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[wingedman]

Who: Sam Wilson
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Today!

Well, now, this is real nice, isn't it? [Judging by the dry tone of Sam's voice, it isn't.] Not that I was doing anything important back home, but it sure as hell beats being scooped up and used to boost ratings on some sort of intergalactic Big Brother. [And, muttered to himself:] I don't even wanna know what happens if you get voted off.

[Back in a normal voice:] So, I'm Sam. Earth, twenty-first century. Guess I'm stuck here for a few days, huh? On the totally not creepy uninhabited giant spaceship. Yeah, I can see the ratings skyrocketing already. This sure better not be some kinda horror show, 'cause I know the black guy's always the first person to get killed by the out of control robots.

-nah, just kidding, they never even have black guys in space to begin with, I'm safe.

[sam what r u even on about]

Also, this food sucks big-time. Come on, can't they feed TV stars better than this? Why couldn't I get trapped on Food Network?

Comments

[wingedman]

...horsemeat.

[There's a moment of blank staring there. Not just because the guy has just admitted to eating horse, but also because his clothes definitely don't match the way he talks.]

Seriously, horse? I thought MREs were bad, but horse is a whole goddamn other level.

[unbridles]

Yeah, well, Valley Forge sucked for a whole lotta reasons, an' that was one of 'em. [Granted, he probably didn't eat that much of it, being on Washington's staff and all, but even so. Valley Forge and that winter had been awful.]

[wingedman]

Valley Forge. Like, the Valley Forge?

[...nope, still working on getting his head wrapped around the whole time travel thing.]

[unbridles]

Unless there's another one in the states that I don't know about, yeah. I guess it's 'the' Valley Forge.

[wingedman]

No offense, it's just weird hearing someone talk about being part of something you learned about in history class.

[.....says the guy whose best friend fought in World War II.]

But, then again, I guess just about everything's weird in space.

[unbridles]

It's weird t'me that it is history class. [But he's grinning.]

Yeah, there's a lotta weird here. I'm gettin' used to all of it still. 'M John Laurens, pleased t'meetcha.

[wingedman]

Yeah, I reckon a place like this is even more of a culture shock for someone like you than it is for me, and I went to Valley Forge on a field trip to see the battlefield.

Sam Wilson. I was in the military, too - Air Force, bit after your time.

[unbridles]

Yeah. I've been here a couple months though; so I'm gettin' used to it.

[He perks up a little.] Air Force? That's flyin', right?

[wingedman]

Mmhmm. Though nothing as fancy as anything here.

[Not that his jetpack isn't pretty goddamn fancy, but that knowledge definitely isn't going to transfer over to spaceships.]

[unbridles]

Still fancier than anything I've seen. What's it like?