Look - up in the sky...!

[thespaceopera]

Suddenly, the SS Pathstone and the SS Golden begin to move on their own... slowly, calmly, they drift to two different points, a certain distance apart, away from the other ships of the fleet. Then, just as slowly, they turn to face each other.

And that is all the warning there is before the engines engage -- full speed ahead.

Like a pair of rockets, the ships torpedo toward each other, perfectly lined up for a head-on collision, and there is nothing to stop them. No matter what buttons the crews press, no matter how much they might panic, nothing is going to stop the inevitable. Any other ships watching will not have time to attempt any sort of interception.

CRASH!!

As if to shield spectators' eyes from the horrors of ships colliding in space, there's a blinding light upon impact -- and once it gradually fades, the results can be clearly seen by all: There is no wreckage. Nothing is broken. But where there were once two ships... now there's only one.

One ship that is... very clearly made up of parts from the SS Pathstone and the SS Golden, but somehow seems well put together, at least!

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On the bridge, the crews of the SS Golden and the SS Pathstone arrive, along with the usual pop! of Atroma confetti and ridiculous jingle music upon a successful shuffle. Sitting in the captain's chair is a round cake, just large enough for everyone to have one slice. There's a single candle, and the following message scribbled on top in yellow icing:

"Congratulations - SS Goldstone!
Happy Fusion!"




... What, did you think you were going to die? Sorry about that.

Comments

Re: Network

[youdontneedapictureofme]

[Well, that's one way to react to this. She's pretty frazzled still, but Allen will find her well, already taking a look around the Lab which looks about as messy as the rest of the ship's disjointed appearance.]

This is Maggie of the SS Golden. Everyone from the Pathstone and Golden are fine we're apparently all one ship now.

[Completely deadpan]

Atroma even gave us cake to celebrate.

[Can she go home yet?]

Network

[save_the_souls]

Wait, You're....one ship now?

[What]

How does that-

What?

[youdontneedapictureofme]

I wish I could explain it better than that. One minute we were flying into one another, everyone was panicking, and the next we were all on the bridge together and everything looks like some patch work job done on the ship except with bits of both.

[At least they still have medical supplies, in case someone got hurt from this mess. She would have had a hell of a time patching folks up from that kind of a collision, that's for sure. If she'd survived, anyway.]

We're just as confused as you are.

[save_the_souls]

....

Just when I think I've seen it all.

[youdontneedapictureofme]

Really - a lot of us have been here a while and nothing like this has ever happened?

[Wow. She doesn't think she should be flattered by that at all.]

[save_the_souls]

No, never. And I've been here since the start.

[youdontneedapictureofme]

Huh. Guess Atroma just got bored.

[save_the_souls]

That's a good of a guess as any.

If you get a boost in ratings money, that'll probably be proof enough.

[youdontneedapictureofme]

Do you think all of us screaming in terror will get ratings?

[At least she still has her sarcasm.]

[save_the_souls]

[SHRUGS]

Maybe a little.

[youdontneedapictureofme]

[Maggie shrugs as well.]

I don't pretend to know a hell of a lot about this place, but if they're why this is all happening, maybe we'll get lucky and all of us will get something for it. Hopefully no one else has to go through it.

[Uh. Because that was the scariest thing she's ever had to experience in her life in some time, honestly. Seriously talk about taking years off her life]

[save_the_souls]

Ah....yeah, right!


....I'm not sure I'd hold my breath about that though.