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[cargojet]

Welcome to the Tranquility.

I won't be the first or the last to say so. Now what you've no doubt already discovered is that this place is hardly tranquil. If you've read anonymous' message - as you should have - it's clear that we've all been going through a lot since we got here. I'll sum it up for you in case you're confused.

First of all there's Smiley, a semi-benevolent something that none of us have been able to track down who identifies himself by manner of his calling card, a red smile, and on occasion painted words left behind on walls. Irregardless of what people tell you, Smiley has yet to actually cause any of us harm.

Since my arrival here, six months ago now, we've experienced fear gas, a virus that struck down nearly everyone on board, stopping at an outpost where the occupants wanted nothing less than to brainwash all of us, and been immersed in a foglike spirit world eager to break us. Problems in engineering recently lead to the power going out and life support being dropped to minimum - if that happens again, people are expected to report to the Oxygen Gardens without delay, so I suggest you learn your way there.

This isn't a science fiction movie, so not everything here moves from one action or horror scene to another. You'll find that most of your existence here is just living, the same way it would be back at home, and that's probably the hardest thing; waiting for something to happen or not happen. It also means that we all of us depend explicitly on each other.

[ And now the more important part of his transmission, so pay attention. ]

To that end, please allow me to introduce you to a new concept.

Your Tranquility, Your Community

Outside of the volunteer crew - which I urge you to join if you have even the slightest skill or want to learn to do something useful with your time - we have a community that provides an extensive support structure. Everyone seems to be doing something to try and make life easier for everyone else, whether it's group cook-outs in the kitchens or offering to mend clothes or teach people to shoot. There's clubs to play games, chess, and routine meetings of survival training, space chapel--pretty sure there's even someone around here proposed weekly concerts, and we used to have a movie night, for God's sake. If that's gone underground, I wanna know about it.

Now I'm sure I'm not the only one on board who's tired of repeating these invitations. That's why in the interests of Your Tranquility, Your Community, I've put up an electronic pinboard for people to leave their own advertisements, put up sign ups, fliers for one day events, anything you like. If you've got a private job and you're looking for a specific skill, post it here. If you've got something you want to trade, if you run a club, if you're just looking for someone to talk to, this is your place for communicating it with the community without having to repeat yourself endlessly on the network.

You don't need my permission to use the pinboard, it's for the community to use as it will, and I hope you do.

Petrelli out.

[ Message end. ]

Private to Tyke

Any leads on what happened to Howard Stark. A reassuring message to the network ensuring people that everything's being done that can be is long overdue right now.

Comments

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[fraud]

[ just a surprised look ]

Oh. It's Space Craigslist.

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[cargojet]

I guess it is. Plus or minus half a dozen serial killers and six hundred free kittens.

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[unparental]

I say we force Connor to restart movie night via social pressure.

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[cargojet]

And if the equipment breaks, he can do a one man rendition of Forest Gump for the enjoyment of everyone on the ship. What happened to that, anyway?

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[thenormalsquint]

[Okay, see, this is a message Angela approves of. No showboating, no ego blasting, no trying to boss people around in a place where no one is the leader.]

Gotta say the casual encounters section is a nice touch.

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[cargojet]

Hey, finding love is hard enough in the most populous city on earth. This is space.

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[nobrakes]

If somebody was thinking of delivering shit, like a messenger, where would they put that?

[Somebody has an idea.]

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[cargojet]

Skills offered, I'd think?

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Pinboard, huh? I like it.

[Will forever be checking the job offers section in hopes of something exciting. Like an assassination request. Been a while since he got to do one of those. Or, you know, something smaller and less violent might be okay sometimes, too. Maybe.]

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[cargojet]

[ It's the perfect place for anonymous assassination requests. What. ]

Well liking it is a good start.

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[falsehoods]

I suppose anything that can ease communication between us should be welcome.

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[cargojet]

It's certainly the plan. Might come in useful for people for five minutes, but I'm hoping it'll be more than that.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

Who will be managing this board?

[voice]

[cargojet]

Me, but I'm thinking minimal contact. People should be able to express themselves.

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[puppydogeyes]

Don't have shit to reassure them with.

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[cargojet]

Doesn't make the gaping silence any less vacant. Pretend reassurances are still going to leave your ass burning less than taking a shit in poison ivy.

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[littleduck]

Is there a certain age I should be before I can join the volunteer crew? [She smiles a little, sheepishly. She wants to be a help, but doesn't want to get in the way of the adults on board.]

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[cargojet]

A while back we were discussing crossing school with direct apprenticeships introducing kids to different crew positions. Then we had that fog sweep in, lost Xavier--it messed up a lot of plans.

Does it sound like something that could work for you, though?

NOT HERE

[coffeeking]

[Ianto just quietly adds this to the anon post]

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[majestyofthethrone]

I'm not going to chapel this week. Or next week.

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[cargojet]

Did something happen?

voice.

[wigs]

These incidents you mentioned-- [A small pause. They remind her of what tributes go through during the Games.] Should we expect more of them to occur?

voice.

[cargojet]

We always expect more of them to occur. It's...how was it put to me? A danger inherent to space travel. As if that ever stopped it being a danger inherent to everyday life back at home.

Sometimes they ain't so bad. Sometimes you're gonna wish you were dead instead. Wish I could be more optimistic.

[heroisms]

So this is what you do in your downtime.

[cargojet]

Downtime? What's that?

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[king]

I think this may actually be the most informative anybody's been since I arrived.

[ Which, if you didn't catch that, is a thank you. ]

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[cargojet]

Well if there's anything else, I'd be happy to explain it. People around here can be a bit abrasive to newcomers - welcome to space, put up with it. To me, you're all crewmates, people who might possibly be sticking this out with us for years. The least we owe you is a thorough and decent explanation.

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[parkours]

Man, anything goes on this?

voice;

[cargojet]

Don't see why not. If its use transforms, that's cause the community want it to.