driftfleet | mystery science theater: drift fleet edition

Who: Kirito and whoever!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: on the Iskaulit
When: 11/20

[The video loads to show Kirito only, waving awkwardly at the camera.]

Okay, confession- I'm not great with other languages. Whatever's going on with the planet is a total write-off for me, so I've been working on something else in the meantime. Finally finished it, so...

[He turns the camera around, revealing an Iskaulit room remodeled to look like a theater- the walls painted dark, speakers rigged around a fabric screen that spans the entire far wall, and the rest of the floor is furnished with identical plush-and-wood chairs. At the back there is a projector, with a cord running up under the camera of the comm.]

Movie theater, as requested. The projector can connect directly to any communicator, and will automatically access whatever's on the network. I'm working on getting a wireless system going, but one thing at a time.

And I guess the interdimensional viewers thought we were running dry on content and took pity on us, so this was conveniently timed.

[He rolls the camera back around to reveal a sponsor drop box, which contains a few piles of smaller boxes, each decorated with a cover worthy of making some kind of worst Sci-Fi original movie list. They're all parodies, and most of them look terrible. There's even some video games.]

"Tornadoe"... "Og the Vaguely Imposing"... "Mule Lord"... yeah, I can't vouch for the quality, but if you're bored of what we've already got and the thought of watching Spirits Within one more time makes you wanna punch a hole in the wall, it's. Well. Better than nothing?

Anyway, it's open to the public if you want to use it!

(( feel free to use this as a theater mingle if anyone wants to come and watch movies! Kirito will be around for any and all technical difficulties, and will of course respond to network comments. he may bother visitors, or he may not. go wild! ))

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[....holy shit that's a lot of candy. She's kind of distracted for a moment, looking at him with hopeful surprise.]

They set up a game room? Where?

[SOMEONE MISSED THE BOAT.]

[Oh, geez.]

Uhh... just recently? There's an open section of the Marsiva now. You can play little carnival -type games and win prizes there, and an open buffet of sweets. It's where I got the candy- and this.

[He holds up his hand and gives it a wiggle, upon which there now gleams a little golden ring.]

[What? Games? Sweets? She never saw it? That's so rude!

...but hold on-- she stares at the ring, and then back at Kirito.]

You got married up there? Who to?

[Uh, no.]

[jkdshfjkdhgdfg]

What!? No! I was already married, I just got my ring!

[Wait, is that better? That's not better, is it.]

Oh. [She looks disappointed for a moment, and then stiffens to look at him curiously.]

What do you mean, you just got your ring? [That sounds shady af.]

I didn't have it when I got here. They were giving it away as some kind of prize for playing the games they had set up there. It was pretty stupid, overall- having to win something that's mine, but it's par for the course with the Atroma at this point.

That's very rude. Wedding rings are terribly important!

[She bristles, but in the end her curiosity reverts back around to its first point--]

When did you get married? Who to?

Hah... it was just over a year before I got here. Her name's Asuna, and she's the strongest and most beautiful girl I've ever met.

[/HUMBLE BRAG ABOUT HIS SUPER-COOL WIFE]

The very strongest? [Her eyes light up.] How strong? Can she pick you up?

She totally can. One day she carried me all the way home from the beach.

[A promise is a promise, even if it was delivered a few days after the fact.]

[Kirito you've married a superhero.]

Why is she so strong? Is she really tall? Does she go to the gym? Is she secretly a giant? What's she like?

[GOSSIP WITH ME]

[he would not disagree with that assessment, tbh.]

Let's see... she's just a little bit shorter than me, so no, she's not a giant. She does work out, though! She trains a lot, so her strength stat is top-notch.

[He's mostly talking about her in-game avatar, but the truth is she could probably carry him IRL, too.]

And she's... well, she's amazing. She's super smart- she does way better in school than I do, and she could probably get into any college or uni she wants once she graduates. She's stubborn, and she never gives up once she's decided on something. And she's kind, someone anyone would love and get along with. I know I'm really lucky to be with her. ...Oh, here--

[He fishes another comm out of his pocket- or rather, a real phone. He flips through it for a moment, then holds it out, showing a photo.]

This is her.

[Oh, she's pretty. Doesn't look that strong, though, but then again if anyone knows looks can be deceiving...she grins. You're babbling more than she does, Kirito, it's really kind of cute. Not to mention glamour-laced.]

How did you meet?

[Speaking of.]

We were trapped together in a death game a couple of years ago.

[Which he didn't mean to say. He doesn't usually say that. KIDS SHOULDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT.]

[It's cool it's cool people tell her this kind of thing

...though this kind of thing is not cool.]

Death game? Like a horror movie?

No, like... a game where your HP is literally your life. If you die in-game, you die for real.

[Stooooop, what are you doing, you idiot.]

[........dude that is the opposite of okay. She looks alarmed, but that was a couple of years ago so he's okay, right?]

Who made you play such a horrid game? I hope you hurt him.

[Mostly okay! Trauma fades over time, so that's a good thing.]

I chose to play it. We didn't know it was that kind of game when we started. The man who started it all is dead, though.

Did you kill him?

[It's extra-unnerving that that question came from a child. Geez.]

I didn't. I... I wanted to. I tried. We killed each other in the game, but when I opened my eyes again, I was alive and he was there.

The police said he killed himself trying to scan his brain into the computer, the day we all got out of the game. Everyone said he couldn't face the real-life consequences of his actions.

[She got lost a little with that last part-- it's a little beyond her time, both in concept and technology, so she just frowns and squints at it and ends up taking away the most important part.]

So he's dead now? Are you mad you weren't the one who killed him?

[Creepy questions, but there's a reason she's asking.]

[His response to that one is a brief, sad smile, only there for a second or two before it's gone.]

No, I'm not. His death meant we'd be free. It doesn't really matter how he died as long as we got to go home.

[...aw, Kirito. :c She hadn't put that bit together. She touches the back of his hand tenatively.]

I don't think remembering you had to kill someone would feel very nice.

No, it...

[He glances down at her hand; the contact snaps him out of it a little, his brows furrowing.]

God, why did I even tell you that? You don't need to hear it. Sorry.

[Sorry, Kirito. It just sort of happens with Katie. It's by no means the most shocking thing she's heard, but it's up there. She shifts from one foot to the other, not sure what to say.

...]

Will you introduce me if she ever comes here?

[Your wife and all. MORE QUESTIONS is apparently the way to go, but she's trying to steer it somewhere less gloomy.]

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