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[mortalcoil]

Who: The new weirdo on the Marsiva
Broadcast: Network-- fleet-wide
Action: Aboard the Marisva!
When: Oct. 22, nighttime

→ [network - audio, then video, and then text]

[at first, there's just the sound of someone fiddling with the buttons on some network station. technology is difficult, okay.

then, the camera turns on, and everyone watching will be treated to the sight of a raggedy, scarred-up teenager blinking in surprise at the screen. or... maybe it's not technically considered blinking, because he only has one eye.

he frowns hard when he realizes that he's turned the video on. that's not what he was aiming for. a second later, the video cuts off... and several seconds after that, a text transmission is sent out.]

hello.


→ [action - aboard the Marsiva]

[for anyone awake this late on the Marsiva--or awoken by the sound of someone angrily messing around with the buttons at a nearby network station--they can find this guy failing at technology.

I'm sure he's very friendly. you should say hi.]

Comments

[aberrant_type]

Were you imprisoned?

[mortalcoil]

yes

[aberrant_type]

Well, yes, here you are again, then.

[mortalcoil]

[and so he'll repeat his earlier... question?]

you ?

[aberrant_type]

I'm inclined to look on the bright side!

[mortalcoil]

???

[aberrant_type]

That's me!

Anyway, think about how much it's possible to learn here! New technology! Incredible things you can see and interesting people to talk to!

[mortalcoil]

[he is less than impressed with the notion]

i need to go home

[aberrant_type]

Haha, that's nothing new! But from the looks of things, you should expect to be around for a while!

[mortalcoil]

why

[he's... going to be kind of a broken record on this question]

[aberrant_type]

Well, your alternative seems to be disappearing without a trace, and the brass claiming you never existed... but most people who have arrived have stuck around. I've been here pushing a month now.

[mortalcoil]

[it takes him quite a long moment to type out the next bit, because it's a whole sentence and that's difficult]

is this your first time?

[aberrant_type]

Being imprisoned?

[mortalcoil]

like this

[aberrant_type]

I'd love it if you'd clarify!

[mortalcoil]

[it takes him some time to frown and think of how to elaborate without a lot of work.

...and he ultimately fails.]

??

[aberrant_type]

I'm asking you to clarify your question and provide more information!

[mortalcoil]

[there's another long pause like maybe he'll come up with something more helpful to say...]


?????

[but yeah no.]

[aberrant_type]

Sorry, then I can't help you.