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001 // voice.

[ 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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My deepest sympathies, in that case. [ Oxford's mouth quirks slightly, showing that his sympathies really aren't that deep, but they do exist! Mostly. He can't exactly claim to be pleased with all of this. ] As for preferences, I'm quite sure they were tossed out of the airlocks upon arrival. No reasonable clothing, no alcohol, and very little in the way of explanations.

[ Seriously, he's too handsome, your screen would just explode. Or maybe it's because Eames just prefers not to show someone his face until absolutely necessary. ]

Least they could do to provide us with a some wine, hm?

The crew uniform. [ It's awful, don't get him started, but there aren't even any options. ] They could at least have let me keep my suit.

[ IT. WAS. EXPENSIVE. ]

Wine! What I wouldn't give for a decent bottle of wine here, and the thought hadn't even previously crossed my mind.

[ ... wait what ]

What, they didn't? How incredibly rude - in the light of that, I feel quite bad for complaining of my own situation when I at least have the luxury of having one of my suits with me. A little home comfort goes a long way...

[ Well, not really, but still. ]

I might even take some low grade wine, at this point.

[ He does have one of his suits here with him, really. I actually forgot that but it's cool, handwaving powers away. ]

Well, no, I do have the one. [ GRIMLY. Clothes. Clothes are important. ] But I had a few with me in my luggage, which I can't help but notice isn't here with me.

Oh? [ Oxford laughs, a little shortly. ] I'm almost a little disappointed that I haven't been given another reason to lower this place in my estimations, though it's already done quite a good job of that on its own.

I could give you plenty of reasons, if that's what you're looking for.

Terrible sense of aesthetics. Rather dingy. The aforementioned lack of allowing me to have my luggage. [ totally counting off on his fingers ] Not being at all passenger friendly, given the difficulty in navigation, and being crewed by people pulled from what seems to be different locations in different time periods, many of whom wouldn't have the slightest idea what to do on a ruddy spaceship.

And there's the whole bringing-us-here-against-our-will rot, can't forget that . . .

Reasons I am already very familiar with, though it doesn't hurt to be reminded of them.

All the same, it's quite a pleasure to meet others who're as unimpressed with proceedings as I am... some people have taken to the place, even to the damned jumpsuits. Others advocate that we ought to stop whining and get on with it, but then there is very little to be getting on with at the moment, besides exploring and communicating with your fellow passengers - or captives, depending on how one looks at it. [ He pauses, and then dryly: ] And then there are some determined to find sewing machines and outfit the entire ship with more suitable clothing.

Even if this were a nicer place with all the comforts of home, I'd still be here against my will. That's the part I take the most issue with.

Perhaps they're just finding ways to cope. [ a beat ] But the jumpsuits are inexcusable.

[ INEXCUSABLE!!1 ]

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( video ) BUT SUCH A CHARMING VOICE SURELY HAS A HANDSOME FACE...

( voice ) exceedingly handsome. too handsome for your screen.

( video ) goodness, that would certainly touch at oxford's curiosity

( voice ) until then he'll have to make do with imagination

( video ) well he certainly isn't lacking in that

( voice ) imagine the most dashing man in the world

( video ) with talk of suits and an attractive voice? easy.

( video ) excellent