driftfleet | [voice/action] comas are fun?????

Who: Doudanuki & All Y'all
Broadcast: Yes
Action: On the Caprine
When: August 14th, aka right now

Action: Caprine

[Anyone on the Caprine can probably hear when Doudanuki wakes up because he does so by yelling loudly as he jumps out of bed. He can't remember the last time he was awake and that concerns him - a lot.

So fellow Capriners will probably hear him as he thunders around checking on people or trying to figure out why the hell he was unconscious for an entire month. How he greets them depends on whether he knows them yet or not:

For new characters to the Caprine since June]

...And who're you supposed to be?

[For characters he knows already]

Hey. What the hell happened to everyone?

Voice: Network
[Later, after he realizes that comas are just things that happen because why not? This place is insane enough already.

And then he's at the comms station and notices something weird.]

What happened to that other ship? What the hell did you guys do while I was asleep??

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[ He frowns thoughtfully ]

I don't know about cutting, as such... it just... it opened, and then it closed, and... it was gone.

[...That's way more disconcerting than the cargo bay door idea.]

How did an entire ship just open up and swallow another one? It doesn't have a mouth.

[ Maglor shrugs helplessly back at him ]

I don't know, my friend. It did not look like anything mechanical - it almost seemed... I don't know, as if there was a void, or a portal inside the Marisva.

[Which makes him think back to when he felt like the Marsiva was actually alive during the calibrations. He frowns, then shivers as he shakes the feeling off.]

So it might really be alive then... That's not good.

I don't know, but... I suppose it is a distinct possibility.

Didn't figure it to be that old, to be honest.

[He shakes his head again.]

So the crew got transferred, but the ship got eaten? Anyone know why?

Out here in the void of space, where we do not even know how we are brought here, who knows how things work. [ He shrugs a little helplessly and shakes his head ]

Aye, that seems to be the way of it. I assume that it was because there was no one left on the ship, perhaps? But I do not know.

Guess that must be it. Once a ship's got no one in it, it kind of loses its purpose.

[And transferring people off to other ships would be easier than kidnapping more people to fill it. Makes sense, even if he wonders what happens to the ships after.]

...You said it looked like it had a void inside?

It is the only way I know to describe it. [ Maglor shrugs at him helplessly ] It was like nothing I have seen, or know how to describe. A ... emptiness.

[He barely suppresses a shudder at the mental image.]

There's something not right about that ship. It ain't just metal and parts, it can pull a huge gun out whenever it wants, and no one can figure out who actually runs it.

You think as I do.

[ Maglor nods ]

I am beginning to wonder if 'Marsiva' is not just the name of a ship but a Name.

If it was, wouldn't it do something when we talked about it? There must be some other part of its name we don't know yet.

I am certain that it there would be - but then, what do I know of Names of things out here! I could tell you much of my own world, but I think that even out here hiding a True Name, would be a useful thing.

Namin' things here can't be all that different from your home, can it? Someone else just got to it first for once.

[you old man, you]

Someone, somewhere must know what the Marsiva really is.

Maybe, and maybe not - I really don't know how things work, out here! And I'm sure someone does - the only question is who, and how we find out.

Punch everyone until they tell us. That usually works.

[ That makes him laugh ]

Doudanuki! [ He scolds ] You can't punch everyone!

Watch me.

[Is that a challenge? It sounds like a challenge. HE WILL TAKE YOU UP ON THIS CHALLENGE.]

Doudanuki!

[ Maglor shakes his head ]

You are going to wind up in trouble, at this rate! Kindly remember you spent weeks asleep because of the whim of our 'hosts' - I would rather you not come to harm.

[WHAT

He stares at the camera for a moment, then gives it a shrug, crossing his arms over his chest and sitting back like a sullen child.]

Bein' in trouble would be better'n sittin' around doing nothing. And it's not like anyone here can really break me. I'm basically rustin' away from lack of anything to do.

[ Maglor sighs ]

Doudanuki, if you knock them all out, who are you going to question?

The smart ones who talk before I kick the crap outta them.

[Duh]

And if our hosts decide you are more trouble than you are worth and send you home?

[He stares at Maglor, confused for a moment.]

Ain't goin' home the point of this place? I got a war to get back to and my Saniwa's mission to uphold.

Yes, but if you want information, you can't be so obvious that they simply throw you out. Or you may have escaped, but the rest of us will still be stuck!

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