001╰☆╮video╰☆╮following the jump.

[sharp]

[ when the screen turns on, there's the face of a very pretty ginger — pretty but annoyed. she looks like she's done this a hundred times. maybe she has. maybe people will recognize that. or just her face. she hopes. ]

Right then. Enough of this rubbish. My name's Amy Pond, and since apparently nobody's in charge I can't really ask, 'take me to your leader; I come in peace.' And all that.

[ a beat, as she takes a quick glance around. come on, she's on an spaceship. it's got to work at least once. ]

So, I want to know if anybody's at least seen an alien wearing a bow tie. Except he doesn't look alien, he looks human. He's called the Doctor. If he's out there, then he better show his backside right now.

[ she looks like she might cut the message short right there, but another thought occurs to her. she lifts her eyebrows, lips pouting into a perfect 'o.' ]

Oh, sorry. Err, one more question. It's actually really important. Did anybody here come from Canada?

Comments

[ video ]

[hostage]

- Holy shit.

I did. I was there.

[ video ]

[sharp]

[ Wait, wait, wait. She's seen his face before, too. Her eyes widen with recognition and oh god I'm not really crazy. ]

Yes! The Port, right?

[ video ]

[hostage]

[He nods quickly.]

Yeah!

[ video ]

[sharp]

What was the last thing you remember? I thought all of us might have been brought here, but you've been the only person who knows what I'm even talking about.

[ video ]

[hostage]

It was, uh... It was June 5th. Like just before evening sirens. That's the last thing I remember. I was walking home.

[ video ]

[sharp]

June? Wow. So, earlier than me. This getting really, really weird. How do you think we even got here?

[ video ]

[hostage]

I dunno. Ain't it always like a beam of light or something in the movies? I think missing time is like a symptom, too. Or whatever. Aliens, yo. They can just mess shit up.

[ video ]

[sharp]

[ So accurately put, Jesse. ]

I've met aliens before, and it's not always like the films. Trust me. But I could be wrong this time. What's your name, by the way? I think might have met before.

[ video ]

[hostage]

Jesse. I was the DJ over at Merlotte's.

[ video ]

[sharp]

Merlotte's. Right, I remember that. [ she feels less crazy already. ] I'm Amy.

[ video ]

[hostage]

Amy, yeah. So like what's the deal, you think? Is all this real, or is SERO messing with us?

[ video ]

[sharp]

SERO was my guess at first, to be honest. But I'm not so sure anymore... I don't think this is even the same universe.

[ video ]

[hostage]

I dunno, man. None of this shit ever made sense to me.

[ video ]

[sharp]

It's okay. Maybe more of us will show up here. Or, erm, somebody's working out how we got here. Guess we just have to wait.

[ video ]

[hostage]

I hope none of them show up. Canada sucks, but this shit's way worse. Like way worse.

[ video ]

[sharp]

None? You didn't like anybody there? Or are you trying to protect them? I mean, I know this place is bad news, but ... [ she lefts her sentence drift, wanting to know why exactly. ]

[ video ]

[hostage]

It's just... Nobody deserves to be stuck here.

[ video ]

[sharp]

I know what you mean. But maybe we'll actually land somewhere and be able to get off this ship.

[ video ]

[hostage]

Land? Like on some alien planet ten thousand light years away from Earth? You wanna land there?

[ video ]

[sharp]

I don't know! Maybe. I've been to a few. They aren't all bad. Mostly.

[ video ]

[hostage]

Mostly.

[ video ]

[sharp]

[ she waves her hand. ] Yeah, we'll be fine. Just have to figure out what they want us to do here in the mean time.

[ video ]

[hostage]

Mostly it sounds like they're putting us to work.