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[ishere]

Who: Tadashi Hamada and everyone!
Broadcast: Fleet-wide.
Action: On Marsiva.
When: 3/10-3/14

[ it's probably unfortunate that the network is left open and broadcasting, because tadashi awakes with a jolt and a gasp and sits up fast in his bunk on the marsiva. he isn't sure where he is, but he knows this wasn't where he was, and it's clear there's some mental scrambling going on as he desperately tries to slot in place the very few pieces of the puzzle he has. ]

Professor Callaghan?

[ had something happened? was this the hospital? ]

Hiro? Guys - what's going on?

[ ACTION: ]

[ and until the shuffle, tadashi will be found... pretty much investigating everything he can about the marsiva. he might not have an engineer augment, but he still finds it all pretty ridiculously fascinating. if he's not too absorbed into whatever he's doing, he's equally likely to flag any friendly-looking faces down.

might as well get to know his fellow... space... travelers, right? (wow, that was gonna take some getting used to.) ]

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1/?????? idefk

[everydayhero]

[He's just scrolling through, taking a break from his projects, seeing what the network is up to, maybe someone's found something out about that extra ship--]

i'll tell you when i'm done ide

[everydayhero]

["Professor Callaghan?"]

[everydayhero]

[There's a moment here, where his brain stops. Those two words, that voice, they're all the world has for him. But when he hears his own name, his chest feels like it might explode. It's hard to breathe. He feels like he's been punched right in the solar plexus.

[It's not like he hasn't thought of how this could happen. It's not like it hasn't been at the back of his mind for weeks now, digging at him and poking and prodding and carving its way into the things he does in his daily life, usually in the form of minutes lost spacing out, or stupid little mistakes when he's working. But this isn't in his head.]

[everydayhero]

[... Holy crap. This isn't in his head.]

video; that's it i'm done

[everydayhero]

[He doesn't even know how he finds the button to turn the video feed on, and his voice doesn't really sound like his to him when he yells suddenly with a voice that isn't quite ready to be used. Needless to say, it cracks.]

Tadashi!!

video; rude...

[ishere]

[ okay, that's hiro's voice, and maybe it's loud and cracking but it brings a cascade of relief on his face anyway. they're not on campus anymore, and he still has no idea what's going on, but all of that matters less now that he's sure that hiro is alright and somewhere nearby.

he drags his fingers through his hair, bewildered and weirdly stiff. ]

Hey. Where am I? Where are you? [ his hand pauses to rest at the back of his own neck, and he adds with a baffled half smile: ] Where's my hat?

video

[ino]

[ "Hiro"? Does this guy know Hiro?

They do look awfully similar ... ]

You're in space. Probably not where you were hoping to end up, but here we are.

video

[ishere]

Yeah.

[ he's trying not to let himself be a little shaken by hiro's reaction, but it's hard to go into Big Brother - to see hiro in what is clearly a lot of pain - and to be powerless to do anything about it.

there's a lot of adrenaline flowing, and tadashi has no idea what to do with any of it. ]

You seem to be... taking it well.

video

[ino]

I've been here awhile.

[ And she's been in this type of situation before, but that's a whole other story for hopefully never. Either way, she remembers what it's like to be new ...

And she knows if this guy is anything like Hiro, he's going to want information ]

The gist is, we're on a reality show. The more interesting you are, the more your ratings go up, the more you get paid. They say if your ratings are good enough you'll get to go back home, but we have yet to see if they'd make good on their word or not.

[detectivewonder]

... You're Hiro's brother.

[He didn't know Hiro had a brother, but between the resemblance and Hiro's video reaction, the pieces are very, very easy to put together. He's been there, or somewhere very like there.]

[ishere]

Older. In case that wasn't obvious.

[ he's struggling here to inject a little bit of levity into things, because he's at a loss otherwise. ]

You know him?

[detectivewonder]

We're friends.

Hi, I'm Tim.

video

[ladiesss]

[a very soft-spoken, whispery girl shows up on one of the screens to respond...]

Hiro? Do you mean Hiro Hamada?

video

[ishere]

Yeah. [ this is where the joke would go if he weren't still on extreme edge from his conversation with hiro: 'you know him? short guy, robotics genius, ego as big as his hair?' the remarks lie dead on his tongue right now, though. ] He's my brother.

video

[ladiesss]

Oh... I didn't know he had a brother...

[she was kind of watching the fallout of this from her spot on the ship. she's not sure what's going on, but... now's definitely not the time to press about it. she'll ask later, when everyone's less... tense.]

But, uh... Hey, good news is that you're going to be okay. The Marsiva's pretty weird, but I can basically promise you're gonna get bored in the next couple of days.

video

[aberrant_type]

[Oh, hey, another Asiatic type. Cool.

Smile, Tadashi and Hiro. Y'all are on candid camera.]

Looks like the little guy found you! [Hange is visible leaning curiously towards the camera. How interesting.]

Let me guess: family?

video

[ishere]

Don't let him hear you call him that.

[ tadashi is smiling! it's a little strained - he's on edge, antsy - but earnest at the same time. ]

But yeah, you got it in one. He's my brother.

Video

[alwayscomeback]

[Well, Hiro sure is freaking out. That's a thing that's happening.]

So. Taking the risk of stating the obvious, I'm guessing you and Hiro know each other.

Video

[ishere]

[ hiro sure is, and tadashi has literally never felt more powerless in his entire life. if he could find a spacesuit he'd probably be trying to dig a hole through the hull of the ship with a spoon. ]

I'm his brother. Uh - Tadashi. You know him?

video

[howcanihelp]

[ Once he and Hiro have had a chance to talk, and Hiro has gotten ALL THE HUGS, she'll actually introduce herself ]

Ah, sorry about before. I didn't get a chance to introduce myself. Stephanie Amell. I'm on the Bishop, with Hiro. Well, obviously, I suppose. It's nice to meet you, Hiro told me a bit about you.

[ Mostly that he was dead, but there was other stuff too! ]

video

[ishere]

He has? Don't believe a word of it.

[ it's a little more difficult to keep the smile with her, though. not that he's not glad to meet her, but something about it just feels uncomfortably fake -- they both know something is wrong in a huge way, that there's something resting on Hiro's shoulders. he just hasn't been privy to the details.

so the smile drops slightly into something a little more subdued, though his voice is genuine. ]

Thanks. For being there for him, I mean.

[hellofist]

There's no Callaghan, here.

[Since everyone else seems to have the whole Hiro thing pretty well covered, wow.]

Welcome to space.

[ishere]

Yeah. Total pity, too - he'd love the tech here.

[ s o much admiration in his tone there. ]

And thanks, seriously. Tadashi Hamada.

Video

[not_mafia]

[Well, okay, then. He guesses Tadashi is Hiro's older brother, from the numerous replies to his post.

He figures he should be okay now, but he seems a little-- spooked? Disoriented? So he kind of wants to help, just a little. Suddenly being yanked to another place is... yeah.]

Ah, are you alright? --well, besides the whole being in space thing, I mean...

Video

[ishere]

[ "disoriented" is a pretty apt term for it. ]

Yeah. I mean - yeah, I'm as good as I can be, given the situation, I guess.

[ he smiles a little lopsidedly, because what else is he supposed to do? ]

I'm Tadashi. Thanks for checking on me.