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[fallbythesword]

Who: Jacqli and YOU!!
Broadcast: Yes - fleetwide
Action: If you want - aboard the Marsiva
When: RIGHT NOW!

[ New kid on the hospitality deck! After establishing that she can't simply disappear from this place and reappear in not actually space the Astral Plane, she really only has one thing she even wants to bother to ask of the network at large.

She turns on the video feed, and looks very, very unimpressed - bored, even. ]

If anyone knows about The Machine as it relates to the Astral Plane, or a very specific shop, respond to this.

[ There's a long pause. ... Okay, okay, fine, she should probably also say something borderline nice. Ugh. ]

... In the absence of such knowledge, I guess someone could tell me what planet that is outside, and why it sounds like a nervous pop star.

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[fallbythesword]

[ Yeah, none of that is remotely familiar to her. Or useful - at least for the moment. The idea of all life being born and returning to a central location is... odd, but she's heard stranger theories. ]

I've never heard of a Mother Crystal, but all of that sounds more pleasant than the last void I was in.

[aetherflows]

Then I have strayed very far indeed, [he murmurs.] By its very nature, the void should not be pleasant at all... We were fortunate.

[A pause.] My name is Alphinaud. Pray forgive my indiscretion-- I am wont to chase a tangent for knowledge.

[fallbythesword]

I wouldn't call it straying. More like getting dragged around. [ Weird way of saying "Don't blame yourself"? Probably. ]

Alphinaud. [ She nods. ] Don't apologize, there was no indiscretion. ... You can call me Jacqli.

[ You can practically hear the unspoken, "ugh." ]

[aetherflows]

You have a point. [He appreciates the bluntness though.]

Jacqli. [He smiles, blue eyes bright in the feed.] It's a pleasure to meet you. Would that it were under better circumstances.