oo1 video; are we still pretending these are just post jump? yes? okay good.

[mstitel]

[There's video of a kid coming across screen, looking bored and more than a little ticked off at what's going on, where he'd ended up. He looks... well, to be honest. He probably looks about twelve or something. But rest assured, people of the Tranquility. He's a grand total of sixteen years old.

He's just a hobbit.]

So I've been told we're in space. And this is some stupid ship that we're all stuck on for a really dumb length of time.

Anyway, I guess if there's something to actually do here, let me know.

[There's a long pause as he scratches at the back of his head with gloved hand, scratching at the end of his nose, wrinkling it up and sneezing once, still looking just as bored as ever]

... Okay, fine. I'm James, and if anyone needs any help, just let me know. I have a weapon and a history with smashing robots and fighting Asgardians.

[His expression calms just a little after that, at the mention of Asgard, and with a sigh he holds out his left hand, showing off a ripped into piece of tech, a hole in the metal and wires ripped apart.]

And if anyone thinks they can fix this, I guess I would owe you one.

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[amethysts]

Nothing rad is ever going to happen, because this place is a shithole.

[THANKS FOR YOUR CHEER LIBBY.]

'M Libby. And I am going to figure this. Fuck this secrecy, I'm going to break it.

video;

[mstitel]

So it's really that bad? [He almost looks and sounds amused. You know, just a bit.] Here I thought the fun stuff was just being hidden.

Secrecy?

video;

[amethysts]

Apparently it's full of evil. But I like it.

[Rakish grin!]

Yeah, no one knows fucking anything. The captain and the head engineer are motherfuckers.

voice;

[motioned]

What's a robot? And an Asgardian?

A-And what's the matter with your hand?

video;

[mstitel]

Uh. A robot's something big and metal. It follows orders and a lot of them shoot lasers or kinds of guns. Asgardians are just a race of demi-gods.

[He looks confused for a minute, before glancing down at his left hand, at the metal plates covering his fingers, the silver tech box covering part of his forearm.]

Oh, this? It's just a projector. Here. [He reaches up at the top, sliding it off with relative ease, showing her the flesh and bone underneath] It's what I use to defend myself. It's broken right now, though.

[The joys of having younger siblings. He's extremely well-versed with kids.]

video;

[motioned]

I don't know what lasers or guns are, either. Or, um, demi-gods.

[She tilts her head as she looks at his hand, ever curious.]

Why's it broken? What happened?

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

What sort of a weapon?

[voice]

[mstitel]

Shields, mostly. I know how to use staves and swords too, though. And hand-to-hand.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

Right. But what do you have with you?

video;

[helpmeguideit]

Could you please elaborate as to what an Asgardian is; and why would we need to fight them?

video;

[mstitel]

We don't need to fight them. [He's rolling his eyes at that one. As if duh, Charles, this is something people should just know] My sister's one of them. They're more durable and stronger than humans, so it seemed like a good reference point.

video;

[helpmeguideit]

They're more than human, then. [ He has to ask. ] Would that make you more than human, if your strength compares, of course.

[text]

[insufferableprick]

wait
you fight with ass guardians
is that supposed to be code for territorial gay men

also i think i know someone who can help you with that tech doodad

[text]

[mstitel]

[w a t]

asgardians
theyre like gods from outer space. norse, i think.

its kind of specialized. unless theyre a genius i dont think the system will make much sense.

[insufferableprick]

see this is why weve all got to be careful with homophones and enunciate properly
because otherwise you get people on the network imagining you fending off bears and queens instead of scandinavians from space
glad that was cleared up

yeah hes pretty much a genius
how specialized are we talking
whats it do

[ Video ]

[howdoishot]

[ Asgard--...wait.

Wait.

Miles spends a good fifteen minutes trying to remember, because he knows Ganke has talked about this before after reading some facts and theory posts on a forum.

Eventually: ] Those...Thor's one of them, isn't he?

[ Video ]

[mstitel]

Yeah.

[Okay, he's instantly on guard, narrowing his eyes at the screen and looking more than a little serious.]

You know Thor? [Because if you do? James has words for you to pass along]

[audio]

[testgasm]

What are you doing smashing robots, that's--that's barbaric!

[audio]

[mstitel]

Where I'm from ninety percent of technology is hunting and killing humans. It's usually safer to smash anything tech before it attacks.

['Sup little robot dude. Come closer to James' shield and paranoia. They don't bite!]

[notmydiagnosis]

Aren't you a little young to be fighting robots?

[mstitel]

I'm the oldest on my team. [Okay, so he and Torunn are pretty much the same age, and Francis is probably a bit older, but still] There's not really anyone else to fight them at home, anyway.

video;

[entrapments]

Well that's probably the most concise summary of our situation I've ever heard.

video;

[mstitel]

Everything else I've heard just seemed kind of pointless.

AUDIO;

[widowing]

[ there's something kind of eerily familiar about the boy, something that makes natasha uncomfortable if she thinks about it for too long. so instead she focuses on the most intriguing part of his transmission that doesn't have to do with his appearance or voice. ]

What kind of experience fighting them do you have?

AUDIO;

[mstitel]

[There's that same sort of nagging familiarity in Natasha's voice as there was with that guy's from earlier. But this one is... easier to shrug off. He'd only known his mother for the first four years of his life, and she'd been a bit older than Natasha was now.

It's a nice sort of deja vu, though.]

I grew up with one. We trained together for twelve years.