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[supfirehawk]

Is this thing on? [There's the sound of fumbling as she gets used to the new device. It's different from an ECHO recorder, but similar enough that she figured out the audio functions on it.]

Where the hell am I? Better question - why the hell am I here? And the tattoo? Real original. I already have plenty of those, I didn't need you to add another one, thanks. [Her voice is full of sarcasm and there's more sounds of fumbling as she further examines the comm unit.]

Is there a point to all of this or am I just here for someone's sick entertainment? Please, tell me, or else I might forget to start dancing.

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

[Well hey now that's a familiar voice.]

...Lilith? What the hell, they got you too?

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[supfirehawk]

Mordecai? Wait, hold on a second. [She could see him, but she was pretty sure he couldn't see her. She messed with the device some more until she got it to transmit images.]

Didn't expect to see you here.

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

You're tellin' me. I didn't expect to be here. You okay?

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[supfirehawk]

I could be worse. At least they didn't shove any tentacles at me. [And she realizes how wrong that could be taken after she says it, but she's just going to let that comment sit there. At least he knows what she's talking about.]

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

... Yeah.

[Uh huh. Just going to let that sit there, indeed.]

So, uh, what number did you get?

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[deprecate]

The latter. Sorry.

[ Except for how he's not really. ]

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[supfirehawk]

At least you're honest, kid. Just who's entertainment is it for?

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[deprecate]

Couldn't rightly say, sorry. The crew's, perhaps. Or this smiley fellow.

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[supfirehawk]

There doesn't seem to be much of a crew on this ship. Not a crew that wasn't dragged here, anyway.

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[deprecate]

There's a couple. Resnik heads Operations. The captain, erm, I can't think of his name of the top of my head. That said, ship's big enough there could be half a hundred blokes we haven't met yet.

[northerner]

If there is a point, it's not yet known to us, but I can only imagine the being called Smiley takes pleasure in our captivity.

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[supfirehawk]

Smiley? What kind of villain name is that?

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[northerner]

A poor one, to be sure, but that is what it has come to be called.

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[supfirehawk]

I'm going to have a hard time being frightened of anything called Smiley.

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[northerner]

Perhaps it is not such an intimidating name, but the creature behind it is nothing to be trifled with.

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[tyrians]

nah
were trapped up here until we explode and die

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[supfirehawk]

And how long is that going to take?

[tyrians]

a month
give or take

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[supfirehawk]

I'm guessing explosions happen a lot here.

[tyrians]

yea totes
once you hit explosion time its like orientation yo
youre in the cool club

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[realslimstrider]

man isnt it always the later
i mean look at how we arrive
thats proof enough
weird shit will hit the fan later and just entrench this shit deeper in

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[supfirehawk]

[What is with all these crazy text people? Sheesh.]

Yeah, the arrival ceremony didn't give me high hopes for a benevolent ruler.

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[realslimstrider]

if theres a ruler at all
the original bits of the crew dont seem to know what the fuck is going on
and if they do theyre really good at playing dumb
usually act especially brain dead right before something that will do the most harm to all of us
like a weird space virus
or not saying that a station theyre docking with will take people and try to brainwash them

[supfirehawk]

Wait, you're saying they take people off the ship and try to brainwash them?

[realslimstrider]

no they didnt tell us that the people of that station
didnt like anyone not going to their precise order
we had to steal our people back