[voice] mildly backdated to the day after the jump | username: m.m.

[onewithfido]

 [Mike has been less social that he would normally be — call it being too stunned to function. At least, as he had before. Between losing his friends, losing his fucking fingers, and then seeing monsters... this whole new event is just another drop in a pail that is chock full of rocks already. On a freaky planet, with freaky circumstances, full of freaky new imagery? Sure, thanks. 

Damn. 

But... Mike can't just keep to himself forever. So he clears his throat, trying to sound normal. Casual.

Problems? What problems? If he talks to you guys, he can ignore all the things that'd make him tear his hair out.]

So, you guys usually turn into blank-eyed turkeys standing out in the rain, or...?

Because — it was kind of The Twilight Zone around here for a few hours, when I woke up. 

I poked, flicked your ears, even made fun of your jumpsuits. Nada from you guys. Good to see you're not all living mannequins, though. 

Comments

voice

[mead]

No one was like that when I got here last month... So I think it's new.

voice

[onewithfido]

Oh. Great. Good to know I'm ushering in completely awful and weird new pastimes.

You guys were seriously freaky as hell.

...

No offense.

voice

[mead]

None taken. [ Because hearing about it? It kind of is. ]

Was there anything else that was weird? Besides the obvious.

[voice]

[circumitus]

[squint

[squiiiiiint]

...What...?

[As someone who was alone when it happened and not even anywhere near the base camp, this is news to her.]

[voice]

[onewithfido]

...

That time that everyone decided to charade statues?

When this — jump thing happened? And you all got put on pause?

[voice]

[circumitus]

For how long?

[She sounds vaguely incredulous behind her default monotone.]

voice

[notyourutopian]

That has never happened before.

[She sounds so annoyed.]

voice

[onewithfido]

That's... not very comforting at all, is it.

You guys don't sound nearly freaked out enough that you went Million Dollar Baby upright.

voice

[notyourutopian]

[There's a pause.]

People are probably too busy with other things to have time to get too...freaked out...over it.

voice;

[hacker]

[ That voice is a good way to put Skye on alert. But the username doesn't track back to Grant Ward in the system. In fact, there is no Grant Ward in the system: if he's out there, somewhere, he still hasn't gotten a comms device up and running. ]

Who is this?

voice;

[onewithfido]

[... Huh... That's one way nobody's popped in.]

I promise I'm not a prank call or an automated service, if that's what you're worried about.

voice;

[hacker]

It's not.

[ Coldly said. ]

Just answer the question.

Voice

[atent_dead]

Damned shhip.

[Yeah, this is new. And she's annoyed that something new happened.]

Voice

[onewithfido]

... Huh? What about the ship?

[Look, grandma, I'm not caught up.]

Voice

[atent_dead]

The place ye woke up. Almost seems like crashin' it made the trouble it causes worse.

[Or at least less predictable. Same thing, really.]

voice;

[doggedly]

Turkeys?

[vaguely offended.]

voice;

[onewithfido]

Yeah, turkeys. Or hypnotized.

Or super fucking high.

voice;

[doggedly]

I wish.

To the last bit, anyways. The rest--eh. [Not flattering. Eh.] But it's not as if we chose it, you know. We didn't even know we were doing it. You'll get used to that.

voice;

[strayed]

You flicked our ears?

voice;

[onewithfido]

... Maybe?

Just had to test the waters, is all.

voice;

[strayed]

What did you think, one of us would suddenly wake up if you were irritating enough?

voice | username: i.rei

[ailand]

It's a disease. You'll catch it next.

[Is he joking? Time will tell!

...Ailanne may be offended that he's been made fun of in any way.]

[onewithfido]

Wow, thanks, doctor.

You gonna tell me anything else that'll worry me?

voice;

[coldshot]

Did we– do anything?

voice;

[onewithfido]

No — that was kind of the freaky thing about it. You guys didn't budge an inch. Just stood there and stared out at pretty much nothing. It was like being around a bunch of upright vegetables. Or, I dunno. Frozen sleepwalkers.