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[suddenlycaptain]

[ Carolyn is sitting in her room instead of lurking around the shuttle bay for once. The reason why should be clear after a few minutes, when an orange tabby pokes his head out from behind her before plopping himself on her lap. Carolyn honestly just looks like she has no idea what to do for a moment before reaching to scratch him behind the ears, speaking to the camera as she does. ]

Some of you might recognize this cat as Jones, who belongs to Ellen Ripley. For those of you who knew her, it appears that she's gone home. I'll be looking after him for her.

[ Still petting the cat, she clears her throat. ]

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Carolyn Fry. On the Tranquility I'm part of the flight crew, but back home I was a pilot and captain of a merchant ship -- a spaceship. As a result, I've been helping people out with basic skills to work on in space. Last month we held a training session on health, fitness, nutrition, shuttle procedures, and basic evacuation. In the case that either myself or Ripley vanished and to keep a copy for anyone who wasn't able to make it or wasn't on the ship, we recorded the session.

[ A link pops up, opening an area on the network that contains a brief description of the session and a link to the video. ]

I'll be posting the videos of future sessions in this spot, if everyone would like to keep an eye on it and update their information posts, that sort of thing. If you have any questions, about this or anything else, feel free to ask.

[ locked to 005 » 075 ]
I need a drink. You in?

[ locked to FLIGHT CREW ]
We should all get together.

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voice

[amethysts]

Ripley is out?

[Libhy sounds jagged and...guilty.]

voice

[suddenlycaptain]

A couple of days before the jump.

[ There's a bit of a question in her tone -- what's the guilt for, Libby? ]

[birdhousesoul]

Ripley's gone? I'm sorry. I hope she's gone to a better place.

[Literally, a better place.]

Is that a tabby cat you've got there?

text;

[astrogate]

How longs Ripley been gone?

[suddenlycaptain]

Yeah, me too.

[ There's a nod. ]

A tomcat, yeah. You like cats?

text;

[suddenlycaptain]

Couple of days before the jump. I figured she might show up again or come back from poking around, but nothing.

[birdhousesoul]

I had a cat once, an orange tabby like him.

[Only his had special powers.]

voice

[amethysts]

I was just talking to her about evac plans.

[Libby seems to murder anyone she involves in ship discussions. So. There that is.]

I'm sorry. I trusted her.

voice

[suddenlycaptain]

[ Well, Carolyn's still alive. ... On the ship, anyway. ]

Me too. She knew what she was doing.

[suddenlycaptain]

What happened to him?

[ Jones... survived Alien? ]

text;

[astrogate]

Wouldn't be the first time she disappeared.


[ she did leave the one time and suddenly showed back up. so... ]

text;

[suddenlycaptain]

I know. But I'm not holding my breath.

voice

[amethysts]

I could help more. With training. You shouldn't do it alone, and I studied--a lot.

text;

[astrogate]

Agreed. It ain't worth it.

gotta guy coming down to the bay soon, play nice with him.


[ Not that she wont, but giving her a heads up about that tommy coming down to help with the distiller seemed like a good idea. ]

text;

[suddenlycaptain]

as long as he doesn't touch anything he shouldn't

voice

[suddenlycaptain]

I think what I need most is spreading the word around. I'm not good at just chatting people up.

text;

[astrogate]

you think i don't know that?

really, i've been down there how long, i'm not about to let anyone just play with things.

text;

[suddenlycaptain]

where the hell did that come from? at what point did I say that? you say 'play nice', I'm not going to just salute and say yes ma'am. I'm going to tell you what will get that to change.

and in case you haven't noticed, I'm not even down there right now, so I don't know why you said it in the first place if he's coming now/soon or if you're going with him.

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[astrogate]

You got to learn to take a joke.

It honestly doesn't matter when he is coming down, he is at some point and you might as well know.


[ and with that, she flips on the feed, looking slightly annoyed, but doing her best to stay stoic. ]

You know...I'm sorry your friend is gone, but you can't take it out on me because I'm not sitting around worrying - I'm trying to get things done here, just like you.

[ sure it may not be the best thing to say, but kara is to the point where she isn't trying to focus on the missing anymore, because it only seems to make her sad. ]

video

[suddenlycaptain]

You might have noticed that tones of voice don't translate well over text.

[ Eyeroll. ]

I'm not sitting around worrying and I'm not taking out the fact that she's gone on you.

video

[astrogate]

[ unimpressed. ]

Obviously.

So you're not taking it out on me - fine - whatever - so why the rant?

video

[suddenlycaptain]

Because it didn't come off as a joke, it came off as you being a bitch.

video

[astrogate]

If I was a bitch you'd know.

video

[suddenlycaptain]

Glad we cleared that up, then.

FLIGHT CREW FILTER.

[leaps]

[ since jaye presumably booted him out of his own room... ]

Alright. I'd like that.