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[Reading through the profiles was one thing but memorizing the contents was quite another. She has a flash of deja vu looking at the confident fellow seated at the bar, but no clear recollection of whether he was trustworthy.
Discreetly attempting to find his entry before she addresses him.]
Hi there, uh...[FLIPS FASTER. SWEATS.] ...good sir! [Fuck it we ball. hastily deactivates IRIS.] Pardon me, but are you free to speak for a moment?
Discreetly attempting to find his entry before she addresses him.]
Hi there, uh...[FLIPS FASTER. SWEATS.] ...good sir! [Fuck it we ball. hastily deactivates IRIS.] Pardon me, but are you free to speak for a moment?
[ watches her look like she’s about to melt into the ground, implode and maybe fall off the chair in one go like— ]
… Sure, it’s not like I have anywhere else to be.
[ and now he’s concerned she’s about to give herself a panic attack. ]
You seem stressed.
… Sure, it’s not like I have anywhere else to be.
[ and now he’s concerned she’s about to give herself a panic attack. ]
You seem stressed.
[ he just looks at her like girl why do you think. ]
Do you know a way out of the circumstances we're in? I'm all ears if you do.
Do you know a way out of the circumstances we're in? I'm all ears if you do.
[ ... ]
... Where are you planning on going?
[ OUTSIDE IS THE VAST EXPENSE OF NOTHING. ]
... Where are you planning on going?
[ OUTSIDE IS THE VAST EXPENSE OF NOTHING. ]
Well. There are magical artefacts that can take you to different realms. As well as enchanted doors, or spells, or maybe things we haven't even thought of yet.
[All things she's found useful before.]
Nothing should be accepted as impossible. At least until you've tried everything you can.
[All things she's found useful before.]
Nothing should be accepted as impossible. At least until you've tried everything you can.
[ looks around
looks at her
makes a gesture with his hand. ]
Point me to them, then.
looks at her
makes a gesture with his hand. ]
Point me to them, then.
No, not really.
[ just gazes back. ]
But if you run yourself into the ground before we’ve even got anywhere or learned anything, then you really won’t be getting over the two foot hill.
[ just gazes back. ]
But if you run yourself into the ground before we’ve even got anywhere or learned anything, then you really won’t be getting over the two foot hill.
...
Your best chance is when we have more of the ship to explore. Preferably the comm station. Or when we make land on one of these delivery planets, where you might be able to get your own message out to someone.
Your best chance is when we have more of the ship to explore. Preferably the comm station. Or when we make land on one of these delivery planets, where you might be able to get your own message out to someone.
[UGH. Look yes he is making sense but she hasn't rolled a nat 20 investigate yet, there could be a portal to home under a cafeteria table and she won't know until she checks!!!! Every!! One!!!]
Be that as it may, I'll still be taking the time to search every nook and cranny until I'm satisfied that I'm out of options.
[And with a begrudging aside.]
Though...I suppose I'm a little peckish at the moment.
Be that as it may, I'll still be taking the time to search every nook and cranny until I'm satisfied that I'm out of options.
[And with a begrudging aside.]
Though...I suppose I'm a little peckish at the moment.
[ she’s persistent, he’ll give her that. ]
Sure. I don’t think you’re the only person making sure they know what’s where, and what’s what here. [ he’s not exactly been ignoring the surroundings either. ]
…
[ heh. ]
Good thing we have a whole galley and mess hall for exactly that, right?
Sure. I don’t think you’re the only person making sure they know what’s where, and what’s what here. [ he’s not exactly been ignoring the surroundings either. ]
…
[ heh. ]
Good thing we have a whole galley and mess hall for exactly that, right?
Nothing that would get us out and off of here, no. I've just been exploring. Noting the weird stuff.
[As much as she's not in the mood for company, company keeps finding her.
This time it's in the mess hall, where she has settled for dinner in the quietest corner she can find. There is no bread on her plate. (trauma) Rosamund lifts her head to look at the approaching shadow, but stays rather ducked down overall.]
...Hello.
This time it's in the mess hall, where she has settled for dinner in the quietest corner she can find. There is no bread on her plate. (trauma) Rosamund lifts her head to look at the approaching shadow, but stays rather ducked down overall.]
...Hello.
[ her bread trauma after all this death…. will she ever eat a panini again? ]
Hello.
[ given she’s tucked away in a corner like a little nervous animal, he won’t get all up in her business. he’s not sure he’d really want someone wandering and dropping themselves next to him right now either. ]
… Not quite how I expected this weekend to go.
Hello.
[ given she’s tucked away in a corner like a little nervous animal, he won’t get all up in her business. he’s not sure he’d really want someone wandering and dropping themselves next to him right now either. ]
… Not quite how I expected this weekend to go.
Well, if you had, people would call you crazy.
[What a nightmare.
Rosamund may press her lips tight, may feel prickly to stand too near, but she does gesture to the seat across from her.]
You can sit if you like. I don't mind.
[It might be better to keep a little company today. Just for a bit.]
[What a nightmare.
Rosamund may press her lips tight, may feel prickly to stand too near, but she does gesture to the seat across from her.]
You can sit if you like. I don't mind.
[It might be better to keep a little company today. Just for a bit.]
You feel a bit like this is the last thing you want me to do.
[ he’s taking the seat anyway, because— well. if she’s said it out loud, he might’ve agreed with her, even if he wouldn’t have offered to be the person to stay. he’s not exactly a comforting presence.
but she offer, so— ]
I figured something would go wrong eventually, maybe not lethally, but this was beyond what I expected.
[ he’s taking the seat anyway, because— well. if she’s said it out loud, he might’ve agreed with her, even if he wouldn’t have offered to be the person to stay. he’s not exactly a comforting presence.
but she offer, so— ]
I figured something would go wrong eventually, maybe not lethally, but this was beyond what I expected.
Maybe. [She turns her gaze down, sheepish.] But I don't know that being alone for too long is that great, either. And I was a little short with you, the last time we met at the bar.
[Time to give him a fairer shot.]
I mean, it wasn't leading to anything good. I thought we might be in for some surprise about the kind of labour they expect from us. But I don't know...I don't know.
[Her fingers touch to her mouth as she sifts through her thoughts.]
I'm worried that maybe...maybe there's a kind of control they might have on us. In our minds, not just with these contracts.
[Time to give him a fairer shot.]
I mean, it wasn't leading to anything good. I thought we might be in for some surprise about the kind of labour they expect from us. But I don't know...I don't know.
[Her fingers touch to her mouth as she sifts through her thoughts.]
I'm worried that maybe...maybe there's a kind of control they might have on us. In our minds, not just with these contracts.
We’re in a pretty unique situation. I don’t expect everything to totally just go with the flow if something like this happens. [ he’s pretty chill, at the very least. but he doesn’t expect everyone else to be the same, even if he would recommend it. ]
I think the labour they want from us may be legit. But something’s sticking its nose in, in ways no one expected.
… If it wasn’t the nanites, it was something else. Not sure which I prefer as an option.
I think the labour they want from us may be legit. But something’s sticking its nose in, in ways no one expected.
… If it wasn’t the nanites, it was something else. Not sure which I prefer as an option.
[ good news, he’s smoking. and looking at his IRIS because a lot is happening, jesus. ]
… [ oh. ] Yeah, maybe I should try and run into you early in the week so these meetings have less of a doom and misery element to them.
[ a sigh. ]
So. Again, then.
… [ oh. ] Yeah, maybe I should try and run into you early in the week so these meetings have less of a doom and misery element to them.
[ a sigh. ]
So. Again, then.
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