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[scanninggaydis]

Who: Felix Gaeta
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: The Vanquish
When: Morning/Afternoon of the 11th


Action
[Somewhere in the late morning today, there's a new face roaming the Vanquish. Or...a new-ish face? In any event, there's a teenage boy where there was not previously a teenage boy. No fanfare, no pudding, just a new body. It's not the right time for new crew-mates anyway, so that's strange too.

Felix is definitely cautious as he wanders around. He's not...look, he's not going to cry, he's too old to do that. Even if he is suddenly in a spaceship with no memory of how he got here. The signs definitely point to something not good happening. His posture is tight. Ready to defend himself or probably....probably just run. Not really the scrappiest of fighters, Felix.

When he comes across his first person, his posture gets even tenser. Maybe he just passed into a new room, maybe someone walked into the room he's currently in. He freezes for a long moment, barely breathing.

Assuming they don't immediately attack him - because why would you?? - he lets out a deep breath. Still tense, still scared. But gods, he needs to figure out what's happened to him.]

...Are you... [He really doesn't know what he wants to ask, this situation is weird.] ...I'm not supposed to be here.

[So. Not a question, then. But pretty much the best he can do under the circumstances.]


[Later, when he's at least had things explained to him, he's a little less cautious and a little more curious. He'll definitely be poking around all the areas of the ship with determination. He's been on ships before, but not like this! Not a ship designed for long-term habitation. Not ships where he's gotten to be on the bridge or in the engine room. It's the small silver lining to being...here. Suddenly. If he sees anyone else, he smiles politely, if somewhat awkwardly.]

Hi! I'm, um. I'm Felix. [The way he says it makes it clear that he already knows how weird this is.] What's your role on the ship?


Video
[When the video feed turns on for this particular broadcast, the face on the screen belongs to a young man. Or at least, a kid who looks to be roughly in the latter half of his teen years.

He holds himself with a certain amount of nervous poise, his back a little bit too straight. His hands are clasped in front of him on the table. Public speaking is not...his best talent. But he has some questions! Or, a question, really.]

Uh...hi. My name is Felix. Gaeta. I guess some people here might...already know me? But as an adult. [He strays from that nervous posture just a little, enough to rub the back of his neck, looking off camera for a couple of seconds.] Which is really weird. I mean, it's kind of cool, too. In a way. Because I have no idea how someone would pull this off. Like, did they mess with my DNA somehow? I know that it shouldn't be possible for them to reverse aging this much...but then again I know how to fly an entire spaceship right now, I shouldn't really know how to do that. And the part where I don't remember being here, that's not a DNA thing at all....

[...He's getting distracted, this wasn't what he actually meant to say when he decided to address the Fleet. Right! His question!]

But, um, anyway. Back home, we definitely have the ability to travel in space, but as far as I know, no one has ever come across another populated system. Not even way back before the Colonies were founded. It's really cool that this fleet passes through so many different systems. I was wondering if people could tell me about the most interesting things or people they've encountered.

[He loosens up marginally as he keeps talking, getting into the idea of space and exploration. By the end, Felix is leaning forward a little, curious and engaged.]

Thanks. In advance.

Comments

[passingthrough]

You are adorable. [Clearly enjoying this too much and not really answering the question. Just marveling at how he's younger than her now.] Look at your face!

[mongoosecrow]

What, really? What's with the whole trend of ages changing lately?

[He isn't sure if he should feel very confused or very amused or both.]

video

[candothat]

[There's something eerily familiar about much-younger-than-yesterday-Felix's too-formal posture and not-quite-concealed nervousness. That's how Chekov delivered ship-wide announcements for the better part of his first year in Starfleet. It's how he still acts when he's talking to someone who intimidate him or when he's unsure of himself and hides behind formalities.

This is also similar to the very first broadcast he had made when, at the age of seventeen, he found himself in a foreign place called the City. How can he not reply?]

Felix Gaeta, hello. I'm Pavel Andreievich Chekov. We have met before--twice before, actually--but you were somewhat older both of those times.

No one knows yet how the Atroma--our captors--are able to bring us to this universe, manipulate our bodies and memories, or give us knowledge that we did not already have. Or... no, we do know that the augments are responsible for skills that we inexplicably possess when we find ourselves here, but how or why they work is a mystery. Their technology is far beyond anything that we have in my universe. Beyond what we can theorize, even.

action

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha has a pretty good idea, when she sees the kid's face, who he is. And he's sort of right: he shouldn't be here.

But here he is.

At least he doesn't seem dangerous at first blush. Small favors.]

Hey, Felix. [A pause, then she glances at the console in front of her.] Technically, I'm a communications officer.

Action

[dreamofakuze]

[Karman had been going about the ship as he normally did. True, he spent a lot of time in the engine room fulfilling his duties, but he couldn't stop himself from being everywhere else too, like the ship might explode if he didn't have his hands in everything. This was what happened when you got spoiled by having the best pilot in the Alliance and then losing him. But everything was going as expected.

Until he came across a child. He knew everyone on the ship by sight, at least, this kid wasn't wrong: he isn't supposed to be there.

Shepard stops in his tracks and slowly sets aside whatever had been in his hand, his eyes still trained on the kid. He was definitely familiar...]

No...you're not...but that's okay. Where are you supposed to be, son?

[The kid had a brave face, but Shepard knew fear when he saw it, Shepard definitely had to give him kudos for keeping his cool as well as he was.]

Only a lot late

[goldenglasses]

Good to see you're still the same Felix as a kid. So wide eyed and excited to learn. [Not at all a grump who's seen too much to go back.]

But I suppose the water planet where we could all breath under water was one of my favourite planets.