driftfleet | 084.1 Video

Who: Lance Hunter and yourself, should you choose to engage!
Broadcast: yes
Action: Marsiva
When: no time like the present!

[ the comm seems to be haphazardly leaning against something, and the image you get is crooked. a sleeping man, who almost instantly awakes with a start. no scream, mercifully, he's quite over screamer videos, and besides, it wouldn't really be that surprising under the circumstances, now, would it? his eyes dart around the room, his feet flying off the cot and touching the ground. the moment he speaks, his accent undeniably and unapologetically identifies him as an englishman. ]

Not again - [ he groans, looking around him. the first time he was knocked out and kidnapped happened because he was foolish, he trusted a friend when clearly he had overestimated the bond, bloody spies, he's had his fill of bloody spies. but this time - he has no idea what happened. one minute, he's in a pod, sailing to freedom and the next - he's in this bed. he must not have deactivated something. do they have a blasted tracker beam on these things? so paranoid! ] Oi, @therealshield, you forgot to paint your eagle - I'm gonna have to deduct your merits - [ no answer. the room really doesn't seem like anywhere his previous captors kept him in, and that's rarely a coincidence. he gets up, and the comm seems to slip off whatever it was leaning against and end up in a new position, one that shows the back of the man, as he walks towards a window. ] ...you have got to be joking.

[ and a moment later ] Bloody aliens!

[ the man comes in and out of the frame, as he's clearly examining his surroundings, before he heads back to check on what he's got by his cot, and notices the comm. picking it up, you now get a close up of his face - ] Little red light - you're either going to explode or - [ that sure looks like a camera, doesn't it? he holds it directly in front of his face. ]

Take me to your leader.

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[ he considers her every motion, reading her body language, her vocal stress. she doesn't seem to be faking it, so if she's a liar she's certainly an exceptional one. if she's his captor he wants to see wherever it is she's trying to lead him to and if she's an innocent captive like him, well, he does need to explore his surroundings and while he's unarmed he's still plenty lethal with his bare hands. he prefers she run into whatever they may run into with him rather than without him. ]

I'm about to. [ as he follows her into it. ] Have you seen anyone else? How long have you been here? [ clearly not long, as she hasn't yet explored this corridor and she seems eager in her exploring...but who knows what might give him a clue to what the hell is going on here, plus, it's just nice to make conversation. ]

[The response to the first question is easy, but it's difficult to tell how long it's been without the sun's light to rely on. Still, she gives it her best guess, replying after a moment. As she does, she continues walking, eyes a bit wide - this kind of place remains entirely unfamiliar to her.]

You're the first person I've met, and I think I've been here... less than an hour. Have you been here longer? Have you found anything?

That would be a no on both accounts, unless I've been unconscious longer.

[ which, doesn't really count as properly being here but he would like to know about it - how long he's been gone, what has been done to him. ]

[That earns a pause, at least in her speech; she doesn't stop walking, but she does look back towards him as she advances forward.]

Do you think we have been unconscious longer?

I don't know how long a magical trip to space takes, but I remember none of it.

[ so likely. especially when they'll discover their augment - brain surgery has to take a while. ]

Magical?

[She considers that for a long moment, head tilting, but - there must be some way they were brought here, and she can't devise a way a normal person could accomplish it.]

What's the last thing you remember?

[It might not be important, but there's no harm in asking.]

Figure of speech sweetheart, though with what I've been seeing lately I wouldn't rule it out.

[ yes, he knows there's an explanation to all of it - alien dna, advanced science, blah blah blah. it may as well be magic to him. it's easier to say. ]

Escaping a ship so, this is a bit ironic. You?

My name is Moana.

[There's a bit of bite in those words, but it fades as she continues on.]

Getting on a boat. I wonder if that's common...

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