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Who: Jade Harley
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Marsiva
When: 12/1

[ well, jade can't say that she was expecting to wake back up here, because mostly she'd forgotten that "here" had existed for a pretty long time. her expression is still a little stunned when the video broadcast starts from her bunk on the marsiva. ]

Hey! Long time no see. Or - um, never see, I guess, maybe? Considering I have no idea who's here still.

[ has she been gone a day or a year? she can't really tell. happy birthday to her. ]

Soooo... how are things in space, guys?

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[how are things in space, huh? Kaito's reply is a bit dry]

Cold. Void-y. Super space-y.

I'd kill someone for a hamburger right about now.

[NOT LITERALLY, it's just. you can only handle so much protein food]

[ meh. that's a sentiment she's pretty dang used to, though, and she snorts. ]

So just like normal, then. Have you been here long?

[his mouth twitches into an amused grin]

Not really, unless you consider one month long. S'not all that bad here, although I was serious about the hamburger.

[ nope, that actually gets a surprised laugh out of her. ]

I would not consider a month long by any stretch of the imagination, nope! You should be able to get a burger eventually, though. I guess you haven't been to any super-civilized planets since you got here?

[he shakes his head]

Nah. The one the fleet was parked at when I arrived wasn't civilized at all.

There was a jungle, though. Lots of jungle. And some cool looking birds.

[Well, that was nice- seeing an old crewmate return. Jennifer smiled at the camera and winked.]

Oh, same old, same old. You missed a creepy magic planet.

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[ jade's expression lights up. she's clearly relieved to see a familiar face. ]

I've had my fill of those, thank you! I'm happy with the Marsiva for now.

Yeah, I don't really blame you there. I couldn't feel it, being the mundane human I am, but a few people reported it had a strong magical energy or presence. And there was a Marsiva-sized shipwreck on it.

Whoah. Like an old ship wreck, or did we have to help people out?

An old one- very old, and there was noplace to dock nearby, so anybody who wanted to check it out had to go on foot, and it took several days to get there. I had an unintended nap for a few weeks so I didn't end up going, so maybe someone else can fill you in on the details.

I'll ask around! That definitely sounds more mysterious than what I'm used to here.

People even found a coded message. Very exciting.

But what is the message!!

[ she's dying to know, and clay isn't being forthcoming enough for her impatience. ]

I wrote it down... here... [She tends Jade a text file with the message translation inside]. We don't know who it was from or really what it means.

[ and that sobers her up pretty quickly. she isn't sure what she was expecting, but it wasn't that. ]

Oh. That sounds... important.

Mmhmm. We're not sure if it's someone who was in the Fleet for a past cycle, but it seems most likely to me. And given the age of the shipwreck, well... if they are telling the truth about the reality show, this confirms Atroma really has been at it for a while.

I don't think space does a lot of changing that we notice. Even if a star died, we wouldn't know it.

There was a weird planet with a cryptic message? [ Is that even the least bit helpful? ]

There were mice the size of dogs.

That sounds pretty cute. [ the dog-sized mice, not the dead stars. she's thinking about the rest of his answer, though, even if she doesn't directly acknowledge it immediately. ]

Annndd.... we'd probably notice if we were close enough when a star died. They are not super subtle about that kinda thing.

It was really weird seeing something that big when you're used to seeing one smaller than your hand.

[ But alien planet and all.. ]

No, they're really not. I mean, if you had the option to cave in on yourself or explode when you died, would you?

[ Not that people exploding would be anything near cool, but if you were a star, why the hell not. ]

Definitely. That would've been way cooler than any of the times I actually died.

[ but her words are casual, amused, not particularly upset or broody. ]

Maybe we'll get to see an exploding star eventually. The ships always take us to interesting places, at least.

How many times have you died? Seems like there are some others who have done that, too.

Yeah, you think so? It'd be pretty cool to see as long as we weren't exploding, too.

Awesome! Always awesome!

[They didn't talk much, but eyyyyy, old co-pilot!]

We went down to a planet that was covered in forests, and it was really dark and had humongous wildlife all over! We found some ships that had crash landed there, and one that looked a lot like the Marsiva! And a weird message that we all tried to figure out, but we finally got the translation for it just a few days ago!

[Yeah. Even when things are scary and unsettling, space is always awesome to him.]

[ hey, she's just happy to see some familiar faces, period, and she brightens visibly at him. ]

How'd you get the translation? What did it say??

Over the time we were there, the ship kept trying to contact us - or at least, we assume that it's the ship. At first, only a few people got a sense of being called out to, mostly the people who have powers. Then some people got certain words in their heads that they somehow knew what it meant, even though it was a different language entirely. After a while, the message was there for everyone to hear and see, though there were still only a few people who knew what the words meant. We were all trying to figure it out by that point, and we could piece a lot of it together, but not fully.

As we were leaving though, the rest of the translation just... popped into our heads. I'm guessing they used the same technology, or whatever they used, to send that word to us in the first place.

That is awesome!

[ and she is legitimately sad to have missed out. meanwhile, though, she's on the metaphorical edge of her set. ]

But what was the rest of the translation?

Woah, Jade. Welcome back.

[Color Eugene surprised. Pleased, but definitely surprised.]

I don't think space changed too much since you left, but I'm definitely not the expert on that one. I, uh. Figured out an ice-cream maker, though?

[ 'pleased but surprised' sums up her own feelings on the matter. ]

Thank you! And, uh - it is technically my birthday, so I think technically you are obligated to share that ice cream with me when I get off the Marsiva.

I guess I'll have to technically whip up another batch then. [And hide it from the rest of the crew. That's the hard part.] What flavor do you want? I can make anything that's in the protein dispenser.

[ congrats: he's got her grinning openly, and she's trying her best to seem less excited than she is about this. ]

Chocolate? Chocolate seems like it'd be good.

Chocolate it is. I'll have it ready by the time you land wherever they plunk you.

[Which isn't saying much. It only takes a few hours to whip up a batch, and that's at a lazy multitasking pace. He gives a grin right back, that excitement contagious]

Do you think you're going to head back to your old ship?

Yesss. I'm still a pilot, so I can go anywhere the ice cream is.

[ she's laughing at the absurdity of the sentence, and in truth? partially from giddiness at being back. it's nice, being around the living again. hopeful in a way that the dream bubbles don't let her be. ]

And I'm not sure! It depends on if there's room. Or, uh, if they want me? I'm not even really sure who's on it anymore.

Yeeeeah, I guess I can see your point. We are the cool ship, here on the Wonderduck. Can't just let anyone come aboard.

[It's the goofiest kind of sarcasm, all faux-smug and smirking. Though in Eugene's estimation, having a plant magician back on board would raise the ship's coolness rating several significant notches.]

[ she grins at him. ]

You just want me to grow stuff for you. I'm onto you.

I'm just saying. I'm a handful of herbs and a dozen tomatoes from real pizza.

[ she leans in really close, narrowing her eyebrows and legit peering at him. ]

I wanna make a pie.

[Peer, meet swagger, as he leans back, arms spread in a classic 'bring it' form. He's got this. He's so got this.]

I have had pie crust figured out for months.

I leave and suddenly people figure out pie crust?

[ she's glaring up at the ceiling. ]

I demand a do-over!

[Who's grinning like the biggest, smuggest jerk? Oh yeah. This guy.]

Wow. You're pretty upset about crust for someone who wanted pie a minute ago.

I'm not upset at the pie crust!! I'm upset that it didn't happen until right after I left!

Art happens in its own time, Jade.

I would offer a 'welcome back' but not sure if that's what ya wanna hear right now, all depends how happy ya be to be back here. [That counted as a hello, right? In Remy words it might at least.]

How ya doin', Jade?

I am actually... super duper crazy happy to be back, as a matter of fact.

[ she'll take it as a hello, and she appreciates it. ]

Ehe. I think that answers both of your questions.

That it does, well done, very productive of ya.

It is nice to have familiar faces back, 'nd familiar faces who remember this place. [Because that was always tough, running into someone you knew but they didn't know you. Remy had mixed experiences with that, some he had taken the chance to get to know again, others he avoided.]

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