006 -- video.

[kutte]

[ jax’s hair is still wet and dripping, but he’s made it down to gunnery, has his comm in his lap, hoodie over the back of his seat. he’s lighting up a cigarette, lets it dangling from his lip as he stows his lighter away. ]

Looks like another batch of new arrivals, right? Everyone make it okay?

[ as flippant as it sounds, it’s a genuine question. jax pauses a minute, then drags a hand back through his wet hair as he continues speaking. ]

I’m betting someone’s gonna post up the How-To guide any minute now, but for now you’ll have to make do with the informal shit.

[ and you can’t really get any more informal than jax, who tips his head back to blow a smoke ring, buy himself some time before he starts speaking. ]

I’m Jax Teller, I’m the CGO and if you got interest in lending a hand down in Gunnery, come down and see me. You got interest in any of the other shit, Sciences or Engineering or Flight or running Security for this barge, speak up, someone’ll point you in the right direction. We’re all about lending a hand these days. [ jax grins around his cigarette, lifts a hand to lift it away as he exhales a stream of smoke. ] Other than that, you’re in space, yeah. Don’t do anything stupid, read the Survival Guide, and you’ll be fine.

[ for a given definition of fine, anyway. which jax is clearly aware of, flashing a grim smile at the camera, flicking ash from the tip of his cigarette as he tacks on-- ]

And if you want smokes, talk to Ned.

[ at which point jax snickers to himself, then hangs up. teller out. ]

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video.

[tectus]

So, not new but still a question --

[ hello jax her old friend it's nice to meet with u again.

which is to say that octavia's doing her best to seem totally not at all dishevelled by jump number two. she's half towelling her hair dry as she replies, but priorities are clearly on the feed and not her other actions. long hair don't careget in the way. ]

Gunnery and all that. What's it entail, exactly?

[kutte]

[ hello future daughter ]

Blasting the fuck out of whatever comes our way before we get boarded.

[ also a lot of repairs, but jax doesn't want to say that specifically over the network. ]

[tectus]

Does that happen a lot? Blasting and-slash-or boarding, I mean.

[ she's definitely interested though -- mostly because feeling like she's actually doing something useful here is a hell of a lot better than just bumming around in space (again), but that's beside the point. ]

Do you need like...qualifications or anything, to do this? I didn't really get the chance to pick up any official certificates at home.

[kutte]

Not in my day. There was some trouble before, pirates or something like that. I showed up after, and the trouble was all coming from inside the house.

[ demons and manticores and boggarts, oh my. ]

You want a shot at this, we'll teach you what you need to know. You come on as a trainee, we'll get you set up.

[tectus]

Pirates. ...This place gets better-sounding every day.

[ that's rough buddy

BUT ITS TIME TO MAKE HERSELF SOUND COMPETENT so she's just gonna like. sit up straighter and look a little more serious. jon interview mode is a go. ]

I've handled weaponry before. Nothing like...this tech-y, but guns and stuff, all of that. I'm not totally new to this, but if you guys want a volunteer, I'm game.

[kutte]

Hey, there's been worse than pirates.

[ like the demons, but that was kind of a one-time deal. ]

I'm not gonna send you packing. We'll get you trained up. If nothing else you can give Rogers a hand with the guns, keep an eye on him.

[ hilarious combos ahoy. ]

[tectus]

Lions, tigers and bears?

[ oh my. they have pocahontas on the ark there's no way they don't have wizard of oz. ]

Hey, listen. If cleaning guns gets my foot in the door then I'll make them shine. I can't just...do nothing, here. It's driving me insane.

[ and that's coming from the floor baby here, you know it's gotta be serious ]

[kutte]

Not yet, but there's always hope.

[ jax sounds decidedly unenthused about it. ]

Well, we got plenty to fucking do down here. You wanna be busy, we'll keep you busy.

[tectus]

she gives a little salute and a nod of her head at that, only half joking as she decidedly doesn't grin. she just want to be useful, and landing a job is step one. frankly, she's feeling very pleased with herself. ]

Grunt work, here I come. [ this enthusiasm won't last jax she is a teenager enjoy it while it's still here. ] So what kind of stuff are you packing here? We have rifles back home but everything with any power to it got destroyed ages ago.

[kutte]

Plenty of shit. When you get here, I'll walk you through.

[ he's dodging the question, sure, but jax is aware that this isn't a secure line and talking about their weaponry where van rijn's people could hack it is inviting trouble. ]

What happened back at your place? How much power we talking about here?

[tectus]

Oh, like-

[ she gestures an explosion with her hands, sound effects following in their wake ]

nuclear war, about a hundred years ago. No one has anything heavy artillery any more, it all got taken out in the war. We're all....rifles and machetes now.

[kutte]

Then we gotta get you used to the big guns. How good are you with a rifle? And that machete you were swinging around when we met?

[ asking the important questions, tbh. ]