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[eloquentness]

Who: Iris West and YOU!!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: If you're on the Marsiva, sure
When: May 4th

[ Two whole days later, Iris still can't believe she's actually in outer space. The view outside the Marsiva hasn't done anything to dissuade the notion, either. Part of her desperately wishes she could disembark and explore this star system: it would be the story of a lifetime, and more importantly, it would be a story she would've uncovered all by herself.

Exploring the hospitality deck hasn't answered many questions, so she's taken to sitting in the cafeteria with a trusty mug of coffee. Turns out, it's a good place to sit and think - as well as a good place to scroll through the Network and see what other people're saying.

So far, she's drawn a few conclusions: 1) there's a whole fleet of ships surrounding the Marsiva, 2) not everyone's from Earth - or a planet like it, and 3) they're here as part of a reality show?? That last one's pretty hard to believe. (Who'd watch someone write and edit?) Instead of asking her fellow captives the hows and whys, she figures she's better off asking them something else: ]

How many of you know the game 'Questions?'

It's a pretty simple game back on Earth: I pose a question, and you can only answer me with a question of your own. The first one to forget a question "loses." To make things easier on everyone, I won't instate any additional rules.

To start us off: Were you familiar with outer space travel before you arrived here?

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[ladybro]

-- Would you believe space travel a common-ish hazard in my line of work? For some of us.

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[eloquentness]

Seriously? [ Now that she thinks about it, she shouldn't be that surprised. One of Barry's friends was from another planet, and she's in the middle of who-knows-where...] You wouldn't happen to be an astronaut, would you?

[proweird]

Does the question have to be related to the question or actually answer the previous question?

[eloquentness]

Hmm. Which would work better for you?

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[brothersboots]

[Being stuck on this terrible ship is probably the worst thing for Edna. All of the people important to her, sans two, are out there on those smaller ships.

And yet here she is. Stuck with people who can't see her.She could play the ghost card but she's tired of that. Sadly, she also can't help it.

The tiny seraph is also in the cafeteria, nursing a passable mug of hot chocolate when the girl enters. She says nothing, just watches and sips her drink.

But after ten minutes of silence, she's bored.]

You know, your brain is going to melt out of your ears if you keep overthinking things.

[Sorry, not sorry for disembodied voices.]

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[eloquentness]

[ Considering the week she's having, a strange (but young) disembodied voice sounds about right. Iris immediately stands up, trying to discern just where she heard that - and nope, nothing. The cafeteria looks as empty as usual.

It doesn't mean she's alone, though. ]

I'm sorry? [ She glances towards the door, furrowing her brow in sudden concern. ] Would you happen to be a metahuman, by any chance?

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[robitussin]

what level of familiar do you mean? like are we talking "have you been on a spaceship before" or "do you know what nasa is"?

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[eloquentness]

Hm. If you know the former, could you talk about it?

Also: should I be worried that people don't know of NASA?

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[winn]

would recounting NASA history answer your question?

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[eloquentness]

I would be seriously impressed, but no, did you have any personal experience?

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[castintoflames]

(Typing is difficult for him (read: almost impossible) so he chooses to answer with his voice. He does not have the natural musicality of his brother, but he does sound commanding even when he tries to be gentle.)

Would you believe that my people have never traveled amongst the stars?

(Voice)

[eloquentness]

[ Now that's a soothing voice. Iris immediately follows suit and switches over too. ]

I could. Back home, only people called astronauts traveled outside our planet - and I'll admit, it's still crazy to think that a whole company can kidnap people and put them on television.

[ She pauses, finding another question - ] Have your people invented that yet? Or is that a far off dream too?

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[benames]

well

were you?

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[eloquentness]

Fair question!

I wasn't. I know about NASA, I watched Apollo 13 and the Martian. That's about it.

Is that common? To bring people with no experience?

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[takingkarabusiness]

More than most. Were you not?

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[eloquentness]

Absolutely not. It would've made more sense to bring anyone else. I'm a reporter, not an astronaut.

Can I ask if you're from Earth?

[tempredmental]

Would you believe me if I said 'very'?

Is this normally how you gather information?

[eloquentness]

Actually, I would. It makes more sense for a reality show to bring someone who knows what they're doing.

Not usually! :) TBH, it can get boring on the Marsiva.
How do you usually kill time?

[mech_and_mutt]

How COULD someone be familiar with it before they got here? Is that a thing?

[eloquentness]

Apparently. According to the guide I read, some times and worlds are more familiar with traveling between planets than others.

[ Attached: one link to "what the hell is going on:" a guide by Nightingale. ]

It's not a thing on my world. I'm guessing yours was the same?

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[geonomy]

YES!!!!!

wait

hold on

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IM AN ASTRONAUT

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[eloquentness]

Really???

I was WONDERING if Atroma had actually kidnapped one with the rest of us. :) Has your experience prepared you for this place at all?

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[universal_charm]

Did you know I'm a space ship captain?

_{[ Eh, why not right? Seems interesting. ]}

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[eloquentness]

Like a captain of one of the smaller ships, or a captain back in your world/universe?

[She's gotta ask for clarification, ok.]

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[spacebro]

Would you count a thirty-five year trip through space as familiar? Not that it was really a trip the whole time. Does it need to end in a question too?

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[eloquentness]

[ whoa, that's an impressive (and also daunting) thing to start a conversation with. Iris takes a little longer than usual, because that... that doesn't sound like it should be possible. ]

Sure, I guess??? Were you awake for any of it?

Usually, yes, it does. :) If you don't want to play, then we can stop right here. Would you like to keep going?

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[briste]

Well that all depends, I suppose. How familiar with space travel do you mean?

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[eloquentness]

I mean, have you left your home planet before?

I didn't sign up for reality TV, but I've never heard of a show in outer space. So I was wondering if there was a trend. Do you think they try to bring people without any experience, or could it be entirely random?

[perfecting]

I mean from history and stuff. news.

Are you new here?

[eloquentness]

That's what I know too.

Right, I arrived a couple of days ago. People stop caring about past experience when they've been here a while, huh?

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[ecclesiophobic]

Yes, but the furthest I've been is the moon. Are you aware in some dimensions there are parts of it with breathable air?

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[eloquentness]

I wasn't! That's not a thing they teach on my Earth.

How did you realize that part of your moon was breathable?