[001 | video]

[unsentimental]

[When the video turns on, the person making the recording is obviously sitting just outside the main doors to Engineering - the feed is swaying a little as he gets situated, and you can see a flash of the hallway, his blue pants and sneakers, and then his right hand, opening and closing repeatedly, the flesh on the back burnt a nice pink color.

There's a hiss, and then the feed fixes on his face - he doesn't look particularly distressed, just a little irritated, serious. After a moment, he lets out a held breath, and fixes that serious expression on the camera.]

Right. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that someone else has already tried going in there.

[He pauses, not a hesitation so much as a moment to think, and he glances down at his hand again - if it's not frozen, it's burnt.]

And probably failed, judging by the way the temperature fluctuations are still happening.

[A pause.]

So I'm asking now. Has the ship told us anything about why this is happening yet?

Comments

[Voice]

[the_other_eight]

According to the information Arya gave me last month all systems were working normally.

[video]

[unsentimental]

[He nods.]

So she isn't even registering that something's wrong?

[A beat.]

Who's Arya? And who are you?

Audio -> video

[the_other_eight]

That seems to be the case. I believe a group of people went searching for an answer outside of engineering, but they never reported their findings.

[After a moment Pepper turns on the video. The background seems to be moving.]

Arya was in charge of engineering last month while everyone else were in the pods. I'm Pepper,

[She offers a professional smile as she offers her name and the rest of the explanation.]

I've been taking care of organizing the data since I arrived last month.

permatext;

[vindictam]

Very little, so I've gathered. Though, I can't speak of before my arrival with any authority.

[ and learning this ship seemed to take so much time. ]

video

[unsentimental]

Any idea who they were? Seems like it'd be best to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible.

[He flexes his burnt hand again.]

Who's in charge of Engineering usually?

[And a pause.]

I'm Mace.

permavideo;

[unsentimental]

This is a problem.

[His jaw tightens a little.]

When did you arrive? The ship registering nothing wrong when there's serious environmental concerns is kind of a big problem.

Re: video -> In person

[the_other_eight]

They didn't offer their name or report their findings. Apparently it's a bad idea to go looking around outside of the populated areas though.

[She knows the implication is there that they probably died.]

Tony Stark is head of engeneering.

[Since Arya mentioned she was posting for him last month.

After a few moments she turns the corner and spots him.]

We should get your hand looked over in the med bay.

video -> in person

[unsentimental]

A bad idea? Any reason why?

[He makes a mental note of that name - Tony Stark. Someone to get hold of, once he figures out what tack he's taking with this.

He's distracted, though, when she turns the corner, and comments on his hand. He glances back down at it, as if he's only just remembered it's burnt, and winces a little as he squeezes it shut and then opens it again.]

Yeah, probably.

[He pushes himself up to his feet, and shakes his head.]

Video

[dino_zarf]

[Wash looks pretty tired]

Spent the past month looking for the problem. Every gorram system looks completely normal.

[wolfchild]

already been said engineering too hot to access
no

Video

[unsentimental]

[The tiredness is noted, but not really commented on. He's pretty tired too.]

Yeah, someone else mentioned that. So she's not registering a problem, according to the environmental systems?

[unsentimental]

Well I obviously missed the memo.

You know something about this?

[wolfchild]

[ pepper already mentioned her so-- ]

Im Arya

I am so sorry for him.

[unsentimental]

[Great, the person who was in charge of engineering last month can't use punctuation.]

Mace.

I hear you were in charge?

[leaps]

[ because arya is already in on this-- ]

There's ointment for that in medical bay.

it's okay I have to apologize for her every two tags

[wolfchild]

[ can't be assed to really. at least ellie's typing habits haven't yet rubbed off so he's getting spelled out words. ]

yes

[unsentimental]

[This guy again. He relaxes a bit, and lifts his hand up.]

Considering I'm not going to be getting in there any time soon, probably the best bet.

this is actually the cr I didn't know I wanted

[unsentimental]

[Spelled out words are good. He doesn't have the patience to decipher text speak right now.

He raises a brow at the camera.]

I've been told the ship's not registering that there's something wrong with her, but that's all I've heard. Got anything else for me?

[leaps]

There's a chance it'll cool off on it's own. Most of the civilian quarters have been doing that.

[ and going freezing cold, but that's probably the best they can hope for. ]

text;

[stimulations]

The ship is being remarkably unhelpful. I would say "as per usual", but this has truly taken it up a gear in terms of the internal tech turning on us.

video;

[unsentimental]

You make it sound personal.

[A beat.]

This happens often?

[unsentimental]

Got any idea how long it's been this way?

[Cold is easier to deal with than heat, not that he's very eager to get cold again anytime soon.]

text;

[stimulations]

If you're here long enough, it will begin to feel personal. Or that may just be me, I suppose.

Something happens often. Predicting what that something will be, however, has proven to be near impossible.

permavideo;

[unsentimental]

[Well, that's a little concerning. He presses his lips into a line and brings his hand up to scrub over his face for a moment. It's still burnt. He doesn't seem to care much.]

It's just a ship. Can't get that personal.

So you think this isn't just a malfunction of some kind?

permatext! sorry he can't talk

[stimulations]

Just a ship that will drag you through as many nasty experiences as it can manage. Though I'm not denying the possibility that there's someone behind it all.

I know it isn't. I spent the majority of last month running repeated checks on the climate systems. I believe others have already informed you of the results.