Video: Of shuttles. And possibly kid gangs.

[lafautedevoltaire]

[The face of a young boy sitting quite casually in one of the shuttles appears on the screen. All the steady eating has brought his apparent age closer to nine or ten, even if he's really probably thirteen.]

For the new people, my name's Gavroche. I work down in the shuttle bay. Everyone needs to help out on board. If you want to learn about fixing the shuttles, I can show you all about it.

[19th century street urchins are the obvious experts]

If you want to actually learn to fly them you should talk to Monsieur Wash, his number's CFO» 023 » 064. He's the one to talk to about actually joining up, too.

[He's about to hang up when he remembers one more thing]

Oh! I noticed there were an awful lot of new kids this jump. We should stick together.

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[sleepallthewayhome]

[Hey it's that kid from the kitchens.]

Usually it's best to stay by yourself. ...you live longer that way.

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[lafautedevoltaire]

Sometimes it helps to have someone watching your back. Keeping an eye out for trouble.

[Or the bobbies]

[sleepallthewayhome]

What sort of trouble?

[lafautedevoltaire]

There's things in the hall. A few weeks ago there was one that turned into whatever people were most afraid of.

And people following the ship that are probably dangerous too.

[video]

[blackmagus]

[Fortescue is in the Oxygen Gardens when she hears the young boy's voice, and, smiling, opens up a line of communication. It's good to hear from him.]

Hello, love. How does the Jump find you?

[There aren't any more Dementors! Good times, right?]

[video]

[lafautedevoltaire]

There are no monsters so far, so that's always good.

[Always look on the bright side]

And I've grown again since the last one!

[video]

[blackmagus]

Oh, good for you. [She grins.] A growth spurt?

[Does that mean he's eating everything he can get his hands on?]

( video )

[gowrong]

( jump kids? jump kids.

but last time she was part of a gang of children, it ended in lynching and murder hunts. so excuse her if she's a little wary. )

But we don't know each other.

[sleepallthewayhome]

[Now that doesn't sound good. But if it's what she thinks....everyone would be dead by now.]

What are the things in the hall?

[lafautedevoltaire]

The usual ones are chimeras and manticores. Mixtures of different creatures.

It's not safe to go anywhere dark.

[Which is why no one ever lets him even when there's an important reason to go]

[video]

[lafautedevoltaire]

I've been growing a lot ever since I started being able to eat so much.

[So yes. Yes he is.]]

Even when everyone got sick a while ago didn't slow me down too much.

( video )

[lafautedevoltaire]

A lot of the time new people don't know anyone. It would be wrong to just leave them alone to figure everything out.

( video )

[gowrong]

I know people.

( but she's pretty sure most of those people are perpetually and forever angry with her, and is possibly lying to quite a few of them. soooo... )

How many other kids have you found?

[sleepallthewayhome]

Why haven't they killed everyone?

voice;

[punned]

Holy shit. You can learn how to fly shuttles on this thing?!

[video]

[blackmagus]

That's wonderful.

[Hey, at least the Tranquility can do something good. Giving kids some proper nutrition.]

And how is Lamarque?

[Cat lovers need to stick together.]

[video]

[lafautedevoltaire]

[He reaches off screen to grab the kitten]

He's growing lots too.

Eponine thinks I'm probably thirteen now.

voice;

[lafautedevoltaire]

You can! Monsieur Wash teaches a lot of people. We never know when we might need to leave in a hurry and not be able to make more than one trip.

( video )

[lafautedevoltaire]

Three new ones this jump. Plus me and Takeshi were already here. He's really little.

[Which would make more sense if he actually looked his age.]

[lafautedevoltaire]

Mostly because they don't come anywhere that isn't dark, most of the time. And when they do it's not too many for us to stop.

[video]

[blackmagus]

[She grins. That's good to hear, since in their last exchange they were both worried about their cats. It seems they'd both pulled through.]

Did I miss a birthday?

[Not that she'd know what to get a kid on board this ship...]

[wiped]

[ oh no kids ]

How long have you been here?

[sleepallthewayhome]

Couldn't they turn the lights out here?...and then all come at once?

[video]

[lafautedevoltaire]

I'm not really sure when my birthday is. Eponine remembers better. We hadn't even been thinking about how long I've been here, but after ten months... it almost must have happened by now.

[lafautedevoltaire]

Ten jumps now.

[Long enough to count time by jumps]