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Who: natalie goodman
Broadcast: fleetwide
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When: now!

you know what sucks about being brought here

[oh boy, here we go.]

like apart from being sol in space. the basic premise here is that this is reality tv right? which is never actually reality. so they specifically picked us based on entertainment value is my guess. can you imagine anyone normal and fine and competent being interesting to watch? nah, not as much as someone who's constantly a mess. isn't it weird to think about how everyone here was picked probably because they're dysfunctional enough for viewers to keep watching? adding insult to injury if you ask me.

anyways i'm kind of curious about what makes you strange enough to be here. fill me in if you've got a guess.

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wow that's extremely convincing i believe you 100%

[she's the worst, please ignore her constant sass.]

[ kara is a millennial she can't not sass back over text ]

i don't really care if you believe me? you don't know me, so i don't know why you'd think i'm anything special.

yeah i can tell you don't care by the fact that you replied to this just to tell me you're really, completely normal

dude i'm not saying you're like the most important thing since sliced bread

i'm saying that it makes no sense for them to bring a completely average, normal person for an interdimensional reality show when they could have chosen literally anyone in multiple worlds

why? what kind of conspiracy do you think they have going on?

Edited 2016-03-25 02:43 (UTC)

i don't think it's a conspiracy

i think if they picked randomly, statistically they'd probably get a bunch of like middle aged people with desk jobs stuck together on a space station and nobody wants to watch that

well that's true

why do you think you were picked?

Edited 2016-03-25 02:48 (UTC)

i'll think about answering when you give me something more convincing then your whole "i'm completely normal" thing

i... work for a powerful person at home?

now we're getting somewhere

who?

her name is Cat Grant. She's the head of a media empire. I'm her assistant.

huh

guess that probably counts

you?

unfortunate case of prior dimension hopping

somewhere like this?

ehhhhh yes and no, but mostly no

what was it like?

sorry, gotta hold on to my mysterious backstory or my paycheck will take a dive

Fair enough.

I'm Kara, if that's not on the display. it feels weird not to say it, anyway.

opal

what ship are you on?

the Tourist. You?

did they seriously name a ship tourist after kidnapping us and forcing us to stay here

that's just cruel

oh but i'm on pathstone

apparently. i call it the most appropriately named ship in the fleet.

pathstone is a much more ship-like name.

ah. an optimist.

95% sure the name is cooler than like anyone on the actual ship

well, there's some sarcasm in that, but yeah, i am.

and ouch. not a ringing endorsement. not a fan?

Edited (I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL REMEMBER MY ICONS AT SOME POINT) 2016-03-25 03:29 (UTC)

probably helps you not go insane

the like four of them i've met are fine but my default is assuming everyone's ridiculous in some way

goes hand in hand with the whole point of the original message i sent out