video

[robitussin]

Who: opal, nightingale, and you
Broadcast: video!
Action: on the pathstone
When: now!

[When the feed turns on, it’s focused on... so many Christmas sweaters laying on a bed. There are more, hidden beneath those four and out of view of the camera; from what can be seen, it looks like there are at least three or four more. The camera swings around to two girls, one of whom has the most deadpan look on her face.]

I officially hate sponsor drops. I want none of this.

[The other one just looks kind of confused.]

I’m pretty sure this is another Earth reference or something that I’m missing here. What the fuck is wrong with Earth?

[It earns a snort out of Opal.]

There are many things wrong with Earth, and all of them are a long story. Don’t worry about it. Anyways, the point is that someone should come here and take these away because every single one is kind of the worst thing ever? Save us.

Either that or we can throw them out into space. That’s an option too. There’s a sun nearby to hurl these into, right?

[She sounds dead serious about this.]

...Maybe we should at least see if anyone wants them before we toss them into a sun? [But, she smiles.] I am totally saving shoving them out of an airlock as a plan B, though. Thank you for that.

[She glances back at the camera for a moment, though, giving the feed a Look.]

Seriously, though, get these far enough away that I never have to see them again.

[ooc: blue is opal, purple is nightingale!]

Comments

[halfbloodhatchling]

Are you trying to tell me a ship couldn't hit another one if the pilot decided to?

[experiencepoints]

Haven't tried it, but I'm pretty sure.

[halfbloodhatchling]

Let's leave that one to theory, all the same.

[experiencepoints]

... Actually, if we had some people with teleportation powers, it might be good to test. Relocate everyone to some different ships temporarily, have the pilots aim the ships to crash into each other, and teleport at the last second.

[halfbloodhatchling]

Don't we need these ships? I feel like they're useful to have.

[experiencepoints]

I mean, we can stay in other ships. And also, it would spite the Atroma.

[halfbloodhatchling]

I'm not sure I'm in for spiting our captors when they haven't yet done anything to me.

[ Besides the kidnapping, but Kai can let that much go.]

[experiencepoints]

.... You mean other than the kidnapping, the poison planet, the brain-destroying fungus planet, the time they threw us all into each other's hearts so no one would have secrets, that second fleet attacking us...

They haven't done anything to you yet, more like.

[halfbloodhatchling]

Why does no one ever tell me these things when I ask about them?

[ A sigh. ]

But it's true, they haven't. And I have pretty low standards anyway.

[experiencepoints]

Probably, most people don't want to think about it. I'm just sort of the local pessimist, I guess.

[halfbloodhatchling]

That mean you're willing to talk more about those things?

[experiencepoints]

It means I am generally assuming the Atroma are planning to torture or murder us.

And I talk about that stuff more, yeah.

[halfbloodhatchling]

So...torture?

Tell me more about that.

[Forewarned is forearmed and all that.]

[experiencepoints]

Did you not hear the part about poison planet and heart games?

[halfbloodhatchling]

You just said 'poison planet'. Which part of it was poison? What kind? Surely those details are important.