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[searingedgelord]

Who: Velvet Crowe and You!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: aboard the SS Red Fish
When: right after the Shuffle

[Velvet had woken up in one strange tin can and had only just started to get her bearings when she was suddenly transported to another strange tin can. This isn't how she was expecting today to go.

She stumbles a little but manages to catch herself, oblivious to the fanfare that signals her arrival.]

Where--?

[She takes a moment to steady herself, shaking her head to clear it. She blinks, focusing on her surroundings, trying to make sense of things.]

...Is that pudding?

[Where does pudding fit into all this? And that's not even mentioning the confetti. Actually she hasn't even noticed that yet, or the fact that a lot of it has fluttered into her hair. She looks pretty festive for someone so cranky.]

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[outstandingbalance]

You could call it pudding, if you want. Might be a little generous, though.

[Natasha didn't actually respond to clarify that, but it's an opening. It's more Velvet's demeanor that gets her attention.]

It's customary for new arrivals.

Re: video

[searingedgelord]

I don't want it.

[The pudding, or to be a new arrival, to be honest.]

[outstandingbalance]

Unfortunately, it's not elective.

[Either the pudding or coming here.]

But you could probably get someone to take the pudding for you.

[searingedgelord]

Great.

[Maybe someone else on the ship will eat the pudding, Velvet is just ignoring it now.]

How do I get home?

[outstandingbalance]

If I knew that, I wouldn't still be here.

[searingedgelord]

[Okay, well. That is legit.]

So, we were all just mysteriously abducted and thrown into floating tin cans? And now we're stuck here.

[outstandingbalance]

That about sums up the situation. I mean, it might leave out a few details, but that's about the elevator pitch.

[searingedgelord]

I have things I need to do.

[outstandingbalance]

I'm sure you do. [Natasha sighs softly; new people.] If it's any consolation, whatever you were doing back home, they won't even know you were gone. They take us out of time and space, and if they put us back, they're putting us back where they found us.

[searingedgelord]

[Well, it sort of does. Or it could if she wasn't so dubious of the concept.]

How do you know?

[outstandingbalance]

Because there are a few other people here from the same place as me. People I've worked with.

We've compared notes.

[searingedgelord]

Right.

[Well, that's something. At least it's speculation based on actual experiences.]

[outstandingbalance]

Not that it makes it all right, but at least you don't have to worry about things back home getting neglected.

[searingedgelord]

Yeah, I guess.

[It's something. Maybe. And it would explain some things. Still kind of hard to grasp.]

[outstandingbalance]

No one you know from home here?

[searingedgelord]

A couple of guys. Only one of them has been here for longer than a day.

[outstandingbalance]

Friends?

[searingedgelord]

We work together.

[Friendship is awkward, let's just gloss over that for now.]

[outstandingbalance]

[Oh, girl. Natasha gets that.]

Working together, then. That's convenient. And you can compare notes.

[searingedgelord]

Yeah, it works out.

[Even if the timeline differences make things awkward.]

[outstandingbalance]

So. I imagine you have questions? Or are you figuring things out on your own?

[searingedgelord]

Is there any way to get my stuff back?

[She's starting to figure things out, but that particular thing continues to bug her. She feels kind of naked with out her gauntlet blade.]

[outstandingbalance]

What kind of stuff are we talking about?

[Natasha can guess, though, looking at Velevt. At least, she'd be shocked if it weren't a weapon.]

A lot of things just need to be replaced.

[searingedgelord]

Weapons. Blades, specifically.

[outstandingbalance]

Weapons tend to be pretty easy to come by on most populated worlds we stop in on, and sometimes there's the opportunity to get things from home, but I wouldn't hang my hat on it.