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- auggie anderson,
- connor temple,
- data,
- gabriel "chapel hill" sinclair,
- hikaru sulu (xi),
- ianto jones,
- isaac "cambridge" moore,
- james t. kirk (xi),
- jenna sommers,
- john casey,
- josh levison,
- leoben conoy,
- mike ross,
- miles edgeworth,
- nathan petrelli,
- niall o corcoráin,
- spock (xi),
- the doctor (eleventh),
- tony stark,
- tony stark (1610),
- topher brink
VIDEO ☢ OO3。
Hey. [ HELLO, TRANQUILITY. someone appears to have found a razor since their last post. someone also appears to have not slept in the past... well, sleeping's overrated. connor's eyes are droopy and dark, and if the communicator could communicate smell, it'd probably be producing a intense odor of coffee. which is pretty much all he's been drinking lately.
off the side of the feed, there appears to be some kind of shifting, golden light—it's throwing cheerful, twinkly shapes against the walls of his room, lending a pleasant atmosphere to the feed, despite connor's obvious discomfort. the source of this light remains offscreen, but the mask is there nonetheless, sat innocently on connor's bed. despite telling abby he would... he hasn't yet locked it away. he can't seem to make himself do it. (it's got to be there for a reason, right?)
anyway. not the point. ]
Right. Couple of things. I'll try to be quick.
Jenna mentioned a headcount system last month, so Tony and I put our heads together and whipped up something to keep track of what numbers are in use at any given time. It's completely anonymous, so no names associated with the numbers—just that they're being used, which gives us a pretty solid count of how many passengers are onboard and using their comms, which comms are active, that sorta thing. It's obviously not gonna work on life-forms who aren't using the communicators, but this is a pretty good springboard. I heard— [ stalked ] —Communications was working on something a bit more refined?
If you guys need an extra pair of hands on that, I'd be happy to help.
And trust me, if there was some way of knowing what else is lurking on this big hunk of metal with us, I'd be all over it, but right now, this is the best I've got. [ he offers a small shrug, rubbing his hands together. ] We can work on triangulating organic life forms next, I suppose, but that might take a bit more doing.
Anyway, it's been up and running for a while—but I finally hooked up a VDT from the science department in medical to display the actual number, so you can check to see if it's fluctuated at all before or after this jump. No disrespect to the dead or missing, but this might... make it a bit easier to figure out if someone's gone right off the bat. There's also a subnetwork version if you'd rather check in on the go. I'm putting it up now. [ he reaches forward to tap a few keys, and a text link pops up. ]
I've been thinking. [ more like debating various distractions from all the crap that's been happening lately, but: ] If anyone were interested, we could start up a sort of... lecture series. There's a lot of people what are really well-read in their respective fields, and it'd be nice to spread the wealth. So to speak. So—the idea is, pick a topic you're particularly specialised in, and we can set up something in one of the conference rooms, or maybe a rec room. Broadcast it to the network. Myself, I've got experience in computer science, mechanical engineering, physics, and palaeontology, but I know quite a lot of other people've got experience in some of the same stuff—it'd be good to give everyone a chance to present what they'd like. Y'know. Variety.
I've typed up a rudimentary electronic sign-up sheet, so if there's enough interest, maybe we can make it happen. [ or something. ]
Right, that's it from me.
—One last thing, though. Stay safe, everyone, alright? I know weird stuff on this ship's pretty much a given, but... [ he sighs. ] It's been a bit weirder than usual. Let's try to keep our wits about us.
[ connor out. ]
off the side of the feed, there appears to be some kind of shifting, golden light—it's throwing cheerful, twinkly shapes against the walls of his room, lending a pleasant atmosphere to the feed, despite connor's obvious discomfort. the source of this light remains offscreen, but the mask is there nonetheless, sat innocently on connor's bed. despite telling abby he would... he hasn't yet locked it away. he can't seem to make himself do it. (it's got to be there for a reason, right?)
anyway. not the point. ]
Right. Couple of things. I'll try to be quick.
Jenna mentioned a headcount system last month, so Tony and I put our heads together and whipped up something to keep track of what numbers are in use at any given time. It's completely anonymous, so no names associated with the numbers—just that they're being used, which gives us a pretty solid count of how many passengers are onboard and using their comms, which comms are active, that sorta thing. It's obviously not gonna work on life-forms who aren't using the communicators, but this is a pretty good springboard. I heard— [ stalked ] —Communications was working on something a bit more refined?
If you guys need an extra pair of hands on that, I'd be happy to help.
And trust me, if there was some way of knowing what else is lurking on this big hunk of metal with us, I'd be all over it, but right now, this is the best I've got. [ he offers a small shrug, rubbing his hands together. ] We can work on triangulating organic life forms next, I suppose, but that might take a bit more doing.
Anyway, it's been up and running for a while—but I finally hooked up a VDT from the science department in medical to display the actual number, so you can check to see if it's fluctuated at all before or after this jump. No disrespect to the dead or missing, but this might... make it a bit easier to figure out if someone's gone right off the bat. There's also a subnetwork version if you'd rather check in on the go. I'm putting it up now. [ he reaches forward to tap a few keys, and a text link pops up. ]
» HEADCOUNTI've been thinking. [ more like debating various distractions from all the crap that's been happening lately, but: ] If anyone were interested, we could start up a sort of... lecture series. There's a lot of people what are really well-read in their respective fields, and it'd be nice to spread the wealth. So to speak. So—the idea is, pick a topic you're particularly specialised in, and we can set up something in one of the conference rooms, or maybe a rec room. Broadcast it to the network. Myself, I've got experience in computer science, mechanical engineering, physics, and palaeontology, but I know quite a lot of other people've got experience in some of the same stuff—it'd be good to give everyone a chance to present what they'd like. Y'know. Variety.
I've typed up a rudimentary electronic sign-up sheet, so if there's enough interest, maybe we can make it happen. [ or something. ]
(NAME, SUBJECT) 1. Connor Temple, Palaeontology OR Temporal Physics 2. Chapel Hill, Nanotechnology OR Basketball 3. Mike Ross, Literature 4. Topher Brink, Computational Neuroscience 5. Leoben Conoy, Yoga |
Right, that's it from me.
—One last thing, though. Stay safe, everyone, alright? I know weird stuff on this ship's pretty much a given, but... [ he sighs. ] It's been a bit weirder than usual. Let's try to keep our wits about us.
[ connor out. ]
action;
[his voice is still strangely level]
We need to talk about how I am never letting you out unsupervised.
action;
[ wait ]
No!
[ that's better. ]
action;
[he knows you'll let him in because otherwise shit is going down]
action;
[ MATURE but he feels awful okay ]
action;
[too bad you have ruined one of his favourite things ever]
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[ oh my god ohmygodohmygodohmygod ]
Are you going to hit me?
action;
[he has a rule about not kicking puppies, okay]
Now let me in.
action;
[ GOD MIKE WHAT EVEN ARE YOU ]
action;
[you're just going to get loads of disappointed looks]
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okay so since he can't find a loophole out of that other than PLEASE DON'T MAKE THAT EXPRESSION AT ME
he'll
open the door, yeah ]
action;
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... I was just trying to talk to Josh.
action;
[a beat]
Yeah, I do. You asked me to help uphold the fourth wall for you. And now in the one instance in which I expect you to do the same, almost implicitly --
[there's a flash of annoyance]
You don't.
[harvey sighs, running a hand through his hair before holding out his hand for mike's communicator.]
action;
[ he's not having this conversation in the doorway so pulling harvey into his room by the arm whoops
THEN WHEN HE GETS HIM IN ... doesn't... let go of his arm... ]
Look, I didn't know they'd show up, okay? I'm really sorry 'cause I know Star Trek is... whatever to you but I really didn't expect it.
action;
[harvey's face is an impassive mask at this point]
When you grow up pretty much on your own, TV is a goddamn lifesaver. Where you don't have heroes to watch in real life, you have heroes to watch on the screen. Star Trek was a shipful of some of the best of them.
[there you go mike, you ruined harvey's childhood.]
Unless you encrypt what you're posting onto that network, it's visible to everyone. I don't even know how they got there but I imagine being in space for so long hones your danger senses that you can tell.
[another sigh. he is so so so disappointed.]
action;
Oh.
[ blinks a few times and may or may not tighten his grip a bit on harvey's arm ]
I'm -- I'm really sorry.
action;
You better be, I'm going to be apologising to them.
[he holds out his free hand for mike's communicator]
Meanwhile, you're going to stay here and not move out of this room until I say so. On your own.
action;
-- What? That's ridiculous.
[ the most horrifed look!!! but he's not really letting go of harvey's arm yet or anything whoops. ]
action;
Communicator please, Mike.
[he's still holding out his hand expectantly for it, he doesn't want to argue and his tone of voice and gaze makes it clear that he doesn't want to]
action;
[ NO THIS ISN'T FAIR, YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY HIS PHONE!!! he's letting go now and taking a step back ]
action;
[please just make this easier for everyone and give him the damn phone]
action;
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Just think about what you've done.
[and he heads out the door]
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