First checklist [video (action for Marsiva)]

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Who: Twilight Sparkle, open to the public
Broadcast: Unfiltered Network video (accidental - you knew it was coming eventually)
Action: For those aboard the HS Marsiva
When: October 13th

[ The video feed turns on to show a..... pastel purple unicorn pony. The audience probably wasn't expecting this.

She's pacing in what looks like the hospitality deck of the HS Marsiva. And muttering to herself- ] Pull yourself together, Twilight. So this isn't the Thor, but it's still a spaceship. There's probably just been some sort of mix-up. If I can't get in contact with anypony else though...

[ She uses her magic to start going through what looks like an electronic book with the words "DON'T PANIC" written in large letters on the back. ] And the Guide doesn't have anything on this! You're useless, Guide! "I know everything in the galaxy," it says. Bah!

There has to be somepony - somebody - here who knows what's going on. I'll even take a Vogon! A few dozen forms is better than nothing.

[ A small pause- ] And look on the bright side, whatever's going on, it can't be as bad as the castle.

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What is going on here.

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[ OH NO PANIC SOMEPONY ELSE IS- ]

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[ after meeting phoebus' crow and being reminded that, oh yeah, talking animals exist and they aren't weird in the slightest actually... riku takes this broadcast in stride. ]

Looks like you've figured out how to use the network already. [ he says it with a little laugh. ]

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[ Wait, no, she wants to talk to somepony else.

And where is- ]

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Must be in a different galaxy from the one you're guide's about.

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[ ...Of course there's going to be a new communications system. And of course it's going to accidentally broadcast her arrival. Of course. That's how these things work, isn't it? ]

I'm sorry about that. I'm, um, unfamiliar with this ship. I'm from the Thor. So I'm a little bit caught off guard.

My name's Twilight Sparkle. [ A pause. ] Dr. Twilight Sparkle, actually. [ Have to add that in there. ]

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[There is...

... a pause.

She starts to laugh and then cuts it off.]

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Oh, well! Dr. Sparkle, can I call you that?

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[ Yeah. Yeeeeah. ] I suppose that's one way of putting it.

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Lemme guess: Twilight, right?

[ he crosses his arms. ]

If there's no one around you, you're probably on the mothership. Looks like everyone gets sent there if they don't arrive on a shuffle day.

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Do you recognize just how completely improbable it is that I'd wind up on a spaceship in another galaxy!? The sheer magnitude of those distances would-

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[ NO IT WAS HAPPENING AGAIN. Things that make no sense! ]

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Unless this ship is powered by an Improbability Drive. Then it's completely probable. Because it's so improbable.

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[ GOING TO IGNORE THAT LAUGH in the spirit of cooperation and human/pony relations. ]

That would be perfectly acceptable!

And what can I call you?

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...I don't think any of us know what's powering that ship.

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Captain Hange! Of the SS Red Fish! Welcome to our fleet, Dr. Sparkle. Am I missing my guess or have you been in space already?

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[ ...that is a talking horse.

That is a talking horse!

THAT IS A TALKING HORSE, THIS IS GREAT. ]

Ahaha, that's great~ I'm not alone after all!

[ Look forward to Friday, Twilight, he is probably going to be hanging around you every chance he gets. ]

Buuuuut, a castle doesn't sound too bad, either.

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It's a pleasure, Captain Hange. [ Well, meeting her is. Not so much being stuck in this strange "fleet." ]

I've been aboard the SS Thor for about a year. It's a refugee ship with approximately five million inhabitants.

Is this the SS Red Fish, then? [ Is this your ship? How many questions can you answer?! ]

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Dr. Twilight Sparkle, at your service.

[ A small pause, then- ] The mothership? How many ships are there?

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Improbability Drive. It's the only thing that makes sense. [ Because it's the only way to make sense of things that make no sense. ]

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Dr. Sparkle, then.

[ man, is he glad to finally have a title to latch onto. he's a huge hypocrite, but... he finds it a lot less nerve-wracking, to call someone by a title than a name. names seem a little too personal. ]

I'm Riku, I'm the security on the SS Bloodsport. [ making a face at the name, because he does nooot like it. too ominous for his liking. after a moment of thought; ] There's ten captains... so there's gotta be ten other ships.

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[ Twilight doesn't seem too surprised to see someponyboy else, at least. ]

Not this castle.

But anyway, it wouldn't make any sense for anybody to be alone on this ship. Judging by what I can tell of its size, it must have a crew of at least several dozen. I mean, technically, it could be run by robots and artificial intelligence, but to keep a ship like this running, they would still have to have some measure of ability to think for themselves, making them individuals. So you wouldn't be alone!

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....I take it from your words that you're new here, too.

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Ten!? [ That's a lot of ships. ] And are all of them this big?