voice;

[ahappylie]

Who: Okita Souji, the new kid in town, and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Golden crew
When: December 11th

Voice;
[There's a few moments of silence and low humming as the speaker figures out how this whole communicator thing works. There's a quiet "Ah!" and then the message begins. The voice is either a low pitched female or a higher pitched male, and there is little in the way of images to make it clear which is which. Fun times.]

I really wonder who would find it that fascinating to watch other people live their lives, but I suppose in space [That is still SO weird to say] you must not get a lot of other entertainments. I've read the guide on your network, buuuuut, well. It's a little dry, don't you think?

So why don't you tell me what would you say is the most important thing to know about being here? For example, this "e-lec-tri-city" thing is very useful. It's nice to be able to see so well, even if it's very, very bright all the time. And this little pocket communication thing is cute. What do you think?

Action for the SS Golden
[Once he's out from the bathroom he got locked in - thanks Handsome Jack - Okita spends some time acquainting himself with his new ship. Aka, he spends time slinking around and finding all the weird nooks and crannies in which he can hide stuff, himself, or possibly...other "stuff" in case it's necessary. Crewmates can find him anywhere on the ship wearing a white kimono and opening up vents and peering under cabinets, tapping on wall panels and trying to break into places he probably shouldn't go. All of this before he ever introduces himself, because hahaha manners.

What are those?]

Comments

[spacebro]

Tea? [He has a feeling they are missing each other here.] No, I mean alcohol. Something that gets you going.

[ahappylie]

[Yeah, that was a swing and a miss. Sorry, Mon-El.]

Ah...I don't really drink much alcohol except when my friends and I had a big party. Even then I was usually the one to pour, not drink.

Is that what people on-- [He's trying again.] --Daks-um? Do for fun?

[spacebro]

[Closer?] It's one of the things. Drinking. Dancing. Games. What do you do for fun in Japan?

[ahappylie]

[He's trying.... He just sucks at it.]

Oh much of the same for most people. Most of my friends would go relax in Shimabara with the geisha-- [Oh... He might not know that word. Let's try:] paid female entertainers and drink.

I just preferred playing with the local children or eating sweets along the river. [Sparring and training.] Or reading poetry with my piglet.

[spacebro]

[Well, sure. Why wouldn't you pay a female entertainer?]

I don't think we have a river or a piglet. Our captain is a child apparently. I think learning to enjoy the bar might be your best bet. [He is a world-class influence.]

[ahappylie]

[The best influence ever!!]

Mm..... [Mon-El makes a good point. There is literally nothing here for him to do that he's used to doing. Might as well try what the aliens do.]

Alright. I suppose there's no harm in trying something new. Will you lead the way?

[spacebro]

Sure. It's on the Iskaulit. So, we just need to find that. I can fly a shuttle. [Everyone with an augment can. You're not special just because you could do it before, Mon-El.]

[ahappylie]

[Technically Souji can but lmfao he will not try it until he has no choice.]

Can you? That would be wonderful. I'm still adjusting to the being lights in the ceiling all the time. I'm not sure how would handle flying a ship in space.

[spacebro]

[Looking over curiously as he makes his way to the cargo bay.] Where do you keep the lights where you're from?

[ahappylie]

[By habit, he walks a pace and a half behind Mon-El, trailing after him.]

In the candles or oil lanterns where they're meant to be.

[He looks up at the ceiling.]

I don't understand how this "electricity" thing keeps them lit up there all the time. Won't they drip?

[spacebro]

[He turns to look back. Is he walking too fast?] Drip? No, electricity doesn't really drip. You really don't know anything about it?

[ahappylie]

[He didn't seem to notice that his pace is weird, and tilts his head at the question before laughing faintly at his own expense.]

Not really. The "augment" we were given assumed I would understand the concept so it didn't bother to explain.

But that's alright. As long as it works, I don't think I need to understand, right?

[spacebro]

Oh. Well, you've got a point there. I'm not an engineer or anything either. As long as we get to enjoy it, right?

[ahappylie]

[He laughs and nods.]

Yes, as long as it is useful and not a danger to anyone. It is rather convenient, if nothing else.

[He pauses.]

What is an 'engineer'?

[spacebro]

It's a person who builds and maintains engines and other things that are like engines. [That's a good definition, right?] Wait, do you know what engines are?

[ahappylie]

[See this smile? The apologetic one he wears with a tilt of his head? Yeah, he has no idea what an engine is either.]

It seems I'm from fairly far in the past. The technology here is all foreign to me. And until I woke up here, I didn't know that people could survive among the stars.

[spacebro]

It's easier than you'd think. Besides, someone else did the hard part and built it all.

[ahappylie]

[Pffffft, he snickers and nods.]

I suppose you're right. And since I'm not the one that needs to fix it, I guess I needn't worry.

[spacebro]

Exactly. There's nothing to do but have a drink and relax.