002 [video/action]

[maledictus_semper]

Who: Ardyn Izunia and YOU
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Red Fish and Fleet Wide
When: Now

SS Red Fish:

Hello there, friends! Ardyn Izunia here to honour you all with his presence. How is everyone adapting to their new ships and prisons, hm? The food is quite distasteful I have found. A pity our charming hosts couldn't have used their imagination a little more to whip up something more....delectable.

[Please feel free to ignore this guy's rambling over the network. He loves to talk. As for those already on the SS RED FISH....you'll know this guy by now.]

Now, down to more serious matters. I address you fine people on this network to ask some rather important questions.

[He adjusted his fedora and composed himself slightly.]

During my last scuffle with another crew member I realised that my powers were limited somewhat. In fact, I could not use them to my full potential at all. Also, I bled for the first time in years. This is not supposed to happen. At all.

Tell me, does anyone else have magical powers and if so, have yours been handicapped in anyway now that you're here aboard these ships? I am certain that or hosts are capping our powers so that we do not destroy each other or their fleet. If someone will enlighten me on this I will be very grateful. I may even reward you.

[Don't take too much notice of that. This guy is a liar and a good one at that.]

Another question and this is to our captors, our alien friends, or captains or whomever they might be.

What technology is being used to power these ships and how are new ships just created to quickly to accommodate new crew members? I find it astounding that such feats of engineering can be accomplished in such a short length of time. It's almost impossible.

I, myself, use a technology back home known as Magitek. Some of you out there might know what I am referring to.

[As in Luna, Noct and Ignis. You hate his Magitek soldiers, don't you?]


Kitchen:

[Those who might be wandering around on the SS RED FISH might find themselves in the kitchen area, where Ardyn is currently tasting all the different gels. His faces are dictating which he likes more and which he downright hates. Feel free to come and pester him at your will.]

Disgusting. I wouldn't feed this one to my dog. If I had one.

[Umbra. How could he forget?]


Engine Room:

[Now, this is a room that the Chancellor is interested in a lot. The engines. The power of the ship. The heart of the beast. Ardyn slid his hand along one of the humming walls and smiled. He could almost taste it's power. He was curious as to what drove the engines.]

Such technology. Who designed you, hm? I wonder how you'd fare up against my Magitek engines back home.

[Picking up a tool from the ground, he rolled it over in his hand a few times just thinking. If you happen upon him in the engine room he'd be in deep thought.]


Med/Science Lab:

Well now, what do we have here?

[Ardyn was enjoying his self-guided tour aboard the SS RED FISH and was now in the medical bay it seemed. This is where all the science and first aid happened. He sat on one of the beds and placed his arms behind his head, relaxing somewhat. If anyone walked in right now they'd find him sprawled out on one of the med beds like a king. How fitting...]

Comments

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[luxoraculi]

[ How annoying. Luna is currently situated in her room on the Blameless, absently petting Umbra who is ever faithfully at her side. She'd just been about ready to go take him to Noctis for visit, in fact, until this stupid broadcast just had to come across.

Lovely. ]

A scuffle with a crew mate? Already? Really, Chancellor, you don't seem to be making very good first impressions.

[maledictus_semper]

Indeed. The crew member in question is someone you might know very well indeed.

[Ignore him being a troll as usual. Why yes, he did get into a fight with your beloved, Luna. He started it though.]

Oh, on the contrary. I didn't start the scuffle at all.

[luxoraculi]

You attempted a fight with Noctis, then.

[ She's not an idiot, but Noctis hadn't mentioned this to her.... ]

Of course you didn't. I don't believe that for a second. He made you bleed, though?

engine room

[morphitudinous]

[Since beaming aboard, Billy spent most of his time on the Red Fish getting to know the equipment he was responsible for. If he needed to fix problems in a crisis, he first needed to have a baseline for normal ship operations.

He was carefully cataloging the features when the communications officer entered. It was a tight fit, but he shifted enough to let him by.]

I'm still not sure about magitek, to be honest---but that's likely because I'm blind to the magic side of the equation. Machines take consistency and precision, so wouldn't that require perfect control?

[maledictus_semper]

Magitek is a blend of magic and technology back on my world. A technological marvel no less.

[He is very pleased with how the technology developed in Eos to fuel the Empire's army and arsenal. Ardyn was the man behind the curtain pressing all the buttons.]

Are you quite an engineer back on your world? If so, then we are similar men you and I, Billy.

[morphitudinous]

I'd have to see it to truly understand it, but...I can imagine.

[He ducks his head, a little embarrassed.]

I'm really just a student, but I have dreams. I was working towards joining the space program after college---I just never thought I'd be involuntarily recruited first.

[Yes, it's that. Definitely nothing suspicious here.]

Video;

[servantnotserving]

I could not agree more with the food, mon ami. I can't even taste it and I can tell it's awful. It's tragic.

[So. Tragic. The worst. ]

Seems strange they would let you bleed, if they need all of us to be alive. Perhaps they understand less than they make out, no?

[maledictus_semper]

So tragic, I do agree with you my candle friend. It's ghastly that our captors force us to eat this...paste. Space gel the call it?

[Not impressed. Nope.]

One curious question; do talking candles eat?

[servantnotserving]

It is as if they want everyone to starve.

[He shakes his head sadly. God he misses food.]

I do not. I have to use my imagination to guess how awful it is.

Video

[survivalistcookbook]

Oh, no. Tell me you're not eating the protein straight from the dispenser.

[Eugene doesn't even try to hide how appalling that thought is. The protein paste is edible, sure, but not without some serious finessing.]

[maledictus_semper]

Oh? Am I not supposed to? There are no signs as such to tell me otherwise. This is our food, is it not?

[He doesn't see the harm in trying to product straight from the can as it were. Ardyn is a man of fine tastes and he's not afraid to try something new.]

[survivalistcookbook]

I mean, you can. But it's pretty disgusting without more preparation than that.

[This guy seems like a piece of work, but even pieces of work deserve to not sit there spooning up gel-texture peanut butter.]

You should have some other supplies in your kitchen to round out the protein paste. I can send you a few easy recipes if you want.

video

[cloakand_danger]

I've had some of my abilities hampered, yes, but so far I haven't noticed any dampening of my spellcasting power.

[He seems more interested in the second part of the topic, though.] My world also has magitechnology. I assume that's what's powering many of the more...inexplicable parts of the Fleet, but if so it's far more advanced here than anything we have at home.

[maledictus_semper]

You can cast spells? Interesting? Elemental or some other such ability?

[Please enlighten him in telling him what other magic exists outside of Eos, for he is a man of knowledge.]

You believe that magic technology is powering the fleet? Hm, perhaps. I am just wondering if it is similar to the magic used in both our worlds. If so, then we may be able to harness it in some way.

[cloakand_danger]

Elemental. [He lifts a hand, palm-up, and lets a ball of lightning hover over it for a few seconds before winking out.] I'm a lightning mage.

Magitech is powered off of the same mana that spells use, so I don't see any reason why not. I'm no engineer, though, here or at home, and I doubt the Atroma are going to just leave blueprints lying around.

kitchen

[searingedgelord]

[She's standing in the doorway of the kitchen, observing his taste tests.]

That bad, huh?

[She sounds vaguely curious but unconcerned.]

[maledictus_semper]

Possibly that bad, yes. The gel lacks substance and it all seems to taste the same but with added flavourings. This is just glorified toothpaste with food additives mixed into it.

[He'd love some real food, please?]

Do you know if there is a chef aboard? Please tell me there is to save us all from this...sludge.

[searingedgelord]

[She shrugs.]

I have no idea. I know how to cook, but it's not related to the augment I was given, so I'd probably still have to wing it with the sludge.

[Which no one wants, because she can't actually taste anything.]

voice

[kingofbadlifechoices]

Good morrow, ser.

[The man has a pleasant voice and even though Robb cannot really speak of supernatural powers, technology or anything like that he does feel like striking up a conversation.]

I do not know the answers to most of your questions but the lords of Atroma answer your questions rarely. If they do it is probably part of some game they wish to play.

You are a sorcerer, I take?

[maledictus_semper]

Atroma?

[He mulled the word over on his tongue a little before continuing to speak.]

These are our captors you say? Has anyone ever spoken to them directly or even seen our esteemed prison guards?

[If anyone wanted to see and speak to them, it would be Ardyn.]

In a way, yes. I am a man who can wield and control magic at will. A sorcerer or man of magic; I can also wield weapons during battle and combine both magic and weapon to create a mighty force.

[kingofbadlifechoices]

They do speak to us but we are never allowed to answer. They simply do not give us the possibility to do so.

[Robb shrugs behind his communicator.]

Have they told you what your purpose is? Why you are chosen to be here?

[There is a hint of worry in his voice. It is still beneath anyone to serve as entertainment for others.]

You will find many friends here, then. I do not know of magic, but I do know how to handle weapons.

video

[scanninggaydis]

What's your frame of reference for building the ships?

[He's absolutely not one of the Atroma, but he's just...curious about what Ardyn considers an impossibly short amount of time.]

[maledictus_semper]

My frame of reference? Well, I am judging these ships against the ones from my home, powered my Magitek technology..

[Ardyn's always interested in things that are equal or more powerful than he's already got.]

Do you know anything about these ships?

Video

[nonightdriving]

Charming broadcast, Chancellor.

[He could outdo Leide's landscape for dryness with his voice, but he sure does have a cup of coffee in his hand. It's amazing what he found on the strange planet they just left.]

Elucidating, even. I see you're adjusting to our captivity well.

[maledictus_semper]

Ignis. Delightful to see you again. Why, thank you. If our captors want us to put on a show, why not give them one?

[Even if it's over the network.]

Adjusting? Hm, what would a man do in situations as these? Go mad? Kill everyone and try to leave himself? No. Adapting is all we can do at the moment. Don't you agree? How about you? Found yourself a kitchen yet?