driftfleet | 02

Who: Winn
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: the Tourist
When: now!

[ last time he posted anything, he was a nervous wreck and kind of nauseous. the changes the past two months have left in him are impossible to miss; winn is smiling, upbeat, and almost comfortable. the nervous energy that is there has more to do with his addressing a bunch of strangers than the constant fear of death by space-stuff that overshadowed his first feed. ]

Hi, if we don't know each other - I'm Winn Schott. If we do know each other...I'm still Winn Schott - [ shaking his head, why hasn't he learned from the last time? prepare a script! ]

Anyway! I've been here for a couple months now, and it's been interesting - and I mean that in the original sense of the word. Think about it - not only are we in outer space [ there's only a slight wince at that, and even a lot of excitement. space is terrifying - but it's also really cool ] - but we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to reach across the multiverse and learn things that haven't even been dreamed up in our worlds yet. I've been learning - a ton from just casually talking to people, but there is a much better way to do this if we all cooperate, [ open source. it's the way of the future! ] and I know I'm not the only one out there who's interested!

So, I've got a suggestion for anyone who thinks that's really cool - and - pity for anyone who doesn't [ and by pity, he means judgment. he gestures excitedly with his hands as he introduces his brilliant concept ] - 2016: A Space-Time Odyssey - a series of free weekly lectures about anything and everything we've got here. Talks about different worlds, science, history, art lessons, concerts - I know we've got some musicians here - basically anything anyone signs up to talk about, teach, perform, or however you communicate things where you're from. Since we don't have a lecture hall we can broadcast the talks - give ourselves a fun routine....and if that doesn't work for someone, I can post the notes I'm so gonna take of all of these. Who's in? Who wants to go first?

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It's less a story for when you have free time, and more... Let's just say it's not a story I tell sober.

[Her tone makes it pretty obvious that it is meant in a very bad way.]

Yeah, I think so? I mean, I did to make that fox park, and no one's had a problem yet.

[ she gets a sympathetic sort of look; he knows those kinds of stories well. ]

Offer still stands.

[ he won't push, it's really not his place, but he wants to try to be there for as many people as possible, to steer his life in a positive direction - and because he genuinely cares. he knows what it's like to be alone with terrible experiences, he doesn't want to leave anyone who's not interested in going through the same to it. ]

Alright, I'll take a trip to scout it out!

Thanks.

[She probably would have taken him up on that before, but she learned a bit from Natasha about how normal people socialize and learn about each other, and jumping into her many horrible deaths and the results thereof are not how one makes friends.

So, maybe another time.]

I think I claimed the biggest room left, but there's no reason a room is needed at all, if you can't find one.

Yeah, we can probably settle in one of the bars or something, I'll figure something out.

[ this is happening if he has to fit people into his bedroom. ]

No, I mean... Why couldn't lectures be given over the network? I don't know how your world works, but I know my college offered online courses, and it would be the same thing.

They could -- and they will be so people who can't fit into the location could still watch, but an online lecture is a whole lot of person talking to themselves with no feedback until the Q&A section at the end, a live audience helps adjust the topic, it challenges the lecturer and the listeners, and it helps everyone retain the information better. Online courses are great, I'm the internet's #1 fan, but they're not the same thing.

I guess that's true... Still, the idea of doing it all online sounds a lot less terrifying, if I can think of a topic at all.

... Actually, I might have a topic- The history of the Fleet is probably a good thing to spread information on as much as possible.

If you're more comfortable doing it online, feel totally free to just do that. Having options is generally a good idea.

[ he nods ]

That's a great topic.

I probably will. It's easier that way.

I've been working on a document that I show the new people whenever I can, but I can't exactly get all the newbies here, so...

You know, I bet if we get someone with the network-savy brain implant, they could upload it as a common file to the network, and everyone'll be able to access it -

I've thought about it and it couldn't hurt, but it's something we'd still have to call attention to from time to time. And I don't have the expertise to do that, especially not while leaving it so I can keep updating it.

Man, if we were home, I could do it faster that say it.

[ this is so painful for him - you dedicate your life to a subject, and then aliens kidnap you, shove an implant in your brain, and poof, you're down to basic functions. ]

Did getting the augment lower your abilities with this stuff? Or is it just too foreign to what you're familiar with to use?

I can't really say for sure. It's like there's a block there, keeping me from learning this at the pace I should be. It's foreign - but I should've figured this out by now.

[ it's what he does. it's all he's got. and it's gone. ]

... I wonder if that's what's keeping me from figuring out the channeling thing... I thought it was due to forgetting most of the theory and having to figure it out from scratch, but if the implants are actively blocking us from attaining any skills that might prove inconvenient to the Atroma, then that might explain a lot. We already know the implants to be capable of altering and affecting our sensory input on a continuous basis, so a simple block to prevent conclusions... Sounds absurd, but no more than the rest of this.

[Honestly, about halfway through that, her voice started getting quieter, as she's fairly clearly just talking to herself at this point.]

My implant was for a skill I already had, too... I thought it was just a taunt, but if the primary purpose of the implant isn't just the skills and the sensory alteration, but to function as a limiter to inhibit our ability to fight back, then that would make sense. We still have to solve the mystery of how they got them in there in the first place, but this is a solid theory as to their true purpose...

I can't really say for sure -- but we shouldn't be talking about this here.

[ because unless their implants are also where their cameras are -- he hasn't been able to locate any. and that could mean that they're filming themselves for this show. which -- is a long shot, after all, he's gotten embarrassingly large increases in pay since he got together with kitty, and the majority of their talks happen offline, but for the off chance - they shouldn't be making things easier on their kidnappers. ]

It's all theories anyway, I got nothing conclusive. [ maybe he's overestimating his abilities -- but he really doesn't think so. he should be able to do this. ]

Right. No need to call down consequences on us.

Theories are all we have, here, though.

Well, in science everything's a theory really, the only proof we got for anything's that it hasn't been disproved yet.

[ it's as safe a comeback as he can manage on the network. ]

This isn't science, this is omniscient sociopaths and their faulty brain surgery.

It's science - just controlled by terrible people instead of the laws of physics.

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