driftfleet | [video] we'll turn the moon to blood

Who: Asuka Shikinami Langley
Broadcast: Video, Fleetwide
Action: SS Red Fish
When: 3/8

[Asuka is sitting on her bed, with a bright red notebook and pen in hand and a slight frown crossing her face. She's still wearing the same form-fitting red-and-purple combat plugsuit she's been in since her arrival. For once, she doesn't look so much annoyed as she does wary, though honestly, with her, it's hard to tell.]

This is Asuka Shikinami Langley. [No wave. She scribbles something on a notebook page that's probably just a line and not any kind of script.] I have a few questions for everyone. The more people that answer, the more accurate the survey, so I suggest you tell me.

[All business. Asuka would applaud herself for her own professionalism if there was any point. There's no telling how long it'll last.]

First, I want to know your nationalities. Second, I want to know what your occupation was before the Fleet. I'm trying to figure out if there's a pattern to the kidnappings or any groups that get targeted more than others.

[Which is what the notebook is for. She really doesn't trust the network not to bungle everything at Atroma's whim. There's a brief, reluctant pause, and then--]

Before you ask, I was born in Germany. I was a pilot before, too. That's all.

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[Unseen, Asuka scribbles both words down in her notebook. Asking for names wouldn't have hurt, come to think of it, but she doesn't want to bother editing the post. Canada seems plenty normal enough, but his occupation is bizarre.]

Superhero? Are you serious?

why wouldn't i be?

[Superheroes are a fact of his world with a small but significant population. It's long past being a novelty.]

I didn't think it was lucrative.

Or that it existed.

it ain't.

it does.

You're not on a character limit, you know.

thought this was supposed to be a survey.

Everyone else gave complete sentences.

want me to copy their answers too?

How pedantic do you think I am?

honestly haven't thought about it at all.

I'm not surprised.

so you figured out anything useful yet?

More people are from Earth than anywhere else. Mostly from English-speaking countries or Japan. I was hoping that whatever people's jobs used to be would correlate with their augments, but that's not always the case.

[Admitting it really brings to the forefront how little she's really gleaned.]

Trust me. I'll find more connections.

[That sounds like a whole lot of nothing to him so far.]

you never asked for augments

No, I didn't ask you for augments.

[So petty.]

now you're being pedantic.

Have a problem with that?

I'd like to see you do better.

nah. sounds like you're already doing about as well as I would.

You don't seem like the type who asks a lot of questions.

I do sometimes. just differently.

[Generally with a few punches to loosen a person's tongue. Normal stuff.]

[video] we'll turn the moon to blood

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