001. video; Public Service Announcement

[cargojet]

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.

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[askedtobe]

[ Peter's just gaping. Gaping. For who knows how long, because broadcasting to everyone that he's crazy was a blow the first time. And now it's just infuriating.

Give him another few seconds to stop looking like he just had the wind knocked out of him. ]

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[askedtobe]

[ He's officially done looking shocked now. Now he's just seething. ]

You son of a bitch! [ The whole ship probably heard that, but man, of all the times he wished he could still have sound manipulation. ]

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[cargojet]

[ Oh, he's heard that one before. Have a line from canon, Peter. And actually he's making a deliberate point: change the record. ]

Careful, Pete. That's our mother you're talking about.

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[askedtobe]

[ Peter just snorts. It's a good thing he has no idea where you are right now, Nathan, otherwise a punch to the face would seem friendly at this point. ]

You actually remember we've got one? The same one you almost got caught by Danko, huh.

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[cargojet]

[ He wishes he knew how to make this conversation private. ]

The same one that gave me the resources I needed to get started, Pete. The same mother that was involved with the Company all that time. She accepted her free pass, knew what I was doing.

Shouldn't we be having this conversation in the rain?

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[askedtobe]

[ Like he'd give you that courtesy. ]

You don't need to tell me that mom's just as corrupt as you are, but you're still the one who tried to get her caught. All you do is talk about family and you haven't done anything but help destroy ours.

But hey, even if we were having the conversation in the rain, this time you wouldn't have security guards to help you out. [ Peter doesn't know how he hasn't thrown his phone across the room yet. ] You actually think people are going to believe you?

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[cargojet]

[ He'll work it out eventually. Somehow. He's not good with computers okay. ]

You're certifiable, Pete. Government conspiracies, special abilities? Come on, give me a break.

[ It might be more effective if he wasn't having this argument over video. ]

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[askedtobe]

You'd love it if I actually was, wouldn't you. It'd make everything easier.

Because it's always all about you.

[ Peter's starting to get offended now, but no less angry, because there's a possibility that people might believe Nathan. They believed him back home, why wouldn't they now. It's not like he's spoken to everybody. ]

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[cargojet]

[ Yes actually, it always is. ]

Ma and Pop did everything they could to lay opportunities out for both of us, Pete. You had tutors, good grades, they'd have put you into the best law school in the country, so don't pretend this was my fault - or theirs - when the only one responsible for your jealousy, and your inferiority complex, is you.

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[evolved]

Impressive speech.

You know, you made it top five on my potentially guilty-list, but it turns out you're as much of a prisoner as the rest of us this time around. Funny how that works out, isn't it?

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[cargojet]

Don't even get me started on you. I'm saving how much of a threat you are for the next time I gotta have a chat with the people here.

I'd say it was nice to meet you, but I can't think of anyone I'd less like to be trapped on a "spaceship" with.

[ There are sarcastic airquotes around the word 'spaceship'. ]

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[evolved]

Looks like you and the others here just happened to draw the short straw, Senator.

You'll cause a panic, and we don't want that, do we? As I remember, keeping things under wraps until the problem is solved is usually how you operate.

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[swagneto]

You weren't kidding.

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[askedtobe]

[ Still so pissed. ] About which part?

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[swagneto]

Everything. [ SO PISSED RIGHT BACK AT YOU. ]

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[askedtobe]

[ SOB ERIK HE HATES EVERYTHING. ] Dont know why he felt like he needed to call me unstable when he's doing a good enough job shooting himself in the foot without my help.

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[swagneto]

He can fuck off. Because we're anything but.

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[askedtobe]

I'm just glad that everyone can see through how full of shit he is.

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[lethalforce]

[Jason's never been a fan of people who operate with blinders on. he's careful to follow everything in this post before opening his mouth at all]

Your brother's one hell of a piece of work.

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[askedtobe]

[ WHAT IMPRESSIVE ENCRYPTIONS YOU HAVE.

but no, really, he appreciates that people aren't listening to anything nathan's saying, and therefore don't think he's crazy. ]

That's one way to put it. [ grumble grumble. ] Think he's more interested in trying to discredit me than he is in making friends.

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[lethalforce]

[hey if kirk and tony stark and aberdeen can have one so can i >(]

What'd you do? Piss in his cornflakes?

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[askedtobe]

[ they're lovely okay, he's not denying it :c ]

Told people he could fly, that he was leading an operation back home to round up people with abilities. Nothing but the truth. Except it's a top secret operation, makes him feel better about what he's doing if he pretends it doesn't exist.

[ a beat ] And I might have punched him in the face. [ because there is that. ]

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[lethalforce]

[yeah see that shit just doesn't sit well with Jason]

Sounds like he deserved it.

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[askedtobe]

[ it doesn't really with peter either. thus, the punch to the face. ]

I would've done it back home if I'd had time. But he'd probably just use it as ammunition to talk about how dangerous we all are.

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[lethalforce]

I think on this boat he's going to have a hard time getting that little play into the game. Metahumans and aliens match regular human beings nearly 1:1.