Recipe #001 - Arrival

[nonightdriving]

Who: Ignis Scientia
Broadcast: Network Communication
Action: Aboard the Marvisa
When: On the evening of the 28th

[When he'd stepped aboard the ship in Caem, he'd known that he'd be leaving behind everything he'd ever known for the unknown, but this? Not what he had in mind. The others are nowhere around—something that set off all of the panic buttons in his brain—and he is mostly definitely not in a water craft.

The air is chilled, but there's no salty tang. He's warm and feels as if he's enveloped in a blanket. After a few moments of trying to get his bearings, he leaves what appears to be a bed in a...medical type room. A search of his person turns up his cellphone, his notebook, pen and... another communications device. He takes a few seconds to appraise it before opening to use the item.]

Hello. I'm not sure whom I'm addressing, but my name is Ignis Scientia. As I appear to be new to this place and there are others here as well, I would like to know where I am and what is going on.

[The look on his face says that if you waste his time, he will hang up on you.]

Also, if anyone knows the whereabouts of Prompto Argentum, Gladiolus Amicitia or Noctis Caelum, I would appreciate being told.

Comments

[norwaysown]

[ She can see the window from here, but not out of it very well. ]

I don't see anywhere to clip down during Jump, so this seems most likely to be a station rather than a ship.

[ It's hard to get a sense of scale from inside. ]

[nonightdriving]

[Ignis grows very still, watching his companion more closely as she looks around the ship.]

I'm not sure what you mean by a jump, but I can assume that you mean that we are inside of a some sort of space station instead of an actual ship. If so, to what purpose do you suppose we've been brought here?

[As someone not from space, it would be nice if you explain what you mean to the poor planet-bound man.]

[norwaysown]

I'm not sure I can speculate yet. I can think of those who would want me off my ship, but the design isn't familiar to either of them.

I'd suspect aliens, which means it may be harder to figure out their motives.

[ Since they've gone to the effort of disarming her, maybe that means they'll show up. ]

[nonightdriving]

You're extremely familiar with space travel, I take it.

[If she is, making nice with her would be the best thing he could do. Intelligence gathering doesn't stop just because he's not on Eos anymore.]

An acquaintance from my world who has been here for a while says that we've been corralled to be used as a form of reality television.

[norwaysown]

I was born on a ship. I'm Captain on the military carrier Norway.

[ That's a yes. It's weird being in a place where people don't know her, not even by reputation. ]

You have acquaintances here? Taken from the same location as you were or others?

[nonightdriving]

Born on a ship and now a captain.

[She's beginning to remind him of a certain woman he knows. A certain dragoon, in fact.]

It appears that we were all taken from different places. I know that physically I was with one of them before I ended up here, but he seems...different, I suppose.

[norwaysown]

[ If there are people Signy knows here, things might become a little difficult. ]

Has he offered any explanation for his differences?

[ She doesn't want to be the one to say it, but he's probably been brainwashed or is a clone.]

[nonightdriving]

[Well, things are a little difficult for Ignis, as someone he loathes is also in residence on the fleet, but that's a story for another day. One that might require lots of alcohol and a closer relationship.]

He claims that the people in charge do as they wish when they pull people to this world. Aside from the fact that we have known one another our entire lives, I'm still inclined to believe him, as he isn't prone to flights of fancy.

[No, no brainwashing or cloning, even if his prince is acting strange.]

[norwaysown]

[ She's not much for that sort of thing, not when as many lives rest in her hands as she's been used to. ]

Doing as they wish seems like a different matter from what you describe. Did you not miss him when he was gone?

[nonightdriving]

[ He isn't the type either. He would much rather have a cup of coffee and paperwork any day, but the last few weeks for him back home have been rough. He and the others are entitled to a drink. Or ten. ]

I never noticed he was gone. The thing is that until I arrived here myself, he was beside me in our craft. However, he states that he's from beyond that time. I suppose the question is better put to him, but it appears that I was at his side before he came here as well.

[norwaysown]

Is it possible that one or both of you has false memories of your time apart?

[ It would be relatively easy to take them both at the same time and keep one set up in that manner. ]

[nonightdriving]

Normally, I would say no, but arriving here and finding these lovely attachments [He touches behind his ear to the strange bumpy protrusion he found there before.] makes me wonder if that could not be the case. I plan to ask him more once we're face-to-face, as some topics are those that I'd rather not have the entire fleet knowing.

If we're to believe that we're actors in some television program for entertainment, I would like to conduct myself as close to usual, regardless of privacy concerns from outside sources.

[norwaysown]

It's possible with technology that's available in the time that I come from, and it seems a simpler answer than many. [ She doubts Union's hand in a scheme like this one, but if they have the technology so could others. ]

I understand that much at least. But there's the question of what 'usual' means when we've been taken away from everything we know.

[ So much of Signy's identity comes from being Captain of the Norway. ]

[nonightdriving]

It isn't available on my own world, though there are some fairly fantastic advances that have come along in the last twenty years.

[Magitek soldiers being one of them. But, Eos is a land of magic as well. Who knows.]

Then, sadly, I believe it will be our new jobs to find out who we are separate from who we were.

[He knows that he's lucky that Noctis is here, but his whole life doesn't always revolve around Noctis. Not always? He has... hobbies of his own. Maybe.]

[norwaysown]

What I am is someone who isn’t inclined to let circumstances push me around, whether I’m commanding a starship or not.

[ What are hobbies? They sound like a waste of time. ]

[nonightdriving]

Who is saying to let yourself be pushed around by outside forces? I'm merely saying that it might be time to bend a little so that we might not break under the pressure.

[Hobbies are what keep one from going crazy when things change rapidly. It's okay. He can teach you.]

[norwaysown]

Or it might be better to just get stronger.

[nonightdriving]

Strength without flexibility is brittle. You must be willing to concede and negotiate or you will lose and massively.

That is a constant. No one is perfect 100% of the time.

[norwaysown]

Sometimes you lose massively by conceding.

But I'm used to making those decisions. Here, it seems like what I choose mostly affects myself.

[ That's easy. ]