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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[ZACK NO]

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

[ZACK YES]

An... elf?

[did he hear that right]

[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?

[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.

[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.

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.

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.]

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

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.

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.

[Ezri immediately waves a dismissive hand.]

Good food, I consider, an essential. Especially since, we have no idea if Atroma will continue providing that stuff, better to budget and get real food for ourselves.

...Well, I'm not gonna fight you over it if you feel that strongly about it. Thanks, then.

I appreciate that. And you don't really have to thank me. If it makes you feel better, it's for everyone. In Starfleet, we look out for our crewmates. I'm trying to keep that up here.

That's a good policy. So... what's Starfleet?

It's a deep space exploration and defense organization. We're focused on exploration but not everyone we meet is always peaceful.

Oh, wow. So this whole fleet situation must be kinda old hat, huh?

Kind of. There are a lot of differences but traveling through space, that's far from new.

Huh. That must come in handy, then. Meet any familiar aliens around here?

[He's half-joking; he doesn't even know aliens even exist. Except, like, Jenova. She's something like one.]

I've seen plenty of humans and my ex-husband, he's here. He's a Klingon.

[Hi Zack, your captain isn't human. Surprise.]

[hang on what]

Humans are aliens for you?

Oh, yeah. I'm a Trill humanoid, I was born on Sappora Seven. [She brushes her hair aside a bit and tilts her head to show her neck, and the dark spots.]

Usually how you can tell my race apart from humans.

Whoa, uh. That's what those are? I thought they were freckles.

[Go figure! You learn something new every day.]

Nope, all Trills have spots. There are some of us that don't but you don't see it as often these days.

[Wait until you meet the elves, Zack.]

[one step at a time.]

That's pretty cool. Then I guess I can say I've met an alien! First for me.

[They might visit the Caprine, it's impossible to avoid.]

I'm glad you could meet one of the less intense of aliens here.

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