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[andblockbuster]

 So there's been a lot of talk about censuses and lists and mutinies and... Throwing people out of airlocks and I guess there's, like, a robot Civil Rights movement or something, and it's a lot to take in. But here's an idea. Why doesn't someone with way too much time on their hands make a newsletter. Great idea, right? That way, the people who are actually avoiding most of the drama in this place- because the last time they got involved, they ended up in a room with two corpses- could keep up with all the gossip. Just a thought.

[PRIVATE//UNHACKABLE: EAMES]

Hi. You don't know me, but I'm a, uh...  friend of Ariadne's. Maybe she's mentioned me. Topher? Topher Brink? Neuroscience guy? Anything?

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[player_not_slayer]

Why not a newscast, bro? This is the future, who reads anymore.

[Ew, reading things that aren't either gun magazines or nudie mags.]

[andblockbuster]

Find me someone here who can deliver a witty spin on all the top headlines, and that would be the best idea ever.

[player_not_slayer]

Dunno anyone offhand, but there's a Comm division around here right? Maybe they have someone.

It'd be a couple different kinds of sweet to have a way to keep track of all this shit right after or while its going down.

[notpanicking]

I might be able to manage that.

[video]

[saint_kitten]

Aren't you a precious thing.

[ It's said with fondness, though--have one Saint Kitten thrown your way, all blonde curls and Irish accent and looking strangely like Capa. ]

Paying attention to this silly little device helps.

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[andblockbuster]

[....]

And this is why geniuses shouldn't be allowed to get bored. This happens. Not that I'm judging! That is actually a really good look for you, Capa.

[video]

[saint_kitten]

Dear sir on my teensy-weensy video screen, I would like to proclaim you're treading on incredibly rude and distasteful territory.

[ Kitten huffs, and she is clearly Not Amused, even going as far as to cross her arms--but the moment they settle she draws a finger out, wagging it in a manner reminiscent of a scolding mother. ]

Now I can assure you I am in no way shape or form with this Capa individual and it would be delightful, darling, if one were to avoid all mentions of the fact that my apparent twin is a brooding scientist of a man and instead address me as Kitten.

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[testgasm]

Is there--is there something wrong with robot rights?

[audio]

[andblockbuster]

If they're being persecuted or treated like slaves, but, uh, aside from Kara, is anyone really oppressing you? And even she's just... Being that racist who sits on a porch with a shotgun. Y'know, mostly harmless, but in a really scary way.

[not here]

[astrogate]

[ Do people really sit on their porch and shoot robots?


Does it work? ]

[perma-voice]

[testgasm]

Yeah, maybe she's the only one who's actually said something. No idea what the rest of you are thinking.

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[swagneto]

What next, would you like us to feed you notes every time someone says something?

[ Because the whole device thing would really save a ton of time, you know, Topher! ]

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[andblockbuster]

Am I really expected to listen to every conversation everyone has? Spoiler alert! No one's that interesting.

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[swagneto]

I didn't realize your schedule was that busy. You'll forgive me of course. [ Erik responds sardonically. ]

[kleptoluckiac]

You mean someone like you?

[ hmmmm???????? ]

What have you been doing?

[andblockbuster]

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Lots of things! ...Productive things. Or they would be if this entire ship didn't reject every piece of tech I threw at it. It's hack-proof. [Which is definitely not helping his IT'S THE ATTIC theory.]

[onteamdyson]

You were in a corpse room? How corpse-y are we talkin'? Like... rotting flesh, decomposing, really gross? Or fresh, still-warm kind of a deal?!

[andblockbuster]

They were actually skeletons, but still... Way closer to very dead people than I ever expected to be again.

[onteamdyson]

I don't like dead people either, but skeletons are totally harmless! Unless you like... fall onto one and its rib cage stabs YOUR rib cage. Or it explodes. Typical skeleton behaviour.

[She smirks] Didn't take you for the gossipy kind. Is your hair full of secrets?

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[traitortwin]

So first it's a bunch of lists, and now a newsletter? Right. It's like no one has anything better to do than record shit one way or another.

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[andblockbuster]

And what have you been doing? Besides... Practicing being surly in the mirror.

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[entrapments]

-You too, huh?

What'd they give you in your hallway?

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[andblockbuster]

Besides emotional scarring that therapy will never be able to undo?

[A beat.]

Fritos, a buffet of Hostess snack cakes, and Red Bull. Almost worth the trauma.

[anomaliiiiies]

That would be useful, to be honest, to have something to keep up with everything. I miss the newspapers back home.

[andblockbuster]

Exactly! We can't keep up with everything and who knows what's going on behind all those private channels? Maybe they could share something with us lowly peons.