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[omigosh]

[The feed turns on to show Knives Chau (18 years old) staring right into the camera lens with those big ole brown eyes of hers. Judging by wide her eyes are and how strained her smile is, she's trying her best to look like she's not a total panicking mess right now. Because she's not. She's calm, collected, and totally cool like Envy Adams would be if she found herself in a freaky situation like this.

Totally.

Oh man....This is even more nerve-wracking than her first day of college. ]

HI! I'M KNIVES CHAU!

[Oh god, has her voice always sounded this high-pitched and loud? At she thinks it sounds pretty high-pitched and loud. What do other people think?  Oh god. She must sound like one of those cartoon chipmunks to them. Oh god. Oh god. People are going to think she's totally lame and annoying now. Oh god. Gotta fix this and stay cool.  AHHHHHHHH.

It's nice to meet you all. You all seem really...cool? [CRAP. THAT WASN'T SUPPOSE TO SOUND LIKE A QUESTION.]

I mean, even though I haven't met all of you guys, I bet most of you are pretty cool and not blood-thirsty aliens who want to probe my brain and eat my skin and whatever! Ha ha ha ha....

Um. So anyways, can someone explain to me what's going on here exactly? I, like, already know the basics, but it still doesn't really make sense to me.  This is the kind of stuff that only happens in movies, not real life. Like I don't know how I got here  or why I'm even here in the first place. I don't even know. And—

OH. MY. GOD! [Cover your ears, Facility. She did just scream that. Very loudly. Cue the hair grabbing and freaking out-ing.]

I haven't even taken my finals at UBC yet! What if I flunk out?! My parents are totally going to kill me!!!

...My life is officially over....

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[amethysts]

I'll eat your brains.

[Evil grin.

Libby you are the worst.]

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[omigosh]

[OMG.]

Dude.

[EW.]

That's, like, super gross.

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[shoyu]

[ my, what an energetic young lady. ]

Good evening, Miss Chau. [ interesting name, too. ] I'm sure you've already heard the basic premise of the Tranquility, traveling through space, so on and so forth?

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[omigosh]

Yeah, someone has already filled me in on that stuff. I still don't understand any of it though!

Why are all of us even here? How did we even get here in the first place?

[leaps]

[ what in the world. ]

Take a deep breath.

[omigosh]

[Knives Chau. that's what.

after a few more seconds of spazzing out, she finally takes a deep breath.]

Okay. I think I'm okay-ish now.

Things just totally suck, you know?

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[entrapments]

On the morbid flipside, there's a chance we'll all die up here so your parents won't get a chance to kill you.

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[omigosh]

Wow. That's, like, totally depressing way of looking at things.

[a beat] But considering how my dad's brain was replaced by purely mechanical engine of revenge, maybe dying here won't be that sucky.

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[redhotsummers]

Dude.

Calm down.

[Someone get this girl something.]

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[omigosh]

[Yeah, like a college degree. That way her parents won't kill her and not think she's wasting her life like no good delinquent.

Or a paper bag she could breathe into. That would work to.]

I'm trying! Sorry, I can't help but totally freak out right now.

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[dirtyword]

[ Brendan winces at the level of her voice--practically no one in his world has that same volume level--but he turns the audio on. ]

Panicking isn't going to make this any better, dollface. Try to calm down, and then we can actually shoot the shat.

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[omigosh]

I know! I know! I just——I just...Give me a sec.

[she takes a deep breath. think calm and cool. think like Envy Adams. she wouldn't be scared. she'd be totally zen instead.]

Okay. I'm calm now. Sorry for freaking out and stuff.

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[fuckinghysterical]

[Knives Chau? Sure does sound like a codename from her word, though she - wouldn't know what the hell the Chau part is for.]

So you specialize in fighting with knives? Eeheehee?

[She tilts her head sideways, trying to imagine the girl as some knife fiend. Well, she had seen more unlikely looking soldiers, she supposed.

Shrugging it off, she then gives a small smile as she attempts a joke.]

At the very least, I'm not a blood-thirsty alien until I get into my Octopus suit, heheh! But - ah - I don't have it right now.

[A really awkward joke, that is.]

[video]

[omigosh]

[LOLNOPE. That's her real name. Blame her weapon-obsessed dad.]

Yeah, I'm pretty good with them. I learned how when I was a little kid.

[oh. that joke. awk.]

Um, hahaha? That's funny?

[not going to lie, but she's kinda freaked out right now.]

Voice.

[spider]

Whoa, whoa, hold on there! Calm down. I'm sure there are more concerning things at the moment. [A small chuckle. Ahah, calm down, young thing.]

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[omigosh]

[DON'T TELL HER WHAT TO DO!!!]

UGH. Everyone is telling me to calm down and I'm trying. But this is, like, my future we're talking about here!

It's really hard to calm down!

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[kringlefuck]

Chin up!
Life isnt completely over miss. I feel certain well give the perpetrators behind these hostile shenanigans a good lesson or two.

But damn its rather confusing as fuck if i can dare use that sort of language given our circumstances in front of a new acquaintance! I have already encountered a handful of queer incidents when ive only just arrived aswell. You seem to be a newcomer much like myself.

Queer incidents as in time and space hogwash and the remarkable fact that fiction can be real.
Some have claimed to be here for seven months which i still dont friggen get because the victims on this craft need to pull their shit together and get their head in the game. Dont you agree??

I havent the faintest how i stumbled upon here either. I passed out on my island and woke up here. What about you?

text; cuz it's fun

[omigosh]

[WOAH. THAT'S A LOT OF COOL GREEN TEXT.]

woah! how did you do that with your text? i didn't see a color option on this thing....

and i totes agree with you. i can't believe people have even been here for that long!! idk if you can blame them entirely tho. i'm sure some have tried, but it seems pretty much impossible to escape from a freakin spaceship, you know?

um. well. i was just hanging out at a friend's house before i got here. nothing special or anything ahaha

[meaning she was getting drunk and crunk at a cray-zay partay and passed out on the floor before she got here.]

you live on an island??

( V I D E O )

[wont]

[ Gods above, is she alright?

Alayne tries very hard not to make a face into the device but all of the screaming is a bit disconcerting and not very lady-like at all. ]

Will you parents— truly kill you? [ She may sound somewhat horrified, though politely so. ]

( V I D E O )

[omigosh]

[it's okay, Alayne. this is how Knives normally is, spazzy and loud.]

No way! They would never actually do that.

[she sighs, shrugging.]

I was being, like, way over dramatic. My parents may be weird and super strict, but they're not that messed up. If I do flunk out, they'll just be mad at best, disappointed at worst.

Don't worry. I'll be fine!

( T E X T )

[addictive]

HI KNIVES CHAU HI.

TOTS NOT AN ALIEN.
(THO OK ALIENS ON BOARD W/E W/E)
SO LESS FREAKY DEAKY,
AND LESS SHOUTY SHOUTY.
KK?

( T E X T )

[omigosh]

KK. FINE.

but only if i get some answers about this totes freaky place

and if you be less of a jerky-jerk. :/

[voice]

[doggedly]

KNIVES CHAU, WHY ARE YOU YELLING!

[voice]

[omigosh]

BECAUSE I'M STUCK ON A SCARY SPACESHIP WITH NO WAY BACK HOME AND TOTALLY GOING TO FAIL OUT OF COLLEGE!

WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

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[still_alive]

Oh? Is that so?

Can you be so certain that we're not all here to kill you?

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[omigosh]

Um— I'm not!?

[EEP!!!]

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[inspirited]

I think we're pretty low on the count of blood-thirsty aliens here as far as I know at least.

Are you going to be okay?

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[omigosh]

Phew. That's a total relief. Glad I don't have to worry about someone eating me anytime soon.

[she giggles and then shrugs.]

Yeah, I'll be fine. I just tend to freak out sometimes. [Meaning all the time.]

Thanks for asking! [a smile.]

( VOICE )

[archaeologize]

Woah. Get yourself together.

( VOICE )

[omigosh]

[Let's out a really, really, really annoyed sigh. Omg is everyone a broken record or something?]

Trying to dude. Kinda got the memo of it's not cool to freak out from, like, ten people already.