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Who: Arthur and open to Pathstone crew
Broadcast: n/a
Action: SS Pathstone
When: Dec 24th (backdated due to holiday)

[Arthur hadn't actually been awake the last time he'd appeared on one of these ships, but at least there'd been a bit of forewarning this time. Still, he was left blinking with surprise at the fluttering confetti as he appeared on the bridge of, apparently, his new ship.]

Well, that's... festive.

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Oh, wow, someone new showed up. That's rare.

[She happened to be passing by, and she stares at the confetti as it flies.]

So, who're you?

There must be better ways to transport people.

[Brushes the confetti from his hair and shoulders with a little huff.]

I'm Arthur Kirkland. It looks like I'm your new crewmate for the time being.

Yeah, if you're expecting them to be respectful and kind, you should let go of that idea now.

[A shrug.]

Opal. What's your augment?

I think the fact that I was kidnapped in the first place tells me enough to know that.

[Touches the lump it makes. Will get used to it some day.]

Engineer.

You would think that would make it obvious, yeah! And yet.

[She glances at that gesture, fighting off a grimace. It's still strange for her to think about something new and foreign like that in her head.]

Nice. Pretty sure you're the first one in a while.

Sounds like my work will be cut out for me, unless you had someone with existing knowledge about spaceship engines.

[Whiiiich he doubts. What would be the chances, after all?]

I think our captain is, like, a tech genius? But I'm not sure about spaceship engineering, you'd probably have to ask him.

I mean, so far most of our augments have been pretty useless, which is nice. The ship flies itself so we don't really need a pilot, nobody's been seriously injured lately so the medical bay isn't a big deal, and hopefully we don't have an engineering crisis anytime soon.

I'll probably want to meet him anyway. I'll ask him then.

Well, I know a bit about field medicine, so if there are any emergencies I might be able to help there. I'll admit my... natural knowledge? about engines is a little outdated, but I've dabbled.

I'm crossing my fingers we won't have any emergencies that would require someone who knows field medicine, so hopefully that won't ever come up.

[A shrug.]

I bet you could find a book about engineering somewhere in the hotel. It's pretty huge.

Hopefully, yes. They're good skills to have, but even better not to need.

That, I'll have to look around for. Though I'm not much familiar with this hotel you mentioned.

Yeah, you wouldn't have had a chance to check it out if you just got off the Marsiva... I would go while you still can, though. It's the best place we've been in ages.

How often does the fleet move around? Don't think I'd want to get left behind, no matter my thoughts of being here in the first place.

Oh, you won't. If you try to stay behind on a planet and the ships leave you'd just pop back into the Pathstone when we get far enough away.

...well, that's useful.

[Will never get used to this teleporting ships thing.]

For people who want to stay on the ships, I guess.

Better than being stranded somewhere unknown in the depth of space.

I would prefer to be able to get home some day.

Yeah, well, good luck with that happening any time soon.

I'm going to pretend you mean that in earnesty and thank you.

[Little half smile.]

Better sooner than later. I don't want to imagine how much work must be piling up in my absence already.

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