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Who: Anders
Broadcast: Video, fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva, if at all
When: Today

[The video turns on to see a bunch of fabric. A keen eye might notice it looks kind've like a skirt. A knowing eye would recognize it as mage's robes. The man holding the communicator isn't paying it any attention beyond having picked it up, he's too busy making kissing noises as he searches the too empty ship.]

Pounce! Ser-Pounce-a-lot! Here, kitty!

[The tone of voice he was using was higher and probably sounded a little ridiculous.]

Please don't have gotten into any trouble...

[But there was definite concern in his tone as the man searched for his missing kitten.
At least until his step staggers and then stops and there's a catch in his breathing that could nearly be called a gasp.]

Well...would you look at that...

[Not that anyone could with the screen still faced away, but Anders had no thought for the device or much of anything aside from his kitten and the large window displaying the vast emptiness of space before him.]

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Yes, the space-ship we all start on when we come here is called the Marsiva, but you'll be transferred in about a week or less to a small ship with a crew to join up with. Enjoy the space while you can. The other ships are much smaller.

_{[ He smiled at his question though, and there's a certain look in his
eye - a man who enjoys talking about something he loves. ]}

Well, to me it never does. Never the same view twice and always something new to discover.

[He gives a small laugh at that. Surely, the space on the other ships would be plenty accommodating. It simply had to be bigger than a prison cell.] I'll keep that in mind.

[But the way Kirk talks about space...it doesn't escape Anders' attention. That look in his eye is the same one that he knew was in his own whenever he talked about magic.]

When you put it that way, that does sound exciting. Like a never-ending adventure.

I think I like the sound of that.

We call space the "final frontier" where I am from. It's my job to explore it, actually, back in my world.

Really? You're a space explorer? That's got to have it's occupational hazards, but it must mean you've seen some interesting things as well.

The 'final frontier' though...that seems sort of sad, doesn't it? If you put 'final' in front of anything, it instantly makes it a little more sad than it was before.

I suppose if you're just on a planet, it does. But that's the beauty of space. It's the final frontier, but it's a final that will never end. There is no end to the universe - it simply keeps on going.

_{[ There might be an end, but so far none had been discovered and all
current science pointed to the idea that there simply wasn't. At the least,
finding an end would be nigh impossible if it existed at all. ]}

[Anders seems to think about this a moment and then shrugs.]

You have a point and seeing as my world's knowledge of space is simply 'it's out there and also there's stars' I'll have to defer to you on the specifics.

So, how does this whole thing compare to what you're used to? It's bound to be different.

Well, for starters, I am not in charge of the ship, and my ship is quite a bit larger. And, you know, I can choose where we go... essentially I have gone from full control to practically none in the blink of an eye. It's disconcerting, to say the least, but I feel I've adjusted as well as anyone can be expected.

At the least I'm getting to see and explore new places - which was part of my job in the first place.

Ah.

Yes, I can see how that would be pretty jarring. I'm sorry, having freedom like that and then having it taken from you..must be hard.

[Must be, not is, he doesn't want to be that open, no matter how nice the good captain might seem.]

The new sights are surely a plus, I'll admit, I'm excited for them myself.

A new question: are there 'space pirates' where you're from? Back home, there's as many pirates as there are merchant ships, so I'm curious if the trend continues in space.

I'm adjusting. Many people here, I think, have it worse than I do.

_{[ Which was an honest truth. He at least understood the concepts
around space travel and the technology. For many, it was so far beyond
their understanding he had to wonder if they weren't in constant states of
shock. ]}

Haha, well, yes actually. Sadly, that risky part of merchant travel did not fade with progression. I don't really come across them though. Pirates are smart enough to keep away from Fleet ships.

[Being one of those people for whom space travel wasn't even a concept, he could certainly appreciate the shock Jim was implying others might have experienced.

Anders himself was doing a good job of Not Thinking Too Hard about it.

The news about pirates makes him laugh, though.]

That's almost a relief, honestly. Some things never change, as they say.

'Fleet ships.' That sounds like a military term. Is that what you were part of?

Hmm-mm, that's right. I'm part of an organization called Star Fleet. Our mission is scientific exploration and planetary aid where needed or requested. I'm the captain of one of the ships - the Enterprise. Though she is quite a long ways from here, I fear - or any messages I've tried sending out have either been blocked or, more simply, are to far away to be heard.

[Some of those words go right over his head, but he lets it go, he understood the gist.]

Ah, my condolences, then. Most ship captains I've met don't like being away from their ship, even if they're on another.

Well, I won't be breaking that mold anytime soon. But I think it's the same for almost everyone here - missing their homes, whatever form they take.

You're right about that.
Perhaps I'll see you around, sort-of-Captain? At least, once I'm able to see anyone at all around.

Of course. In fact, I'll show you where to get the best beer in the Fleet as soon as you get off the Marsiva.

_{[ Priorities, Anders, he has them. ]}

[Those are some excellent priorities, Captain.]

Excellent. Maker knows I'll likely need it at one point or another, thank you.

_{[ He does try. ]}

It's always important to know where three things are - your ship, the med bay, and the bar.

You're absolutely right.

Me, I'll...probably be in the med bay a lot. I mean, as I understand it, we get jobs here, but that one makes most sense to me.

[He smirks teasingly.]

I imagine you're the sort to show up in a med lab quite often.

Is that the augment you have? Or did you used to do it back home?

_{[ He smiled back, though he was curious. He let out a sharper bark of
laughter at that last assertion though. ]}

I do try to keep out of it, but what can I say? I am an explorer - such things come with the territory.

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No idea yet! Back home...well, it's something I could do, what I did do was a lot of running and a lot more fighting than I liked, but I guess it came with saving people so there was that too.

[He hesitated on the specifics. Saying he was a 'healer' might give away too much. Who knew how magic might be viewed here or even where Jim was from. It was too much of a risk.

Better to stay vague for now.]

I knew someone like you back home, she was an 'explorer' too, always dragging me who knew where. Trouble often came with that, I found.

Well, it's to be expected when you're going into new territory. It's nice when everything goes well, but accidents happen.

_{[ So did getting chased by natives or giant animals, but that's not
something Anders needs to know. ]}

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