02 - video

[winn]

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?

Comments

[ladybro]

Guess not. [ it's hard to say whether kate's animosity towards heather is really heather's fault. mostly, it's her dad's -- and the fact that heather seems to always want to shove diazapam at her whenever she visits. god. ] Even so, I'm not calling her mom. Or step-mom. Too weird.

[winn]

I bet. Is she trying to get you to do that? [ because that's just messed up. ]

[ladybro]

Yeah-huh. Definitely uncool. [ -- she has a tumultuous relationship with the entire family legacy. although there's little love lost between her, her father, and his new wife...it's hard to simply turn her back not only on blood, but on the family finances. she knows she benefits from being her father's daughter. ]

[winn]

Why would she want that?

[ he never got that part of bill and ted, he gets it even less in life. isn't it super weird? ]

[ladybro]

Who knows. Power? A ham-fisted way of getting respect? If I tried really hard to be sympathetic, I'd guess it's pretty awful to be reduced down to a mere trophy wife.

[winn]

But I mean, wouldn't having someone you went to school with call you mom make that worse?

[ladybro]

Heather never was one for self-awareness.

[winn]

I guess she wouldn't be - [ self awareness kind of makes the whole trophy wife thing even more depressing. ] Is she nice, at least?

[ladybro]

Nice? Not especially. [ ... ] But she's not, like, evil. Or mean. Just a little clueless and shallow. There are worse ways to be.

[ and she certainly deserves better than kate's dad. ]

[winn]

Families.

[ he nods. what else do you say? ]

[ladybro]

There are families you're stuck with. And there are families you choose. [ ... ] My team is the family I chose. It's gotta be the same with you and Kara, right?

[winn]

It's exactly like that. [ nodding with a fond smile this time. ] She's the family I've always wanted.

[ladybro]

How long have you known each other?

[winn]

About two years - we met on her first day at CatCo.