Can't wake up

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Who: The Stalker and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Waking up on the Marsiva
When: Thursday afternoon (14 April)

[The Stalker comes awake rather suddenly. Machinery whirs around him, not the familiar sound of his Warframe. Something far larger and far louder, though further away, so the vibrations emanate through the walls instead. Why is he here? This is no dream, no trap set by the Lotus. At least, he doesn't think it is; she would have seen it prudent to strip him down to this bodysuit and take his weapons.

Time to do some investigating. Breathing slowly and trying to radiate utmost calm, he stands and strides to the door.]

Comments

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[She has no idea the weight that question holds.]

I once was. But I have been away for...years, and I don't think this Earth is much like yours would be.

Where are you from?

[pain_train]

Well, I've never been to Earth, so you've still seen it more than I have! Do you think it's changed that much since you left?

I'm from Zeus. I was born there.

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Zeus? In which system is that? I'm not familiar with it.

[pain_train]

Ummm... I don't remember the designation on the star. It's a long way from Earth though, I think. Lots of jump gates.

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Jump gates? This universe has developed jump technology?

[How has his society failed to develop such useful tech when it's been around for so long?

Oh. Wait. The Orokin were murdered before they could pass on their knowledge.]

[pain_train]

I don't know about this universe. I'm not from this one. I guess the ships have some way of getting around long distances, but I'm not a pilot. In my universe, though, yeah. We had jump gates. That's how my planet got colonized.

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You aren't? You were taken, too?

[Now they're getting somewhere. How are these people chosen? And why?]

[pain_train]

Oh yeah. Everyone in the fleet... like out in the fleet ships... got taken like you did. We all showed up on the Marsiva and then got put on a ship a bit later. The person--people?--in charge is the Atroma. They're actually from here, I guess, but they don't ever really answer questions.

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But who are they? And why us?

[The Atroma. Not Hunhow, but possibly another Sentient.]

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I don't know. [Shrug. That's the answer to pretty much every question to do with the Atroma.] I don't think anyone knows.

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Have they tried?

[Inquiring minds want to know.]

[pain_train]

I don't know? [It hasn't really occurred to her to wonder too much.] I guess someone has. You can ask the fleet in general and I'm sure people will answer you.

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On the open channels? But wouldn't the Atroma be monitoring that?

[It's far too obvious.]

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You're on a holovid show. They see everything you're doing anyway. [Shrug.]

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I don't like being watched.

[Watching is his job.]

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Tough shit. That's how it is.

[...well, what else can she say? It's not delivered in an unkind tone at least.]

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And no one has done anything about it?

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What would you do about it? [When you can't even see the cameras or anything.]

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Find out what they know. Develop my own strategy from there.

[There's no point in action without information.]

[pain_train]

Yeah, but what are you going to do about the fact that you can't see the cameras and they're everywhere 'cause this is a holovid reality show?