things work. Disclaimers get old.

If I have to be kidnapped from my home and dragged into a space reality show, it may as well be useful to someone.

[ he shrugs. it may be a little late to act cool, and knowing himself it'll only last about 10 seconds, but hey, it beats the anxiety attacks! ]

You should have that embroidered into a shirt. Good message to live by.

There a sewing room somewhere around here? We can make it the team logo.

I hope you're using the term "we" very loosely here.

Oh no, don't worry, I totally meant you just get the credit.

[ it's a joke! sorta, it is kind of how his life goes. ]

Works for me. Never really did pick up sewing. I'd have an easier time just fusing the thread into the shirt.

How would that work?

[She looks around. Luckily, she's in the park at the station ~~or she is now because I say so~~. She picks up a stick and and a blade of grass and partially phases the grass into the stick before letting go. It's not a big showy thing and probably a little hard to tell what she's even doing over the video function, but she shakes the stick and the grass doesn't go anywhere.] Like that.

[ winn has been interested in the extraordinary and unexplained long enough to pick up on any trace of it, even when it's not quite as in his face. while watching through the screen isn't nearly as satisfactory as he would like (he knows damn well how easy it is to manipulate video), it's still enough to blow his mind. leaning forward, eyes gaping open - he stares in fascination ]

How are you doing that?

Phasing. I just move the atoms of one object through the spaces of another. What? You can't? [There's a smirk. She didn't expect him to be able to.]

[ seriously why is he here? is he here to represent the 'one normal human'? because there are no words to express how much he is not interested in that position! sure, powered people are awesome, when they're like kara, but experience taught him that they're usually not. then again, kara's unusual even among non-powered people, and up to today - that made up the majority of the population around him.

he...thinks.

nothing is certain anymore!!! ]

You just...[ phasing. phasing is cool. phasing has to be useful, too. somehow. he's not sure how yet, but phasing seems like a good thing to have on an escape plan! ] What else can you do?

Hmm, I never thought to use it on anything but grass and sticks. [You're fun, Winn. Also, if you're looking for a long, Kara-like list, Kitty doesn't have that. Just lots of variations on a theme.]

[ fun! he'll take fun! and right now, he's mostly taking stock - what could potentially work in their favor, what on the fleet can kill him, the basics.

raising an eyebrow, he gives her a skeptical look. ]

Come on. You know you wanna show me what you got -

[ superpowers are cool! especially in friendly hands which - he hopes hers are? they punned! they have a bond! ok, maybe not, but unless she can phase through whatever they call this network and reach him -- even if they aren't he's safe at least for the time being, right? ]

[Definitely not a thing she can do. Punning is definitely a bond though. No worries. Also, she falls in the hero column even if she's from a grimdark universe.]

Wouldn't that be more fun in person?

[ he wishes he could know that. a super-categorizing power may not be the most fun, but it sure would come in handy!

excuse him getting the slightest bit flustered there, because that sounds a little bit like either a come on, or an attempt to get close enough to end him. not that. there would be any point to that - come on look at him! does he look like a threat? ]

Ah -- yeah but, I'm - kinda stuck here, aren't I?

[ if he weren't, he'd be with kara right now. but she said he's gotta wait to be assigned. ]

[Someone is paranoid. And if there was a little harmless flirting would that be so wrong?] For now.

Why not leave a little mystery? Also, I'm not a show pony. [Or a show kitty. So, no tricks on command.]

[ considering where they are, can you really blame him? (it's ok if you do, he understands)

wrong? no, just...unusual. unexpected. system may be malfunctioning a little bit... ]

Can - show ponies do that where you're from? Because - they are a heck of a lot more interesting than show ponies where I'm from in that case -

[ come on, they're in space! isn't there enough mystery? ]

I think you just told me I'm more interesting than a show pony. I might blush.

[Somewhere there's a version of Lil' Sebastian who can do that! Probably. Hopefully.]

[ what is happening? is he getting punked? does space still have punked?

awkwardly chuckling, his mental countdown for abject embarrassment begins ]

Well - I mean - you are. Anyone is - not that - you're anyone, you're definitely - more interesting than. Uh. Do over?

I broke you, didn't I? Maybe I can get a refund... [She's enjoying this too much now.]

[ so cruel :c ]

It's 'you break it - you buy it' not 'you break it - we refund', sorry.

[ did he just make it worse? he feels like he just made it worse. see, you don't even have to break him, he does a good job at it all by himself! slightly pained expression is slightly pained. he is not good at this. ]

So now you want me to buy you. This is getting really serious.

[So much worse. But she might feel just a little bit bad at the pain in his expression.]

Anyway... I'll be around if you get yourself to a ship and you still want to play show and tell. [Yes, Kitty, that was so scaled back. Not tormenting at all.]

[ well, he's gone from pale to flushed. if you're going to kill him kidnappers, now - would still be a really bad time to do it just never do it, no love but lots of hopefulness!! ~winn ]

Yeah -- yeah I'll -- call -- video -- I'll - get in touch. When I'm Shipside.

[ the pain is purely directed at his own awkwardness, never fear ]

[She gives him a little wave because anything she says is going to come out with a laugh after that. Then she signs off.]

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