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XX1: Getting to Know You
That debacle was pretty much something out of an extra terrestrial movie where various sentient beings are abducted from their home planets and jam-jarred for observation. The subjects are convinced that their confinement is inescapable, gradually assume complacency, and adapt to their new lives under the oppressive scrutiny of a humongous totalitarian microscope. They eventually all but forget Big Brother's watchful eyes behind concealed cameras recording everything down to the minutiae of their daily lives, and any genre-savvy movie enthusiast could easily tell you what's soon to follow.
It's actually not half bad. I'm sure someone out there has had it worse.
Let's get down to business. I'm taking a roll call.
Raise your hand if you're familiar with any of the following chumhandles:
It's actually not half bad. I'm sure someone out there has had it worse.
Let's get down to business. I'm taking a roll call.
Raise your hand if you're familiar with any of the following chumhandles:
- gutsyGumshoe
- tipsyGnostalgic
- golgothasTerror
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no.
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That's totally okay.
We could roll with it and play some kind of game where we exchange names and agree to become allies while awaiting our grisly slasher movie fate.
Does that sound like a good deal?
Better yet, I'll go first.
DStrider here to make your acquaintance. And you?
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[she still isn't entirely sure it's her actual name, but the more she tells people, the more it feels...right.]
hello :)
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Looks like we're off to a good start here.
Since you've already gone through the waking up thing at least twice, are you already pretty familiar with the ship?
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why?
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This is an obscenely gigantic ship with more ground than can be covered in a day, and the fact that they don't provide some kind of map or ship-specific global positioning system is pretty fucked up.
I doubt I'll have many problems exploring on my own.
Anyway, have you encountered anything on board that you'd warn some new kid to be wary of?
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"don't believe everything they tell you"
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But who exactly are "they" that you're referring to?
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don't know. we'll probably find out soon.
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Has anyone encountered them already?
If so, what became of the encounter?