action + broadcast; open

[verholy]

Who: Naltryd and you!
Broadcast: Fleet-wide
Action: Red Fish & Iskaulit
When: Post shuffle



Broadcast

[At first, nothing is on screen but a wall. The camera shifts, then topples to the floor with a crash. There's a muttered curse as it shakes, and before finally tilting up to look at a very confused young woman, her brow furrowed.]

What is this device? Garlean? Allagan?

[She mutters to herself, clearly having no idea this is a communication device.]

And for that matter, where in the love of Hydaelyn am I? This couldn't possibly be a prank, not with everything going on. An Ascian trick, perhaps? ...Talking to myself won't solve this.

[But where can she even start?]



Red Fish

[While she's the type to roll with the punches, this? This is something completely different from even the craziest of things she's experienced back home. After fiddling about with the strange device, she begins to wander the halls of the strange ship she's on.

The confetti and pudding are...odd. Honestly, with her luck, she ought to have put the pudding aside in case it was drugged. Baffled as she is, however, she takes the tiniest bit of comfort in the sweet treat as she ambles her way through the hallways.]



Iskaulit

[To say that Naltryd is a fish out of water might be the biggest understatement in the world. While she's had plenty of run ins with Allagan technology, and though less mysterious, Garlean technology, this world is even more incomprehensible. She's sailing among a sea of stars in a vessel unlike anything she'd ever seen before. An airship, yet there is no air outside.

She finds herself wandering the ship known as the Iskaulit, exploring each area of what seems to be the largest of this fleet. It amazes her how a single ship can contain everything from restaurants to parks to libraries to training areas, and more. It's a small city in itself.

One can catch her at any part of the ship, mostly wide eyed and baffled as she takes everything in. At some point, she retires to a bar, sipping at an alcoholic beverage she's never tried before. Even the rum in this place tastes different.]

Comments

action - Red Fish

[child_of_luv]

[Oh, hey... someone else covered in confetti with pudding.]

Oh, hi. Are you new here, too?

[verholy]

[Well, at least she isn't the only one.]

So it would seem. I don't suppose you have any clearer idea than I do as to what is going on?

[child_of_luv]

Not yet!

[Minako smiled a bit, but that faded quickly.]

I mean, we have the augments, and apparently they tell us what we need to know. But, beyond this being something like a game show, I have no clue. I'm hoping that some of the people who've been here longer can help us. I'm not sure how much I want to believe from our so-called hosts.

[For a bit, there was that grim seriousness that Minako could display when she got down to business. She wasn't all happy sunshine and ditzy smiles.]

[verholy]

Augments... Would that be what makes me feel this knowledge of weapons I've never yet seen?

[Weapons she doesn't exactly care for either, at that. Naltryd had once given firearms a try, but they definitely weren't her thing.]

I don't know what this "game show" is that you speak of, unfortunately.

[child_of_luv]

I think so, yes! Are you security?

[Minako paused for a moment as she considered her next answer.]

Well,... a game show is like a contest, but it's done in a way that a looooot of people can see it.

[verholy]

I believe so. A role I'm not unfamiliar with, to be honest. I've done plenty of guarding and escorting.

[She ponders the explanation.]

How would that be possible? A large stage, a highly publicized performance? And yet I see no audience.

[child_of_luv]

Oh, good. Experience. That must be comforting a bit.

[Minako frowned a bit.]

Well, there is one, but we can't see it? Reality shows and stuff are recorded on video and then sent out to people so they can watch it on TV. At least, that's how it works where I'm from.

[verholy]

I suppose.

[That...still doesn't make any sense to her.]

Video? TV? What are these words you use?

[child_of_luv]

..................

[Minako kind of stared for a second.]

Um.

Well.

It's like... pictures? But, they move.

I mean, I'm not sure how else to describe it. It's always just been something in my life.

[verholy]

Moving...pictures. I don't quite understand, but perhaps this is another case of technology that does not exist in my world. Little to be done about that, then.

[child_of_luv]

Probably. That seems to happen a lot, too.

[Minako smiled a little.]

I've met people with even more advanced technology than I've seen back home... and I've met others who don't have as much.

[verholy]

Different worlds and different times.

[She wonders if this has to do anything with how Hydaelyn was split up into multiple shards, or if this is some completely new thing altogether.]

This ought to be...interesting.

[child_of_luv]

Heh... yeah. That's for sure.

It was very nice to meet you, Naltryd. It's good to know my shipmates.

And, since I'm personnel officer, I guess just come to me if you need help with anything. I'm here to help!