driftfleet | [video]

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You must have done something fun here in 9 months!

no

one place we visited was so polluted we had to wear gas masks to filter it out and at another one everyone kept trying to hold my hand without asking

neither was fun

What, you're not the type to hold hands and sing kumbaya with everyone?

if you haven't deduced that already idk what to tell you

What about friends? Have anyone you like to be miserable with?

my girlfriend is okay i guess

So it's not all bad?

ok clarification time

it is all bad

the people brought to it are pretty much okay

very important difference. also i didn't meet her here

In my experience, good company can make almost any situation tolerable.

So you and your girlfriend are from the same world?

idk there's the situation and then there's the people, two different people

no we're not, we got shuffled to one interdimensional shithole before we got sent here afterwards. this isn't our first rodeo etc etc

Really! What was your first interdimensional experience like?

a lot worse than this one

not sure you really want details

It would be good to know what else is out there. Try and see if there's a pattern to all of this.

okay how specific do you want this because it can honestly be summarized as "bullshit"

I mean, unless you were literally wading in bovine excrement, I'd call that description pretty vague.

they murdered and/or maimed us like once a week in new and exciting ways and then resurrected us or healed us so they could do it over again the next week

is that good enough

I'm sorry to hear that. Truly.

yeah in case you didn't notice i don't really want to talk about it soooo

what was your camp thing like

Like a bad 80's horror movie produced by Disney. Pretty terrible but mostly non-threatening.

that sounds like a different kind and yet equally painful torture

Especially when you take into account the gorilla nurses, bless their hearts.

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