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[affective]

[ A bit of silence, and the sound of someone clearing his throat.

Guess who finally decided to stop lurking? Thiiiis guy. ]

-- Can I say one thing, about the final frontier?

I thought it was supposed to be a little grander than this. [ THOUGHTFUL PAUSE. ] More lights, you know, and perhaps more windows in the ship so we could actually see things.

But as a measure of curiosity, show of hands, how many of us are just from good old Earth? Been to the moon and not much further, that sort of thing? Because an awful lot of you seem very at home on a bloody spaceship, and I'm feeling a little left out.

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[cognitive]

[ what's up, you lazy bitch.

arthur's not surprised by eames' delayed appearance, just as he's not surprised by his flighty, lackadaisical take to the situation at hand. hours pass before he replies: ]

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[cognitive]

Eames.

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[cognitive]

Good luck with your round of twenty questions, but I think it's fair to assume that we fucked up.

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[a-tin-man.livejournal.com]

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[affective]

[ oh. WELL. ]

this must be jarring for you.

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[starked]

You'd looking out at more blackness unless we happened to pass by a star or something else that's semi-bright.

[ a pause. ] And yes to your other question, by the way. 2010 to be exact.

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[affective]

[ :( ] I'd hoped for something a little more spectacular.

2010 for me as well. Seems we have something in common.

[voice]

[functioningperfectly]

The romanticized version of space travel is incredibly pervasive in human culture, but in reality, most spacecraft do not windows, and lighting is usually kept simple, to provide the passengers with an easy way of identifying areas of the ship and making their way around.

Also, you would not likely see very much, even if there were windows. Space is, after all, simply a vacuum, where the closest objects are usually many hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.

[ voice ]

[affective]

-- Yes, well. Quite right.

Just thought it'd be nice for livening up the décor. [ Pause, and. ] I take it you're not one of those people from plain old Earth I was hoping for?

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[ex_myturn41]

Windows would violate the integrity of the hull.

I'm from Earth but we've been traveling the stars for decades now.

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[affective]

very strong windows.

mind me asking what year youre from

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

I'm from Earth. We've long since traveled passed the moon.

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[affective]

How long since, exactly?

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[flares.livejournal.com]

[ Hey look, it's Robert Fischer in spaaaaaaace. ]

We've been to the sun.

( voice ) no video for you, but. 1/3

[affective]

To the --

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[consulting]

What does it matter if we're in space?
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[affective]

not sure actually

but we keep making such a big deal about getting there.

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[bipolar-bride.livejournal.com]

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[affective]

id still want to leave but the place could just do with a little brightening up while were stuck here

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[harvestsol.livejournal.com]

We're from Earth, but likely some kind of future of yours. Our space travel is more advanced than just to the moon and back.

You've met our physicist, I see.

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[affective]

We haven't been much further than the moon, no. The sun's a long way off.

You must be one of his remaining crew.

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[puppydogeyes]

being in space is new, yeah
but weird shit happens on earth all the time
and considering we can't see out or anything, it's not that different

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theres a lot more metal around

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[jedimindkink.livejournal.com]

[ Oxford raises a hand, with a wan and only slightly amused smile. ]

A fellow earth dweller, much displaced and not aware of much space activity besides the moon. I liked my fair share of science fiction when I was younger, but living it doesn't quite have the same allure.

( voice ) NO VIDEO FOR ANYONE

[affective]

[ Hey, you sound like a fellow Brit. Cheers. ]

I was never that big fan of science fiction, so living it really doesn't appeal to me much.

And yet, here we are. Somehow I doubt much care was taken for our preferences.

[voice]

[circumitus]

[Some things? Some things are coming to mind. Thinking about it makes her head hurt, but before long, she raises her voice -- not her hand.]

Here.

[voice]

[affective]

Ah, good.

I'm not so alone after all.

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[bearsthevision.livejournal.com]

[ If Capa's talked to him, then he's alright. A little girl's face appears, maybe about 11. ]

Sorry, can't help you. There's a few Earths where I'm from, but... Howling Earth. Silent Earth. Not plain old earth and not a moon, either. There seem to be quite a number of 'Earthlings,' as it were, on board. I suspect it's a favourable planet in many dimensions.

[ voice ] srynovideo

[affective]

[ Capa is opening up all kinds of doors for him. He pauses a little in surprise before he replies -- he wasn't really expecting a young girl here. ]

For some reason, whoever or whatever brought us here does have certain biases.

How can there be multiple Earths?

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[constructum]

It seems there is more then one version of Earth... [ wait. she should be talking to him with that lock or whatever, right? dammit, how did arthur do that? give her a second. ]

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[constructum]

That you? [ yes, she is assuming he knows, she is meaning you eames. ]

Are you okay?

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[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

this is me. raising a hand.

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[affective]

and even more.

no reason for me to feel so left out after all

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[asclepion.livejournal.com]

[short pause]

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[affective]

[ IGNORANT AMERICAN no j/k ]

its quite alright
you tried. makes you better than most americans doesnt it

its the future shouldnt someone have invented a suitable material for space windows

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[unparental]

You mean everyone here hasn't been on a space adventure before?

[ sign her up for your club, eames. additionally: loads of sarcasm on the phrase 'space adventure'. what even. ]

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[affective]

[ MORE CLUB MEMBERS! He matches her tone. ]

Space adventuring wasn't quite my ideal vacation, no.

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[iamwinchester.livejournal.com]

I was startin' to think I was the only guy around here who wasn't cool with floating around in a spaceship like that's standard freakin' practice. Best part? There's only a few of us I've seen who're actually lookin' for answers.

...you British?