002; Some sightseeing and such

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Who: Aaron + You!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Iskaulit/Planetside (Bloodsport common room for that broadcast if you wanna)
When: Throughout December (until they leave)

Audio; Broadcast Fleetwide

[Aaron is making his transmission from the common room on the Bloodsport, so if you're around, feel free to stumble upon him.]

Good morning, everyone. At...least I think it's morning. Anyway, I've been all over this ship, a few others, and the Iskaulit and I've found a photography studio, more than one restaurant, a library, two bars, several different times of relaxation and reflection spaces just to name a few, but no place that seems set up to get any firearms practice in. I think it might be important, seeing as a lot of our ship provide crew members with sidearms. Does...anyone know how we go about getting something like that established? Do we just...pick a space and take it?


Iskaulit - Library | OTA

[In his quest to find a place to train with the weapon provided him on the Bloodsport, Aaron finds himself thumbing through the library. If being stuck in outer space has taught him anything, it's that they aren't really pressed for time. Dorian's comments on the selection of the library have him intrigued at any rate, so he takes his times perusing the shelves.

Dorian was right, he thought as he did so. There was a lot of Earth literature here. Some of it was crap (was that really a copy of the 5 Love Languages?) but he stopped at a collection of classic literature and pulled a weathered book from the shelf. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray brought a lot of memories back, and thoughts of someone he was starting to fear he'd never see again. He couldn't just take it, of course, though he wanted to. Libraries did require their books to be returned eventually, after all.]

...where do they get these books...?

[If he had that answer, maybe he could find his own copy.]


Planetside - In Town | shopping | ota

[It's difficult to visit this winter planet and not realize it's some sort of holiday season. With all the feasts, parades, and gifts, Aaron is first reminded of the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons back on Earth, before the world ended, and that's just fine with him. What he was most interested in, of course, were the shops. Since the world ended, the only way to have new things was to scavenge them. The idea of using what credits he'd been provided to buy things was novel at the very least. His first priority was picking up a new pack, and with it strapped to his back, he's simply wandering the shopping district, looking at windows and waiting for a shop to catch his eye.

And then it does. The camera shop across the way is his destination as he makes his way across the icy road.]

I wonder what kinds of cameras aliens use, even.

[It's murmured out loud, yes, but he's not going to mind if someone wants to join him.]


Planetside - In Town | sightseeing | ota

[Equipped with a new camera and enough digital storage to film the rest of the planet, Aaron, newly excited to explore and document all the unique sights of this place, goes around town, snapping pictures of unique storefronts, trees with particularly intriguing ice formations, and just generally...looking like a tourist. He keeps eyeing that castle in the distance, too. If anyone stops long enough to look over to him, he smiles amicably.]

You want to check out the castle?

Comments

Iskaulit - Library

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Wow... [He shakes his head.]

Superheroes are just in comic books in my world. Not that...we couldn't have used one.

Re: Iskaulit - Library

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

How did your world end?

[Tim noticed that question was dodge before but he thought he was going to let it go. Apparently not]

Iskaulit - Library

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What caused it and how it happened are two different things. One we don't know, but it doesn't really matter at this point. [He takes a breath, releasing it slowly.] A little over a year and a half ago, an illness spread like wildfire. Millions died...and then they got back up. Society collapsed in weeks.

Re: Iskaulit - Library

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

You're talking like an actual zombie virus? [Tim looks appropriately horrified by the idea]

Iskaulit - Library

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[There was that word again and after a moment's pause, he nods.]

...sort of? It's...not really a virus...I think. No one really knows what caused it. I'm kind of...new to the idea people have heard of it.

Re: Iskaulit - Library

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

Well, this might come off as rather insulting but in my world, it's a popular pop culture theme? There are many movies, books, comics and video games where the setting is a zombie apocalypse like world.

There are even organised walks where everyone dresses up as a zombie to march down an are. Mostly a reason to dress up and have a party I think?

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[Off, yes, but not necessarily insulting. He's quiet for a while, idly thumbing the pages of the book they'd found while he mulled over the concept.]

...why would anyone want to pretend the world ended that way?

[Seriously, he can't wrap his mind around it.]

Re: Iskaulit - Library

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

I don't know? I presume because it's not real and they can't imagine a way that it would be real. It would be similar to people dressing up as the mummy or werewolves at Halloween. It's a fun activity with no negative emotions attached to it besides a horror movie scare and associated adrenaline rush.

Iskaulit - Library

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[He's quiet for a moment, turning the cherished book, Eric's favorite, over in his hands a few times before nodding.]

...do you think worlds have ended because of mummies? Or werewolves? "The...werewolf apocalypse?"

Re: Iskaulit - Library

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

I mean.. vampires and werewolves have their fair share of popular culture yes but considering they're seen as more intelligent than zombies their way of taking over the world tends to feel more like a corporate take over than a virus spreading.

Sorry, we can change the topic if you want?

Iskaulit - Library

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[Aaron has to admit, in the grand scheme of things, he would have preferred the corporate take over.]

Yeah. Where do I sign up for one of those?

Re: Iskaulit - Library

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

Right here?

[Tim takes another book from the shelf]

The Effects of Gamma Radiation on Plant Tissue, A dissertation by Bruce Banner. Well, that's not quite the topic change I was going for. It's also in entirely the wrong section.

Iskaulit - Library

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[He chuckles, shaking his head at that.]

That sounds like the kind of thing that would put me to sleep, honestly.

Re: Iskaulit - Library

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

[Tim flips through the pages a bit]

I might actually read this. I haven't heard of his gamma radiation before and who knows if it exists in this world or even my own under a different name. I might learn something?

Iskaulit - Library

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You haven't heard of his gamma radiation but...you've heard of the man?

ugh that was my stupid. damn playing a character who is actually smart

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

Sorry, I misspoke. I know of gamma radiation but I don't know how it differs from universe to universe.

And I believe I've seen the name on the records on previous fleet members.

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Really? There's...a record of previous crew members?

[Look how much he knows.]

ooc: i'm bullshitting? hope this doesn't contradict something

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

They record all our logs on the communicators and anything that's uploaded also states who uploaded it.

I... I may have done a bit of snooping?

[He looks a bit sheepish at that admission. He knows he's more 'stalker' like behaviour isn't normal]

I'm pretty sure you're fine.

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[And this? This is why Aaron wasn't a detective.]

...I hadn't even thought of that.

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

I mean I just presumed they've watching and recording everything we do. The communicators are the only thing I seem to be able to access though.

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I do know recently some of the other crew members have succeeded in creating our own network, but I...don't know how to access it.

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

Oh! That I can show you.

[Tim will get out his own communicator and move closer to your side in order to show you how to go about accessing the private network]

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[Once shown it was simple enough, but Aaron had never been exceptionally savvy with Technology, always learning just enough to know how to use something for a designed feature. He nods, afterward.]

Hey, thanks! That'll come in handy.

[He's not kidding himself, after all. Things aren't always what they seem around here.]

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

Perhaps.

I'm sceptical at how private it actually is. Even if they can't access the messages themselves we don't know how they're observing us normally. A camera over the shoulder is just as effective as having access after all.

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Yeah, and that's a lot less paranoid than what I was thinking.

[He chuckles nervously.]

The augments put a lot of information directly into our brains. It can't be too hard to take it out, either.