driftfleet | video + action.

Who: Thor + you
Broadcast: video, fleetwide
Action: the Blue Fish
When: now

video.
[The video opens on Thor. For those who've met him, it might take half a second to realise that, because his appearance has markedly changed. His long hair has been hacked short, and he's wearing an eyepatch over his right eye. It's weird. It doesn't even have a strap. Even his armor is different, much less flashy and looking worse for wear than the other silver set he'd had previously.

The look on his face is a bit harried, but he starts off with a long drawn out:]

So... [This just had to be his first address to the network, didn't it. Thanks, fate.] Hello. I had heard before that people in this place could fall asleep and end up back home for a while. It seems I now count myself among them. I have to say it's much more confusing to experience yourself. I think it's been only a few days here.

[He rubs at his chin a bit, looking off to the side in thought for a moment. This whole business on top of everything else makes him feel downright exhausted.]

Doesn't feel like it, though. [Thor returns his attention to the communicator, with a little shrug and less of a pensive look.] I'll add it to my list of grievances against the Atroma. I'm sure we'll have a library's worth to throw at them before the end.

If anything has happened in the last few days, I would be glad to hear it. If we haven't yet met, I am Thor, son of Odin, God of Thunder, and king of Asgard.

[It still sounds strange to him, though he trucks through it as gamely as he can.]

Rogers, Natasha, I need to talk to you both.

Oh-- [He smiles a bit, though it's a shade deadpan.] And happy new year.

action.
[Later, Thor sets about re-familiarising himself with the Blue Fish again, poking around the rooms and going through the kitchen cupboards. He could honestly use the distraction that pointless busy work can give, or conversation with anyone he happens to run into.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Thor! I'm glad you're back! [...okay, she didn't even notice you were missing, but in retrospect this is still a happy thing.]

So you actually get to remember new stuff? That's so cool! What happened?

Hey... Wrath, right?

[That one conversation was a long time ago now for him.]

I did remember a lot of things, though it wasn't all that pleasant.

Yeah, that's me!

Oh, that really sucks. I'm sorry. If you feel like talking about it I'd be happy to listen!

Oh... thank you. [That's a very straightforward offer.] Not at the moment, I think. But perhaps later.

[Once he's sorted out the nightmare that is his existence.]

Sure thing! I'm not going anywhere. [Well. Hopefully.]

And I'm starting to train up again, so you're welcome to join me if you're bored!

You mean training for fights, right? [He remembers her saying something about being in the armed forces.] I'll need to do that again soon as well, though we would need to see if our styles match.

[And strength levels. He shakes his head for a moment, tapping his right temple with a finger, near the eyepatch.]

More importantly I must get used to this.

Yep! And there used to be an obstacle course thing on the Iskaulit. Dunno if that's there any more, but it was pretty fun. I'll have to check. [She laughs.] I like going up against new styles. Best way to learn things.

[Ah yes, that.]

Yeah, it's gonna take time to get used to thing. I wonder if you could get one of the engineers in the fleet to make you a replacement. Maybe like mine? [She taps her finger by her right eye, which looks exactly the same as her left.]

[Huh, interesting. He peers a bit closer at the screen despite not being able to tell anything different about her right eye.]

So that is an artificial eye?

Yep! That eye like totally popped when I hit the ground, you know? After I got thrown out of the window. But they replaced it along with everything else when I was in the hospital. Took some getting used to, but it's pretty cool cause it can record video, and see infrared, and if I had a battle computer there, I could just pull up the HUD on it or have a full tac display.

[He only parses about half of that, but he gets the gist of it.]

It sounds as though it serves its purpose well. I can't imagine having something like that... then again, I couldn't imagine having only one eye until a few days ago either.

There's a lot of unimaginable stuff that can happen to you. And then you find out on the other side that you just adapt to it and keep going. I think that's the best kind of strength to have.

[It startles him for a moment, to hear it put that way. It strikes right to the heart of how it feels. Having to just keep going despite it all. He smiles a bit, thoughtful.]

You know, I think you're right.

Aw, good. I'm always glad to cheer people up and help!