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Who: Ravi Chakrabarti and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: HS Marsiva
When: Pre-shuffle!

[When Ravi wakes up in a completely unfamiliar bunk, his first thought is that he's been whisked back to the zombie camp with the unmentionable name and is about to have a bevy of overenthusiastic, purple gorilla nurses descend upon him. But as the minutes tick by uneventfully, he decides to brave the unknown to explore his surroundings and - despite the perplexities of his current situation - is visibly delighted by everything he sees. When he finally gets the hang of the communicator, his hands are actually shaking from the excitement of it all, making his image a little blurry onscreen.]

Apparently I'm in space! Which is actually pretty bloody brilliant! It's a definite upgrade from my previous zombie camp escapade, let me tell you, but I have so many questions!

[He looks like he's about to start rambling for hours on end, but manages to visibly reel himself in first. It's probably best to start with the basics.]

I'm Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti and I suppose this makes me a new member of this fleet, if there is a fleet. Which I'm pretty sure there is since I'm just about one hundred percent certain I could see other ships from the viewing area.

[A huge grin breaks out over his face as he mentally processes this again.]

I'm part of a fleet and I'm broadcasting in space! I mean, look, I'm obviously not thrilled about being displaced from home again, but if it has to happen, at least I'm on an actual, honest-to-God spaceship! And if anyone can provide some information on why exactly I'm in space, I'd be much obliged. Don't get me wrong, I could only have ever dreamed about all this robotic medical equipment in the last place, but at least the gorilla nursing staff was a bit more communicative.

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I like the sound of it already!

Look, things happen when you get a bunch of scientifically-minded people stuck in space. Didn't you see The Martian?

Do you have The Martian?

Are we talking about the same movie that had Matt Damon moonlighting as a potato farmer using fertilizer made from human fecal matter? Because I have to confess that particular scenario - while taking place in space - is somewhat unappealing.

Yes, we are talking about the same movie, but come on! He came up with a contained ecosystem!

I'm not saying it's not impressive! I'm just saying it's not how I'm hoping to spend my time in space!

Luckily, they give us food. The quality of the food? Well, potatoes might be better, but now we have ice cream!

[Ravi laughs at that.]

The most important food group of them all!

I would live on ice cream, potstickers, and pizza if I could.

I'm guessing the latter two are in short supply?

Desperately short supply.

I would figuratively kill for some good Chinese delivery.

So, a lot of our pop culture seems to overlap. Where are you from?

As long as it's figuratively!

[Not that he can really imagine Kara hurting anyone!]

I'm originally from London - if the accent didn't already make it obvious - but I'm settled in Seattle now.

[ that gets some excitement and a big grin from her ]

West Coast Best Coast!! I'm from California—National City, to be more precise. It's nearish San Diego.

So you swapped one gloom city for another?

So we're practically neighbours!

The gloom is basically a way of life for me by now! Besides, it's not like I need all that sun to work on my tan.

Your positively glowing regardless.

I, on the other hand, definitely need the sun.

As an upstanding member of the medical community, I feel it's my duty to remind you to always wear sunscreen of at least SPF 30 or higher.

Oh, well.

See, about that...

I'm kind of invincible.

Please tell me you have superpowers.

[ she grins, a bit mischievous ]

Oh, I do.

Okay, see, now you are morally obligated to tell me everything!

Maybe in person, so we can pinkie-promise that you're not going to use any knowledge of my superhero abilities against me as a mad scientist. I mean, you do work in a morgue. I feel like that's an early indicator.

Okay, but people realize that I work in a morgue to help get justice, right? I'm practically instrumental in helping to catch the bad guys! That has to count for something!

Well, I mean, sure, but we did just meet. You can't blame an alien girl for wanting some assurances.

Alien! Really!

[!!!!!!!!]

Guess we'll have to hang out for you to learn more.

I just want you to know that this is the most exciting thing that's happened to me since I found out I was in space.

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