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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Oh, Tranquility. Looks as though the honeymoon's over. We all had a good run-around with our hands in the air wondering what the hell was going on... a week in, no real answers as to what happened, things are getting all Quiet on the Western Front and suddenly - bam. Potential prophecy of impending doom. The long silence about to be broken. Secrets beginning to creep in from the shadows...

It’s all very exciting and a little bit scary, or possibly the other way ‘round depending on who you are, but here’s a bit of advice. Resist the urge to start the whole hands-in-the-air thing again. It’s fun the first time, and necessary in a way, but after a certain point it just becomes counter-productive. We can’t start panicking or killing ourselves over the suspense. Find a book to read. Get to know your neighbors. Play cards or charades or chess. And whatever you do...

[He leans in a touch closer - he seems serious about what he's about to say, but there's a look in his eyes. A knowledge, you might say, if you had to put a word to it.]

...Whatever you do, don’t go trying to hunt those secrets down before their time. Don't think about those parts of the ship the lifts won't take you to. If you find anything that looks like a Big Important Button, do not under any circumstances think about pressing it.

If you see a locked door -- just walk the other way.

[He holds that look for a moment, then glances down as though he’s about to cut the feed - but then glances up again, his mood doing a one-eighty from focused and intense to relaxed and casual.]

--one more thing. It occurs to me that all of us have had something about us changed. On the one end of the spectrum we have the people who only received the number on their arm; on the other end, some of you got the full-body transplant. And in the middle there's people like that nice girl from earlier, with the running, and me... and my sonic screwdriver.

[He holds it up for everyone to see.]

Now I’m not saying this is the same thing as having a biological function altered, although the sonic is a bit organic; all the same, could be something else entirely. I almost hope it is... Some sort of security measure; disable technology foreign to the ship to minimize damage in case of invasion or attack. Which I’d understand, only I’d like to know about it if that’s what’s going on. I’m looking at you -- [And here he smiles at last, and it's almost - flirtatious?] -- Commander Resnik.

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[bostrumite]

I hope you realize that this just means people are going to do the exact opposite of what you said.

[not that gibson minds exploring and/or pushing great big threatening buttons, but this is either very clever reverse psychology or just plain dumb.]

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Some might. I can't control what they do.

[Serious? Maybe.]

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[bearsthevision.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to cause a fuss. I'm sorry.

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

You sensed something. You were frightened.

[Strong implication that it isn't her fault, here - he's also treading carefully. Had a hunch she wasn't human right from the get-go, but still doesn't know what abilities she might have.]

There's no harm in that.

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[goingsilent.livejournal.com]

I can see what you mean about not pressing mysterious buttons on a ship we barely understand, but what are locked doors for if not getting opened?

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Could be something very nasty behind those doors.

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[megamind]

I like the way you think.

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[habitformed.livejournal.com]

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Yes.

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[asclepion.livejournal.com]

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Always happy to help.

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[whatanovelty.livejournal.com]

If there was a security measure like that in place, I don't think it was too thorough.

[Y'know, being a Cybernetic killing machine and all. You'd think it would have done something about that.]

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor looks - in succession - surprised, a tiny bit scared, and then surprised again.]

...Well, there goes that theory.

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[pretendernoia.livejournal.com]

The more you try and keep others out of something the more they attempt to get into it. Especially if you don't have a reasonable explanation to give out to tell them why it is a bad idea to do so. Not like one can just order all of the non-combatants to sit peacefully by after such announcements are being broadcast for all to see.

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Schrödinger's Cat.

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[archimedeia.livejournal.com]

[ Either the flirtatiousness passes right over her head, or she's not in the mood to acknowledge it. Bet's on the latter. She's watching you, buddy. ]

Sorry to disappoint you, but we don't have that security measure in place. Before last week, there was no foreign technology to deal with.

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor will have given up on texting a little bit ago, so he's responding to every text with video.]

No chance the ship itself is sentient? That would explain almost everything.

[...correction:] A few things.

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[noscope]

[north doesn't say anything right off the bat - but he does ponder the man offering all of this advice like it's all he's ever done in his life.

there's something in him that inspires a fair bit of curiosity.

but since there's nothing about him that seems to have been altered in any way - that he's noticed, at the very least - he finds himself paying close attention to everything the other is saying.]

What reason could there be for altering someone's physical state of being, though? Or - [squint.] a .. screwdriver? Organic?

[now it's just a little bit more than curiosity, he's gotta say.]

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

[He holds up two fingers, indicating 'this much.'] Only a little. Had a few sonics over the years. This one came out of my ship, which is very organic, and as for the alterations of physical states... ooh, just off the top of my head, fitting people inside the grav couches. The ship is built for humanoid life forms, or at least life forms of a generally human scale. Whoever did it might have thought of it as a courtesy.

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[turntechgodhood.livejournal.com]

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

[Oh hiii. Another troll. Or so the Doctor assumes, from the style of text. He rather liked the one he 'spoke' with before, with the double w's.]

I was actually serious about one thing: Don't Panic. Good general advice.

I'll leave you to sort out the rest.

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[in-three.livejournal.com]

Still no luck, huh? How long have you been at it now?

[as if he completely disregarded most of that post. he means the screwdriver and the locked door of course.]

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Probably as long as you have.

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[soulbonder]

What does it normally do? [CURIOUS ABOUT THE SCREWDRIVER]

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Everything. ...Almost.

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[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

But what's a week? [ Hotspur raises his eyebrows; come on, Doctor, let's talk about bendy space-time. ] We're a long way from Sol and not everyone here's from Earth. [ Himself included! ] No standardised fleet time on board the Tranq, not that I've seen. The hallways lights are always on, there's no sense of night or day. No circadian rhythm, so... How can you be sure we've been on board for a week?

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Well... [He holds up his left wrist.] I have got a watch.

Although, yes, to be fair. I was going by Earth standards.

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[scopedrop.livejournal.com]

If a door's locked, all the more reason we should be trying to look behind it.

[ He means that, though he sounds good-natured enough. ]

And just for your record, not all of us have changed. [ Shrugging, because, well. Look at him. ] I'm still myself, just -- In the wrong place. Universe. Something of the sort.

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

But you did get the tattoo treatment, didn't you? Like the rest of us?

[consulting]

Secrets are interesting. This ship is full of them.

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

But not interesting enough to present a proper challenge, are they, Sherlock? At least that's what was implied by your last broadcast.

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[puppydogeyes]

if there are things behind the locked doors that need sorting
then walking the other way is only going to land us in more trouble further down the line
and who else is going to do anything about it?
the crew?
there's only two of them
and I think we might need them to keep the ship going/maybe get home

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

[Devil's advocate:] Why not wait and see if the officials at Tansei can do anything about it? After all, we aren't far...

text; if fourthwalling is a problem, just tell me. o/

[starstripedhero.livejournal.com]

_{[ America heard nothing because he's busy; busy being a fanboy.
After moments of this, he finally replies, via text: ]}

video; aahahaha go for it

[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

[Oh, it's... this guy. The guy who claims to be an embodiment of America. Which, okay, isn't any more impossible than some of the other things the Doctor has run into before, but with this on top of it, he's leery. Yes, he's got a reputation -- but how does America know he's the eleventh?]

...You know who I am?

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[iamwinchester.livejournal.com]

How are we supposed to get answers if we don't go lookin' for them? Some of us aren't okay with sittin' around waitin' to be spoon-fed answers when whoever the hell's responsible for this BS decides we're ready for it.

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[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

If you believe the Captain and Chief Engineer, there's no one onboard who even knows what happened.