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driftfleet2017-06-09 09:55 am
thespaceopera) wrote in driftfleet2017-06-09 09:55 am
Calibration Post 1, "Daytime"
[ Not long after the shuffle, there's a ripple of static over the network - loud, sudden, and seemingly with no origin. It's puzzling, but there's no indication that it's going to happen again...
Until a minute later. Another surge of static comes in over the speakers, and then a voice - one some may find familiar, though not necessarily welcome, after all of this time... It's Diamond. Long time no speak, hmm?
Clearly, not all is well. She sounds very far away, for one. For another, she sounds... skeptical, almost alarmed. There may actually be real concern in her voice. ]
Again? Twice in one c--
[ Her sentence is cut short with a strangled gasp, followed by a moment of silence. What follows may be the sound of metal dragged across metal, but it's hard to place. When she speaks again, it's uncharacteristically monotonous. ]
... Bring them in.
[ A blip of lost time passes right after those words, before every passenger mysteriously wakes alone in their own unfamiliar room. The style of decor resembles that of the Marsiva's Hospitality Deck, if any passengers should remember what that's like. It sounds and smells the same as the host ship as well, all clean and chrome, but this set of rooms has only been used once, and for the very same purpose that befalls the fleet contestants now.
As for their hosts, there is no immediate sign of them, though some may recall a series of hideous, half-electronic screams before their memories begin to blur upon arrival...
Welcome back to the Marsiva, dear passengers. It's time for round two of calibrations. ]
[ This mingle will cover all non-calibration room interactions. Please continue to come back to it for the duration of the plot! You are, of course, free to post any other mingles/posts/etc. that you'd like. ]
Until a minute later. Another surge of static comes in over the speakers, and then a voice - one some may find familiar, though not necessarily welcome, after all of this time... It's Diamond. Long time no speak, hmm?
Clearly, not all is well. She sounds very far away, for one. For another, she sounds... skeptical, almost alarmed. There may actually be real concern in her voice. ]
Again? Twice in one c--
[ Her sentence is cut short with a strangled gasp, followed by a moment of silence. What follows may be the sound of metal dragged across metal, but it's hard to place. When she speaks again, it's uncharacteristically monotonous. ]
... Bring them in.
[ A blip of lost time passes right after those words, before every passenger mysteriously wakes alone in their own unfamiliar room. The style of decor resembles that of the Marsiva's Hospitality Deck, if any passengers should remember what that's like. It sounds and smells the same as the host ship as well, all clean and chrome, but this set of rooms has only been used once, and for the very same purpose that befalls the fleet contestants now.
As for their hosts, there is no immediate sign of them, though some may recall a series of hideous, half-electronic screams before their memories begin to blur upon arrival...
Welcome back to the Marsiva, dear passengers. It's time for round two of calibrations. ]
[ This mingle will cover all non-calibration room interactions. Please continue to come back to it for the duration of the plot! You are, of course, free to post any other mingles/posts/etc. that you'd like. ]
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He raises his eyebrow a little at that vague explanation.]
Oh? The whole, uh... dream thing? I was starting to wonder if these places just liked doing that to the people they grab.
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[ ... Hold up. ]
"These places"? You've been to another place that pulls people?
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So we really are in space, huh...
Oh? Uh, yeah... a place called Edensphere. I'm assuming you haven't heard of it.
[Because his luck isn't that good, that another Spherian showed up here at any point.]
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[ She takes a long sip of her beer, then tilts her head to the side, curious. ]
No. Never heard of it. Just heard that some others here were somewhere else before they were home. [ She shrugs a shoulder. ] Could be someone else here from there, though. I'm not exactly a veteran here.
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[He takes a moment to sample his own beer. It's not the worst thing he's ever tasted, at least.]
I'll have to ask around, once things settle down a little.
Mind if I ask how long you've been here?
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Makes this on-the-same-ship bit even weirder, honestly. Long as I've been here, we barely heard anything from Atroma. Just floated around, and they wouldn't let us go home. Now we're all dragged here for something weird like this? Suspicious as hell.
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Nnnn... great. [Figures he shows up right when something weird is happening.] So where do people live normally, if not here?
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[ Another looong sip of her beer. Bluh. ]
You'll probably get a room on a ship after this weird shit is over. Hopefully you'll get a crew you don't mind being around all the time. But if you don't, you can always transfer.