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[pain_train]

Who: A BLAST FROM THE PAST Wrath
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Paisley
When: Right this very minute, until the shuffle happens

[Action]
[She wakes up all at once, disoriented, because this isn't her familiar bunk on the Windrose, and the comfortable, warm weights of Jellybean and Officer Snuggles are missing. It also, thank fuck, doesn't look like any place she knows in Proles. Wrath staggers around the room for a circuit, tries the door, oh shit it's locked, and--

It takes a second for her never-quite-the-same memory to identify where the hell she's ended up: she's on the Marsiva.

...again?

It's a little disquieting, because everything is arranged exactly how she remembered before. But she knows what's going on this time, right?

Right?

And just as she's gathering her thoughts to try to speak coherently for a broadcast... BANG. A little spray of confetti--she remembers this part, kind of--and she's on the bridge of a ship, but it's not her ship, and she's even more confused. She whips around, trying to figure out where the hell she even is.]

...what the fuck is even going on?

[Broadcast]
[She is still so very, very confused.]

Um. Hi everyone! It's me. Wrath. First officer of the Windrose.

[This is dumb. Everyone already knows who you are, Wrath.]

I mean. You know that already. But. Um. Does anyone know why I was on the Marsiva and then... still not on my ship? Did I get my ass killed or something?

Um. And Captain Vision, sorry. For whatever I did to end up here. I didn't mean it. Unless I did mean it at the time, and then I'm just really, really sorry and I'll be even sorrier as soon as I can remember.

Comments

video.

[hylights]

Oh... [Her expression falters, unsure. Perhaps she shouldn't have said anything?] I am sorry, I've not heard of the ship before. It could just be I've missed it.

I don't think I've heard of it happening to anyone else either. Although we were all on the Marsiva just earlier this month, so that might have had something to do with it.

video.

[pain_train]

[That's... even more concerning.] But we were like the best ship in the fleet...

What was happening on the Marsiva that you guys were doing?

video.

[hylights]

I'm not sure what to tell you. I have only been here for around two months, so it may have been before I arrived.

[At that, she looks away for a moment, subdued.]

It was something to do with our minds and dreams.

video.

[pain_train]

I hope my old crew is okay. Oh no...

[Now she's really worried, but this person probably isn't going to be able to help her...]

Oh... like someone has a dream hallucination thingy going on and you can like walk around in it and kind of talk to them and they sort of remember it? That happened before when I was here.

video.

[hylights]

Yes... it was like that. I did hear that such a thing had happened once before. It shouldn't happen at all, in my opinion.

Re: video.

[pain_train]

Why do you say that?

[hylights]

[She's a little surprised to be asked.]

Because it was done without our permission, and it's... well, it was invasive. To have people wander through places that are meant to be private.

[pain_train]

Oh yeah, I guess that makes sense. It's weird because it kind of reminds me of home, so it's like yeah, of course they do that stuff...

But then that's not a good thing. Cause home's not a great place.

[hylights]

[Zelda winces. The idea of it being normal is very hard for her to accept.]

I am sorry to hear that. For myself, it was a completely new experience. I found it disquieting, to be wandering through other's minds without permission. I didn't know if I might cause real harm.

[pain_train]

I think as long as you weren't like kicking stuff over or trying to be nosy, you did okay. You seem like a really good person.

[hylights]

Well I-- certainly wasn't trying to do either of those things.

[The latter kind of happened despite herself. She has to laugh a bit at Wrath's compliment.]

Thank you. My name is Zelda.

[pain_train]

That's important. If you go in with a good heart, it's almost always easier to fix mistakes if you make them at all.

[Grin.]

Hi Zelda! It's really nice to meet you. I'm Wrath

Um. But I already said that, huh.

[hylights]

Yes, but now we have introduced ourselves to each other, so I think it's all right to say it again.

[pain_train]

[Gosh, Zelda is so nice!]

Thanks! I'm still not great at the talking to regular people thing.

What's your home like, Zelda? If you don't mind me asking.