video. because space training is Anders' obsession.

[birdhousesoul]

Does anyone not know how to get to the shuttle bay?

This applies especially if you don't know what a shuttle is. Or if you've never been in space before.

If you don't know how to get there, I will personally come to your room and walk you there. I promise. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

It's hard to wrap your thoughts around, I know. Where I come from, the Void is only a theological concept. If you're really, really rotten, you go there when you die. And no one ever mentioned that there isn't air in the Void. I mean, if you're already dead and forsaken by the Maker, why would you need to breathe?

[But he's gone off on a tangent. Right, where was he? SPACE TRAINING]

But that's just it. If you were already dead, you couldn't die again. And people on this ship can die. It has happened. I don't want it to happen to any of you.

Outside this ship, there is no air to breathe. There is no land to stand upon, nor water to drink. There is nothing, save huge fires that somehow burn without air and are called suns. And huge rocks, but you can't stand on those, trust me. They're too far away. If one of them were close enough for you to touch, we'd all be dead already anyhow, because it would have smashed the ship.

[Fascinating, isn't it?]

Then there are the dangers you can't see, or hear, or smell. Do you know what space radiation is? If you don't, you'd better come to space training. You don't want to find out the hard way.

[[OOC note: I'm sorry, guys! Anders is just really fixated on space training and space radiation. Feel free to ignore his spam. Or to poke at him.]]

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[suddenlycaptain]

[ She is not even sure how to feel about this. ]

Well that's one way to get the word out.

... and they're stars, technically. A sun is also a star, but it's a source of light and heat for planets.

be flattered? or ... try to find some duct tape ...

[birdhousesoul]

Carolyn! Hello. Yes, about the suns ... I'm still a bit hazy on how that works. Will you have question-and-answer at the session's end?

[He attends every month. Just hope he doesn't try to talk about condoms again.]

[onlysaneone]

...Well, I guess that's one way to explain space in non-scientific terms.

[birdhousesoul]

For a much better explanation, come to space training!

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[baron_harkonnen]

[ The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is very well aware of the intrinsics of space. He also has seen the shuttle bay on his occasional explorations of the ship, but, he doesn't feel this is a point of importance. After all, he doesn't know the route that Anders takes to reach the shuttle bay, and thinks that taking him up on his offer would be a pleasant diversion. Perhaps Anders is a bit older than he generally prefers, but this is also a matter of little importance when contrasted with the alternative of sitting in his chambers alone, and monitoring the communications feed. He takes a moment to be certain that his hair his groomed to perfect Imperial standards, and that his robes are adjusted to equal standard before replying. He puts on his most politic of expressions, his disarmingly cherubic smile, so incongruent to those who know him well.]

This is a most important public service announcement, young man. Space radiation is indeed a dire concern, which weighs upon us all.

[ Only the slightest sardonic note lurks under his sugar-laced tones. The Baron feels that anyone who is not aware of the nature of space is simply stupid, but, his goal is to obtain the promised outing with this young-ish stranger.]

I agree that these are all matters of grave importance, but, am uncertain if I know the way to the shuttle bay. I may have glimpsed it, but if so, I've forgotten where, and that must be remedied. I'd be delighted to accept your most generous offer.

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[birdhousesoul]

[The tone isn't lost on Anders, who's partial to a bit of sarcasm from time to time himself. His eyes narrow fractionally as he regards the smooth-talking blobular fellow. But, of course, he can't possibly find fault with the words.]

I'm glad you take space radiation seriously. If you'll give me your number and your name, I shall certainly come by to escort you.

[By number, he means the nanite tattoo that all the ship's denizens bear on one arm; number and room location are linked. He learned this early on -- from the same person who taught him the importance of space training!]

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[servant]

[That's certainly one way of making Merlin paler than he already is.]

And this...ship is all that there is between us and those dangers?

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[birdhousesoul]

[earnestly, and with an air of urgency:] Yes! The walls of the ship are all that preserve us from the airless, lifeless Void. And its insidious radiation.

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[faithlessly]

Man, if you wanna teach people about the dangers of space, you gotta work on your sales pitch.

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[birdhousesoul]

What, the complete absence of air doesn't sound dangerous to you? What do you breathe, then?

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[redhotsummers]

Whatever.

In theory, I can survive out in the vacuum of space without dying.

[It's a theory, only because an alternative version of him managed it. He isn't sure he can, actually.]

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[birdhousesoul]

How do you do it? Can this skill be taught?

[Sorry, Alex, you've just gotten Anders excited. He already thinks you're a mage, after all.]

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[mutelunatic]

space training.

[what.]

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[birdhousesoul]

Yes, space training. [He nods, for emphasis.]

[upheld]

Space radiation?

[ sounds bad... not that she knows what what it is, but also sort of wondering if that's an actual thing. ]

I do intend on being there. I assume you know a thing of space?

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[birdhousesoul]

I've tried to learn. The concepts don't come readily to me. I think I comprehend more than I can explain. It's like learning a new language. If you come along to space training, you'll see how much better Carolyn explains the whole business.

Are you, too, from a world where men don't fly?

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[handelaar]

Better be takin' strolls on your off time.

[This department, goddamn. Herding. Cats.]

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[birdhousesoul]

I should think you'd want everyone to attend space training. How better to underscore the importance of the gardens, than by driving home the truth that we need the air?

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[king]

Isn't a fire that burns without fuel or air simply sorcery?

[ there's a particular disparaging lilt to how he says that last word... ]

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[birdhousesoul]

... I hadn't thought of it that way.

[The little sneer the man has given to sorcery does not escape Anders, whose ears are always keen to catch the slightest implication that mages, magic, or anything mage-related are being disparaged.]

I rather like that, don't you? A lovely great ball of magic warming the land. Without it, nothing could grow.

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[smallclothes]

And if I choose not to attend your "space training", what then? Am I to be sought out and dragged there against my will?

[birdhousesoul]

It's not my space training, it's Carolyn Fry doing the teaching. As a service to the ship, so we don't all flounder about and make things worse in a crisis. Really, I should think you'd want to learn how not to die. But you're free to choose.

Have you got something better to do?

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[blasphemous]

You know bad behavior isn't the only thing that gets you put into a Void. [Which wasn't the point of his broadcast, but it does stand out to a demon.]

This space training -- how many of you are offering these classes? [She's already seen a few of these messages with people offering to teach others how to survive.]

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[birdhousesoul]

What else gets you sent to the Void? I'm curious.

The class isn't mine, it's Carolyn Fry teaching it; and a woman called Ellen Ripley used to teach it with her. Anyone else offering space survival training, I haven't heard about, but I'd gladly attend those as well if there are others.

[therainbowking]

I assure you, ser, I do not intend to die aboard this ship.

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[birdhousesoul]

Excellent! That's the spirit.

Do you need assistance finding the shuttle bay? You look quite capable. [Quite capable indeed.]

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[justdumbluck]

...Space radiation?

[The other things he's heard of, but that is horrifyingly alien.]

Is that actually in the ship?

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[birdhousesoul]

It's invisible!

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[verylittlesugar]

I do not know how to get to Shuttle Bay. I am perfectly familiar with what a shuttle is, though I do not see what it has to do with being in space, nor have I even caught sight of a single loom here.

[ Most of that nonsense about Voids and fires in space goes over her head, and she makes no attempt to catch it. ]

Neither do I know what space radiation is. Why do I need to learn?

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[birdhousesoul]

I'll gladly escort you to the shuttle bay, serah. It's got nothing to do with looms, thank the Maker.

[A walk with Anders, the Baron Harkonnen, and Renly Baratheon to the shuttle bay. Doesn't that sound like a wholesome good time? doooo iiiiit]

You need to learn about space because space is dangerous. The radiation's merely one of the quieter and more insidious ways it can harm the human body.

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[jurisimpudent]

This is...passionate.

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[birdhousesoul]

Aren't I always?

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[nobrakes]

So space is Hell?

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[birdhousesoul]

That depends on your definition of a hell, I suppose. What's hell to you?