[001 - Video]

[nowyouseeit]

Who: Kuroba Kaito and YOU!
Broadcast: Video - Fleetwide
Action: The S.S. Blameless
When: Today! (Oct. 21)

[VIDEO]

Oooooi! Anyone out there?

[the video feed flickers on to show a scruffy looking teenager casually strolling down the scorched hallway of the S.S. Blameless. he's covered in confetti, bits of colorful paper nestled in his hair and flaking off his shoulders, and he looks pretty unfazed, all things considered! in fact, he's got his communicator in one hand and an open, half-empty pudding cup in the other. someone has decided to help himself to the celebratory treats, because why the fuck would he not?]

Nice ship ya got here, yeah? Reminds me of something straight out of a cheesy sci-fi flick, heh. Could use a li'l bit of work. . . [he tilts the communicator so the video feed pans to the black marks on the walls] I'm not sure I wanna meet whatever or whomever did that, but hey! At least your lives seem-- uh. Interesting.

[the feed pans back to Kaito, whose demeanor is still totally casual and not at all concerned about his potential safety in the future]

Anyway, I haven't got a clue who I'm talking to here, but who doesn't like to meet new strangers in space who may or may not be human? [his grin widens, cheeky and a bit sly, but he really does enjoy meeting new people] Whoever happens to get this, give me a shout, all right? Name's Kaito-- Kuroba Kaito, but just Kaito's fine.

[he's not really one for formalities, after all. after a brief pause, the teen raises both eyebrows, and his words suddenly thicken with forced niceties. starkly different than his genuinely cheery introduction earlier]

And if any of you watching this just so happen to know a redheaded woman who goes by the name "Iota," please let her know that Kuroba Kaito would like to have a little. . . uh. Chat with her.

[another pause, and for a moment it looks like he's about to cut off the feed, when something suddenly hits him]

By the way--

[the feed pans lower to show a ton of pudding cups tucked underneath Kaito's arm. a ton of pudding cups. possibly all of the pudding cups that came with his new arrival, tbh]

I'm keeping the pudding. Finder's keepers!

[and the feed ends]

[ACTION]

[anyone on the S.S. Blameless can find Kaito wandering about the above mentioned hallway! he sure is scrutinizing those burn marks, brows furrowed, expression curious. wtf even happened here. . .]

Comments

[experiencepoints]

Not as long as you think, so don't be gross.

[nowyouseeit]

[HEAVY SIGH]

I'm joking, I'm joking. But someone should file a formal complaint with these Atroma guys.

[experiencepoints]

I told them to shove a cactus up their ass and clench last time they talked to us. Is that good enough?

[nowyouseeit]

. . .

I s'pose that gets the point across, yep.

[experiencepoints]

I try.

[nowyouseeit]

[waves a hand]

Has anyone tried, I dunno. Messing with the cameras?

[assuming people know where they are, anyway]

[experiencepoints]

No one knows where they are. No one's ever seen any. Current guesses are either the communicators, or the augments are using our own eyes as the cameras.

[nowyouseeit]

[. . . HOLY SHIT]

[there are no words. just this look of pure abject horror]

[experiencepoints]

... Kaito? Are you okay?

[SHE SEEMS OBLIVIOUS]

[nowyouseeit]

[internal screaming]

-- do I look okay?! That's terrifying, geez!

[experiencepoints]

Well, you're not wrong, but calm down.

[nowyouseeit]

[way to break his poker face, Nightingale. he was doing so well. he groans and scrubs his face with one hand]

Things just keep getting worse the more you talk.

[experiencepoints]

They get worse the longer you're here. Besides, it's just one more thing to kill them over.

[nowyouseeit]

[NIGHTINGALE. . .]

I have this weird tendency to befriend the most violent of people. . .

[experiencepoints]

[WHAT]

Don't act so dismayed. I've been here for a long time, you know? Longer than anyone else from Kyriakos here. You all have missed a lot.

[nowyouseeit]

[hn. . .!]

Then maybe you want to fill me in? It sounds like I've got a lot of catching up to do, if I'm going to be hanging around here from now on.

[experiencepoints]

I haven't updated it in a few months, but... Here.

[She fiddles with her communicator, and sends over a document.]

[nowyouseeit]

[he goes silent for a few minutes as he reads said document]

[. . . but she can tell when he gets to the parts about "implants" and "heart games" because his expression darkens significantly]

[experiencepoints]

[She sees that, and sees it's time to hammer the point home.]

I also have reason to suspect they're behind the infection that killed the original inhabitants of the Iskaulit.

They're as bad as the worst Echoes. They deserve any fate they get.

[nowyouseeit]

[but I never wanted to kill the Echoes in the first place, is his first thought. one he doesn't say aloud, of course. he remembers how touchy of a subject things like this can be]

[lets out a low tch]

And here I thought I had lucked into a free space vacation.

[experiencepoints]

It can be if you don't think about it much. I've been here this long and only a couple of people have ever died.

[nowyouseeit]

[another thoughtful pause]

Is it okay if I asked how they died? If you know.

[experiencepoints]

[she goes quiet for a moment.]

I do know, but... Not my place to tell. Sorry.

[nowyouseeit]

[he nods]

I understand.

[he was mostly asking so he could prepare himself for that specific kind of danger. if, you know. it was ever necessary]

[experiencepoints]

Yeah. Thanks.

[She doesn't want to talk about it herself, too. But she can't talk to others about what happened to Mikleo- That's his job.]