driftfleet | shinra soldiers need not apply

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]

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[oh we're texting now? he can do that. Kunsel always said he was atrocious at returning his e-mails but HA JOKE'S ON HIM HE'S GONNA DO IT]

I guess half confirmation's better than none.

I did find her, though! so no worries there

[ If you're talking to Jill you might be! She'll be, at least. Audio and visual responses are welcome, but text in return is just as well. ]

You might be able to catch the cameras if you look hard enough in some places.

That's wonderful to hear. I'm glad. :)

[ And a little jealous. ]

I'll keep an eye out. So there's no way of escaping this place?

[He's assuming if there was people would already be gone...]

Not to my knowledge, no. Wish I could give you more solid answers, but it seems that no one has any.

Don't know if anyone's told you yet, but you can't get back on the Marsiva. Each ship does have a shuttle that'll take you to another one, though!

good to know, but I can live without going back there. place is a bunch of dead air. feels like a lab, and I hate labs.

[all clean and clinical and- eugh. no thanks.]

thanks for the tip on the shuttles, though! looks like I'd better learn how to fly...

More the implication of what a place we can't go back to might hold, you know?

But we've got that much in common, it seems. Not a fan of labs, myself.

I think they're automatic, on the bright side! :)

[if one could give a text equivalent of a brofist via comm Zack would give one. Heck yeah, fellow lab-hating buddy.]

that IS a bright side! would hate to end my grand space adventure in a shuttle explosion on day 1.

[ It's fine, they'll smash test tubes together if they ever come upon a mission like that in the Fleet. A true test of camaraderie, for sure! ]

I'm not sure if you're optimistic or a realist.

Either way, I was pretty nervous on them and still am and I haven't heard of any incidents. Figure we're valuable enough to bring here against our will, they probably wouldn't want us disappearing in a shuttle explosion!

why not both!

[listen he likes to keep an open mind about these things.]

anyway I won't get anything if I don't try. it's worth a shot, right? otherwise I'm just stuck in this little ship.

Not a bad thing to be. I hope it works out in your favor!

Fair enough. You can bet I'd be on one without second thought if I found anyone I knew here, with or without safety standards.

Right? Especially if it's someone you hadn't seen for a while.

I mean, I just saw her on the Marsiva, but that's not the point.

I get it. The point is if you hadn't or if you were stuck on your ship without a way for however long.

It's a thought worth considering and not wasting the intent or consideration behind.

Yep, you got it!

Anyway, I think anything's possible if you just give it a solid try and don't die in the process. So I just have to do that!

Sounds like you and me got the same philosophy on this sort of thing, then.

[ Sometimes, it's still possible even if you do die. The calculated risks are sometimes worth the rewards, even if you aren't there to reap them yourself. But that's kind of a downer, so she doesn't say that. ]

It's a good philosophy, IMO.
otherwise you live life with too many regrets.

[he likes the thought of dying with only a few of those. (and he's been there, done that)]

Definitely. You can always end up in a place where you're stuck wondering about one option you didn't take or what you could've done differently, but I like to minimize that kind of thinking whenever I can.

[ She had only a few when she'd woken up. She hadn't expected to wake up at all, even if the decision she'd made was in the moment; the misery that followed was overwhelming, but she didn't regret the decision that she made for even a second.

There are things greater and more of value than her own self. He'd made it out alive and that was all that mattered. ]

yyyyep.

anyway enough waxing philosophical or whatever, that's kinda too deep for a guy like me. what's interesting to do around here? gimme a crash course!

Ha! Sorry about that, didn't even notice we were getting there.

Well, there's basically just a large ship called the Iskaulit. It has some bars, a gym, places to eat. Nothing hugely special, I guess, but compared to our personal ships it's a good way to kill time. There's a library and I think some kind of religious center, but I haven't been yet. More a gym kinda gal.

Same here, actually. It's nice to stretch the legs after spending time in cramped quarters

Though I'm digging the alcohol idea. Could use one or two of those lately.

On the bright side, there's enough room to do some looped running on the Iskaulit, too!

The bars are pretty nice. There's one that's a little more homey and one that's a bit more fancy (I prefer the former).

I've got nothin but time now, so I'll be sure to check them both out. And have a good run-around while I'm at it! Thanks for the tip.

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