shinra soldiers need not apply

[wingenvy]

Who: Zack Fair / OTA
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: the Caprine
When: Now!


( action; caprine )
[...Alright, so that was. Weird. He was totally just on the Marsiva, but now he's on another ship, apparently! With confetti, and... pudding, which gets set aside for now, because he's sure as hell not trusting random food thrown at him willynilly.

He's more interested in the new ship itself, so he'll be exploring the place, poking his head into whatever room he comes across unless it's locked. Apologies in advance?]



( video; fleetwide )

[Have a Zack! Pulling bits of confetti out of his hair. He looks about as confused as any newcomer, though perhaps not as disturbed. He has officially Seen Some Shit, as one might guess by the semi-glowing blue eyes.]

Testing, testing... okay, we'll pretend this works. It's kinda different from standard issue ShinRa PHS, but it doesn't look that complicated...

Anyway- hey there, fellow space people. Name's Zack. Am I crazy, or are the voices in my head legit when they say I'm on TV? 'Cause, uh. I'd kind of prefer that, at this point. Not really a fan of the random voices concept.

...Aerith? Where'd you end up?

[TRIES VERY HARD NOT TO BE WORRIED]

Comments

[wingenvy]

[It's definitely mostly in the hair. He's trying not to leave bits of it everywhere but to no avail.]

Oh, uh, hey! Thanks, appreciate it. [Have a confetti-speckled wave.] I'm Zack.

[musicalhost]

[Like they can't just clean it up later, it's bound to happen whenever they get new crew.]

Nice to meet you, Zack. [She takes a couple steps closer and offers her hand.] I'm Ezri.

[wingenvy]

Likewise. [He accepts her hand for a shake- it's steady and firm, accompanied by a relaxed smile.] Pretty obvious that I just got here... any chance you can show me the ropes?

[musicalhost]

If it helps, I've only been here for four months. And a month of that, we were all stuck on the Marsiva. So I'm still getting the hang of things myself.

[Doesn't help that she let Kai talk her into taking over as captain.] I'll be glad to help where I can though. What can I answer or show you first?

[wingenvy]

The Marsiva? What, did I just miss the party? I was over there a few minutes ago.

[Not that he's opposed to getting the chance to meet and catch up with Aerith, but it would've been great to also gather more intel from people who know what's going on from the get-go.]

Hmm... I'm supposed to be the engineer, so I figure knowing where it is would be a good start. Aside from that, the kitchen and an unoccupied bunk would be awesome.

[musicalhost]

I wouldn't quite call it a party but yeah, we all got back to our ships only a couple weeks ago. Until then, we experienced others memories each night.

[She's kind of glad he missed it. It couldn't be a... 'good' first experience with the fleet.]

Tour it is, I guess. We'll swing by the kitchen on the way to engineering. This way. [Still smiling, she'll just start leading the way but mostly keep pace with him.]

[wingenvy]

[.....what, what the heck, that sounds horrible. And kind of dangerous, besides. He's glad he missed it too. He falls into step beside her, glancing around as they go so he can memorize the route.]

Sounds like this place gets pretty weird.

[musicalhost]

[Ezri definitely thinks it was awful but nine lives worth of memories are bound to have some... uncomfortable things.]

It can get pretty weird. That's probably the worst I've seen so far. There are augment glitches, I met a man who was turned into a child again somehow. Sponsor drops, sometimes they're useless but good for a laugh, I suppose?

[wingenvy]

[Yeah, that... all sounds pretty friggin' weird. Kind of hard to believe, too, but he's not gonna call someone he doesn't even know a liar. He's seen plenty of weird stuff back home.]

Uh... what're sponsor drops like?

[musicalhost]

I haven't gotten one but I saw something Charles or Hank got, maybe both? But it was a bunch of plushes shaped like DNA and other things. Sponsor drops can be just about anything, I suppose.

[She really wishes it was a lie but she's never been the creative one in her family.]

[wingenvy]

Huh... that sounds more cutesy than annoying, yeah.

[Maybe that's not something to worry about, then.]

[musicalhost]

You're not wrong but I guess they mostly got lucky.

[Watch him get several boxes of protein shake mix now.]

[wingenvy]

[he'd probably drink it anyway??]

I mean, what's the alternative? They already took away our weapons so they're not gonna give us anything destructive, I assume.

[musicalhost]

[What if it's hot sauce flavored or something equally ridiculous?]

They took them away, that's true enough, but what's stopping us from making new ones?

[wingenvy]

[RIGHT DOWN THE FACEHOLE, GLUG GLUG]

Besides the actual ability to make more? Nothing, I guess, if you can find the stuff to make 'em.

[musicalhost]

[ZACK NO]

Good thing for us then that there's an elf here who knows how to make weapons. His name is Maglor.

[wingenvy]

[ZACK YES]

An... elf?

[did he hear that right]

[musicalhost]

[THIS IS HOW YOU GET SICK, ZACK. WE DON'T HAVE A DOCTOR ON THIS SHIP ANYMORE.]

That was kind of my reaction too but you are in deep space now. Can't expect to only find humans, right?

[wingenvy]

[it's fine he doesn't like doctors anyway]

Guess not. I can't say I'd know the first thing to expect from space, deep or otherwise. Never been here before.

[musicalhost]

[He probably wouldn't have liked Leonard then. Fond as she was of the man, she knows what his bedside manner was apparently like.]

Really? I guess you'll be getting a bit of a crash course then. Don't worry, some of us are used to it from home and others have been here long enough that you'll always have help if you need it.

[She pushes open a door as they're walking.]

So, kitchen. We don't really have food unless we buy it in the systems we visit, but we do have kind of paste that passes for food.

[wingenvy]

Paste...

[Uugh, that does not sound appealing at all.]

Well, I've probably had worse, so I can't complain too much. Food is food.

[musicalhost]

Don't worry, it seems nobody likes it. There are better places to eat on the Iskaulit, and we can buy food on the systems we visit.

[It's terrible.]

[wingenvy]

Might have to wait a while for that one. I just got here, I'm dirt broke. Back to military rations for me!

[musicalhost]

Not at all. [A little smile.] I've been here awhile now, not as long as other members of the crew, but somehow I am captain now. And I'm not going to let anyone starve or live on paste or rations.

[wingenvy]

Hey, don't go out of your way! Save the money for the essentials, if we're given the food here then I'll eat it with no griping, no big deal.