the white noise is deafening silence

[thespaceopera]

[In the very early hours of January 20th, as the Marsiva and her captives drift nonchalantly through the depths of the universe, there is a call. Every single personal communicator and console springs to life, spitting out a stream of indecipherable static and showing only gray snow on screen. It continues like this for a few seconds longer, going black and then going staticky, and then the signal switches to the encrypted channel generally used for speaking to the Interceptors when something big goes down.

This is a little more successful. The voice may be familiar to some, at least through the static.]

Zhade here! I trust I ███ your attention? I'm having some ██▓▓ble ██tting through. Some of the ░▓██▓█ are missing. I can't ░▓▓▓ read on their loc█████ns. [A particularly long burst of static.] ███stening. I'll s█▓▓█ more inf██▓▓▓▓▓█ I get it.

Stay sharp! [There's the sound of someone actually doing the fingerguns wink noise, and then static.

Any messages sent back won't get through, and Zhade isn't there to answer.]

[ A blip of lost time passes right after those words, before every passenger mysteriously wakes alone in their own unfamiliar room. The style of decor resembles that of the Marsiva's Hospitality Deck, if any passengers should remember what that's like. It sounds and smells the same as the host ship as well, all clean and chrome.

Welcome back to the Marsiva, dear passengers. It's time for round three of calibrations. ]

[ This mingle will cover all non-calibration room interactions. Please continue to come back to it for the duration of the plot! You are, of course, free to post any other mingles/posts/etc. that you'd like. ]

Comments

[outstandingbalance]

Of course. We can put aside the time for it. But I won't go easy on you.

[Which isn't to say she won't hold back.]

[postocular]

[ Pretty sure if she didn't hold back he would literally die, so thank you for the consideration, Nat. ] I'll have to show you what I've learned.

[outstandingbalance]

[Oh, he would. And none of them want that. He's a lot more pleasant alive.]

Yeah? You picking up some new tricks?

[postocular]

That's classified.

[outstandingbalance]

So you're saying there's only one way to find out, huh?

[postocular]

Maaaaybe.

[outstandingbalance]

You're on, kid. Hope you life up to the hype.

[postocular]

Once we get to the Iskaulit. Meet you in the gym for a one on one? [ He is absolutely going to get his ass handed to him, but hey, practice. ]