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[constructum]

[ Hey Ataraxion, have one obviously annoyed, slightly frustrated, small brunette currently looking into what she assumes is the camera of the device in front of her. She’s only been here for a couple of hours, and already she thinks this is some convoluted dream – she just hasn’t figured out whose yet.

Brow furrowed, she lets out a long sigh, rubbing at the back of her neck before finally speaking to the screen. ]  So it seems I'm not alone here. [ Which is a good thing, right? (or so she hopes) ] Yet none of you seem to have any real answers.

[ It’s not annoyance in her voice then, more sympathetic perhaps. (She feels your frustrations, okay?)  A small smile ghosts across her face, taking on an almost hopeful expression. ]

Is there a way we could all work together - start ruling out some possibilities maybe?

At least maybe get an idea as to why we were the ones taken. [Quickly adding: ] Is there something significant about you others would find beneficial – anything that may be important?

[ She pauses, attention turning away from the device, and the faint sound of metal hitting the table can be heard. (She tests her totem yet again, still unsatisfied with the results.) Her attention drifts back to the screen, as she clearly is fighting back the panic and uncertainty before she mumbles. ]

Dreams feel real when you're in them...

[ Not that the rest of the people here would understand that. But she needs to keep reminding herself this fact. ]

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[constructum]

Well I'm glad we're on the same page then. [ a small appreciative smile appears on her face then. ] Do you have an idea why you were taken?

[statsraaden]

None. It would look like it was accidental for everyone, at least according to the crew.

[constructum]

You don't just accidentally take people - there is a reason for everything - you just need to find out what it is.

Do you know what you were doing before any of this? [ memories may be foggy still, but they are slowly coming back to her. has to be the case with everyone, right? ]

[statsraaden]

Well, I think I came back home and fell asleep. I woke up here.
If you think the crew is playing tricks on us, I can understand you. I have doubts as well.

[constructum]

Obviously they aren't going to tell us everything - why would they? [ it wouldn't make sense to show all your cards right away, right? ]

Maybe they really are just as clueless as the rest of us - I doubt it though. So trying to figure out why we’re here, well, it seems like the way to go.

What do you do back home?

[statsraaden]

Well, they did look clueless. Unless they can act very well, but that on top of being crewmembers... Well, they could hide things from us, but the more time passes, the more I doubt it.

I'm a schoolship.

[constructum]

[ can't help but laugh slightly at that. ] Maybe. But looks are always deceiving. [ clearly she has been around a few people lately that makes her think this now. ]

Wait. [ a look, brow furrowing as she is going to need clarification here. ] You're a captain on a ship?

[statsraaden]

Well, I'm undecided. Either they're malicious, or just clueless. In the end, the result is the same. Thing is, they're only two. We're dozens. If something goes wrong, we can do something. But ideally I would include them, once we're sure they're not against us. They look like they really want to help.

No. I'm a ship. I was.

[constructum]

[ looks can be deceiving, but she isn't about to state that fact. as obviously she is learning, she has to watch who she trust after all. instead she just smiles slightly, nodding in understanding. ] They haven't given us a reason to think they want to hurt us, so that is a good sign.

[ she pauses then, more out of confusion then anything. as why would someone think they were a ship. ]

How is that possible - the ship part.