he's probably fine.

[nerdeology]

Who: Mikleo
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Huntress!
When: Now, basically

[You know what's great about being a seraph? Never getting sick. You know what's not great about being a seraph? Having zero frame of reference for what being sick is like when you experience it for the first time. And after a month of quietly enduring and/or ignoring it, despite being a water elemental trapped on a planet full of poisonous water, it's finally caught up to him.

It doesn't help that this realization comes hand in hand with the fact that he's been upgraded to captain, apparently, which is as nonsensical a decision as he's ever heard from the Atroma. The one perk - besides the sudden lack of malevolence on the Huntress due to Greed's departure - means that he now has a big bed to curl up and be miserable in.]

I have a few questions.

is there some sort of guide for captain's duties? for those who lack experience.

also:

how do you tell whether you are dying or just sick

[...Those questions should probably have had a completely different priority, but whatever. He's too sick to be bothered.

He makes an attempt at sending this out as an anonymous communication, but he's a bit too light-headed and bleary-eyed to pull it off, so it probably doesn't work too well. He still doesn't show up on camera, so there is that.]

Comments

[beardstrokes]

[ He nods. ]

There are dead planets though. Or toxic systems. The galaxy supports all kinds of planets.

[nerdeology]

...Yeah, about that. All I know of "terraforming" is what I learned here on this world. It's not something that exists where I'm from, since we lack the power to leave our own planet. So I'm not sure I fully understand.

[He sits up, dragging the cloth off his forehead and twisting it between his fingers uneasily.]

Why is it done in the first place? Do people really believe they have the right to change an entire world to suit their needs?

[beardstrokes]

[ Obi-Wan remains quiet for a while. ]

People have a right to life. We don't know what brought them here or why they have to stay. Not everyone is equipped to leave their planet.

[nerdeology]

And not every planet, nor the life already existing there, is equipped to accept the changes people force on them. This whole situation feels wrong.

[He'd hoped that distance would ease his frustration, but it really isn't.]

[beardstrokes]

If it helps, there's definitely something off about this situation.

[nerdeology]

I'm not sure if "help" is the right word for it, but yeah.

[Ugh. There's still way too little they know about any of this.]

Anything in particular that's bothering you?

[beardstrokes]

The equipment itself doesn't seem to be well maintained and I'm getting a strange sensation from the planet.

[ One he can't fully place due to all the pollutants. ]

[nerdeology]

A strange sensation... can you describe it at all?

[The question itself is somewhat tentative- even he's not sure how to explain what he's feeling here.]

[beardstrokes]

Not particularly. Just something felt . . . off. Out of balance.

[ And while pollution is terrible, it shouldn't make Obi-Wan feel worse. ]

[nerdeology]

I've felt that much, too.

[Through the water, through the Force- either way, there's something wrong.]

[beardstrokes]

I took a look at some of the buildings. It does not seem like the people themselves are operating the machines.

[nerdeology]

Are they accessible at all? It might benefit those with technical experience to get a closer look.

[beardstrokes]

You'd have to break in, I'm afraid.

[nerdeology]

No, I mean- are any of the residents ever in the area the machines are kept? Because if they are, there's no reason why I can't just follow them in.

[beardstrokes]

[ Faintly exasperated. ]

You can look, but there's no way for me to know that unless I stalk people.

[nerdeology]

I'm just offering up ideas. It's better than sitting around and waiting for something to happen.

[beardstrokes]

True, but I don't have all the answers either.

[ Though Obi-Wan often seems like it. ]

[nerdeology]

I wouldn't expect you to. That's why we need to learn more, any way that we can.

[beardstrokes]

It is a work in progress. But should you really be down there if you cannot handle the environment?

[nerdeology]

I reached this point by trying to do something about the water myself. If I'm more careful, I should be fine as long as I limit my exposure.

[beardstrokes]

[ Obi-Wan isn't sold on this being a good idea . . . ]

Make sure someone is informed if you do go down. Just in case.

[nerdeology]

I'll admit that's... probably wise.

[He's not especially reckless, unlike some other people he knows.]

[beardstrokes]

[ He smiles. ]

Well, I would appreciate it, at least. We can't lose our captain.

[nerdeology]

[Oh god, right. He'd almost forgotten.]

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have someone more, ah, qualified?

[beardstrokes]

And who would that be?