Oh I love my Rosie child

[thebestseller]

Who: The crew of the SS Twin Roses and any visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Twin Roses
When: The end of April

['Sup, it's a ship mingle. We've lost Adawolfe, Anders and Ravi, but gained Lance, Shovel Knight, and Chuuya.

Enjoy the free pudding and make yourselves at home, newbies.]

Comments

[mrfancyhat]

[Ah, here's where his fun begins. He wonders how long he can pull this off during his time here without ever saying he's from the mafia.

Chuuya nods, placing a hand on his hip.]

But of course! Why else would the Atroma have done this? Unless people have been misplaced before?

[passingthrough]

Well, they made me a pilot. I'm not sure that would have been my first thought, but I have flown things before back home. They definitely like to screw with people sometimes though.

[mrfancyhat]

That's unfortunate. Or is it? [A thoughtful look as he realizes something.] Doesn't it benefit them? Give them new skills?

[passingthrough]

The atroma or us?

[mrfancyhat]

Us.

[And in addition to what he said before-]

It's too bad if someone gets thrown into something they absolutely hate, but that can still be beneficial for skill-building.

[passingthrough]

It also seems to repress skills so your natural talents don't exceed someone with the proper augment. Yes, I could already fly a plane back home, but I could also hack even alien tech and I can't do that now. No matter how much time I spend studying the engineering of the ship I only get so far and no further.

And sometimes you wake up in a man's body or woman's if you were already in one or you're 8 years old again or whatever they want to do. So, I'm not the biggest fan for the augments in the fleet.

I want my skills and my body, not the ones I can buy from them.

[mrfancyhat]

[None of that is what he expected to hear. Needless to say, he's shocked.]

Wait... come again? You lose abilities? Wake up in another body? What?

[He's still confident he can do anything here, but this kind of... makes him feel a bit unsure about everything.]

[passingthrough]

I feel like I need to yell surprise and throw confetti at you again. [But yeah, it sucks and she doesn't like it. But hey there are also perks.]

[mrfancyhat]

Yeah, no need.

[He crosses his arms, shaking his head.]

This news is unfortunate, but what's life without a little surprise here and there. That being said, I'll assume it's nothing to worry about.

[Of course losing abilities is something he'll worry about, but he's not going to admit that.]

[passingthrough]

It's not usually. [And losing really depends on what you had to start with and what the augment seeks to control.]

I've only had something drastic happen once. It lasted less than a week.

[mrfancyhat]

Good. That isn't bad at all.

[And now for the real question...]

What are you doing with these beets?

[passingthrough]

Looking at them pathetically in hopes they turn themselves into something delicious with little to no effort on my part? It's possible it's not working though.

[mrfancyhat]

Aah. Too bad. We could use someone who has that sort of power, but that might require kicking someone off the crew first.

[He's kidding! Mostly.]

[passingthrough]

Roster's not full yet. There's still a chance. We did actually briefly have a chef, but...now we don't. [Good story, Kitty. Thing was, he was a pretty good friend even if she hadn't known him long and she misses him.]

[mrfancyhat]

How sad.

[He may not be a chef, but can cook. He'll never volunteer to play chef, however.]

A chef is not necessary. I'm more interested in someone who can keep the cabinets full of wine.

[passingthrough]

I'm pretty food focused, so you might have to find another hero for that or save yourself.