cargojet: (Let's get political)
Nathan Petrelli ([personal profile] cargojet) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2012-05-09 07:49 pm

001. video; Public Service Announcement

Guessing everyone's feeling a little closer to compos mentis now. Great, that's gonna make this a whole lot easier.

My name is Nathan Petrelli. I'm Senator for New York, elected representative of the people, and recently made Head of Homeland Security by the President himself. It's my job to do what's in the best interests of the people, and in this case I figure that's gonna be easier said than done.

I don't want any of you to worry. Once I get up to speed on the details of what's going on here, I intend to get to the bottom of how we got here, why we were brought here, and how to go about getting back. And I mean how and why, not the bullshit they've been feeding you about jumping and wormholes and the ship needing a crew. There's a malicious intent here I'm gonna address, and then I'm getting everyone back where we belong.

I realise we're not all Americans here, and maybe you think I have no jurisdiction, but I earned the right to intervene the moment I woke up with a tube shoved down my throat, just like everyone else. I want to speak to people who know the most about this place, or be directed toward them. Captain Kirk: you're on my list for starters, but I'd rather speak to the real Captain, rather than some washed up wannabe.

Oh, and before I wrap this up, there's one other thing. A few of you will have spoken to my brother, Peter; he got here during the 'jump' previous to this one, and as I understand it he's been pretty liberal with his imagination ever since. Some time ago my brother convinced himself that he could fly. He stood on top of a twelve story building one day, called me up and told me he was going to show me he could do it. He jumped, and he fell - fortunately only as far as the fire escape - and a couple days later woke up in the hospital with minor injuries. It wasn't long after my father's death, right in the middle of my run for Congress, and I guess he was desperate for attention.

What I'm trying to say is that he's had brushes with depression before - it runs in the family - and he's not exactly stable right now. All of this doesn't make it any easier. If everyone could please be delicate with him, take what he says with a grain of salt, and inform me if it sounds like he's planning to do something that might hurt himself or others. I appreciate it.
askedtobe: ([neutral] is your brain working)

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[personal profile] askedtobe 2012-05-10 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Does Chapel want to know Peter?

becuase he's raising his hand right now. SO HIGH.
]
askedtobe: (and some day hopefully)

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[personal profile] askedtobe 2012-05-10 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty sure we don't need to have this conversation twice.
askedtobe: (but you love me all the same)

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[personal profile] askedtobe 2012-05-10 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
No idea.

[ He'll just... make sure he locks all his next threadjacks. ]
askedtobe: (in the pockets)

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[personal profile] askedtobe 2012-05-10 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
You already tried to invalidate everything about me. So yeah, it is fair.
tarheel: (❝ dym ❞)

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[personal profile] tarheel 2012-05-10 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ peter, you are now officially good people in chapel's book. ]

And that makes it two in favor, none against.

Judging by the rest of this post, I think we're winning.
askedtobe: (all i need to do is sit)

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[personal profile] askedtobe 2012-05-10 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ he does so like being good people.... ]

At the very least, it's unlikely he'll get reelected up here.
tarheel: (❝ loschmidt ❞)

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[personal profile] tarheel 2012-05-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Let's be honest, when your competition for leadership is Captain Kirk? You're probably going to lose.

[ and nathan seems like an asshole... but really, how can you not vote for captain kirk? ]
askedtobe: (but i could make myself big)

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[personal profile] askedtobe 2012-05-10 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ .... a question no one will ever know the answer to. ]

And in space there's probably a good reason for that.