ataraxion | 001 ➺ Video

[ When she flicks the device on, she's pulling away, like she very obviously set it onto something so she could look slightly down at it. When she pulls away, the camera gives a sight of a woman who looks like she's in her mid-thirties. She's dressed in, well, something close to a black catsuit, and she folds her arms over her chest while she looks at the item. If anything, she looks a touch annoyed, but that's the last of the emotion on her face, and when she speaks, her voice is painfully level. The most important thing to note is that at her hip, there's a flash of metal that could just be a rather sophisticated, cylyndrical weapon. ]

I've done my research, so I don't need the basics. I'm looking for details, or specs, if you have them. I've figured out that whoever took me has to be an idiot for giving me an opportunity to talk over these things, and leave me with my weapons.

[ A quirk of an eyebrow. ]

It's messy.

So, has anyone met them? Has anyone said why, or are they just idiots? If not, then I guess there's at least some mystery to whatever it is I've stepped into this time. I don't suppose it's too much to ask about who's on here, is it? Getting a scope of the field will help out more than anything else.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[One does it by being Mara Jade]

There are security teams, and combatants like myself who've intervened in dangerous situations, yes. But given the unpredictable nature of the occurrences it's hard to plan effectively.

Difficult, I'm sure.

Not impossible, though. Having a solid plan wouldn't be inadvisable, even if it has to be muted often enough.

No, it's not a bad idea. Just improbable.

Generally when bad things happen, the non-combatants are encouraged to stay in their rooms. I can't say I disagree with that, since it keeps the halls clear.

Mm, likely a good thing, but does it stay restrained to just the halls?

From what I've seen? Yes. At least the events that are more physical in nature. The sleeplessness that's been bothering us for the last month...well, that's a different matter.

Mmm, I noticed that.

It's still not a situation people should face without an action plan.

No, but then...getting them to listen is worse than trying to get the Council to listen, or stars forbid the Senate.

Hm.

Governing bodies always seem to be more than difficult when it comes to problems. Or maybe it's just the fact that it's a group of people who don't know how to take orders.

Lots of loner types here, and young people who think they know more than they actually do, honestly.

It's a little strange, but so many of them haven't even come from places that have discovered hyperspace yet.

[ She makes a face. ]

Backwater types, huh?

That's just great.

Yeah. Backwater types indeed.

[Honestly, she can relate to that feeling. If her conversations with Galadriel, Irene Adler and the Starks were any indication, a lot of people here simply had no idea that Space Travel was even a thing before Tranquility.]

And of course they think they know everything.

[ A soft sound, like she's annoyed. ]

That makes helping them difficult.

Exactly...I sometimes call myself a professional herder of cats. Because that's what it's like sometimes.

001 ➺ Video

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]