Calibration Post 1, "Daytime"

[thespaceopera]

[ 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. ]

Comments

[onlyanapple]

[He chuckles at the tone, but doesn't rise to it, poor Gil. ]

Drinking, people-watching, some good, solid theology talk, nature shows. Things like that.

[mongoosecrow]

Theology talk is entertaining? [That gets an eyebrow raise.]

[onlyanapple]

Of course it is, it's fascinating.

[mongoosecrow]

I guess that depends on your preferences. Like most things.

[onlyanapple]

Suppose so, but I've lived through most of it, so it's always interesting to try and second guess Him Upstairs.

[mongoosecrow]

Lived through most of what? Religion? [That causes his brow to raise a bit.]

[onlyanapple]

Yes. Or at least the Jeduo-Christian one. I'm a demon.

[mongoosecrow]

A what now?

[onlyanapple]

A demon. As in-

Okay, do you have Hell in your world? Like a place where you go when you die if you've been a generally terrible person?

[mongoosecrow]

People certainly believe in it.

Never thought it was a real place myself, but one of my crewmates back home believes in God, Heaven, and all of that.

[onlyanapple]

There you go, then. I come form a world where it's real. I've been to both. Heaven, Hell, met the Big Guy. The whole deal.

[mongoosecrow]

How does that work with aliens?

[onlyanapple]

Depends on what you mean by 'work'. I don't especially do my job here.

[mongoosecrow]

I mean, they all have their own creation myths right? And god was supposed to make us in his image? Does he just have body issues to create such diversity or... were they made in some other image?

[onlyanapple]

Asking the big questions.

He can be anything- even a She. The "in His image" thing could apply to literally any human ever, because HE can look like anything. That's the good thing of not really having any solid corporeal form. He is whatever you want Him to be.

[Except a good Father, but whateveerrrr he doesn't care, Dad B| ]

[mongoosecrow]

And the other creation myths? Just... I dunno? Mistakes?

[onlyanapple]

Perhaps in other words they exist. I've met my fair share of otherwordly beings who shouldn't and don't exist in my world. Alternate realities, and all that.

[mongoosecrow]

So... other realities equals other gods?

Huh. All right, I can see why you might like talking about it.

[onlyanapple]

Possibly! I'd never say never in cases like this. Maybe the same ones are in charge of multiple realities. The possibilities are, quite literally, endless.

See? It's fascinating.

[mongoosecrow]

It's fascinating when you add the multiverse into the mix, sure. I mean, there's also bound to be some realities where there are not gods or deities such as much.

[onlyanapple]

Of course, that makes as much sense as them existing. Crazy, when you think about it, right?

[mongoosecrow]

That all possibilities are happening all at once? Yeah. Mind officially blown.

[onlyanapple]

Makes sense, I suppose. If one thing is possible then all things are possible. There's probably a world out there that is legitimately ruled by a spaghetti monster.

[mongoosecrow]

Ooh, does that mean the rivers are tomato sauce? Because we can we visit that world. I'll even hunt down some bread sticks to enjoy it to the fullest.

[onlyanapple]

I'm not sure. There's probably things living in the theological tomato sauce river. It's still a river. Rivers are pretty disgusting.