driftfleet | 07

Who: Winn Schott + you = awesome
Broadcast: yup!
Action: Tourist!
When: now!

[ the feed opens with a profile view of a sleeping winn. on his face, you can see an elaborate sharpie painted mustache (courtesy of opal) and from the ceiling right above him hangs a plastic flamingo in a coat and plastic sunglasses (courtesy of cisco).

to anyone who's been by to see him lately, it's a very familiar scene. but seconds into it something that hasn't happened in about two weeks begins to take place - movement. with a soft groan, winn reaches a sluggish hand to his face, shielding his eyes from the light. the hand then seems to decide that scratching above his upper lip is better use of its time and skills. slowly, his eyes blink open, struggling to adjust, to focus.

and then they do. on that flamingo.

he yelps, jumping up in bed, tearing the flamingo off its strings and throws it across the room, where he proceeds to stare at an off frame army of (four) flamingos. rubbing at his temples he mutters just loudly enough to be captured on film ] So Cisco's still here...

[ that seems to remind him of something, and with a sharp move his still sleepy mind can't seem to properly cope with, grabs at the communicator and misses. next attempt brings it into his hand and you finally get a close up of that glorious mustache.

he frowns into the camera ]

Of course it's rolling... [ his voice is raw, lips chapped, and he clears his throat in an attempt to bring back his usual volume ] Hi - Fleeters - if we're still calling ourselves that - Winn Schott here, back to the world of the conscious - if you recognize me check in and tell me how long I've been out - Kitty - you better still be here. [ because unless you call him within the next 10 seconds he's calling you as soon as he cuts this feed and if you're not there he will freak. he rubs at his painted mustache again, not quite realizing what's bothering him, and with a small tired smile fumbles to shut the broadcast off. ]

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[ typical modern elitism, wow.

and yet: ] -- Netflix, Winn?

[ everyone has their blind spots. ]

It's an online streaming service where you can watch a lot of shows and movies, it's great.

It sounds like a distraction.

Hey, nobody can work 24/7. [ though sometimes it feels like he sure is heading as close to that as humanely possible ] It's a great way to relax and, you know, shut your brain down so you can sleep.

[ because why pay for therapy when you can pay for a netflix subscription and repress? ]

Then I take it the service functions a bit like the uploaded files on the fleet's network? [ curious, of course. but it's safer to engage her curiousity than argue the point of whether she could ever manage to relax while watching films. ]

Kinda yeah, except users don't upload content they just consume it, and there's a lot more variety.

[ -- she'd meant the content that the atroma gleaned from their worlds and uploaded, not the passengers themselves. but the gist remains. ]

I'm certain it's a very impressive service. [ just not her cup of tea, probably. ] But I've never been all that fond of the cinema -- perhaps its novelty would be lost on me.

I dunno, it's come a long way. The special effects look freaking amazing now, and in a lot of stuff character and story have gotten really complex and interesting.

Tell me about your favourite film, then.

[ she might as well be polite about it. ]

I would love to, but the Atroma suck so the only movies I remember with any clarity are the ones I've seen here.

[ how can he passionately argue their merits, then? because he can. this is a very touchy subject, peggy, proceed with caution. his little nerdy soul is in agony over the lack of those memories. ]

-- Bastards.

[ so what if she doesn't care about films? she can recognize loss when she hears it. might as well commiserate. ]

[ he snorts from the sheer surprise, and peggy gets a grateful smile for that. ]

Total. But, from what we got here, Princess Bride is the best. It has action, adventure, revenge, battles of wits, hearts, bodies, and swords, romance, magic - it's got everything.

[ ugh but that title. ]

Perhaps I'll give it a try. One of these days.

[ except she knows she won't -- right up until the moment steve compels her to do so. cheeky imp. ]

You should, it's a classic. I'll watch it with you if you want.

[ he kinda loves watching people watch it for the first time. ]

Hamlet is a classic.

[ -- suggesting (by contrast) that something so young as to have come to light after her year and before his? barred from being a classic. ]

You can't judge it til you watch it.

I most certainly can. [ a huff. ] The question is rather one of whether I should.

Fine, shouldn't, whatever, the point is you should watch it.

So insistent. [ ... ] I'll see if I can find the time.

[ #brushoff ]

I'm sure you can find a free 98 minutes if you look hard enough. Look at it as research into future culture - it's one of the most beloved movies to come out of the 80s.

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-- You know, in the eighties I'll be in my sixties. [ a huff of breath. ] Bit weird to think, that. Your film'll come out and I'll be...well, lord knows. Retired, one hopes.

...I dunno what's harder to picture, you in your sixties or you retired.

Try this on for size, then -- Steve's assured me I live until I'm ninety-five. [ even she still sounds a little taken-aback by the prospect. ] Remarkable.

[ that is too weird a thought, old peggy, and he can't imagine how complicated that is for her and steve. so he looks for something more positive to say. ]

If we lived in the same dimension we could even meet.

So we could. [ he needn't reach too far to be positive; by all accounts, peggy's rather tickled pink at the prospect of living so long. she certainly hadn't expected to outlive her career (or to come to anything but a violent end) -- and the prospect of seeing steve again, despite the addition of old age, is utterly charming. buoying, even. ] Who knows, Winn. Perhaps I'll have the chance to learn a thing or two about computing back home. As well.

[ because she certainly doesn't intend to be some old lady who refuses to check her email on a tablet. ]

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