05. anon text

[growling]

Welcome aboard to our new friends. Please pretend you can't see any of this.

Working on a cheat sheet of information for anyone too lazy to stalk other people's conversations. Two heads, etc. Feel free to pitch in, I'm sure a lot of you are better at stalking than I am.

Tranquility - government vessel, missing? Tech damaged.
Alexandrian - time period? Roughly 40 years prior to whenever now is.
Demologos - type of ship we're on, warship (w/Bram Stoker inspired modifications).
Ship name - Scylla (sp?).
Planets: Alexandria (wealthy), Hyperion (machines), Pasiphae (food), Sycorax, Ceres. Jiutian - possibly space station?

Crew names/count so far on the network (sp?? on all of these, but who cares):
Felix Laurens - Captain
Casey Kassandros aka Kasey with a K - Tech? laughs at our encryptions Probably not tech. Scared of water and girls. Not tech.
Hays/Hayes - Chatty Cathy. Mechanic? Probably looting tech.
Fields - Gun guy. Full of crap.
"Trixie" - ?? Name provided by Fields, accuracy suspect. Probably Juliana.
Noam - actually tech?
3x 2x (male) mystery guests

They already think we're amnesiac idiot thieves/squatters, so don't worry, there's no such thing as a stupid question. Or a reputation to uphold, pretty sure any efforts at negotiation were null out of the gate.

They can read everything, don't drop too much info on us if possible. If in doubt, try to meet with each other in person to discuss instead. In a perfect world this post is here to disseminate info on them, not us.

Disclaimer: They already know we're clueless as to our how/when/where/why (or really good at pretending to be clueless), so if you're going to yell at me for making that even more obvious, I'm only mildly sorry.

p.s. dear Casey, is the anonymous function in the useless camp too? Anon irrelevant.

[ updates/approx. day 2 ]
[ updates/approx. day 3 ]

Comments

[jurisimpudent]

I'm talking to you. He's an idiot; that's clear enough. His course of action is his course of action. But if you have others to support, then I am asking you: don't engage us. Please.

[scrapheap]

That isn't how it works. Captain gives orders, you follow 'em. Don't want to do that, don't have to be on his crew.

[jurisimpudent]

With respect, I don't think that he's going to be captain long enough for you to be in trouble with him.

[scrapheap]

[That gets a laugh.]

With respect, I think I know my captain a little better than you.

[jurisimpudent]

Ma'am, we're going to fight back. And I assure you - you're not going to prevail against us.

[scrapheap]

You really shouldn't do that. Just wait a couple of days, we'll be right out of here. We wouldn't come on this ship if we weren't fully prepared.

[jurisimpudent]

That's not going to happen. We're not going to let you steal what we need to live. I am sorry, but it's not going to happen.

[scrapheap]

We're not stealing what you need to live.

[jurisimpudent]

You don't know our needs.

[scrapheap]

I know a ship's needs. We're not taking anything you can't replace, and all of the stores we've found weren't even touched anyway.

[jurisimpudent]

[He clenches his jaw. Finally:]

Why are you assuming we can replace it?

[scrapheap]

Because you can.

[jurisimpudent]

You all think we're squatters on the ship. Why do you think we have any control over when and where it docks?

[scrapheap]

You're not drifting out here. You've got a pilot.

[A pause.]

And I never called you squatters.

[jurisimpudent]

Your significant other did. And tell me: who is our pilot?

[brawled]

--he means me. Hey, Trixie, I'm significant.

[scrapheap]

And other.

[brawled]

Yeah, significantly.

[scrapheap]

Other. Like over there. Out of my conversation.

[brawled]

Significant.

[ but he'll butt out again, fiiiiiiiiine. ]

[scrapheap]

Are you really asking me about your crew? I can't even figure out who your captain is.

[jurisimpudent]

Then why are you making assumptions?

Madam, I assure you: your crew isn't stealing from some lazy, complacent passengers who don't need these things. You have essentially cornered and threatened us, and I assume you've experience enough on actual planets to know how cornered animals act.

[scrapheap]

You calling that an assumption is like saying it's an assumption you breathe oxygen. Ships don't fly on their own.

[jurisimpudent]

Autopilot doesn't exist, then?

[scrapheap]

Autopilot has to be programmed.