driftfleet | arrival

Who: Bruce Banner + anyone else!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Caprine
When: June 18

[broadcast; video]

[He's managed to make the transition to the Caprine without too much difficulty, but now that's he's "settling in", Bruce is realizing just what being on a ship long term means.]

So, this is it. We just play along with this show, act like nothing is wrong, and hope we eventually get to our destination? That's optimistic. How do you manage to live on ships like this for so long? I've never- This is... it doesn't seem like a good idea.

[He smiles uneasily. He has to resist the urge to pick at his own body, making him twitch a bit. At least he hasn't had any issues so far?]

The food isn't very good either.

[Action on the SS Caprine]

[At least he's used to lab work! Bruce is relieved that is assignment is something he's familiar with (although he did manage to fly a ship once...) and he spends a good amount of time poking around at the ship's equipment, testing both what it can do and what knowledge seems to come to him, because he definitely hasn't worked on a space ship like this before. Or worked around people this casually either. Not to mention the enclosed space makes him very aware of how tight it would be if he were bigger.

That's a great thought.]

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Space, no. Timestream, yes.

[ sorry bruce. we can't be normal at all ]

I haven't adjusted here yet. I've been here like a week and a half or something. Back on my own ship, we got out enough that we didn't get scurvy. Or, what's the vitamin D one? Rickets? That one.

Timestream.

[ His face does fall a little, because, of course, but it could be worse? He's not so disheartened by that. ]

You mean you're a time traveler? Like you're from the future?

[ After all he's done recently? Sure. He'll believe it. ]

I really hope they let us off at some point. I don't think I can stay in here that long.

[ Not without an incident. ]

That depends entirely on when you're from, doesn't it? I was recruited in 2015, but I think it's currently 2018.

I mean, I get the feeling that the best they'll do is let us off on planets. It's an intergalactic cruise.

Okay, so not exactly what I had in mind. But you've done that before? Traveled through time? If that's possible, then you should be able to find out what happened here. Maybe even find a way out.

[Except not, or else she would already have done that He knows, but the idea itself is fascinating.]

Sure, except one problem. I don't have my time ship here.

But you have a time ship.

[A time. ship. That alone is amazing.]

Guess that's something you're not used to hearing about.

If I could figure out how to get it and my crew here, we'd certainly try to disrupt what's going on.

No, not really. I mean, theoretically, it's possible, but the amount of power it would take to travel through time... That's incredible.

[This from the guy that turns into rage incarnate.]

I didn't invent it and I don't know how it works. I just got recruited.

What do you do on the ship?

[ Because he's a scientist and this is amazing, okay? ]

I'm the captain, which sounds kind of impressive but is honestly just like trying to herd cats and not destroy the timeline irreparably.

That sounds right. I've never had to worry about the timeline before...

[But being one of those cats that needed herding? Yeah, he knows what that is like.]

How did you get involved with all of that? It's not something that happens to everyone. Is it?

[Maybe in her world it is?]

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