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Who: Loki + You
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS First Breath
When: Today! It's a special day!

( video broadcast )

[ the feed splutters before turning on. loki is surrounded by a whole bunch of boxes. boxes as far as the eye can see. loki has started opening them while the speakers blast this song loud and clear. loki, for his part merely huffs. ]

It seems I have spent a total of a year in this place and the, ah, viewers wish to celebrate. However most of this is useless to me, so I welcome anyone else taking them into their hands.

[ which, ngl, he's into. but the gifts loki has are just . . . baffling. he holds each one up to the camera. we have the mighty thor scooter, captain chickmerica, loki on hotwheels, a masterpiece, plastic horns, disturbing panties and something for "sophisticated men" ]

Please feel free to come by to the First Breath to pick them up.

Also, this has reminded me. Since we are essentially living by this . . . awkward mortal calendar, I have decided I want a birthday. You lot should help me pick one.

[ and get him presents. this is essentially a ploy for presents. ]

passingthrough

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: Nah!
Action: B'lire in the Drisdim-3 System
When: March 11 to April 5

[Live that Gaston lifestyle, but maybe less French.]

(OOC: System Info.)

appletart

Who: Escha and YOU!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: SS Starduck, if you like!
When: RIGHT HECKIN NOW!

[ Time for another video from the lab on the Starduck! Escha is smiling for the camera, and there are a whole lot of what looks like metal rods on the counter in front of her. ]

Hi everyone! It's Escha! I've heard about all of the weird things on this planet, and I know people really want to go tracking them down, so I thought I'd try to make something to help out with that... and it worked!

[ She picks up two of the metal rods and holds them up toward the camera, with the tips touching at an acute angle. At first, they look pretty plain - silvery gray, cylindrical like drumsticks - but every few seconds they seem to glow with a soft red light. ]

They're dowsing rods! They're alchemically altered metal, infused with some particular properties from materials I gathered on the surface of this world. If you take them with you and hold them out in front of you like this, they'll start to vibrate if anything weird, strange, or ancient is around! I tested them out for myself, and they do work! I found this!

[ She puts down the rods, holds up what looks like a HUUUUGE shark's tooth. Whatever shark lost that is probably like, unnaturally large. Holy crap. ]

Buuut... It also pointed me toward this, too.

[ She puts down the tooth, and with a sheepish smile, holds up... ... ... an apple. whoops~ ]

Just wanted to be honest about it... But, yes! They do work! For the most part. But, um, apparently every once in a while you'll get an apple instead. And, well, if you don't want apples, you could give them to me, I guess? I'll always take apples! [ Her smile turns a little hopeful~? ]

Anyway, that's all I wanted to share! Good luck looking for things, everyone! If you want to take some dowsing rods with you, come to the lab on the SS Wonderduck and I'll set you up with some!

(( ooc: Word of Mod sayeth they really will work!! Most of the time, they will point you in the direction of a cryptid-related clue or object that will help you out: a tooth, footprint(s), general direction the thing disappeared towards... but every once in a while, they will fail! You can have them just dud out, point at something completely normal, or... an apple. Because why not! So yes, feel free to have your character using these things however/whenever! ))

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coinstability

Who: Connor + you
Broadcast: yes, fleetwide text
Action: the Iskaulit
When: today

text.

I'm interested to know if anyone has purchased the personal augment upgrades available on the system. Do they work as stated in the description? And does anyone know if the ranks listed but unavailable are likely to become available at any point?

action - the iskaulit.

( room by room, brick by brick, it all takes shape )

becomebetter

Who: Shun Kenzaki
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: No
When: A few days after arrival

username: kenzaki

What's the point of all of this?
Not on a philosophical level.
We're told we're entertainment.

What purpose does this serve?
I don't believe in coincidence or fate.
People make choices and we're here because of that.

We were brought here.
I want to go home.
Is that going to happen?

[ Shun doesn't expect many answers but something, anything, would help. Give him a little bit here. ]

necromanswers

Who: Everyone! OTA!
Broadcast: sure why not
Action: yeahhhhhh
When: 11/12 to 1/4 (minus 12/26)

It's Candlenights! Or Christmas! Or whatever! It's festive! Go celebrate, explore, go get free stuff from a tree!!

More importantly it's a mingle!

--SYSTEM INFORMATION--

goldenglasses

Who: Vash and you
Broadcast: Yes
Action: The Space Bar
When: Right now

[Vash stands in The Space Bar as it takes a moment for him to talk himself into making an announcement. Perhaps it was because part of him had hoped that Nami would be coming back.]

Hey. [There's a pause. He's heard these types of posts so many times. More than any other person in the fleet except for one, but he still didn't know how to start them.] So, Nami has been sent home. [Or at least he hoped so. Vash still had his doubts about that, but it still sounded nicer.] I guess I just wanted to let everyone know the bar is still open for business.

And, I suppose we should have a staff meeting. Figure out who's going to run the place. [Because he's not management material.] And maybe think about hiring someone else full time?

luckyescape

Who: Freya Vaughn & YOU!
Broadcast: YES
Action: If you want to swing by the engine room or her room on the Heron, go for it.
When: November 5th

[The screen flicks on and Freya has her boots pressed against the wall with her torso resting against the floor. It's hard to tell which direction gravity is flowing except that her hair spanned around her head in a golden halo.

She's wearing her little red ridding hood costume though only the bright red hood was really visible.]

Remember, remember, the fifth of November.
The gun powder treason and plot.

[She sings the song in a sweet voice that makes it come off as a creepy ring-around-the-rosy type of deal. Freya can't keep the monotone tune up for long before breaking into a warm smile, her light stormy gray eyes glittering as if a sun was peaking out from behind the clouds.]

Couldn't resist that. ANYWAY, I'm calling out because I'm going to go ahead and start a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. I have been making dice but they currently suck! So if anyone has dice let me know or I'm going to just program a random number generator and make people use that. [It's super easy to do with any computer.] So, I'm thinking of ways to make the campaign more interesting to those who are here, so if you're interested but it sounds boring, hit me up anyway. We'll talk.

Who knows, might be fun.

The idea is to have fun. If you aren't going to have fun then- [She waves a hand.] Well, ignore this.

Anywho, that's part 1. Part 2 is about candy. I will eat anything that's left that isn't chocolate. I miss sweet things and I can eat a lot. So if anyone has any, that isn't chocolate, then let me know. I'll take it off your hands.

Also if anyone has pepperoni. It's not a totally random question but related to another conversation.

I think that's all I got right now.

]She flashes the screen a happy smile, flashing her canines in the process.]

Later Drifters.

coinstability

Who: Connor + you
Broadcast: Yes, fleetwide text
Action: Marsiva and the Starduck
When: November 2nd - 4th

the marsiva - action.

[Connor can't say that he likes waking up with no idea where he is or how he came to be there, but he'll concede that it's something different, at least. He rolls that concept around just long enough to get a look out of the viewing windows at the unfamiliar planets below before he gets to work.

The communicator is the obvious place to start, though Connor quickly realises that he can't bypass any of the security systems in the network. All he can do is scan through what's available. He does that over the course of a minute, frowning down at the device in his hand, before he pockets it and starts looking around the hospitality deck instead. Anyone coming across him there will find him in the process of placing his hand on various electronics and robotic equipment - the skin of his hand sliding away leaving only white plating - with an ever increasing look of mild frustration on his face, the LED on his temple spinning bright yellow.]

the starduck - action.

[Well, he knew it was coming thanks to the network information, but it's still startling when the sudden jump to another spaceship happens. Connor blinks with surprise, then takes a moment to brush the scattered confetti off his hair and jacket. The plate of pudding nearby gets only a passing glance before he leaves the bridge. He can't eat it, after all.

Instead he seeks out the other crew members of the Starduck, checking the other rooms until he finds someone.]

Hello. My name is Connor. I'm-- the newly assigned Communications officer on the ship.

[Nearly said something else there for a second before he caught himself. That's a habit he needs to break.]

fleetwide text.

I understand from going through the network that these communication devices sometimes activate on their own. Is there a pattern or cause for when they do this?

[He's got some theories himself, but the network isn't the full story. Best to get an idea from the actual people trapped here.]

tempredmental

Who: Keith, open to anyone (party section is open to positive CR by invite from Shiro and/or Lance who got the list from Keith, but negative CR can crash if you're willing to deal with IC fallout from annoyed and protective Voltrons and friends... LOL / party section is also mingle style and will have a special header in the comments, so feel free to mingle and threadjack each other)
Broadcast: yes, video
Action: Huntress, planetside (including birthday camping trip near Alkaline Lake), open to coming to visit other ships if wanted or random encounters on the Iskaulit
When: Mostly Oct 23! This is his b-day post and late-October/early-November catch-all.

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( Video Broadcast )

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( Huntress Cargo Bay )

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( Alkaline Lake B-day Party Mingle )

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{OOC: Wildcard option! Hit me up on plurk at

duches77 or PM my journal here if you have ideas that aren't in the post and want to try something else and plot it out, but it's not necessary. I'm open! You don't have to stick with a header if you think something doesn't fit! I can roll with the punches. Have fun!}

Current Mood: apathetic

mikangirl

Who: Nami and you~
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Bloodsport, Space Bar
When: Now-ish?

Figures. I go take a nap for a couple weeks and lose half the crew. See, this is why you can never turn your back. [We are wry today. The Bloodsport is super quiet, and it's a little sad, but...well. She feels more for Kaname, to be honest. Nami herself will be just fine. (She wonders about Zack, though. Way, way too many bullet holes for her to feel comfortable about that.) And she's been playing catch-up on the network, so...]

We seem to be down a lot of people lately. If you've lost someone this week, come into the Space Bar. For you, drinks are on the house. And if you're new-ish, I'm Nami and I run one of the two bars on the Iskaulit. I'll give you your first half price.

For everyone else... I wanna talk glitches for a bit. Do you think the comas count as glitches? But aside from that, I'm compiling a list of the kinds of jackassery people get hit with in this Fleet. If you're comfortable talking about it, weigh in, even if you just want to leave me a note. I'm making a list.

[Not really for nefarious purposes. But it's at least useful to warn new people what kind of garbage they might suffer from during their stay.]

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[Aside from turning up to work for the first time in weeks at the Space Bar, Nami can be found on the Bloodsport either staring at the ship roster in bed-headed disbelief, checking in on who's left, trying not to get run over by Biri on an overjoyed rampage, and generally wondering why the hell the Atroma saw fit to gut her ship of the majority of its crew.

Seriously, what the hell.]

passingthrough

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Always possible one will sneak in
Action: TRASH PLANET! aka The Baruut System
When: October 2018

[When life gives you garbage, make projects of varying scopes and sizes! Site see in the lovely trash-covered vistas. Make a racing pod thing or go gambling. And remember the first rule of arena fighting is... not the face? Actually, I'm not sure if there are rules, but you can talk about it. It's pretty public anyway.

Enjoy your landfill of a system!]

reconstitution

Who: Bucky & You
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Heron
When: Now

[ When the feed turns on, it's a view of Bucky's quarters, minus the man himself. The communicator is propped up on the desk, and there's a small, muttered curse as the feed shakes. He still doesn't pop up in front of the video, but Bucky's voice is a little quiet as he speaks. Almost like he's standing outside the door. ]

All right.. I know I don't make these often, but I need to formally address the Atroma...

[ Aaand he steps in front of the feed and is... a lot smaller than he should be, and has such a big scowl on his face. ]

Seriously!? What the hell?

the_tailor

Who: Lance and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Anywhere aboard the fleet
When: Not long after the ribbon glitches begin

( A window into the brain )

youdontneedapictureofme

Who: Maggie and YOU
Broadcast: yes
Action: Various locations
When: Throughout the month of September

video

[When the video kicks in, Maggie can be found with the Gym in the background. Her device is perched in her lap as she addresses the network.]

I've been here a while, but I don't think I've seen anyone offering lessons for a long time. I'm not too bad with throwing knives or hand to hand if anyone wants to learn or wants someone to practice with. It's always good to keep sharp, right?

[Maggie looks like she's ready to go already, her hair pulled back and gloves on her hands.]

Anyway - for anyone who doesn't know me, I'm Maggie. I'll be in the Gym if someone's lookin' to blow off some steam.

Closed to Glenn - on the SS Goldstone

[With the ships drifting, there really isn't much of a chance to take a shuttle out and find somewhere to explore. This leaves things up to improvisation as Maggie takes over a small corner of their spacious Cargo Bay, setting out a blanket and a makeshift picnic basket. It wasn't much but it was something.

Maggie had a plate of food in her lap and a fork in her hand. It wasn't the fun world exploration she would have liked, but it was something. The last planet hadn't exactly been that spectacular, but hopefully the next would make up for it. No matter the location, she was just glad to see it with her husband. Speaking of, she can't help but look up at him, a small smile on her face as she enjoys her food.]

I know a lot of this is rations and synthetic stuff, but it's not too bad, right?

Gym - open

[It was always good to blow off some steam once in a while and Maggie is no exception. She can be found practicing getting in a few punches and kicks on some training equipment, her focus completely on beating on the piece of equipment in front of her that jostled every so often from the force of her blows. Anyone looking to train with her was welcome, of course.

There wasn't too much to do during drifting like this, but this was enough to take up her time. Keeping busy, keeping fit, was important. Once she was done wailing on the equipment, Maggie would be stopping for a stretch, seated on a mat with her legs stretched in front of her as she did so.]

tsunergy

Who: Mikleo (& Sorey!) and you
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Huntress & Iskaulit
When: now! Bam!

( video; morning )

[The communicator glitches itself on with an intrusive beep, displaying the occupied captain's bed of the Huntress, which at this hour is just a pile of blankets and a tousled head of brown hair; there's a bump that indicates another body, but none is visible on the camera. The noise causes a bit of stir, followed by a muffled sneeze and a groan. The sneeze carries with it, oddly, a spark.

A moment later, a glimmer of a small flame licks at the fabric around the shoulder of the brown-haired occupant.

Silence.

And suddenly the blankets jerk upright, and Mikleo's voice comes through--]

Sorey!! Wake up, you're on fire!

Nnnno ‘s just warm...

Wh- seriously!? That's your... ugh, hang on, I'll-

[Mikleo gestures invisibly, summoning water to douse the flames, but it isn't water that comes out. And now the bed is really on fire--]

….AAAAHH!!! What, what!?

AAAH, WHAT?! [Sorey jerks awake and that’s when the camera gets smacked around, tumbling onto the floor for a view of him screaming at the fire and trying to beat it -and something else?- with a pillow.] Fire! Mikleo, fire-!

I know!! I know!!

[CLICK- dead air.]

( action; huntress & iskaulit )

[If you happen to come across Mikleo for the next several days, he's stalking angrily and purposefully around, probably grumbling about the Atroma and their delightful meddling. Instead of the usual blue tinting the tips and curves of his hair, it's a soft auburn, the tips sliding into a gradiant of reds and pinks. He's on the hunt for distractions, and oh, is he ever cranky about his new look.

He's also leaving little spark trails behind himself, still not in control of his new element, so... maybe tell him, so he doesn't set anything important on fire?]

(( mikleo is augment-glitched into a fire seraph! laugh at his pain. both sorey & mikleo may respond to the first part! ))

mikangirl

Who: Nami and you!
Broadcast: Yas
Action: Bloodsport, Blameless, Iskaulit, stations
When: Now

[Nami wakes up and promptly falls out of bed. A long way.

...crew, there seems to be an unfamiliar child's voice swearing colourfully at high volume in your captain's quarters. Maybe Nami's taking her feelings over Sam leaving out by kidnapping kids. Or maybe--

The door slides open to reveal a tiny redhead, familiar tattoo visible on one arm and all but drowning in a T-shirt way too large for her ~~and stretched at the front~~.

--maybe your captain's just glitching. And furious. In a pint-sized kind of way.]

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[Uh, so yeah. She's going to hit the network just so people don't start fretting over a small child being on board and trying to dutifully look after her tiny innocent and non-existent sensibilities.

Sup, guys. Get your jokes out of your system now, okok]

So apparently I shrank in the wash. [Sarcasm is great this time of the morning.] I'll still be in for shift as normal, don't stress, I'm not as young as I look.

...if anyone has spare clothes that might fit, I'd appreciate it. I'd rather not waste money on a glitch.

[THIS ISN'T GOING TO RUIN HER PLANS, SCREW YOU ATROMA. You can find her:

- at the Space Bar, working;

- at the gardens, lugging a stepladder over so she can even reach the higher fruit on her trees, sob;

- or down at the stations deciding to milk her child status for all it's worth. Seriously, you can probably find her splashing in a fountain somewhere and charming the pants off some random tourists.

...

And eventually, she arrives at the Blameless, because enough is enough. Sup, Messer, she's stomping through the ship looking for you.]

onlyanapple

Who: Crowley and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Malum
When: Right now

[Hey, it's everyone's favourite demon. Or...at least a demon that some people have a positive opinion on. Same difference. Queen's Another One Bites The Dust plays in the background as he gives the camera a grin.]

So. While we all sit here, waiting for whatever fresh bullshit Atroma drops on us next, I thought we might have a little bit of fun, that we haven't done in a while. Lets have ourselves a little game of Never Have I Ever. It'll get you to know one another and let me in on your secrets, because I have to get my kicks somewhere. The idea is, you give a statement, if that statement is true for anyone, they don't take a drink, if it isn't, then they drink.

Basically, the less messed up your life is, the more wasted you're probably going to get.

You can do it over video, or you can come and drink at the bar. If you're underage and believe in rules, you can have slushies. You can have it in blue flavour or blue flavour. I'll even start. [AHEM] Never Have I Ever stolen a car.

[He takes a drink from the wine glass that's suddenly appeared in front of him. Was it always there?]

See? Easy.

[[ooc: Feel free to threadjack one another here, it's a free-for all!]]

allfight

Who: Bakugo Katsuki
Broadcast: Yes
Action: the iskaulit, bishop, wonderduck and starstuck
When: August 20th

video.

[ Wandering around in a fugue state is pretty awful, especially when it leaves you option to terrible sleepy eyed gremlins with a terrible fixation of being friends and equally terrible classmates with floating powers. Bakugou's having a great snooze. But nobody wants to see that. The camera kicks on just as he's yawning himself awake, sitting up. his forehead collides with... something. Something that pops and dumps something all over the unsuspecting teen. ]

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SHIT?!

[ brace yourselves, dear viewers, because the audio spike isn't just the screaming superhero in training - it's the audible pop-pop-pop of tiny firecrackers radiating off of his fingertips as he falls out of bed with an undignified shout. The whole way down, Bakugou's furiously swiping at what appears to be glitter.

He jumps to his feet, furiously shakes out his shirt, cursing and screaming in a frothing rage that you might not even need the communicators to hear. Who says no one can hear you scream in space? ]

action.

[ Training is... Training. The longer he's here, the less happy he is. If he's not in the gym on the Isakaulit working himself into an explosive sweat, he's cleaning his own ship, the Bishop. Or sauntering through the halls without much purpose, investigating while doing his very best to look like he's not investigating.

He might still be shedding glitter. And by might be, it's an absolutely. That training gear? Glitter. His clothes? Glitter. The floor? Glitter. It's trailing behind him like some horrible, fabulous slug trail. Just when he thinks it's all gone, he finds more. The expression on his face is beyond murderous.

If he sees Fie or Uraraka, he's going to end them. And you can bet he's looking.

Both the Wonderduck and the Starstruck can enjoy a very pissed off visitor. ]

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