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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?

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[ladybro]

Depends. Have you ever seen an astronaut rocking Jimmy Choos?

[proweird]

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

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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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[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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[winn]

would recounting NASA history answer your question?

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[eloquentness]

Now I actually want to.

What kind of work was it, if you're okay with sharing?

[eloquentness]

Hmm. Which would work better for you?

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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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[robitussin]

as for the former, i've only been on a simulation of one, but have you been on a real spaceship?

also, there are people from tons of different worlds and time periods, do you think all of them have heard of nasa?

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[eloquentness]

Prior to this, no, but I've seen time-travel? And superheroes?

[ She kept a whole blog, actually. Details. ]

Worlds like not-from-Earth, right? I've heard of those, but how common is that around here? Er, what do you think is the percentage of Earthlings versus non-Earthlings?

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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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[eloquentness]

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

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[winn]

are you asking if I'm an astronaut? cuz I'm flattered but that would be a no.

[ he probably shouldn't tell a complete stranger on an open netwrok about his involvement with the deo, right. ]

do simulations count?

[ winn, video games don't count. ]

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[eloquentness]

If you mean video games, probably not?
(Don't quote me on that. I'm not the science-fiction expert.)

But we're familiar with it now, right? Because of our augments?

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[winn]

exactly, yeah, plus I've been here over a year, it's not previous but it should still count as experience, right?

do you have previous experience, with space or these type of abductions?

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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?

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[ladybro]

I save the world. Er, used to. These days I tend to save stolen muscle cars. Or save on groceries, if I hoard enough coupons during the week.

What do you do?

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[benames]

well

were you?

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[takingkarabusiness]

More than most. Were you not?

[tempredmental]

Would you believe me if I said 'very'?

Is this normally how you gather information?

[brothersboots]

[Hey, she only sounds young. She's pretty much ancient. Although, no matter how many times she sees someone jump because she's done something to them, it never gets old.

She only wishes she had her umbrella too. She'll take reactions a la Rose.]

Down here. [She is literally a few feet away, boots kicked up on the table in front of her as she sips her drink.] And I'm not any kind of Earth Dweller. I'm what you'd call a seraph.

[mech_and_mutt]

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

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[eloquentness]

[ "Used to?" Iris can't just ask a complete stranger a story when she doesn't even know what the story is, so she tucks away that piece of information for now. ]

What about here? Everyone's got an augment, so you serve some role on your ship, I assume.

I'm a journalist. I know, I can't send samples of my work and Earth's not as common as I used to believe. Would you be up for a interview, maybe? I'll even turn on the video and show you how it's done?