[video]

[wallcrawler]

Who: Peter Parker
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Huntress
When: Now!

[Good evening flooters, have a clearly distressed yet refreshingly well-rested teenager looking anxiously at the network for some sort of reassurance.]

So, is it normal for people to just black out around here? Last thing I remember, we were all stuck on that big welcome ship.

I mean, I know occasionally people go to sleep for a while, but don't they come back feeling like they spent a bunch of time back home? I've got squat.

[You know, aside from the lingering embarrassment and a strong desire to forget that people were in his head.]

Comments

[nomirage]

Surprisingly the Atroma gave me the pilot augment here. I've heard that's not usually how it works out. Or rather is someone is good at something it seems to be the last thing the Atroma give them.

[wallcrawler]

Is it? I've seen it match up pretty well for a few. Guess I've only seen the success stories.

[Which was entirely possible, given he didn't really get out much those first several months.]

At least they're not handing out augments to people who'd be the worst at using them though, right? Ratings boost or not, all the kitchen fires from bad cooks would probably get expensive to deal with.

[nomirage]

It certainly would make running the ships... or what little we do run them... more challenging.

[wallcrawler]

I could do without "challenging." I've had more than enough "challenging."

I'll take boredom over dealing with a pilot playing Chicken with the other ships or an engineer blowing up part of the ship every other day any time.

[Even though he may or may not be the engineer in that hypothetical scenario]

[nomirage]

That sounds very. Specific.

[wallcrawler]

Aren't all worst-case scenarios? They kinda have to be, otherwise they can't be the worst.

[nomirage]

I suppose so, yes. Somehow that sounded more like experience speaking than something hypothetical.

[wallcrawler]

Okay, that first part was, a little. But definitely not the rest of it.

I just didn't want to give you the wrong idea about the rest of the crew. They've all been pretty cool so far.

[nomirage]

[Ah, that explains that. She smiles a bit.]

I understand. I've had no problems aboard my ship either, now that we're back on them at least.

[She hadn't been around that long before being swept off into the whole Calibration mess after all. She's only now really getting to know members of the Starduck's crew.]

[wallcrawler]

Well, hey, at least you wound up with a good crew! Not that there's any bad crews- I don't think- but still. Not like many of us are enjoying our time here, so having good people with you helps.

Which ship did you get put on, anyway?

[nomirage]

I'm on the SS Starduck.

[wallcrawler]

Ah. I think that's one of the few ships I don't know anything about.

[He's...pretty sure that's the one Escha was on? But it's not like they really knew each other. Even calling them acquainted would be a stretch- they'd just both been two of the people working on trying to study the black mist from several systems back.]

Not that any of these ships are really comfortable, but is it upgraded at all? I heard the bunks and stuff can start off pretty cramped.

[nomirage]

I'm not sure really. I believe the rooms must be upgraded, mine at least has a fairly large mattress.

[She's also used to more cramped conditions though, even when she doesn't necessarily enjoy them.]

And I have a small desk.