video, 01

[unbridles]

Who: John Laurens
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: Aboard the Marsiva
When: Right the heck now.

[He wasn't expecting a bed. More to the point, he wasn't expecting to wake up at all; did someone wake up when they were dead? He's not sure. Well. At least he doesn't hurt after dying, though John can't remember it hurting much before, either. He sits up anyway, still clad in his continental uniform, now with a mysterious lack of bulletholes. In doing so, he jars the communicator nearby, and it falls to the floor with a clatter.]

Shit, what -- [Oh. Okay. There's a thing on the floor, he's surrounded by mysterious silvery walls, and he's trying not to panic. This is great. Maybe the thing will have some answers. So he picks up the comm and pokes at it, tentatively. That manages to activate the video, and behold, there's one seriously perplexed lieutenant colonel onscreen.]

--Um. Can anyone maybe tell me what the hell is goin' on? Is anyone there?

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[winn]

Hi John. [ there's a person indeed! a person who's now wondering if that name is a coincidence...but pushes it aside because if it isn't boy oh boy does getting here have to be hella confusing. what is up with the atroma and the old timey folk lately? first it was the french candelabra and now...no, you know what, sorry, you can't really follow a french candelabra with anything. ]

So first thing first, you're safe. You're on board a ship called the Marsiva, you can't leave it until you get shuffled which is gonna take a couple days, but you have food there and water and if no one there can walk you through using the appliances, I can do it.

[unbridles]

Ooookay. Can't say I was expectin' to be onboard a ship. An' I haven't seen anyone else aside from you; but I haven't looked, either.

[winn]

There are usually a couple people there at the same time. What you're holding is called a communicator - you can use it to contact everyone in the fleet - which is what you did, you're gonna get more call backs, or you can contact just one person, the way I contacted you. You see at the top where there's my name? When you're choosing to make a broadcast you'll have a field like that where you can choose public, or a specific person. You have three options with it - video means people can see you, audio hear you, and text is well, written text. The comm lets you talk to people who aren't in your immediate surrounding, like me - I'm on another ship, called the Tourist.

[unbridles]

....Holy shit, that's pretty awesome. So I could like, send you a letter right now and you'd get it while i'm talkin to ya? Be real nice if we had that during the war.

[winn]

[ there is a definite dissonance between his familiarity with technology and the lingo he uses, but right now winn's just relieved he has a little less to explain. ]

Yeah, it's pretty freaking cool. Ready for another cool bit of news?

[unbridles]

[Yeah, John's special like that.] Uh, sure, gimme what you got.

[winn]

Our ships? They're spaceships. We're traveling through space. Well, not right now, right now we're at a water world so they're acting more on the ship part of the name - but usually, space.

[unbridles]

...What the hell? How?

[winn]

The how and why we're not totally clear on, unless you mean how we're able to be in space period, in which case the short answer is - technology is really awesome, and if your augment - that's that thing in your head, don't try to pull it out by the way, worst idea ever - isn't set to engineering the long answer's just gonna give you a headache.

[unbridles]

--Huh. I guess I'll take your word for it for now, but it looks like if I'm gonna be here I got a lot of catchin' up to do.

[winn]

That would be easiest, yeah.

[ he nods ]

The good news is most people are really great and will be happy to help you out with that.

[unbridles]

Is there a library or somethin' around, maybe?

[winn]

Not on the Marsiva, but there is one on the communal ship, Iskaulit. You can get there when you're assigned to a ship.

[unbridles]

Oh! Okay. Good, so I can catch up on stuff then.

[winn]

Yeah, though it's gonna have a lot of gaps so talking to people is still your best bet to learn stuff.

[unbridles]

I like talkin', so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

[winn]

You're fitting in already.

[unbridles]

Well! Good ta know. [A quick grin.] Got any other surprises for me?

[winn]

Oh, tons, but it's better not to overload on your first day.

[unbridles]

I guess you're right. This is enough of a change as it is.

[winn]

Yeah, take your time, settle in. If you need anything, call.

[unbridles]

Sure will, man. Thanks for the help.

[winn]

Anytime.